2024 G63 trade in
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Very cool. I just picked up a 2025 P530 last week for a daily driver, and they are very different cars!
I'll admit the G is collecting a bit of dust this week as I'm getting used to the Range Rover but I love them both so much.
I'll admit the G is collecting a bit of dust this week as I'm getting used to the Range Rover but I love them both so much.
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
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'24 G63; '25 McLaren GTS; '24 Emira V6 (manual); '15 SLS AMG GT Final Edition
So with whichever car I buy or add to my garage nowadays, I simply approach it without thinking about resale but more importantly - with the expectation that I will hold on to it indefinitely. This way, I never run into a situation where I panic about it as an "investment" (I have the stock market and my private equity investments to do that in already...
). Otherwise, that nerve-racking feeling would chip away at the joy of ownership, at least for me anyways.Going back to the original thread, I was offered $205k by my dealer for my '24 in exchange for a '25 a few months ago. I opted out for no other reason than my personal preference of the exhaust sound of the '24 over the '25, notwithstanding the tech improvements of the '25.
Good luck with your next purchase. If you don't mind my asking, what car are you purchasing?
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'24 G63; '25 McLaren GTS; '24 Emira V6 (manual); '15 SLS AMG GT Final Edition
Sorry to hear about you getting rid of your G. I've quite enjoyed your videos and updates. Cars in general (especially EVs which depreciate quickly as the market basically treats them like iPhones...) are notoriously difficult to anticipate their future prices/depreciation. I learned that lesson decades ago when I sold my brand new Testarossa a few years after ownership due to fear of depreciation. I was younger back then and it was a huge mistake on my part as I truly miss that car.
So with whichever car I buy or add to my garage nowadays, I simply approach it without thinking about resale but more importantly - with the expectation that I will hold on to it indefinitely. This way, I never run into a situation where I panic about it as an "investment" (I have the stock market and my private equity investments to do that in already...). Otherwise, that nerve-racking feeling would chip away at the joy of ownership, at least for me anyways.
Going back to the original thread, I was offered $205k by my dealer for my '24 in exchange for a '25 a few months ago. I opted out for no other reason than my personal preference of the exhaust sound of the '24 over the '25, notwithstanding the tech improvements of the '25.
Good luck with your next purchase. If you don't mind my asking, what car are you purchasing?
So with whichever car I buy or add to my garage nowadays, I simply approach it without thinking about resale but more importantly - with the expectation that I will hold on to it indefinitely. This way, I never run into a situation where I panic about it as an "investment" (I have the stock market and my private equity investments to do that in already...
). Otherwise, that nerve-racking feeling would chip away at the joy of ownership, at least for me anyways.Going back to the original thread, I was offered $205k by my dealer for my '24 in exchange for a '25 a few months ago. I opted out for no other reason than my personal preference of the exhaust sound of the '24 over the '25, notwithstanding the tech improvements of the '25.
Good luck with your next purchase. If you don't mind my asking, what car are you purchasing?
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
No worries, thank you! I don't usually keep my cars long, so the EV depreciation hit hurts more then usual. I did like the G though, definitely a unique car. If I did more local driving (vs highway) and if my wife didn't hate it, I'd have probably kept it a bit longer (at which point the depreciation hit would probably bottom out).
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24G63,21GT634DR, 17C63s, 08GL450
No worries, thank you! I don't usually keep my cars long, so the EV depreciation hit hurts more than usual. I did like the G though, definitely a unique car. If I did more local driving (vs highway) and if my wife didn't hate it, I'd have probably kept it a bit longer (at which point the depreciation hit would probably bottom out).
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
I do not, I use the car too much for personal use so it wouldn't be easy to justify in an IRS audit. I know many that do though. Most of my driving now is highway driving, not ideal for any G. Cross winds move me from side to side lol
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2025 AMG CLE53, 2025 Range Rover P550E, 2025 Ford F150 Raptor
A Taycan would help with that side to side motion...too soon? LOL
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
LOL!! I actually really liked the Taycan (and even a 2021 got more range then the 2025 G580). Probably should have just kept it, but the same can be said about many of the cars I had. If I had just kept the fully loaded 2017 Panamera, imagine the money I could have saved? lol. This is all a very expensive hobby, but you know how it goes - you only live once.
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No worries, thank you! I don't usually keep my cars long, so the EV depreciation hit hurts more then usual. I did like the G though, definitely a unique car. If I did more local driving (vs highway) and if my wife didn't hate it, I'd have probably kept it a bit longer (at which point the depreciation hit would probably bottom out).
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
Love reading about the rotation on your cars. Now I can tell my wife, you should read what this other guy does with his cars. My wife daily drove our CPO 2019 G550 for just over a year and had a love-hate relationship with it too. When our 2019 Range Rover spent over a month at the dealer getting a new transmission, I got the g wagon and she got a new XC90 plug-in hybrid. I almost sold the Range Rover when I we got it back but it's now my highway car and the g wagon is for tooling around town. There was a convertible Bentley at our local dealer for about $115k I was considering a couple years ago but got scared off after doing some research. It would have been fun to tell the family, "let's take the Bentley".
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'19 G550, '25 Land Cruiser, '25 Carrera
LOL! I might live to regret this, but the trick with Bentley seems to be to buy them ~2 years old, with an existing warranty + 1 year CPO warranty. Bentley then lets you renew the CPO warranty for roughly $7.5k/year. Not cheap, but eliminates a lot of the risk of owning one. Wish me luck, the Bentley is arriving in 1h. The only negative, so-far, is there is no forum or enthusiast community like I had with the Porsche and Mercedes.
https://www.bentleysanfrancisco.com/...fd7e12ca29.htm
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
You must be so excited about getting a Bentley in the next hour. I'm sure the leather will smell amazing. You inspired me to look one up. So this CPO 2022 Bentayga S is listed for $146k. Carfax shows it went in service Aug 2022. Bentley warranties run 3 years with unlimited miles. So in this case, you can get in a Bentley with just over 2 years of warranty coverage for $154k. I wish Continental's depreciated as fast.
https://www.bentleysanfrancisco.com/...fd7e12ca29.htm
https://www.bentleysanfrancisco.com/...fd7e12ca29.htm
But yes, as long as it's <3 years old being sold by a Bentley dealership, they can CPO it (which will add 1 year past the initial warranty) and then it's roughly $7.5k/year for more time.
Your math also assumes no negotiations, you can usually negotiate these down a little bit, especially since they just announced the 2026 ones.
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'19 G550, '25 Land Cruiser, '25 Carrera
Congratulations! Since we're already way off topic, please share your first impressions. You know, for those two other people on the planet thinking of switching their G580 for a Bentayga.
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`22 G63
+1 on this request. While I wouldn't trade my G63 for the Bentayga, I have thought about one for my wife and it would be fun to know your impressions.
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
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'22 Bentayga S / '25 Range Rover
Definitely feels more "special" for what it's worth. The touch & sounds.
