SOTW: Jaguar XJ6

[vixen1700]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C352531

This is the XJ6 I'd love to have, but it's far from shed money.

Cool as.

[MX7]

vixen1700 said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C352531

This is the XJ6 I'd love to have, but it's far from shed money.

Cool as.

Is £12k a realistic price for them now?

[Krikkit]

MX7 said:

vixen1700 said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C352531

This is the XJ6 I'd love to have, but it's far from shed money.

Cool as.

Is £12k a realistic price for them now?

For an absolute minter with 0 rot, I'd pay that.

[Blackpuddin]

Slightly concerned about the 'poultry 31k miles', it must whiff a bit.

[vixen1700]

MX7 said:

Is £12k a realistic price for them now?

An excellent MK1, yes. Robert Hughes would probably charge more as the MK1s are pretty scarce these days. Just look at the prices of decent Rover P5B Coupes.

[ziggy1024]

Dominicc01 said:

True, but if you keep on top of it, nothing will be terminal. Mine only left me stranded once, when the starter solenoid died. Diff bearings did need doing, but that doesn't stand out as having been an expensive job.

Absolutely. I went into it with my eyes open, but although the 'done' list is growing, the 'to-do' stays pretty much a constant length! I know I'm going to jinx myself here, but it's not yet prevented me from completing a journey - just makes a variety of noises from time to time!

Oh, and insurance wise, I've found it very reasonable. Significantly cheaper than the equivalent BMW (my default choice for the last few years) for me.

[King Steffy]

Best car in the world bar none..
You have to stop thinking it's only 1 grand...

If it were 100 grand, the car would still be beautiful...

I have a 98 Black V8 XJR & a 97 last of the line XJ6 3.2 SPort...
Yes the XJR eats it for breakfast however I tell you, see when you are driving in the real world,
the comfort & steering of the XJ6 @ normal speeds is just submlime..

I have had both for many years & both are excellent cars...The XJR did have costly updates to Timing Chains & Tensioners which was never an issue with the XJ6..

For me, there is nothing quite like an XJ6...Mine is Antigua Blue with Cream leather...It's in mint condition (as both are)..

You could give me thousands for it & I would not sell it...

Class is priceless...

[Mark-C]

Lovely shed - the perfect colour IMHO.

Get a choice of an XJ6 at this age or a later XJ8 as a courtesy car when I get my Jag serviced and the six just feels so much more refined.

As per the text everyone should have an XJ at some point in their lives - especially the naysayers! The perfect introduction to bargain barging

[deadtom]

Alfa159Ti said:

Stabbing the throttle just seemed to result in more noise, not more propulsion.
I would guess I averaged circa 15 mpg over a few days of mixed driving... Ouch.

sounds like his one was borked then... even the smallest engine V8 was good for 240 bhp and 0 - 60 in under 8 seconds, and average mpg should be low 20's, or up to 30 on a gentle cruise

[deadtom]

as everyone else is indulging themselves, this is my dads old waftmobile:

1996 XJ6 sovereign 4.0 with every toy jag made at the time

[pSyCoSiS]

deadtom said:

sounds like his one was borked then... even the smallest engine V8 was good for 240 bhp and 0 - 60 in under 8 seconds, and average mpg should be low 20's, or up to 30 on a gentle cruise

Yep - I always thought the 3.2 V8 felt brisk.

His one sounds like it was being held back.

[J4CKO]

I would find it funny if I bought one of these as people would remark as to how much I must be paid, how much it must use in fuel etc etc, they then walk off shaking their head and get in their 15 grand diesel Polo.

[AdeV]

MichelV said:

Are you high on Tulips?

I thought shed meant troublefree motoring for at least 6 months under a grand.

If you like this car simply buy it in modelcar. Resin preferably cause if it is 1/18 white metal it might start to rust.

Michel

Since when has Shed meant "trouble free", let alone for at least 6 months.

As far as I am concerned, Shed means "here's an interesting motor for a bag of sand or less, it's got tax & mot, so in theory you can drive it away". And that's it. Nothing about 6 months trouble free, it's 100% about how interesting the car is.

[richb77]

Seems a bit steep at £900 IMHO.

A mate has one almost identical. 105k FJSH he paid £450!

[richb77]

I bought a S2 XJ6 many moons ago. It needed trailering home as it had no MOT at the time.

I had a S3 land rover LWB pulling the trailer. Parked it up, in gear hand brake on. Went to drive the jag up the tralier and it pushed the land rover/trailer down the road! Had to get the seller sitting in the LR with his foot on the brakes and it was still trying to push!

On another note my old chap had (all too briefly IMO) and X308 XJR. I almost cried when he parted with it.

[anonymous-user]

I used to have a Series 3 XJ12. It was totally reliable but the fuel costs were horrific

[pSyCoSiS]

J4CKO said:

I would find it funny if I bought one of these as people would remark as to how much I must be paid, how much it must use in fuel etc etc, they then walk off shaking their head and get in their 15 grand diesel Polo.

....and that would be on finance!!!

[Carnnoisseur]

Like. Edward Woodward would have been chuffed.

[V8 TEJ]

Alfa159Ti said:

However far you depressed the throttle, the oh-so-lazy slush box pretty much refused to provide any additional thrust. The car drove at its pace and you had very little control over velocity. Stabbing the throttle just seemed to result in more noise, not more propulsion.

Then there was the fuel consumption. John reckoned it was pretty frugal, but in my hands even wafting with a light right foot, the thing was the most terrifying fossil fuel devourer I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.

It made the Busso V6 in my 156 appear to be at the cutting edge of frugality.

I would guess I averaged circa 15 mpg over a few days of mixed driving... Ouch.

So in summary, the cars are massive, heavy, slow and thirsty as hell, but with nice ride quality!

Not really my bag...

Maybe something wrong with the car you were lent as I had a 3.2 V8 one and an Alfa with the Busso V6- both of which can be seen here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=938...

You will notice in the thread I have linked that I managed to achieve 32 MPG in my Jag over a 30 mile journey and it regularly did around 30 MPG most of the time. fair enough I generally had motorway use but my Alfa 155 V6 did similar MPG whilst being a lighter 2.5 V6 versus the heavier 3.2 V8! If anything I would say the V8 Jaguar engine is the frugal one here. The 2.5 Busso V6 is a guzzler in 12 and 24 Valve form and even town driving will see low 20s MPG, the same you get in a V8 Jaguar :-)

The feeling of putting your foot down and nothing happening is due to the Jag not making any noise. When you are used to engine noise increasing the more you put your foot down, it's an odd feeling having no noise. At first I too thought that it was a slug but once I got used to it it became apparent how much of a beast it really is. The speed increases but the engine/road noise doesn't so your brain thinks it's not accelerating. Kick down gives very strong mid range acceleration and it will see the wrong side of 120 MPH very quickly. I unfortunately had a crash in my one after 35'000 happy miles but once I can get insured on one again I will have another but a 4.0 this time.

[JaguarsportXJR]

wildcat45 said:

It may even be one of the last V12s....I think they put them in the X300, but I could be talking rubbish there.

They did. I've driven one with no (working) traction control. Great fun but I don't think it was technically an X300 as they changed the code for it. Kept the XJ12/Double Six thing going until they got the supercharged V8 on the go for the X308 IIRC.