Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k

[anonymous-user]

2002 Land Rover Range Rover 4.6 Vogue Auto full history

48,000 miles

£9,950. Ouch

MOT history is pretty good for a Range Rover of this age.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/land-rover/2002-land-rov...

[anonymous-user]

2003 Jaguar XJR

61,000 miles

£9,995

https://www.gumtree.com/p/jaguar/2003-jaguar-xjr/1...

[deadslow]

TartanPaint said:

dme123 said:

deadslow said:

dme123 said:

deadslow said:

slightly over budget, but possible haggle

6.0 V12 Convertible XJS in what looks like sapphire blue

Link?

Circa £10k is incredibly cheap for a late convertible.

Its actually £13k, but bereavement sale so very poss haggleable to nearer top of thread budget.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C855473

Unless that's absolutely rotten or has some other serious issue it'll be gone in no time. They are usually up at £20k+

I'll take the coupe with a free holiday:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C563591

Yes, he couldn't sell it for the past year at £11k (in fact I think it first appeared at £9.5k), so sticks it on at £12.5k

The one to have was the sapphire coupe on 32k miles at £24k. Came down to £19k and no sale. Has now turned up at CMC for £29k. They probs paid £17k or less.

[W00DY]

Zonergem said:

Hot damn. Spring road-trip across the States to an East Coast port anyone?



http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-saab-900-tur...

I bloody love Bring a Trailer. Why isn't there anything similar in the UK? Market too small, cars too rusty?

A Monte 900 cab is a genuine dream car for me.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

TartanPaint said:

I'll take the coupe with a free holiday:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C563591

I've been following that car in Greece for ages. I had a long mail exchange with the seller, he sent loads of pictures, and we were in negotiations over collection and so on. In the end, another XJS came up which I bought (and then sold) and we resumed correspondence, but the car is getting more expensive not less, and the seller's attitude recently put me off.

[anonymous-user]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

TartanPaint said:

I'll take the coupe with a free holiday:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C563591

I've been following that car in Greece for ages. I had a long mail exchange with the seller, he sent loads of pictures, and we were in negotiations over collection and so on. In the end, another XJS came up which I bought (and then sold) and we resumed correspondence, but the car is getting more expensive not less, and the seller's attitude recently put me off.

This has been for sale for 18 months+ now, if not longer, and I was sure it used to be cheaper. I looked at this car too before buying *cough* a different XJS, the idea of driving it back from Greece was highly appealing, even at 17mpg. I'm sure the bodywork will be in good condition if it's been living in the sunshine, but I'd expect the suspension to have had a hard life and I don't expect many mechanics out there are experienced with V12 Jaguars so there might be some bodgery.

£12k is top whack for a coupe, and there are plenty around that don't involve £1000 of fuel and ferry costs to get it home. Seller needs to "manage his expectations".

[CharlesdeGaulle]

dme123 said:

£12k is top whack for a coupe, and there are plenty around that don't involve £1000 of fuel and ferry costs to get it home. Seller needs to "manage his expectations".

This is exactly it. Well over a year after our initial negotiations I tried to discuss it with the seller and he ended up getting a little arsey. He appeared to think that making the car progessively more expensive and less accessible is the way to a sale; good luck with that!

[Fast Bug]

www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C856111

[bob-lad]

This is obviously a tad over budget but I couldn't think of a better place for it (other here with me, of course) ...

http://www.premiumclassiccars.com/carlistings/jagu...



I know. Genius.

A Mk IX with all the rust removed and the 6.0 V12 from an XJS providing the soundtrack.

Edited by bob-lad on Friday 7th April 14:25

[Lowtimer]

Bloody marvellous. XJ40 suspension and big brakes too, so all properly done yet externally practically undetectable. Wondrous.

[DoctorX]

£POA How much do you think? It is lovely though.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

bob-lad said:

I know. Genius.

A Mk IX with all the rust removed and the 6.0 V12 from an XJS providing the soundtrack.

Oh yes. Very, very yes.

Dare one ask how much?

[anonymous-user]

The engine looks lost in there.

[bob-lad]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Oh yes. Very, very yes.

Dare one ask how much?

If it's as good as it looks and using Beacham as guide for a MkII update, I'd expect this to be in excess of £100k.

[Lowtimer]

Well north of £100K. Well, well north.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Lowtimer said:

Well north of £100K. Well, well north.

Hashtagkillerofdreams.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

This will appeal to the contrarians amongst us. I'm not sure it's for me, but it's an unusual and fairly appealing car. Great colour.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C856393

[anonymous-user]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

This will appeal to the contrarians amongst us. I'm not sure it's for me, but it's an unusual and fairly appealing car. Great colour.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C856393

Gosh they haven't gotten prettier with time. You'd have felt a right twit if you'd spent (rather a lot of money) on one of those hideous things 3 months before the rather nice full convertible came out. Manual gearbox and the frankly rather nasty early 3.6 AJ6 too. You can keep that one!

Edited by dme123 on Saturday 8th April 19:38

[0a]

I'm with you there. Not a looker, and while I appreciate a manual, not in this configuration.

I also happen to think the colour is a bit dull - these jags suit strong colours, or at least British racing green. Not William Morris arts and crafts my-mum leafy compromise green.

[anonymous-user]

0a said:

I'm with you there. Not a looker, and while I appreciate a manual, not in this configuration.

I also happen to think the colour is a bit dull - these jags suit strong colours, or at least British racing green. Not William Morris arts and crafts my-mum leafy compromise green.

Yes I hadn't even seen past the general nastyness to appreciate the full blandness of the colour. It's very murky, maybe "Canal Green"?

Anyone who penny pinched their way into the cement mixer-esque 3.6 AJ6 with correspondingly industrial long throw manual gearbox spent about 80% of the money and got about 20% of the XJS experience.


ETA - Just read that the seller claims 30mpg. Maybe if you roll it down a hill for thirty miles it only idles through a gallon?

Edited by dme123 on Saturday 8th April 19:53