Man of Honour
Update at post 49
So for some months now I have been on the hunt for a car that I have loved since I was a kid, when I was taken out and scared witless by a co-worker of my dads. A car that ironically has been the subject of several threads on here recently.
Before I get into the car - I know owning mad old expensive cars is a point of contention on here, I live within walking distance of work - I have no need for a car, just a massive want. I have also saved up a nice £1500 buffer , soon to be £2k to sit in my savings in case of repairs and earn more than enough to be comfortable, I also have nearly every spanner and tool known to man and am not shy of spinning them!
So without further bluffing, my 1999 Jaguar XJR V8 Supercharged!
It turns out the car was actually in Ivor Heath, not slough as auto trader suggested!
109,000 Miles, Full Jaguar Service History, Throttle Bodies Done, Cam Chains Done, Running on the correct nearly new P-Zero Asymetrico tyres with a 5th alloy spare, long MOT and TAX, and a folder full of receipts for everything from servicing to suspension refreshes.
The car drives as tightly as I have ever felt ( I have owned and test driven XJs before ) and is, apart from a worn bolster and a small scrape on a bumper, immaculate - for any age!
How much you ask, £2600 - hand on heart, the guy was only selling as he needed more room for his hunting guns - it had been he weekend car for nearly 5 years, and has never had a penny skimped. The issue was his advert was terrible, and he had been lowering the price for weeks, all the way down from 5k! I had been looking at spending up to 6k, but by some miracle I now have a huge boost to my savings, and a grand to play around tidying up the car!
So yeah, I'm Happy
So for some months now I have been on the hunt for a car that I have loved since I was a kid, when I was taken out and scared witless by a co-worker of my dads. A car that ironically has been the subject of several threads on here recently.
Before I get into the car - I know owning mad old expensive cars is a point of contention on here, I live within walking distance of work - I have no need for a car, just a massive want. I have also saved up a nice £1500 buffer , soon to be £2k to sit in my savings in case of repairs and earn more than enough to be comfortable, I also have nearly every spanner and tool known to man and am not shy of spinning them!
So without further bluffing, my 1999 Jaguar XJR V8 Supercharged!
It turns out the car was actually in Ivor Heath, not slough as auto trader suggested!
109,000 Miles, Full Jaguar Service History, Throttle Bodies Done, Cam Chains Done, Running on the correct nearly new P-Zero Asymetrico tyres with a 5th alloy spare, long MOT and TAX, and a folder full of receipts for everything from servicing to suspension refreshes.
The car drives as tightly as I have ever felt ( I have owned and test driven XJs before ) and is, apart from a worn bolster and a small scrape on a bumper, immaculate - for any age!
How much you ask, £2600 - hand on heart, the guy was only selling as he needed more room for his hunting guns - it had been he weekend car for nearly 5 years, and has never had a penny skimped. The issue was his advert was terrible, and he had been lowering the price for weeks, all the way down from 5k! I had been looking at spending up to 6k, but by some miracle I now have a huge boost to my savings, and a grand to play around tidying up the car!
So yeah, I'm Happy
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Apparently all the bushings under the front have been very recently done, so I double checked the history and so they have - he said it was the tightest driving XJ he had felt!