BMW 7series seem worse than the Jags and are more expensive. There's a 740 in Liverpool I know of personally that is up for about £900. It's on it's second engine, 3rd gearbox, electrics don't work properly, dash is cracking, heater fan squeals and you have to take the dash out to replace it, drivers window only worsk when the door is open. Been serviced regularly but it's oneof the worst drives I've ever had.
Paul (XJ6 in Southport)
It's that time again, after spending aeons of time doing loads of little
> jobs to the XJ-S, I've got to the point where I can't be arsed anymore. > [1] >
> Spec of the car for lurkers etc
>
> '91 "H" XJ-S 3.6 Sport Automatic.
> Oyster [2] with doeskin leather interior
> mileage unknown but believed to be 75-80000 miles [3]
> Anti lock brakes, alloys, ABS, Air Conditioning [4], all the usual > gubbins. >
> It's the last of the line 3.6 engined ones, they were 4.0 very shortly > after
> this was made.
>
> Good bits
>
> Oil pressure is excellent, 50 lb ft at tickover, 70-75 lb ft when driving > (warm)
> Air conditioning works, which is very bloody unusual on one of these.
> Stainless steel exhausts
> Interior is excellent (bar the centre console veneer)
> 4 speed auto box
> No diff noise etc
> MOT til Feb 05, tax til end June or July '04.
> Capable of 30 mpg
> Rear wheel drive
>
> Bad bits
>
> Rust on back arches, and o/s/f wing
> Paint on roof and bonnet crazed. Late 80's early 90's XJS's seem to suffer > from this.
> Handbrake is useless, and it's got inboard rear discs
> Electric aerial doesn't work.
> Cig lighter doesn't.
> N/S electric window is tempremental, but if you give the door a gentle > clout
> it springs joyously to life.
> Normally only manages 18-22 mpg [5]
>
> Pics of it
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> I don't know what to do with this thing really, whether to just keep > driving
> it and spend the money on the little annoying jobs like the handbrake,
> window and aerial and get the paintwork and bubbly bits sorted. The values
> of XJ-S's seem to be on the up at the moment, even shagged out A reg ones
> are fetching £600-700 on eBay, so it's got to be worth more than that. > Main
> problem for me being too many cars at the moment, although I'd probably > swap
> it [6] for an XJ6 or similar big old Luxobarge.. I've always quite fancied > a
> 735 or 750 BMW.
>
> People of usenet, I await your comments / flaming / piss taking with > baited > breath.
>
> [1] I like it, but now I fancy a change.
> [2] Yeah, I know, it's Jewish Racing Beige
> [3] Handy for limited mileage policies, the speedo works, the odo doesn't.
> [4] An older Jag with working Aircon. Very rare!
> [5] Which is 9 mpg better than the Merc
> [6] You never know, I might even throw in some money
>
>
> --
> Pete M
>
> Alfa 164 TS,
> Mercedes 500 SEL,
> Jaguar XJ-S 3.6,
> Golf GTi 8v Mk2
>
> Scouse Git extraordinaire.
> Liverpool, Great Britain
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