X308 XJR - £9990
Discussion
Is it really that optimistic?
If it's a genuine, well looked after car with issues sorted then it will sell. I spent a long time looking for my Daimler Super V8 (a gentleman's XJR!) and paid quite a bit for it, 2 years ago. It's still worth what I paid and some, contrast that with my Brother in law losing £10k in under a year when trading up a few years with almost new Porsches. These XJR's are becoming increasingly rare as more succumb to tinworm or electromechanical maladies.
I have just found a 1 owner Honda CR-V with low miles and very complete and I'm happy to go higher in price than the usual high mileage, 'army of owners' stuff.
Ian
If it's a genuine, well looked after car with issues sorted then it will sell. I spent a long time looking for my Daimler Super V8 (a gentleman's XJR!) and paid quite a bit for it, 2 years ago. It's still worth what I paid and some, contrast that with my Brother in law losing £10k in under a year when trading up a few years with almost new Porsches. These XJR's are becoming increasingly rare as more succumb to tinworm or electromechanical maladies.
I have just found a 1 owner Honda CR-V with low miles and very complete and I'm happy to go higher in price than the usual high mileage, 'army of owners' stuff.
Ian
Edited by Orcadian on Friday 5th August 09:49
The xjr has bottomed out, and is therefore undervalued. I also believe values will rise, as Ian says, because they are becoming increasingly scarce. I am about to have the sub frame bushes done on mine, and my Jag-only indie hasn't done this job for 3 years because they see less and less x308s due to rust/electrical/uneconomic.
Good ones will rise in value (how often have I said this about my old jags?)
Good ones will rise in value (how often have I said this about my old jags?)
Check this one out for reference (2001 XJR 100 sold for 10k):
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...
In my view, this is the ultimate XJ since the SII XJ 5.3C in 1977... but then I'm biased. It just looks so good!
Regarding the "future classic status": Jaguar four doors will always struggle compared to the coupes and convertibles. However, there are some good picks: late X308 Super V8 (SWB and LWB, with R1 package), XJR (R1 package), XJR 100, late X300 Double Six (Century).
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...
In my view, this is the ultimate XJ since the SII XJ 5.3C in 1977... but then I'm biased. It just looks so good!
Regarding the "future classic status": Jaguar four doors will always struggle compared to the coupes and convertibles. However, there are some good picks: late X308 Super V8 (SWB and LWB, with R1 package), XJR (R1 package), XJR 100, late X300 Double Six (Century).
Buy it, use it, really look after it and even if you end up flogging it to the scrappy in 10 years time for a couple hundred quid that'll still have been a very cheap car. Where else could you get that mix of performance and comfort for under a grand a year?
That car would almost certainly work out much cheaper in fact than buying a scruffy, high miler example for a third of the price and spending a fortune on paint, parts and repairs over the same period of time, and that's even without factoring in what a monumental pain in the rectal area a temperamental old XJ can be.
That car would almost certainly work out much cheaper in fact than buying a scruffy, high miler example for a third of the price and spending a fortune on paint, parts and repairs over the same period of time, and that's even without factoring in what a monumental pain in the rectal area a temperamental old XJ can be.
Wise words again from JS,
Someone like Paul Getty or Rockefeller once said something akin to 'I observe the masses and do something different'
A good XJR is certainly something different. In a moment of stupidity about 2 years ago we did something the masses do and for our everyday drive bought a less than 1 year old vehicle, sucked into regular servicing at stealer prices and factoring in depreciation our 50mpg diesel blandbox has achieved the average of 12 mpg. The Daimler does a genuine 21 mpg and possibly negative depreciation. I cannot afford to run the Peugeot anymore, I am reduced to running the Daimler!!
Ian
Someone like Paul Getty or Rockefeller once said something akin to 'I observe the masses and do something different'
A good XJR is certainly something different. In a moment of stupidity about 2 years ago we did something the masses do and for our everyday drive bought a less than 1 year old vehicle, sucked into regular servicing at stealer prices and factoring in depreciation our 50mpg diesel blandbox has achieved the average of 12 mpg. The Daimler does a genuine 21 mpg and possibly negative depreciation. I cannot afford to run the Peugeot anymore, I am reduced to running the Daimler!!
Ian
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