SOTY: Jaguar XJR
And 2011's Shed of the Year goes, appropriately, to a mighty-powerful Jag (rapturous applause)
Those of you who can remember back to a time before the arrival of turkey and presents may recall that we asked you last week to vote for your favourite Shed of the Week 2011.
But instead of giving you the choice of the entire 50-plus weeks of sheds (a list of 50 cars would have been much too messy), we decided to whittle the options down to a shortlist of 10, picked for their amusement value as much as their general Shed awesomeness. Some of your favourites may have been missing (our apologies to those wanting to vote for the Accord Type R or the V6-powered Toyota MR2), but we hope that the spread of Sheds was a fair one.
And now the phone lines have closed, the votes have been counted and verified, and the results are in (new votes will not be counted, but you may still be charged per click*); so may we present to you your favourite SOTW 2011 - the Jaguar XJR.
XJR got 26 per cent of the votes...
Beating PHer Jon-'s magnificent BMW 635 CSi Shed Special, and even the magnificent E34 M5 that we featured in September, the XJR also proves that shed aficionados appreciate a good ol' punt as much as they do a genuinely sensible purchase. And that's a good thing, because if SOTW was about remotely sensible purchases we would be bringing you a Mk1 Ford Focus every week. And you wouldn't want that.
Roll on the Sheds of 2012...
*We joke - like in all the best democracies, voting on PH is free
XJR Advert is reproduced below
jaguar xjr straight 6 supercharged (1995)
97,000 miles £1,000
hi here we have my M reg jaguar xjr supercarged in saphire blue with grey leather an 97,000 miles.i have service history up to 47,000 very well looked after car needs some tlc on rear arches an passenger wing mirror missing.also chrome trim on back bumper is bent where someone before i had the car tried stealng it. very fast an reliable car everything works as it should,age related marks mot till june tax till july.any questions feel free to call
 ...while the M5 got 21 per cent of your favour... |
 ...with the 635 at 18 per cent |
Anyway back to topic - the XJR still looks good for a 17 year old car and if the engine & gearbox still work well then it would be a fantastic car for occasional use.
Having checked the DVLA website I noticed it is not currently taxed. Hopefully this is just because it is being kept off the road over the winter months...
Is there a thread for people who have bought sheds to add updates to?
Excellent work, I missed the voting but would have gone for this without a doubt.
That 635CSi is absolutely gorgeous, and I want one, but not as much as I want the Jaaag..
The car itself - should it be straight and working - is a great choice. This particular example smells dodgy-as-hell tho - it has all the alarm bells of a not-loved car which has been run into the ground by at least the last 2 owners and SOTW is not about buying other people's trouble (it's about driving on the back of other people's care!!)
First rule of shedding is that it's an "organised retreat" (someone else crowned that and I love it) - and to do that, you need a starting point which isn't already 2 people's less-than-organised retreats
SOTW update, it's currently sitting under my drive under a cover after I failed to get on top of the water ingress over the warmer months (it's not a big issue, just didn't get time to fix it and I wouldn't have run it over the winter anyway as it's not galvanised).
I'm looking forward to next spring when I can get it back on the road and start pimping again. Will try and bring it to a meet!
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=1...
Great value car for the winter!
The car itself - should it be straight and working - is a great choice. This particular example smells dodgy-as-hell tho - it has all the alarm bells of a not-loved car which has been run into the ground by at least the last 2 owners and SOTW is not about buying other people's trouble (it's about driving on the back of other people's care!!)
First rule of shedding is that it's an "organised retreat" (someone else crowned that and I love it) - and to do that, you need a starting point which isn't already 2 people's less-than-organised retreats
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=1...
Great value car for the winter!
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