Owning a XKR

Andrew Mcquillan owns a pair of XKRS (as well as a V12 E-type). ‘I have another for regular use with 175,000 miles on it. Winspeed in Guildford look after them and say I have the highest and lowest mileage XKRS they’ve seen – this one has still only done 9000. I bought it four years ago from the first owner, with 4500 miles on it. He had only used it to go to the golf club, though he didn’t actually play golf. He’d never even opened the boot. I paid £14,750 for it and turned down £25k recently. I’ve decided to hell with it – I’ll drive it, rather than keep it as an investment.

‘Ignoring depreciation, running costs average out at £1250 a year. The biggest expense is tyres – they’re quite heavy on those. I don’t drive that hard and get 15,000-18,000 from a set, which then costs £800-£1000 to replace. But it’s still cheap for supercar performance.’