RE: PH Heroes: Jaguar XJR-S
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Photek said:
EFABought one of these and owned it for about a week...but what an experience.
Thought I was doing 90, when it was actually 130+....yes car had a working speedo but refinement was incredible.
Super cold air con.
Scared in being told wheels were unavailable if damaged.
Super slow over speed bumps between Putney and A3 as nose would otherwise hit the deck.
...But the most memorable was the d
head salesman from Lancaster City (Guy Purdy?)...who with a tear in his eye said please do not sell to anyone else as this car is so good he would love it back. After spotting some dodgy stuff in the flying buttresses offered car back to him within seven days to be told his sales manager (another dhead with a double barrelled name) did not want it, so best offer was a £5K drop on £20K purchase price. Had bought numerous cars from Lancasters and this ended up being the last one. Brilliant customer service.
Thought I was doing 90, when it was actually 130+....yes car had a working speedo but refinement was incredible.
Super cold air con.
Scared in being told wheels were unavailable if damaged.
Super slow over speed bumps between Putney and A3 as nose would otherwise hit the deck.
...But the most memorable was the d
head salesman from Lancaster City (Guy Purdy?)...who with a tear in his eye said please do not sell to anyone else as this car is so good he would love it back. After spotting some dodgy stuff in the flying buttresses offered car back to him within seven days to be told his sales manager (another dhead with a double barrelled name) did not want it, so best offer was a £5K drop on £20K purchase price. Had bought numerous cars from Lancasters and this ended up being the last one. Brilliant customer service.
911motorsport said:
This in my garage at the moment. 7ltr Lister LeMans
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And yes, there is an awful lot going on under the bonnet
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And yes, there is an awful lot going on under the bonnet
Edited by 911motorsport on Monday 6th June 18:19
Remember seeing the Lister Le Mans in the now defunct World Sports Cars magazine. Guessing late 80's maybe early 90's. Absolutely stunning car and would love one in my garage!
One of my all time favourite car memories, bar jumping a Montego company car, is in a XJS V12. It was either 5.6 or 6.0 litre. M27 between Port Solent and Fareham buried the throttle to the floor. Rear end squats, wriggles, nearly swap ends then we are teleported to the next junction. A bit later in the evening traffic light grand prix with an XR3 at the Peak Lane junction of the A27 outside Fareham towards Titchfield. XR3 gives it the beans and we let him go given a 100m head start. Bury V12s throttle passing him at xxx mph. Spend next 5 minutes trying to bring car under control.
Utterly stupid and completely reckless but I can picture every second of it and that XJS v12 had out of this world power delivery.
Moral is never give a 19 year old a XJS V12 for the weekend.... Never.
Edited by Agent Orange on Friday 10th June 14:41
I had the 6litre 1990 for a few years, toured Europe and the UK many times with no problems. The V12 was sublime but ruined by a slushmatic gearbox, only used to come alive at speed limit pace, manual conversions were available and made the XJR-S a more drivers focused car.
By todays standards the MPG of the XJR-s is terrifying, wouldn't want one now, couldn't afford it. 22mpg touring was not too bad as the the standard 5.3's only managed 16mpg.
By todays standards the MPG of the XJR-s is terrifying, wouldn't want one now, couldn't afford it. 22mpg touring was not too bad as the the standard 5.3's only managed 16mpg.
Love this; Mr Walkinshaw himself on Mount Panorama. The noise is sublime and the commitment stunning. 1:13 is a bit of a sphincter twitch though 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2j6yqZg0Q
As with many, too scared of something big going wrong to ever buy a V12. Doesn't stop me loving them. Late 80s 3.6 is the only one that could really tempt me but I'd always feel I had the wrong engine. This one would at least make me feel like The Saint...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2492948.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2j6yqZg0Q
As with many, too scared of something big going wrong to ever buy a V12. Doesn't stop me loving them. Late 80s 3.6 is the only one that could really tempt me but I'd always feel I had the wrong engine. This one would at least make me feel like The Saint...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2492948.htm
derestrictor said:
£60K to then go and ruin it with a leaper. What's with the leaper? Why do people do it?
carinaman said:
£60K to then go and ruin it with a leaper.
What's with the leaper? Why do people do it?
I did it because I like the animal sculpture, but only put the small one on my V12, long time ago I had a 1961 fhc 3.8 E Type, fastest heap of cr..p I ever owned, I put the big 3.8 Leaper on the bonnet of that and used it as a gun sight to line up the passing manoevre, it was the M 5 rusty Q Car for a couple of years, it would destroy the cars of reps who thought this old nail is no problem, it was!!What's with the leaper? Why do people do it?
This S-Type seems to be wearing an R badge as well as a leaper:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
There's bound to be a couple of X-Types wearing leapers too.
'Council estate' was a term being bandied about when discussing E36s in the 318i SOTW discussion last week. How long before S-Types are in SOTW territory or they are already?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
There's bound to be a couple of X-Types wearing leapers too.
'Council estate' was a term being bandied about when discussing E36s in the 318i SOTW discussion last week. How long before S-Types are in SOTW territory or they are already?
derestrictor said:
Agree, the bounding cat is an abomination.
Clearly a lot of others disagree and add it, its a relection of the Mk 1 and Mk 2 saloons, not an abomination as scultured shape but question of taste when applied to other Jaguars.If you dont like it dont put it on yours, if you dont have a Jaguar then ignore us who do, in my opinion.
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