RE: Jaguar XJ8 | Shed of the Week

RE: Jaguar XJ8 | Shed of the Week

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pSyCoSiS

3,581 posts

204 months

Friday 4th September 2020
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DrSteveBrule said:
cerb4.5lee said:
I've been a passenger in one of these and I thought that it was a lovely thing to sit in. They do seem great value for money as well for what you get. I'd swerve this one, but I'd love one none the less.
FIL had one in V6 form. All I remember was that it was like a reverse Tardis & felt smaller inside than it looked outside.
If it was this style and shape, will be a straight-six (AJ16). Only the aluminium X350 came with V6 engines.

juliethotel

255 posts

148 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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BeastieBoy73 said:
That reads like a list of reasons to avoid buying this shed but I suppose a ‘nice’ one would cost considerably more. Not for me though, even at 47 I consider myself to young to own a Jaguar.
Oh do behave!

I first drove a Jag when I was about 7, and arrived late in the Jag ownership game aged 25 with my '95 XJR6

At 32 with an old XK8, I really think I should have owned more by now laugh



ddom

6,657 posts

47 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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A terribly overrated old heap.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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ddom said:
A terribly overrated old heap.
That's your dating profile sorted.

Now, what do you think of the car?

ddom

6,657 posts

47 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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Argleton said:
That's your dating profile sorted.

Now, what do you think of the car?
I think it’s awful. A car for old men wearing rose tinted spectacles, tight underwear eating expensive German biscuits...likely worth more than this terrible vehicle biggrin

florian

290 posts

273 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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Jaguar steve said:
...Either buy a dirt cheap one with some MOT and smoke it about until it borks then simply throw it away or find a really good one that's had love and money poured all over it all it's life and regard it as a keeper for whatever it costs to buy. This particular example may well fall right into the middle of the black hole of financial doom that exists between the two.
Jag Steve is spot on. If you intend to enjoy your car, do yourself a favor a get the very best you can afford and keep it in tip top shape. These cars can be very reliable if looked after properly. I have an XJ and XK and both passed the Swiss MOT without a single deviation in the last five years. If you hanker after one, go for it!

Rob 131 Sport

2,477 posts

51 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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ess said:
That example looks too low, but think they can benefit from a slight height reduction.

Here's my '99 XJR, which had some suspension work done at a reputable classic Jaguar specialist a few years back.
Still has the XJ comfort, wheels fill the arches a little better.
On the 17" X300 Jaguar Sport wheels here, rather than the original 18" Pentas.

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Edited by ess on Friday 4th September 20:41
Just because the lowering has been done by a Jaguar Specialist, like this weeks Shed, it doesn’t stop it looking just plain ‘wrong’.

Lovely looking XJR. Is the colour Silver.

Edited by Rob 131 Sport on Saturday 5th September 08:21

BeastieBoy73

634 posts

111 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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juliethotel said:
BeastieBoy73 said:
That reads like a list of reasons to avoid buying this shed but I suppose a ‘nice’ one would cost considerably more. Not for me though, even at 47 I consider myself to young to own a Jaguar.
Oh do behave!

I first drove a Jag when I was about 7, and arrived late in the Jag ownership game aged 25 with my '95 XJR6

At 32 with an old XK8, I really think I should have owned more by now laugh
Do you still call it your ‘Shaguar’, Austin?

Rob 131 Sport

2,477 posts

51 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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Always loved Jaguars. Great car’s and Great Owners.

I’ve come so close to owning one but somehow never quite managed it. I wish Jaguar had been a little more imaginative with their current XF, the previous one was a real corker in it’s day.

I have driven a lot though with my Dad having Jaguars.

CDP

7,454 posts

253 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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JD2329 said:
Rusty old Jag...Nikasil bores...lowered suspension...potential diff issue...Cat S...the list goes on...and £1300!!
I'd guess parts alone would be worth a fair few hundred but would you really want the aggro when better cars are around for not much more?
For me, a Shed too far this week.
Nikasil isn't too much of an issue these days. The failures were down to sulphur in fuels which is illegal. It was then but there were places (especially in the North West) where places were selling very cheap fuel from who knows where (Russia I think) which all sorts of nasties in it.

