Hi, very proud new ftype owner

[Gordon H]

Hi all,
Just bought the attached new r-dynamic 380 rwd as my 'now aged 60' retirement present (just to stress, its not a mid-life crisis!).
Picking this up in couple of days, and since agreeing the deal I've tortured myself along following lines:
- should I have used my budget to buy a used full-on f-type R awd? - I decided 'no' as I think the 380 is best to live with on a day to day basis
- is this colour (Loire Blue) right for the car? - although I do like the bright colours with black wheels/trim, I think these wheels look fab, where with the chrome gives the car an elegant look for a long-term keep.
- should I have gone for awd - bottom line was I didn't as the car was part of a Jag Event so I got a fab discount, just hope I don't miss having that awd capability.

Other pain was I'm part exchanging my 2 year old Jag XE S - which I've loved, but its no F-Type! (and you wouldn't believe the depreciation pain I've had to absorb!)

Great to be a new forum member, let me know what you all think!

Cheers, Gordon

[wanner69]

Very nice and welcome, love the colour

[davidd]

The colour/wheel combination looks great.

[Gordon H]

One other thing - as it was part of a jag event, I didn't get some of the options I otherwise would have ordered (eg reversing camera, auto tail-gate - and big deal for me is I love the flat bottomed steering wheel) - but as I mentioned, this was done as a jag event deal and was a real fab bargain (where basically I think the dealership spec'd this up as the 'must have's, best bang for buck' type thing

[Senninha]

Great colour combo and I really like those alloys .... ref the steering wheel, they can retro fit so you could have this done before collection ... another owner did this a few months back for a few hundred pounds ... that was a heated option IIRC so you could get a VERY useful upgrade at the same time ...

I didn’t like the reverse cam as it was very misleading with a distorted view, but again, sure you could have a retro fit from either OEM of high quality ICE Specialist.

Hopefully all this dodgy weather will have been washed away before collection day ...

[Gordon H]

Was due to pick-up today - but decided to put off until roads good (if I had the awd may have thought differently!)

[TopCat]

Looks good, like the wheels.

Enjoy.

[Deleted User 1088]

Hello

welcome along ... I used to have a XE S, wish I could have both

great to have you join the forum

[Aitch]

Great choice of colour/wheel/interior combo.

Welcome