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SOLDES
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Location: Lokeren Belgium

Post by SOLDES »

Hello Everyone,

Glad to join this forum and soon to be owner of a 2019 F-type. Yes it's the 2.0 because Belgium has rediculous road tax and registration fees.

I have been driving Dodge Ram's (4) for the last 10 years. 1.5 years ago I bought a Camaro 2.0 which I sold yesterday.

The F-type imo is one of the most beautiful cars on the road.

Some details :
Corris grey with Ebony Windsor Leather
R dynamic
DAB
Electrical boot
Keyless entry
retractable heated and dimming rear mirrors
polished stainless pedals
privacy glass
panoramic roof
Heated steering wheel
Blind spot and rear traffic monitor
20" 6 split spoke rims
black pack
and climate pack 1

The only thing I will be doing is installing a dash cam. Any info on this is welcome.
Are these cars prone to rock chips? If so I'll consider Xpel

It'll be my daily driver I hope for the next three years.

Regards,
Nick

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scm
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Post by scm »

Welcome to the club! You're right about how gorgeous the F-Type looks, regardless of engine size. ;)
I wasn't a fan of grey cars until I saw Corris Grey .... :D
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Post by basher »

Welcome Nick, and enjoy! Corris grey is a lovely colour.

I'd recommend getting a ceramic coat and then just a front end PPF wrap to protect paint (unless you can afford to get the whole car wrapped). I did that as mine is also a daily driver.

There are a few other owners on here from Belgium, and Holland. I'm sure they'll make themselves known to you.
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NCE 61
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Post by NCE 61 »

Welcome Nick nice looking car. I have had my 2 litre F Type for 10 months and an very pleased with it. I had the front Xpel ppl and ceramic coating from new and can recommend it, was done by a company called Pole Position near Kortrijk.
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Post by XZ4 »

Lovely car. Great colour. Enjoy !!!
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SOLDES
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Post by SOLDES »

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

So the Xpel is not a bad idea :) Can't stand seeing the rock chips built up everytime (once a week) I wash my cars.
Pole postion it is! They also did my Camaro. Very professional company.

Regards,
Dominick
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Post by Tel »

Nick, welcome to the F-Type clan.

Can't see your picture unfortunately as I'm grabbing what bandwidth I can via satellite from the Oceans of Indonesia...

You can't go wrong with PPF. The F-Type is a magnet to anything road rash related, surprisingly even the rear end, where people often don't consider protecting...sods law dictates that the bit you don't protect, is the bit that gets a ding!

If you are going to keep the car, I would strongly suggest a full cover (I went for a full custom, that wraps around all the edges with at least a 10mm overlap) as I'm anal and I show the car at concours (I know it's too young) events and want to use the car for 'spirited' driving.
I can vouch for self healing Xpel Ultimate, but believe they have an even better film out now.

As with anything, you get what you pay for wrt PPF installations. It's a small fortune, but considering the cost of the car...and if you don't fancy repainting panels, then it's a no brainer IMO.
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Post by dirk_BE »

Welcome from another Belgian F-type 2.0L R-dynamic double black coupé owner !
current: F-type 2.0L 2018; XJSC 3.6L 1987; E-type OTS 4.2L 1968
sold: mk2 3.8L 1962
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SOLDES wrote: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:18 am Hello Everyone,

Glad to join this forum and soon to be owner of a 2019 F-type. Yes it's the 2.0 because Belgium has rediculous road tax and registration fees.

I have been driving Dodge Ram's (4) for the last 10 years. 1.5 years ago I bought a Camaro 2.0 which I sold yesterday.

The F-type imo is one of the most beautiful cars on the road.

Some details :
Corris grey with Ebony Windsor Leather
R dynamic
DAB
Electrical boot
Keyless entry
retractable heated and dimming rear mirrors
polished stainless pedals
privacy glass
panoramic roof
Heated steering wheel
Blind spot and rear traffic monitor
20" 6 split spoke rims
black pack
and climate pack 1

The only thing I will be doing is installing a dash cam. Any info on this is welcome.
Are these cars prone to rock chips? If so I'll consider Xpel

It'll be my daily driver I hope for the next three years.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello .. lovely looking example, welcome to the forum and hello from the UK :)
SOLDES
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Location: Lokeren Belgium

Post by SOLDES »

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome, hope to see you on the road between Lokeren & Waregem !
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