My father has scrupulously stuck to BP, Esso etc and avoided supermarkets for his.

Besides the car in the ad has done 147,000 miles so if it were to be an issue it would by now.

Conversely the rust, diff and suspension are all good reasons to avoid. Plenty of decent cars out there if you wait.

996GT3_Matt

199 posts

203 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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Timeless shape, a decent example would be a lovely thing to waft about it. Had me searching the classifieds over my morning coffee!

cerb4.5lee

30,197 posts

179 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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georgezippy said:
I thought it too quiet for a V8, if I'm shoving that much petrol into the best engine configuration then I want to hear it a bit.
I felt exactly the same as you with the BMW V8's I've had and I didn't like how muted they were. I didn't have any complaints about how loud the V8 was in my Cerbera though! biggrin

I think it is a difficult balance in a cruiser like this and the cruiser BMW's I had though. You probably don't want the engine shouting at you in these(even though I'd personally be happy if it did!).

CDP

7,454 posts

253 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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cerb4.5lee said:
georgezippy said:
I thought it too quiet for a V8, if I'm shoving that much petrol into the best engine configuration then I want to hear it a bit.
I felt exactly the same as you with the BMW V8's I've had and I didn't like how muted they were. I didn't have any complaints about how loud the V8 was in my Cerbera though! biggrin

I think it is a difficult balance in a cruiser like this and the cruiser BMW's I had though. You probably don't want the engine shouting at you in these(even though I'd personally be happy if it did!).
I remember the Jaguar dealer saying that Jaguar had deliberately made the exhaust a little noisier as some of the prototypes were at Lexus levels of silence and a Jag should sound sporty.


ffhard

237 posts

127 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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If only there was some expression involving "touching with" and "bargepoles" I would use it for this one.
Lowered springs, sports exhaust, told it was wheel bearings but haven't bothered to change them...
How many more danger signs can you put into one ad?

Jaguar steve

9,232 posts

209 months

Tuesday 8th September 2020
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cerb4.5lee said:
georgezippy said:
I thought it too quiet for a V8, if I'm shoving that much petrol into the best engine configuration then I want to hear it a bit.
I felt exactly the same as you with the BMW V8's I've had and I didn't like how muted they were. I didn't have any complaints about how loud the V8 was in my Cerbera though! biggrin

I think it is a difficult balance in a cruiser like this and the cruiser BMW's I had though. You probably don't want the engine shouting at you in these(even though I'd personally be happy if it did!).
I enjoy how quiet and refined my XJ8 is.

Driving normally it's practically silent with nothing more than faint tyre roar in the background. Even if you hold lower gears manually and wind it right out to the rev limiter with the throttle mashed into the carpet you can barely hear the engine.

That's the whole point of a luxury car surely? smile


KC_TypeR

119 posts

58 months

Friday 25th September 2020
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My Dad has had his for years and is keeping it as his retirement car. This SOTW has been molested and other nicer examples are available for not much more. Definitely avoid.

Definitely agree with previous comments regarding internal space; boot is too shallow, rear passenger space is cramped but the leather is fantastic.

Finding parts is becoming more and more difficult with these. My Dad's garage has been after a new air con condenser for his for ages now.

Here's my Dad's XJ with my XK:

Micktheclick

2 posts

41 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Now that bonnet would make a great dining table !

Micktheclick

2 posts

41 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Now that bonnet would make a great dining table !

CDP

7,454 posts

253 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Micktheclick said:
Now that bonnet would make a great dining table !
It’s easily big enough but hardly flat.

Try and find a Talbot Tagora for a flat bonnet.

Andrewjb

1 posts

35 months

Thursday 15th April 2021
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Just come across this thread so apologies for dragging it out of the weeds. This was my son's car and he had a lot of fun owning it and tweaking it to his taste. Including lowering it. I suspect that very few of the armchair experts on here have actually owned or even driven a Jag so some of the comments are fairly daft.

Oh......and if you don't like it lowered you'll hate what he did next. :-) :-) :-)










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Edited by Andrewjb on Thursday 15th April 12:14