From what i can glean from the somewhat wonky carfax, It lived some of its life in Las Vegas, then Virginia. The Michigan dealership has not had it long.

 

If you special order a car in a finicky color combo, most dealers will ask for a larger deposit. They don't want to be stuck if the buyer backs out.

 

I've been to this dealer before to fix my XKR-S. I say try to negotiate. It's a rare car, so I am not sure if there is enough statistics to know how much it's worth, not $68K though for sure. The car is CPO, which is nice. When negotiating you can also request that they wrap it in PPF as part of the deal. They have a guy there.

 

That's the other thing about Michigan- they dont call it motorcity fer nuthin.
Folks are fanatics about cars and place a higher value on them than you.
LA on the other hand, discards has-beens like 35 year old actresses.

 

So the State of Michigan is now called a City?
Whodathunk?

 

There was a fairly specific concentration of the population of Michigan.

 

More modern.

 

They huddle together for warmth?

 

https://thegarage.jalopnik.com/heres...ing-1738915860
"You see, Michigan isn’t just a terrible place to buy cars because of rust. Or because cold weather causes people to take shortcuts maintaining their vehicles. No, Michigan is filled with the most avid and seasoned Craigslisters, making finding a good deal feel downright impossible"

 

UPDATE - it's sold!
(I think the link is down, but for those interested:
2012 XKR-S convertible, BRG w/black interior and black pack. Pretty awesome looking. about 12K miles, Jag dealer was asking 68,000)
I wonder what it sold for - if they still had it in April I would've gone up for a test drive. (Michigan in January? Not for me...)
No one here bought it, by any chance...?