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Hello fellow RCZr's! I bought a 2012 plate 200 GT yesterday... :thumbup: Pics to follow once I get access to Photobucket - am at work atm...
Hopefully will be delivered in about a week! We actually went to buy another RCZ but it turned out to be quite 'un-loved', with scuffed alloys and drivers seat. Fortuitously I had printed a couple more off Autotrader that morning and the missus spotted another similar spec RCZ but with a dark interior, near to the place we were looking. Went and viewed it to find a very nice 2012 plate on 13,000 in dark grey, all the usual toys, FSH, still in warranty and with un-marked alloys and interior. Had been traded vs a Kia, so the garage wanted rid of it, in fact they had just dropped the price £1k! They wouldn't budge on the sticker price of just under £15k (as they had just discounted it), but I did get a full service using genuine pug parts, 12 months tax, delivery (starting on a full tank) and no £60 admin fee as part of the deal - having looked at older cars with similar mileages for similar money I think we did very well, due in no small part to my wife's haggling skills!
I've bought it as my sensible?! 'run-around'/commuting car (I currently own a 2001MY tuned/modified Jag XKR, currently around 400BHP, which I'm going to SORN and spend some time on - primarily so it no longer has to suffer winter!) but I SOMEHOW managed to persuade the missus to let me keep them both! :dance: (I'm also a moderator and part of the Used Vehicle Advice team on the XKEC forum if any of you are interested in the XK8/R!)
That said, I'm no stranger to Pug's though... have owned/driven 309, 205 1.9D, 205 1.4 (my first car, with added twin-webbers!), 306 1.9 DTurbo (2nd), 406 2.0 Saloon and a 406 V6 D9 Coupe (3rd), before I got the Jag. I also ALMOST had a 205 1.9 GTi that my dad had restored, but my mum thought I'd kill myself in it at the time! (probably right). It's now owned by my best mate at 200k miles - I bought the 406 Coupe and then an XKR instead and the rest is history! :lol:
With regards the RCZ, I need to get reading all the forum threads, but it is likely to stay fairly unmodified for the time being (part of the missus's T&C's!), although I managed to negotiate a twin-exit exhaust with her - am thinking of the Ruffer 'rolled' system (any comments?). After that I might get it chipped at some point :twisted:, again was thinking RaceChip - 250BHP, but reading elsewhere suggests Superchips may be a more robust bet... :?:
Look forward to chatting with you all on the forum - all the best :thumbup:
Mark - mistral_blue
Hopefully will be delivered in about a week! We actually went to buy another RCZ but it turned out to be quite 'un-loved', with scuffed alloys and drivers seat. Fortuitously I had printed a couple more off Autotrader that morning and the missus spotted another similar spec RCZ but with a dark interior, near to the place we were looking. Went and viewed it to find a very nice 2012 plate on 13,000 in dark grey, all the usual toys, FSH, still in warranty and with un-marked alloys and interior. Had been traded vs a Kia, so the garage wanted rid of it, in fact they had just dropped the price £1k! They wouldn't budge on the sticker price of just under £15k (as they had just discounted it), but I did get a full service using genuine pug parts, 12 months tax, delivery (starting on a full tank) and no £60 admin fee as part of the deal - having looked at older cars with similar mileages for similar money I think we did very well, due in no small part to my wife's haggling skills!
I've bought it as my sensible?! 'run-around'/commuting car (I currently own a 2001MY tuned/modified Jag XKR, currently around 400BHP, which I'm going to SORN and spend some time on - primarily so it no longer has to suffer winter!) but I SOMEHOW managed to persuade the missus to let me keep them both! :dance: (I'm also a moderator and part of the Used Vehicle Advice team on the XKEC forum if any of you are interested in the XK8/R!)
That said, I'm no stranger to Pug's though... have owned/driven 309, 205 1.9D, 205 1.4 (my first car, with added twin-webbers!), 306 1.9 DTurbo (2nd), 406 2.0 Saloon and a 406 V6 D9 Coupe (3rd), before I got the Jag. I also ALMOST had a 205 1.9 GTi that my dad had restored, but my mum thought I'd kill myself in it at the time! (probably right). It's now owned by my best mate at 200k miles - I bought the 406 Coupe and then an XKR instead and the rest is history! :lol:
With regards the RCZ, I need to get reading all the forum threads, but it is likely to stay fairly unmodified for the time being (part of the missus's T&C's!), although I managed to negotiate a twin-exit exhaust with her - am thinking of the Ruffer 'rolled' system (any comments?). After that I might get it chipped at some point :twisted:, again was thinking RaceChip - 250BHP, but reading elsewhere suggests Superchips may be a more robust bet... :?:
Look forward to chatting with you all on the forum - all the best :thumbup:
Mark - mistral_blue
