Just joined and pleased to be a member. I’m on the Somerset/Devon border and on the hunt for a V8 convertible. I have had Porsche’s, BMW’s and Merc’s in the past and having seen a friend of mine with his F type I’m in the mood for one now. I tend to take a trip to the Alps once per year for a few mountain passes and this year the F type would be the car for the job.
I’m looking at convertible v8’s only and don’t really mind whether the car is RWD or AWD but I want to have the most amount of theatre available which means no PPF which leads me to a couple of questions;
1) are PPF’s dependent on model year?
2) is there a way to tell if a car has had a software update to dull down the exhaust sound without having to go and see the car?
I tend to like buying older cars with lower mileage so I guess I’m looking for a car between 2013 and 2016 unless there are any reasons to widen this to a younger car.
Any thoughts on the above are welcomed.
Attached pictures are from last year on a couple of 2023 Alps trips with cars I have imported from Japan and a couple of G Wagen’s we’ve had for a while.
