A Long Way from The Seventies

[reddiesel]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106043...

When I see these sort of mileages being attained by modern Jaguars I never ceased to raise my eyebrows in admiration . Back in the old British Leyland days of the seventies when an XJ would literally rust away before your eyes this sort of mileage was unheard of . I hope this car finds a buyer who will look after her .

[fatboy b]

Does look fresh for those miles.

[reddiesel]

fatboy b said:

Does look fresh for those miles.

Quite incredible isnt it ? Hope you are well ?

[motco]

It's beautiful, but I suspect it will be so quiet that all you will hear will be the ticking of the financial time-bomb.

[Dr Jekyll]

motco said:

It's beautiful, but I suspect it will be so quiet that all you will hear will be the ticking of the financial time-bomb.

So what? If you've only paid £4K to start with then providing you bought it because you like Jaguar V8s rather than as an alternative to an old Fiesta to biggest risk is having to say 'well it was fun while it lasted' and needing to look for another car.

[motco]

Dr Jekyll said:

motco said:

It's beautiful, but I suspect it will be so quiet that all you will hear will be the ticking of the financial time-bomb.

So what? If you've only paid £4K to start with then providing you bought it because you like Jaguar V8s rather than as an alternative to an old Fiesta to biggest risk is having to say 'well it was fun while it lasted' and needing to look for another car.

Indeed! And I am tempted too! Great it with respect and it could well reward you. I've had a few cars over150,000 miles and one over 200,000 - all well maintained and none with drastic failures. Fords every one - not prestige marques at all.

[anonymous-user]

I had a couple of jags exceed 200k miles without any failures (aside from tyres, pads, discs etc). One had an injector go so I got rid, the other was a p/x.

If well maintained (quality filters and oil etc) and driven sensibly (don't floor it up a steep hill from cold etc) any modern car should last well imo.

[reddiesel]

MikeStroud said:

I had a couple of jags exceed 200k miles without any failures (aside from tyres, pads, discs etc). One had an injector go so I got rid, the other was a p/x.

If well maintained (quality filters and oil etc) and driven sensibly (don't floor it up a steep hill from cold etc) any modern car should last well imo.

I would be surprised Mike if many Series 1 or Series 2 Jaguar XJ owners rolled up here with 200,000 miles up on an original engine having only had the normal consumables replaced , as someone earlier in the Thread who mentioned the reliability of Fords , Its my belief that Ford Ownership imbibed these qualities in Jaguars nobody else . In my humble opinion its an absolute tragedy that we still arent owned by Ford though others no doubt will disagree .