New car - Jaaaagggg XJ6

geekman · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:31

Who said insurance was expensive for 18 year olds?

And finally one Voxination took of me in front of it: he asked me to try to look at much as a **** as possible and I think I did pretty well

Anyway, in all seriousness it's a fantastic car, miles better than anything I've driven before. It's not as quick as my volvo, but quicker than my mazda so good enough for what I want really. Comfort is amazing: it's so quiet you can hear the clock ticking at 70, and the aluminium body means it doesn't corner too badly considering it's size.
I paid £4500 from a dealer which was probably a bit high, but it's in great condition, has dunlops all round, has several upgrades such as the 12 speaker/2 sub alpine audio system, and full Jaguar/jaguar specialist service history so I was happy to pay the extra for the assurance that it was a decent example really.
Any questions and comments, positive or negative are welcome
Cheers

rG-tom · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:33

Great car for an 18 year old

love it.

craaaaaig · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:33

So how much was your insurance more importantly?

Scythe · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:34

How much for insurance and how many miles? Personally, I'd love a Jag like this but the mileage I do doesn't make it viable at the moment.

Looks absolutely fantastic though, enjoy it dude.

Minstadave · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:34

Amazing car for the money.

rare · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:37

Awesome, lot of love for these.

geekman · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:37

Can't believe I was stupid enough to post about insurance and not actually mention how much it was. Sorry guys!
I bought 1 week insurance on it just to get it home for £30, renewal for a year when I buy it in june should be around £1800-£1900. Sounds like a lot, but my mazda is £1100 so not really a massive difference.

Mileage wise, it has 123k on it

silversurfer · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:00

it's so quiet you can hear the clock ticking at 70

Will you be doing a lot of motorway miles.
I have a relative who spent massive insurance for a 1.3 toyota I think it was, so you might as well go for the full Minder look I guess

1 week insurance on it just to get it home for £30, renewal for a year when I buy it in june should be around £1800-£1900

So 52 x 30 is £1560. You want to build no claims? I'd be tempted to drive it 1 week on, 1 week off if at all possible and keep it in the garage

geekman · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:07

silversurfer said:
Will you be doing a lot of motorway miles.
I have a relative who spent massive insurance for a 1.3 toyota I think it was, so you might as well go for the full Minder look I guess

So 52 x 30 is £1560. You want to build no claims? I'd be tempted to drive it 1 week on, 1 week off if at all possible and keep it in the garage

Yeah, almost totally motorway miles - my commute is one half of the m25, plus I'm going to be driving it to the south of france quite a lot. The fuel costs will make me cry but I don't care

I had heard of people doing that with insurance but I can't be bothered to be honest: would rather just insure it properly and enjoy it.

[TW]Fox · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:09

Thats very cheap - how did you manage? Is it in your name?

geekman · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:10

[TW]Fox;24119301 said:
Thats very cheap - how did you manage? Is it in your name?

I don't entirely know to be honest: insurance has always been rather good to me, suppose I have a good postcode or something. I do of course add my parents onto the policy, but I'm the main driver and the car is registered in my name. Wouldn't do it any other way - just too risky.

Janesy B · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:12

Dare I ask what the excess is?

geekman · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:17

Janesy B said:
Dare I ask what the excess is?

£1000 and I believe there's an extra on top that isn't voluntary. So yeah, I'll try not to crash it.

adam cool dude · 15 Apr 2013 at 07:03

A friend at work bought one of these for 3.5k with 80k on the clock in January. His has a different grill design to yours though. You do not realize how big they are till you see one in the flesh.

West · 15 Apr 2013 at 07:39

geekman said:
I don't entirely know to be honest: insurance has always been rather good to me, suppose I have a good postcode or something. I do of course add my parents onto the policy, but I'm the main driver and the car is registered in my name. Wouldn't do it any other way - just too risky.

I think the question is the insurance in your name

Howard · 15 Apr 2013 at 08:10

That's awesome. Proper car for an 18 year old

Nice photos too. Do I recognise you from the last southern meet?

What happened to your Volvo?

West said:
I think the question is the insurance in your name

I think he means he's the policy holder and he's added his parents as named drivers, as we all do, to lower the price a bit.

I assume.

pugheaven · 15 Apr 2013 at 08:24

Stunning car, enjoy, always loved the XJ's when they were proper shaped Xj's lol

geekman · 15 Apr 2013 at 09:07

Howard said:
That's awesome. Proper car for an 18 year old Nice photos too. Do I recognise you from the last southern meet?

What happened to your Volvo?

I think he means he's the policy holder and he's added his parents as named drivers, as we all do, to lower the price a bit.

I assume.

Well recognised - that's me! Still have the Volvo but its currently off the road awaiting an MOT - needs a few minor bits doing to it that I haven't got round to yet. Still have the Mazda as well for that matter which is going to remain as my daily driver for a couple of months until I sort out insurance.
And yes, that's exactly what I've done with the insurance. I'll be doing 15-20k per year so even ignoring the moral side of things, I really can't be lying on my insurance policy.

adam cool dude · 15 Apr 2013 at 09:18

If you are doing 20k a year maybe it would be worth doing a LPG conversion?

rodenal · 15 Apr 2013 at 09:21

Excellent, much better to get bent over to insure something like that (even tho I'm not a jag fan) than a few hundred less for some tiny econobox.