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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: tidla on 02 February 2012, 00:01:01
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they are not getting any younger,
fuel prices on the up, buying costs coming down, what would your choice be??
i know the early examples you can get for peanuts but at some point the "bond" shape will become affordable maybe..
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k536/tidla1/xj8.jpg)
later ones were aluminum bodied i believe.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k536/tidla1/800px-Jaguar_XJ8_III_20090706_rear.jpg)
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Not knowing what to replace swmbo Mig with I am looking an another one ::) ::) she wants big and auto, and we are not into Merc's Jag's etc, she can get away with more than me but work wise image is important, less so for swmbo. I particularly can not to be seen as driving 'posh' cars, for me the Jeep seems not to fall into any preconceived expectations, a Mig would be fine but a Merc/BMW etc would get trashed where I have to sometimes go.... :-X :-X :-X
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Not knowing what to replace swmbo Mig with I am looking an another one ::) ::) she wants big and auto, and we are not into Merc's Jag's etc, she can get away with more than me but work wise image is important, less so for swmbo. I particularly can not to be seen as driving 'posh' cars, for me the Jeep seems not to fall into any preconceived expectations, a Mig would be fine but a Merc/BMW etc would get trashed where I have to sometimes go.... :-X :-X :-X
If I saw you I'd think: hmmm, there goes a fit soccer mom hahahahaha ;)
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Jeep - no preconceptions.....
do you remember the tv series "queer as folk" ?
after that, Jeep sales in the uk fell by 50%. So much so that the Wrangler was withdrawn from the uk completely.
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Jeep - no preconceptions.....
do you remember the tv series "queer as folk" ?
after that, Jeep sales in the uk fell by 50%. So much so that the Wrangler was withdrawn from the uk completely.
That explains everything ;D ;D
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I love that shape Jag, I'd definitely have one if I had the money :y
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Might as well by a Mondeo same crap ford electrics :y
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they are not getting any younger,
fuel prices on the up, buying costs coming down, what would your choice be??
i know the early examples you can get for peanuts but at some point the "bond" shape will become affordable maybe..
later ones were aluminum bodied i believe.
That's what I replaced my Elite with - you're right the later XJs (called X350) were aluminium bodied. Mines a 3.0 litr V6 SE - all the toys and more, more power that Vx 3.0 Litre, and lighter body - well pleased
(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/dbugit/Jag5a.jpg)
(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/dbugit/Jag2.jpg)
(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/dbugit/Jag6.jpg)
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/388957_308356889192714_100000552162492_1164722_2014456841_n.jpg)
HTH :y
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they are not getting any younger,
fuel prices on the up, buying costs coming down, what would your choice be??
i know the early examples you can get for peanuts but at some point the "bond" shape will become affordable maybe..
later ones were aluminum bodied i believe.
That's what I replaced my Elite with - you're right the later XJs (called X350) were aluminium bodied. Mines a 3.0 litr V6 SE - all the toys and more, more power that Vx 3.0 Litre, and lighter body - well pleased
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/dbugit/Jag5a.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/dbugit/Jag2.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/dbugit/Jag6.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/388957_308356889192714_100000552162492_1164722_2014456841_n.jpg
HTH :y
Well done Db - that's a fine looking car, good health to enjoy it. 8) :y
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(sniff sniff) is that...the smell of wee? :)
Sorry, never encountered one tbh. Not even one that wants to play. :-\
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(sniff sniff) is that...the smell of wee? :)
Sorry, never encountered one tbh. Not even one that wants to play. :-\
No mate should be read as . . .
Mines a 3.0 litr V6 SE - all the toys and more.
More power than Vx 3.0 Litre, and lighter body - well pleased.
Probably lucky you haven't encountered one Chris as more power than 3.2 Vx V6!! ;)
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(sniff sniff) is that...the smell of wee? :)
Sorry, never encountered one tbh. Not even one that wants to play. :-\
No mate should be read as . . .
Mines a 3.0 litr V6 SE - all the toys and more.
More power than Vx 3.0 Litre, and lighter body - well pleased.
Probably lucky you haven't encountered one Chris as more power than 3.2 Vx V6!! ;)
Oh I like a challenge, don't worry. :)
Do they supercharge them? :-\
And can they be lpg'd?
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In relation to the OP the answer is easy, buy another car but keep the Omega - even if it is only a Desmond. ;D ;D ;D :-* :-*
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dbug, I love those Jags, there are a few round here that make me drool :-*
Sizewise, how do they compare with the Omega?
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dbug, I love those Jags, there are a few round here that make me drool :-*
Sizewise, how do they compare with the Omega?
Bigger - wider and longer.
Still got both Elites - saloon and Estate, which are up for sale - need to clear my drive!! Also got 03 plate replacement 2.6 V6 Omega Estate - these Estates are still one of the most spaceous on the roads - more difficult to find a sensible replacement for these.
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dbug, I love those Jags, there are a few round here that make me drool :-*
Sizewise, how do they compare with the Omega?
Bigger - wider and longer.
Still got both Elites - saloon and Estate, which are up for sale - need to clear my drive!! Also got 03 plate replacement 2.6 V6 Omega Estate - these Estates are still one of the most spaceous on the roads - more difficult to find a sensible replacement for these.
My old Merc has a similar carrying capacity,self levelling as well ! :y
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dbug, I love those Jags, there are a few round here that make me drool :-*
Sizewise, how do they compare with the Omega?
Bigger - wider and longer.
Still got both Elites - saloon and Estate, which are up for sale - need to clear my drive!! Also got 03 plate replacement 2.6 V6 Omega Estate - these Estates are still one of the most spaceous on the roads - more difficult to find a sensible replacement for these.
My old Merc has a similar carrying capacity,self levelling as well ! :y
Guess you've hit the nail on the head mate - most later Estates are smaller than the Omega - unfortunately the big Volvos on the second hand market are usually very high mileage - so its not easy to get a fairy recent Estate with same load carrying capacity (with similar dimensions - to fit dog cages etc) as the Omega.
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dbug, I love those Jags, there are a few round here that make me drool :-*
Sizewise, how do they compare with the Omega?
Bigger - wider and longer.
Still got both Elites - saloon and Estate, which are up for sale - need to clear my drive!! Also got 03 plate replacement 2.6 V6 Omega Estate - these Estates are still one of the most spaceous on the roads - more difficult to find a sensible replacement for these.
My old Merc has a similar carrying capacity,self levelling as well ! :y
Guess you've hit the nail on the head mate - most later Estates are smaller than the Omega - unfortunately the big Volvos on the second hand market are usually very high mileage - so its not easy to get a fairy recent Estate with same load carrying capacity (with similar dimensions - to fit dog cages etc) as the Omega.
True enough,most of the newer estates are all swoopy curves and rooflines which doesn't lend itself to big and spacious
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E series Merc is the only estate that I know of that has a similar load carrying capacity.
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no jags for me dont like them merc maybe :y :y :y :y