Looking at a cheap XJ6 - any tips?
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I'm going to look at my potential festive snotter today, and I'm stupid enough to buy it there and then.
It's a 3.2 xj6, with very little history. The story is that it was a customer car that he left with a garage in lieu of payment. The V5 is in the name of the seller.
I saw it in the dark a couple of weeks ago, and it seems superficially ok. It runs a bit rough, but the guy says it's been stored for 9 months, and "just needs a run".
One rear arch is starting to bubble. I've heard inner sills can be a problem, but don't know where to look.
He wants a grand for it. I reckon it's worth £600 with the 4 months ticket it has. I've had meerkat quotes for about £500 for insurance. Any tips on classic insurers for a 95 xj6? I'm early 40s, with an SP30, an unresolved claim from 2009, and I have an apparently risky second job.
TIA
It's a 3.2 xj6, with very little history. The story is that it was a customer car that he left with a garage in lieu of payment. The V5 is in the name of the seller.
I saw it in the dark a couple of weeks ago, and it seems superficially ok. It runs a bit rough, but the guy says it's been stored for 9 months, and "just needs a run".
One rear arch is starting to bubble. I've heard inner sills can be a problem, but don't know where to look.
He wants a grand for it. I reckon it's worth £600 with the 4 months ticket it has. I've had meerkat quotes for about £500 for insurance. Any tips on classic insurers for a 95 xj6? I'm early 40s, with an SP30, an unresolved claim from 2009, and I have an apparently risky second job.
TIA
No experience of running them but looking at prices, the very best 1995 3.2 XJ6 is going to struggle to make £2000. With that in mind I can't see much point in buying a shed at £1000 when there are so many better cars to choose from. If you can get to auction, no one will bid on the XJ6/8 going through and £1000 buys a peach
s2sol said:
I've had meerkat quotes for about £500 for insurance. Any tips on classic insurers for a 95 xj6? I'm early 40s, with an SP30, an unresolved claim from 2009, and I have an apparently risky second job.
TIA
It's probably worth looking at classic insurance for any car over 15 years old, depending on what mileage you do. My '89 is sub £200 from Lancaster fully comp, limited to 3k miles though not a problem for me as it's just a toy.TIA
You're all absolutely right. I should look for a better one. I'll still go and see it later on, and see if I can get him down on the price. I'll probably only run it for a few months. I spend most of my summers in this:
So I don't get much time to enjoy a car. It's just an itch I have to scratch. I've done some research on inner sills, and it looks as though as long as the jacking points and rear seatbelt mounts are sound, I shouldn't have too much of a problem.
If I am stupid enough to buy it today, you can all point and laugh at me for the rest of my life.
So I don't get much time to enjoy a car. It's just an itch I have to scratch. I've done some research on inner sills, and it looks as though as long as the jacking points and rear seatbelt mounts are sound, I shouldn't have too much of a problem.
If I am stupid enough to buy it today, you can all point and laugh at me for the rest of my life.
XJ40 said:
It's probably worth looking at classic insurance for any car over 15 years old, depending on what mileage you do. My '89 is sub £200 from Lancaster fully comp, limited to 3k miles though not a problem for me as it's just a toy.
My XJR was only 10 years old when I had that on a policy from Peter Best, I think the term is 'cherished' rather then 'classic'. I think they'll do anything as long as you have a main car
I paid £200 for this one on ebay, probably alsightly older than the one your looking at - just needed a clean really, ran lovely - had been sitting in a yard for a year - bottoms of the front wings had started to go and is a weak spot on them. Sold it after a few months, had enough of floating around in a Jag, the novelty wore off but I'd have another one!
Nice Forty always good in black.
I can go one better on the money front, I bought my current '40 for £500 on the ebay, it came wearing a set of 18" XKR wheels. I fitted a set of 16's that I had in the shed and sold the XKR wheel back on ebay for £463, making the net cost of the car £37!
I can go one better on the money front, I bought my current '40 for £500 on the ebay, it came wearing a set of 18" XKR wheels. I fitted a set of 16's that I had in the shed and sold the XKR wheel back on ebay for £463, making the net cost of the car £37!
Got one! Not the one I looked at - the ABS light didn't cycle. The guy said he would put a year's ticket on, but I didn't fancy it. There was another a few miles up the road for a bit more money, and I thought I'd have a look. It wasn't a sport, which I was really after, it wasn't a colour I particularly liked, but it's in fantastic condition, with a bill from August for refurbishing the alloys - just over £400. The interior is amazingly good.
Old man cruising ahead!
Old man cruising ahead!
It's a 300. It says it's turquoise, but it's more a dark blue/grey. 96k miles, 14 main dealer stamps in the book, £208 to insure for me and the mrs with Lancaster. I'm used to driving a van or a 407 diesel auto, and it feels great after either of those.
Pics tomorrow, once I've washed it, honest!
Pics tomorrow, once I've washed it, honest!
Happy motoring! I sold my X300 a few months back and I do miss driving it, even if I don't miss the fuel consumption!
You did well to steer clear of the original car, these cars are so cheap there's no reason to buy a really rough example.
I paid £850 for mine and sold it for £900. I had to change a wheel bearing and brake hoses and that was about it, the rest of the issues were cosmetic and dealt with a rattle cans of primer and paint and a lot of elbow grease. I accidentally spent £250 on the correct wheels (mine had the wrong alloys) and that was probably the most money I spent on the car.
You did well to steer clear of the original car, these cars are so cheap there's no reason to buy a really rough example.
I paid £850 for mine and sold it for £900. I had to change a wheel bearing and brake hoses and that was about it, the rest of the issues were cosmetic and dealt with a rattle cans of primer and paint and a lot of elbow grease. I accidentally spent £250 on the correct wheels (mine had the wrong alloys) and that was probably the most money I spent on the car.
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