I'd have thought you could get a reasonable one for well under £10k!
A friend of mine once said, when I told him of my liking for Jags (XJ-C at the time) that he could get me a decent one no probs... just that I couldn't afford to run it! You know he may well have been right!!
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'Jasper Gerard'. I ask you.
Thanks for the thought, Dog, but it's yet another potboiler cobbled up from every article about the XJS I've ever seen written, with a bit of Troy Queef (see Sniffpetrol) added in.
Robert Hughes might want 25k for his late 6L convertible but now that the latest issue of Classic and Sportscar has finally reached deepest France I'm pleased to see that, still, nobody seems to agree with him.
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>>Thanks for the thought, Dog, but it's yet another potboiler cobbled up from every article about the XJS I've ever seen written, with a bit of Troy Queef (see Sniffpetrol) added in.<<
Hehe! ... Do they actually get paid for writing those articles I wonder, or do they just like the sound of their own words
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I cut this article out and would use it to justify the asking price as and when I eventually sell mine! It did make me laugh.
I expect the non-rusty good ones will appreciate in due course as the tatty ones become uneconomically viable to repair and good ones become scarce.
Mind you, I don't think I will ever see a true profit on mine once running costs are taken into account. Who cares though. Lovely cars and if they are not depreciating then you can't go wrong. The trick is not to spend a fortune without doing research first.
I got lucky with mine and got it for well below it's value due to the seller needing to get rid because of a house move. It checked out as beeing a really good one (albeit with a few tweaks needed). I could have ended up with a dog quite easily through lack of knowledge.
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>>No offence Dog.....<<
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr :)
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Every XJS ever made was a dog...pure mongrel.
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I had a brief drive in a brand new 1979 V12 auto.
Wonderful tool, the surge of power was something I've never felt before, nor since.
So effortless, just stick it in 'D' and tickle the throttle.
Not much space, but plenty of grace and pace.
Last edited by: Iffy on Mon 6 Dec 10 at 15:19
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I drove a new XJS when it was launched. Agree about the power etc. Pity about the cheap nasty interior and the switches which looked and felt tacky.
And the fuel consumption!
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I was too busy scanning the fast-approaching scenery to worry about the switches.
It was said you could nearly see the fuel gauge dropping if you drove one hard.
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"you could nearly see the fuel gauge dropping"
You could see knickers dropping in mine. Chicks loved it.
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>> "you could nearly see the fuel gauge dropping"
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>> You could see knickers dropping in mine. Chicks loved it.
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Pity that the transmission tunnel prevented any nookie.. and the back seat was too small...
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It made it harder to get to second base but many other things were possible.
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Why did I wait so long? :-(
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>> It was said you could nearly see the fuel gauge dropping if you drove one
>> hard.
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True. Owned a Jag XJ12 many moons ago. Driving like a vicar I would get 12mpg. One night I decided to give it a blast on the motorway. Three a.m. on the M55. Nothing on the road whatsoever. Got the speedo past the high beam light and on to 160. Used four gallons going from Blackpool to Preston which worked out at around 3mpg, and yes, I did see the fuel gauge dropping.
Lovely car, but what a money pit. Fast, though. Only my bank manager could catch me.
Went on to yanks as they were more economical...
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For our Jaguar XJS fans. - hobby
