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[TD]

Two points here...

1. He wanted to meet you at a shopping centre to show you the car
2. He gave you a mobile phone number that didn't work

Run away from it!

Theres something not right with someone not willing to show you a car at their home address and not giving you a working mobile number! He's hiding something and doesn't want you coming back to him!

[Sir Tigger KC]

Jeez I can't believe the price difference between that and a comparable here in Blighty! It's almost double!!   

[Lincs Robert]

You can't compare trim levels between markets really. The manufacturers mix standard & optional features around between countries, so what's standard in one might be optional in another.

Even the names are confusing. When Omega B was launched the MV6 model was sort of equivalent to Elite spec in the rest of Europe & I think Elite was only ever used in UK market.

[Varche]

Two points here...

1. He wanted to meet you at a shopping centre to show you the car
2. He gave you a mobile phone number that didn't work

Run away from it!

Theres something not right with someone not willing to show you a car at their home address and not giving you a working mobile number! He's hiding something and doesn't want you coming back to him!

Good points . Which is why i prefer a dealer. You have a bit of comeback. His ( or someones name) was on the vehicle documents. If i had been buying he would have had to prove his Id. One plus of having to have Id cards.

Price differences. Got to be some disadvantage for living in paradise. Have investigated lhd in uk. They are still marked up plus you have the rigmarole of viewing and getting vehicle back and then the real rigmarole of putting onto Spanish plates.

Spot on about trim levels. Hardly any sun roofs here. Much as we love the extra light , the recent thread on sunroofs caused us to stop looking for them.

[tunnie]

It looks highline spec in those photos, it looks like very tidy.

To me it looks like it has the light upgrade we see in the UK, normally on R spec. Perhaps standard there on that trim, the radio is also the later generation than mine, all looks very good to me 

I don't use the HDD myself, nor the SD card reader. Thanks for bluetooth audio streaming, I just use that and Spotify. Too much hassle transferring tunes manually.

I'd echo TD's comments, why not meet at his house if he is selling? Or is it he one of these part time traders with viewing by appointment only job?

[TheBoy]

Mr Tunnie....we must agree to disagree.

The fact that I'm right and you are wrong is irrelevant.

Sadly not all of us can run an XF-R (which if I could afford, would run in a heat-beat) *actually I would probably run a BMW M5 with that budget. 

Nor can I afford £50/m to tax a big Vectra. 

So I must do with my sleek diesel saloon, which costs £30/yr to tax and can do anything from 50 to 75mpg depending how I drive. 

Mine's showing 32mpg at the moment, but that will settle down when I stop 'playing' with it.

My newer soot chucker manages about that when averaged out over a few tanks.  In line with all Jag fuel computers, it claims far, far more (40ish I believe, last time I looked, which isn't often when you know its 'dangle berries')

Mrs TB is relegated to the Battlesbus currently, as TBE is awaiting some DTM magic, and she doesn't like driving the XJ solo.  She's boasting she got 42mpg out of the last tankful.  Christ, I'm glad I wasn't on any of those journeys

[TheBoy]

I don't use the HDD myself, nor the SD card reader. Thanks for bluetooth audio streaming, I just use that and Spotify. Too much hassle transferring tunes manually.

I'm guessing, going by many threads over the years, the other disadvantage to living in Varche's paradise compared to Londonium, is a complete lack of usable mobile internet.

A small price to pay, IMHO.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its a DSG.....move on and walk away!

[Varche]

To what though ? Much less powershift fords Aroundfor example.

163 cv auto diesel 2.0 Insignia? Cheaper than VW.

[Doctor Gollum]

To what though ? Much less powershift fords Aroundfor example.

163 cv auto diesel 2.0 Insignia? Cheaper than VW.

At least that has a regular gearbox