Oz Jag

[Presuming_Ed]

I keep find my self looking at late 90s Jaguar XJ6s on the various classified sales sites. They seem alot of car for the money but I've never owned a Jag or have any experience of the Oz market .

Things like this

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/results.aspx?N...

Luxury motoring and timeless style or hopeless, unreliable money pit?

Any advice from past, present or future owners?

Cheers

[astonmartinv8]

Here is what I spent on a 1988 XJ40 (3.6 sovereign) in 1996...(8 year old car)

19/07/1996 hsmo fluid Marshall 6.23
23/08/1996 service parts David Manners 66.53
27/08/1996 hsmo fluid Marshall 9.34
30/08/1996 service Rutters 152.05
01/09/1996 tyre/wheels/wheels centres/brake valves/arial/carpet/pipe/lense Premier Jaguars 512
02/09/1996 wheel balance Homans 5.88
03/09/1996 oil guage Evans Halshaw 39.95
03/09/1996 wheel balance Homans 8.23
21/10/1996 front wheel bearing David Manners 27.5
01/11/1996 gaskets David Manners 41.18
22/11/1996 tyre Homans 182.12
28/11/1996 engine Rutters 672.66
28/11/1996 tyres Richard Jenkins Tyres 307.26
28/11/1996 brake accumulator David Manners 105.75
01/12/1996 wheel balance Homans 15.27
06/12/1996 hsmo fluid Evans Halshaw 6.23
13/12/1996 bodywork John Hitchin 206.8
20/12/1996 exhaust clamp Evans Halshaw 4.47
28/01/1997 battery Bedford battery 45.83
06/05/1997 brake pads David Manners 62.75
09/05/1997 replace front pads Rutters 11.75
29/05/1997 oil filter Evans Halshaw 9.28
30/05/1997 service Rutters 63.13
31/05/1997 aircon Paul Taylor 380

Total 2942.19
Average per month 245.18

This was GBP / UK pounds. So about $4500 in todays money. X300's were more reliable though. Nice drive, poor quality. Definitely a money pit.

[dcehope]

I have owned a couple of Jags over the years.
One - a Series III XJ V12 and was told before I bought it that Jags were a money pit and terrible for reliability. However - maybe I was lucky - I had no problem with the car for 3 years - and the servicing was not not different from any other European car. I really do think it is the specific car rather than the make you need to look at carefully. I also have an E-Type 1973 and so far - it hasn't cost me much either - but then I don't drive it that regularly. Post 2000 models are said to be the most reliable anecdotaly.
David

Presuming_Ed said:

I keep find my self looking at late 90s Jaguar XJ6s on the various classified sales sites. They seem alot of car for the money but I've never owned a Jag or have any experience of the Oz market .

Things like this

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/results.aspx?N...

Luxury motoring and timeless style or hopeless, unreliable money pit?

Any advice from past, present or future owners?

Cheers

[ariddell]

I've got a 95 x300 XJ6 4.0 Sovereign and it has been one of those general good buys that is a pleasure to own and drive.

High kms as the previous owner was doing a lot of country/interstate driving in it but it also has a $6k injection lpg system on it. Still magic carpet smooth and quiet so we tend to use it a lot since it just cruises so nicely.

It has had a couple of little niggles over the last 18 months, a couple of coil packs have needed replacing and a couple of sensors but the straight 6 is very easy to work on compared to the v12 and later v8s so not at all bad for a car approaching 320,000km on its original engine and box.

I had an XJ6, an XJ8 and a v8 XJR back in the UK at various times and the v8s were no end of grief compared to the 6's.

So yeah, I would definitely recommend one, especially if you can find a good late x300 from when Ford had sorted out the reliability and build quality issues but before they went to the V8 engines with Nikasil liners, plastic water pumps and timing chain tensioners and sealed for life gearboxes.

[Presuming_Ed]

Thanks chaps. Very helpfull. From the bit of research I've done and from the last post it seems the X300 V6 is the way to go. Now to find a good one!

Cheers