Cat, or Dog? Cheapo 1992 Jaguar XJS 4.0

[StuntmanMike]

Breadvan72 said:

Talking of filth, this has got to be dirtier than a Dagenham shop girl on pay day:

It is, although TVR girl gives it a run for its money, what a shame modern cars seem ashamed of their engines.

[MarshPhantom]

Breadvan72 said:

As someone else noted above, "looks" is the word. Don't get too close, however, as you might be disappointed!

Is it a bit of double bagger?

[anonymous-user]

The late ones became all coy and adopted a modern style cover. This is the engine of a 1994 car:-

[williamp]

Jaguars have always attraced the wrong sort of women (and plenty of them...)

[anonymous-user]

MarshPhantom said:

Breadvan72 said:

As someone else noted above, "looks" is the word. Don't get too close, however, as you might be disappointed!

Is it a bit of double bagger?

Not quite that bad, but probably a single bagger. I did have a brief Coyote moment when I awoke the next day.

[MarshPhantom]

Breadvan72 said:

MarshPhantom said:

Breadvan72 said:

As someone else noted above, "looks" is the word. Don't get too close, however, as you might be disappointed!

Is it a bit of double bagger?

Not quite that bad, but probably a single bagger. I did have a brief Coyote moment when I awoke the next day.

The later models are certainly the best looking of the XJS range, be nice once fixed up.

[LowiePete]

The last time I said "Jaaaaag" out loud was to an owner. I was very
quickly corrected: "It's Jag you are" with a gutteral emphasis almost
reminiscent of gargling.

I also later upset him by almost halving his petrol consumption, yet
still beating him home from a car collection to the smoke. Double figures
starting greater than one were unheard of!

I raise my hat to your quirky collection. I hope your old Fenchies list
contains an R5GTT (in unmodified form) as a potential favourite...

Regards,
Steve

[GC8]

Breadvan72 said:

Fat Albert said:

However I did love it and it made you feel all warm and fuzzy and well-maintained ladies of a certain age would do silly thing on motorways in their Mercs to attract your attention

Now that's what I'm taking 'bout. Share more.

"Well-maintained ladies of a certain age"?! What sort of age and how well maintained?

Are you any closer to another Porsche Jeremy? The picture of your Jaguar at the airfield reminded me of a similar picture of our 944 Turbo...

[gforceg]

Ah, so she's the "model" who really was studying law. The girl done good, eh?

[gforceg]

Agreed.

[GC8]

Breadvan72 said:

Well maintained ladies of a certain age - more of this anon.
Still, the owner of the convertible is a super hot Polish blonde barrister/ ex model chick, so she looks better in the car than I do. Well maintained? Yes. MILF/Cougar/yummy mummy, fo' shizzle. Also sassy, clever, and loaded. Sigh.

Pics of super hot Polish blonde barrister/ ex model chick pls.

[anonymous-user]

No way! If she were to find out that I had been posting pics of her in some dodgy car forum, she would use her extensive east European contacts to have me extensively killed, and not in a good way. Think of January Jones playing Emma Frost in X Men, only hotter, and that should give you the idea.

[anonymous-user]

The car is still going very well, and is a hoot to drive. I think that the car may have, if not a dicky alternator, the wrong battery in it. The battery looks too small. I have not yet checked the numbers and the book. The car tends to run a bit short on volts when electrical services are in use. The heater is still playing up. The main beams sometimes come on when asked to, but mostly don't, so that may be a wiring problem or summat. The oil pressure gauge sometimes reads low, but I have been told that under reading on the gauge is a common fault with the XJS. Sometimes the needle does not move at all, but it flicks into life when the guage is tapped sharply with a finger. The car is doing about 26 MPG (No, I don't believe this either, but that is what the trip computer says). I have found a scrappy who can sell me whole wings to swap out for rusty ones.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 16th January 21:38

[CharlesdeGaulle]

She is lovely. Car looks OK too.

[TR4man]

That's a nice gleam on the bodywork.

Note the sign in the background of the first photo...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Breadvan72 said:

No way! If she were to find out that I had been posting pics of her in some dodgy car forum ...

Does she know? Otherwise, you're in a world of pain!

[Medic-one]

Lovely looking cat mate. I can see myself owning one of those in a few years time, such a beautifull car still.

[anonymous-user]

Buy now, Medic. An XJS can still be picked up for a bargalicious amount, but prices are moving northwards fairly briskly.

I have driven lots of sports and GT cars of various makes and eras, and think that the XJS is one of the best GTs I have ever driven. It fulfils its mission objectives so well, and these can include a trip to Tesco to buy a can of spam as well as a Warp Speed blast across Europe in search of the perfect Martini. I hate to say this, but the Jag kicks the arse of my much missed and well loved Jensen Interceptor as a GT machine, losing only on boot space and rarity.

[Alfa Pete]

How time changes perception of cars.
I always liked the XJS ,more for being slightly idiosyncratic rather than considering it a conventional beauty, but how elegant and dainty does it look now next to that vast Panamera?

[anonymous-user]

The XJS looked great from the start, IMO, and in any event has aged very well. Now that people accept it as not being the E-Type for the mid to late 70s and beyond, it can be seen as a great car in its own right. The Panamera has always looked like a vulgar monstrosity, again IMO. The blue Panamera above may the only one in the universe without some knobbish vanity number plate on it. It is owned by a colleague, who is a decent chap, but has a blind spot about cars.