Jags & Jags ...has anyone here ever owned or lived with a Jaguar XJ6 X300 (1994-1997)
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You know full well it isn't.
I haven't read all the other blurb but that does look very nice
It's not rust exactly, not in the same way as you get with a steel bodied car ...like I have around my nearside rear wheel arch on the BMW. It's surface corrosion under the paint, that causes it to bubble ...and eventually looks crap. It's a big and well known issue with the X350s. There are various ideas about why this occurs though. This one already has a little bit, but it's fairly innocuous right now and you need to look closely. My old black one had some on the off-side c pillar too, it did have some bad bubbling on the boot lid but that was fixed before I took the car.
Thanks, I'll look into that dye you suggest too. The Gliptone one Mark suggested looks like it will do the trick just fine ...it's just a matter of me finding out exactly what colour that wheel is, there are several Jag leather colours that are very similar. Trying to match my photo with the websites colour check suggests it's caramel ...but this is relying on a none calibrated monitor and a photo I took with a phone
...so it could certainly be a shade or two different.
Hehe yea, and you know it needs ...TLC ...they don't really beyond the obvious bit of rust and some paint damage.
Thanks, I'll look into that dye you suggest too. The Gliptone one Mark suggested looks like it will do the trick just fine ...it's just a matter of me finding out exactly what colour that wheel is, there are several Jag leather colours that are very similar. Trying to match my photo with the websites colour check suggests it's caramel ...but this is relying on a none calibrated monitor and a photo I took with a phone
...so it could certainly be a shade or two different.I'd have had the 540 off you although the dealers offer is quite reasonableOh well, too late now.
Jag is the much better car so all is well that ends well i guess, but i do agree with Fox, your car buying habits are crazily wasteful
Hehe yea, and you know it needs ...TLC ...they don't really beyond the obvious bit of rust and some paint damage.
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I liked the black V8 the best too but it's gone ...that was just over £4k more than this one mind.
It's nice to have auto lights and the electronic park brake back again though, I can't tell you how many damn times I started driving the BMW with the brake still on after getting used to the Jags, which auto releases when you put it in drive and even auto applies when you put it in park and switch the engine off. I don't mind switching headlights on and off manually but it's nice to not have to, and the seat has lumbar adjustment so I can get a decent amount of lower back support just the way I like it. Also the pedals are electrically adjustable so those can be fine tuned too ...you can really set these up the way you like.
Actually this gold one has different seats to my black one, that had 18 way adjustable sports seats, this one has the standard seats which have a few less adjustments. Still something like 14 way though.
...that was just over £4k more than this one mind. It's nice to have auto lights and the electronic park brake back again though, I can't tell you how many damn times I started driving the BMW with the brake still on after getting used to the Jags, which auto releases when you put it in drive and even auto applies when you put it in park and switch the engine off. I don't mind switching headlights on and off manually but it's nice to not have to, and the seat has lumbar adjustment so I can get a decent amount of lower back support just the way I like it. Also the pedals are electrically adjustable so those can be fine tuned too
...you can really set these up the way you like.Actually this gold one has different seats to my black one, that had 18 way adjustable sports seats, this one has the standard seats which have a few less adjustments. Still something like 14 way though.
...I have never actually found another car with that feature. It's not really necessary of course but why the hell not!
Oh come on. I drive a random old Toyota and have entertained the thought of owning a Jag many a-time, yet I've been one of the biggest nay-sayers in this thread. It isn't a matter of it being a Jaguar that has gotten me (at least personally) but the fact that the reasoning for the change just doesn't/didn't really add up.
The OP has explained in detail and as far as I'm concerned, fair enough. He's obviously given the decision some thought, he obviously wanted a Jaguar and he got one. I can't personally say fairer than that
.Thank you Joshy. I think it's fair to say few if anyone of us actually puts our entire thought process on the forums. Hell I didn't have to explain myself at all, but in some ways I like to write it down ...it helps me that way, I can the read back exactly what I was thinking when I wrote it, it's more a case of it explains it to myself as much as anyone else. The forum is probably better at keeping track and record of what I may or may not be thinking than I am after a point
It's not rust exactly, not in the same way as you get with a steel bodied car ...like I have around my nearside rear wheel arch on the BMW. It's surface corrosion under the paint, that causes it to bubble ...and eventually looks crap. It's a big and well known issue with the X350s. There are various ideas about why this occurs though. This one already has a little bit, but it's fairly innocuous right now and you need to look closely. My old black one had some on the off-side c pillar too, it did have some bad bubbling on the boot lid but that was fixed before I took the car.
Thanks, I'll look into that dye you suggest too. The Gliptone one Mark suggested looks like it will do the trick just fine ...it's just a matter of me finding out exactly what colour that wheel is, there are several Jag leather colours that are very similar. Trying to match my photo with the websites colour check suggests it's caramel ...but this is relying on a none calibrated monitor and a photo I took with a phone
Hehe yea, and you know it needs ...TLC ...they don't really beyond the obvious bit of rust and some paint damage.
Phone up the dealer before you pick it up, and ask for the secondary interior colour code, that will be the steering wheel.
Tell them to throw in a full size big back number plate too, they look much better.
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Jag lovers are welcome, though people who post that tired, boring, irrelevent and untrue comment about everything that isnt a 5 Series being crap are not.
Funny how whenever somebody wheels that comment out the car is that everything that isn't sucks changes slightly
The cost to change from the 540i to the XJ6 was a little over £4k ...so from the original XJ ...well I bought that for £11k near as makes no differance and sold it for £9.25k and bought this XJ6 for just under £7k ...might aswell say £7k though.
The big losses was made on the BMW 540i and the ST220, not the XJ8.
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Stand firm, it dont hurt for long.
Iv just done 4k in cold blood today selling my Cayenne i only had a couple of months
Yea but £4k depreciation cost on a nearly new Cayenne is a bit less of a kick in the face than £3k over a similar time period on a 10 year old 5 Series
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[TW]Fox;17153774 said:Jag lovers are welcome, though people who post that tired, boring, irrelevent and untrue comment about everything that isnt a 5 Series being crap are not.
Funny how whenever somebody wheels that comment out the car is that everything that isn't sucks changes slightly
Spoken like you own this forum, well done have a sticker
Spoken like you own this forum, well done have a sticker
Are you just here to try and start a fight or something?