RE: Shed Of The Week: Jaguar XJ

[MadDog1962]

kambites said:

Toaster Pilot said:

Motorrad said:

When it dies break it. Top shedding.

Why do people always trot this out? It's hardly simple, legal or socially acceptable for Average Joe to break a car at home and you'll be stuck with 2/3 of a car for an absolute AGE!

Lovely shed though.

Depends on exactly what you intend to do. Fully breaking the car isn't really viable but it's not much effort or time to strip out a few of the more valuable bits to sell on ebay then scrap the rest. I'm sure you could get £500's worth of reasonably small bits off this in a few hours then weigh in the remainder for £100 or something.

Edited by kambites on Friday 10th April 09:08

As I recall back in the day, there were people who'll come to take it away and pay you a minimum amount. My youngest brother once got a bloke to come and take what was left of his "donor" Fiat 128 3P away. It had no engine or gearbox and no seats, but the bloke happily handed over 25 quid. He'd only paid something like 60 quid in the first place. It was fun being a young petrolhead in the 80s :-)

[anonymous-user]

FestivAli said:

Take out the wood and it's just any other car to me, sorry.

You might want to get your eyes tested then. Absolutely nothing else on the road looks even remotely like an X300/X308 inside or out. You've clearly never driven one either as again they have a unique ride/handling balance that I don't think I've ever found elsewhere.

[anonymous-user]

Would that be the same ZF box in similar-era Audi S8's and possibly some BMW and Range Rover models?

[jcelee]

Fabulous cars, the most magic carpet ride and amazingly cheap to maintain - Britain is full of good honest Jag specialists and parts are very cheap. Some re-manufactured parts like the steering column electric adjustment rods are available from the good ol' USA while not available here too. Amazing way to waft about like a dignitary. You can buy a perfect later car with all the mods (final edition cam chain tensioners - there are 3 types, the best metal type not available until the car was out of production), aluminium thermostat housing, new water pump, re-bushed suspension, gearbox oil and filter change for £2000-3000 so might be best to stay away from the really sheddy stuff.

On the downside, they are 17' or so long, like a reverse tardis inside, do around 20mpg at best and perhaps most annoyingly of all cannot just be moved. When you start the car it primes all 8 cylinders and they need to be driven or idled for 5-10 minutes, otherwise when you try to start the car again you'll just flood the engine...

[wolves_wanderer]

Great SOTW

xjreddie said:

Here is mine, 1999 XJR V8 Supercharged 370bhp all for £1300 !

Either you're a loan shark who took it after breaking a debtor's legs or that is an epic deal!

[Jim the Sunderer]

The problem with these is they're too long to buy a second.

P.s. the 3.2 hasn't got VVC.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Toaster Pilot]

BigBen said:

Toaster Pilot said:

Motorrad said:

When it dies break it. Top shedding.

Why do people always trot this out? It's hardly simple, legal or socially acceptable for Average Joe to break a car at home and you'll be stuck with 2/3 of a car for an absolute AGE!

Lovely shed though.

I have done this with a dead car, couple of weekends work then a scrappy came and took the shell on a lorry. It was simple legal, socially acceptable and most importantly profitable.

If it was profitable, it wasn't legal unless you hold the relevant environmental permit and depolluted the vehicle in the appropriate manner

[Cotic]

Toaster Pilot said:

BigBen said:

Toaster Pilot said:

Motorrad said:

When it dies break it. Top shedding.

Why do people always trot this out? It's hardly simple, legal or socially acceptable for Average Joe to break a car at home and you'll be stuck with 2/3 of a car for an absolute AGE!

Lovely shed though.

I have done this with a dead car, couple of weekends work then a scrappy came and took the shell on a lorry. It was simple legal, socially acceptable and most importantly profitable.

If it was profitable, it wasn't legal unless you hold the relevant environmental permit and depolluted the vehicle in the appropriate manner

Surely if you drain the fluids (without spillage) and dispose of them properly then there's no other issues of concern? If there is, then have I been 'breaking the law' every time I carry out a home oil change?

[pSyCoSiS]

Absolutely epic SOTW. And for £700?! Bargain!

These XJs are great - apart from the V12, I've had almost every iteration and engine variant.

3.2 AJ8 is a great all rounder (although the 4.0 V8 has 50bhp more and has similar fuel consumption).

Super smooth and cushioned ride.

I've said many times - EVERY PETROL HEAD SHOULD EXPERIENCE AN XJ JAGUAR AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE!

[AlexHat]

This is the third time this week this model has been on my radar...I don't have the space for one so please stop tempting me!

[fezst]

If I could afford to insure one of these I would buy one today, lovely looking cars and I think they've aged very well. Bargain at that price too!

[YoungRestorer]

Insurance isn't that bad: as a guideline, I drive an XJ6, and my quote, at 19 years of age, was £900. This was 8 months ago.

I have just done a quote for this car and it is £1000 for me: at 19, £1000 is extremely low insurance for such a car.

I urge anyone with concerns about insurance to run a quote through the comparison websites: you may be surprised...

[pSyCoSiS]

dme123 said:

You might want to get your eyes tested then. Absolutely nothing else on the road looks even remotely like an X300/X308 inside or out. You've clearly never driven one either as again they have a unique ride/handling balance that I don't think I've ever found elsewhere.

Totally agree - you've hit the nail on the head there.

Nothing wafts quite like an XJ Jag. Once driven - forever smitten!

Edited by pSyCoSiS on Friday 10th April 12:47

[Gargamel]

I love that the second hand market hates old thirsty jags..

I run a 3.0 S Type that I paid £1400 two years ago, have put around 40,000 miles on it, for about £800 in tyres, brake replacemets and a small bit of suspension work.

Two Mots - and the tax isn't even that bad.

It's a nice place to be and the engine has plenty of horses (240 when new)

rarely see more than 25 mpg though is the only downside.

[pSyCoSiS]

AFAIK Tasker and Lacey, the garage selling this car, are well-respected Jaguar specialists, so that gives a fair bit of confidence buying a car like this from them.

I really am seriously tempted, but just don't have the space at the moment (anyone want to buy a W124 300E or E38 735i?!).

[daytona365]

Something like this for 700 or some crap old say MGB for ten times that, same with old BM's..........In a word Why ? Ah, got it, nikasil lined, plastic timing components and a dodgy 'sealed for life' gearbox. But seems worth the risk even so.

Edited by daytona365 on Friday 10th April 13:06

[fezst]

YoungRestorer said:

Insurance isn't that bad: as a guideline, I drive an XJ6, and my quote, at 19 years of age, was £900. This was 8 months ago.

I have just done a quote for this car and it is £1000 for me: at 19, £1000 is extremely low insurance for such a car.

I urge anyone with concerns about insurance to run a quote through the comparison websites: you may be surprised...

I'm 21 in August, for me the lowest cost of insurance (confused.com) is £2003.
I have 3 years no claims and my job is a systems engineer. I think the price is so high because of my F rated postcode unfortunately.
Car insurance isn't fair.

[gareth29]

Another nice xj8, this slot is turning in to jag of the week!

[YoungRestorer]

fezst said:

I'm 21 in August, for me the lowest cost of insurance (confused.com) is £2003.
I have 3 years no claims and my job is a systems engineer. I think the price is so high because of my F rated postcode unfortunately.
Car insurance isn't fair.

I can only sympathise with your misfortune in insurance, I only got the Jag because the insurance companies wouldn't insure me on an inherited 1990 Golf: it doesn't make any sense at all. I tried and couldn't believe my good fortune when the insurance was so low, and for a jag at that!

[soad]

A discreet (but glorious) burble comes as standard?