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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omega3000 on 27 October 2014, 22:19:27
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I think ive reached it , been looking at jaguars and bmw's :-[ Mainly because they are so cheap .. service items could be expensive but looking at the current prices they are throw away tin boxes anyway ..ie X5's or XJ (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-JAGUAR-XJ-EXECUTIVE-3-2-AUTO-TAXD-MOTD-FULL-LEATHER-DRIVE-AWAY-/141444498653?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20eebfc4dd) please help :-[ :(
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The Jag looks a bargain! You could easily spend the same again though if anything more than the ash tray needs emptying! ::)
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They are cheap for a reason, :y
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... please help :-[ :(
At least your mid life crisis cars are inexpensive, I was looking at Opti's territory of car ::) ::)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-SL500-Huge-Spec-inc-Glass-Roof-AMG-Wheels-V8-Convertible-STUNNING-CAR-/191382491241?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c8f491069
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... please help :-[ :(
At least your mid life crisis cars are inexpensive, I was looking at Opti's territory of car ::) ::)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-SL500-Huge-Spec-inc-Glass-Roof-AMG-Wheels-V8-Convertible-STUNNING-CAR-/191382491241?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c8f491069
Loose change to Lord opti , those merc's do sound nice though ::) A soft top would be more practical for me though :-[
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They are cheap for a reason, :y
Trouble with the X5's mr ron ? :-\
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They are cheap for a reason, :y
Trouble with the X5's mr ron ? :-\
A couple of year ago when I bought my R Class, my next door neighbour bought a similar aged X5. He had it just a couple of weeks before he had to spend a few grand on it ....... something to do with injector or swirl flaps :-\ :-\ :-\
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Yeah steer away from cheap X5's
What about a nice post year 2000 400bhp XJR?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843)
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The Jag looks a bargain! You could easily spend the same again though if anything more than the ash tray needs emptying! ::)
One's butler does that job, old boy ;)
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how about this one :)
http://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-z3/1084259292 (http://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-z3/1084259292)
or this one
http://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/-03-bmw-z4-2.5i-se-/1085663925
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What about a nice post year 2000 400bhp XJR?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843)
I had the pleasure of using one of them (98 reg'd) for a week when we lived in Feltham back in 2001, I always swore that If the chance arose for me to have a half decent car then a Jag wouldn't be on my list of choices.
After that week of using it, my mind was changed :y
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What about a nice post year 2000 400bhp XJR?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843)
I had the pleasure of using one of them (98 reg'd) for a week when we lived in Feltham back in 2001, I always swore that If the chance arose for me to have a half decent car then a Jag wouldn't be on my list of choices.
After that week of using it, my mind was changed :y
What put you off them ???
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If you had highlighted the next sentence, you would have seen that Andyroid is a Jag convert ::)
But to answer your question... probably intermittent build quality/dubious electrics/expensive tyres/a propensity to rot/and a thirst that would make Oliver Reed blush*...
* delete as applicable :y
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If you had highlighted the next sentence, you would have seen that Andyroid is a Jag convert ::)
But to answer your question... probably intermittent build quality/dubious electrics/expensive tyres/a propensity to rot/and a thirst that would make Oliver Reed blush*...
* delete as applicable :y
Oh yeah silly me :-[ ;D Guessing that the supercharger would be very addictive :P
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If you had highlighted the next sentence, you would have seen that Andyroid is a Jag convert ::)
But to answer your question... probably intermittent build quality/dubious electrics/expensive tyres/a propensity to rot/and a thirst that would make Oliver Reed blush*...
* delete as applicable :y
Oh yeah silly me :-[ ;D Guessing that the supercharger would be very addictive :P
no worries.. a few days of frequent fuel station visit will end this ;D ;D
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Frontera 3.2 auto in that common silver colour,with lpg even better :y
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They are cheap for a reason, :y
Trouble with the X5's mr ron ? :-\
No, just jealous that i can,t afford one. :-[
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Frontera 3.2 auto in that common silver colour,with lpg even better :y
I think the last ones made were 2004 :-\ Maybe the 2.8 diesel would suit better in that but i think they phased that unit out early :-\
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Big bro has an X5. Complete with a new £7k gearbox, that took BMW dealers years to diagnose.
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What about a nice post year 2000 400bhp XJR?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843)
I had the pleasure of using one of them (98 reg'd) for a week when we lived in Feltham back in 2001, I always swore that If the chance arose for me to have a half decent car then a Jag wouldn't be on my list of choices.
After that week of using it, my mind was changed :y
What put you off them ???
I'd had a couple of XJS's in the past (granted it was the early past), and aside from everything that Al listed I didn't find them impressive at all from a performance viewpoint.
If anything, the XJR is what the XJS should have have been to start with IMHO.
My current ride at the time was a Pontiac Firebird, again this wasn't overly quick and you didn't feel it when planting the throttle until you were already rolling at 30mph +
Like most Yanks it didn't do corners all that well, but it would pull itself up to 140 if you found a stretch of road long enough.
I'll post a couple of pics up when I get back home (again).
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What about a nice post year 2000 400bhp XJR?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJR-V8-AUTO-Supercharged-Absolute-Immaculate-/331351638843)
I had the pleasure of using one of them (98 reg'd) for a week when we lived in Feltham back in 2001, I always swore that If the chance arose for me to have a half decent car then a Jag wouldn't be on my list of choices.
After that week of using it, my mind was changed :y
What put you off them ???
I'd had a couple of XJS's in the past (granted it was the early past), and aside from everything that Al listed I didn't find them impressive at all from a performance viewpoint.
If anything, the XJR is what the XJS should have have been to start with IMHO.
My current ride at the time was a Pontiac Firebird, again this wasn't overly quick and you didn't feel it when planting the throttle until you were already rolling at 30mph +
Like most Yanks it didn't do corners all that well, but it would pull itself up to 140 if you found a stretch of road long enough.
I'll post a couple of pics up when I get back home (again).
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCDBKCpQF0Yhl92S5flUZsQqAq368jQ_8OtuL40__ECyEbQzzdBw)
Nice muscle car :y Although i really like the american muscle cars ive yet to drive one , would be nice to get hold of a right hand drive one . How did you get on with the Pontiac :)