This seems like good value or am I missing something?

[Montaguewithnail]

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14808708
Opinions very welcome.

[FezSpider]

I'm certainly missing something, I can't find the price. Were is it? Can't see it for looking ant really say if its good value with out having a price to gauge it by.

[E63eeeeee...]

I assume the 11k-13k mentioned in the ad is the guide price

[Scarletpimpofnel]

It's an auction. Any apparent low price is just to suck you in bidding as they know you'll get into the swing of the auction and blow your budget...

[E63eeeeee...]

Didn't the XKR normally have a different front spoiler? Possibly with it being a Japanese car, but I suspect it might make it harder to sell on, particularly because as standard the looks do nothing whatsoever for me, the XKR spoiler normally makes it look a lot better.

[Sebring440]

Montaguewithnail said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14808708
Opinions very welcome.

Presumably the OP is the seller or auction house?

[E63eeeeee...]

I thought that at first, but they do seem to have been looking for an XKR since at least March, based on their limited posting history.

[tberg]

Something is not right with this listing. It claims the car has a 4.2L engine which wasn't available in the XKR until 3 years later. And since it also claims the timing chains and guides were upgraded, this was only done on 4.0L engines as the 4.2L engines were already upgraded to reflect those changes. I have both an X100 XKR (2002) and an X150 XKR (2010). Since I bought my 2010 over 10 years ago, I can count on one hand how many times I've ventured back into my 2002. The X150 is so superior in every single aspect that I can't bring myself to drive the X100 any longer. The one area where the X100 shines is in its appearance and its obvious link to the E-type's heritage. I have owned many great cars in my 55 years of driving, but none have ever received as many compliments from people as my 2002 XKR convertible in Carnival Red. There would never be a day when it was my daily driver 10 years ago where someone didn't stop me to comment on it. Other than that, however, it can not compare in any other category to the X150. I just wish I had bought another X150 a couple of years ago when they were about half the price that they are now. My X150 passed 199,000 miles last week and is still an absolute pleasure to drive and is the most reliable car I have ever owned. The X100 would have something go wrong every week or two. Still, it is an awful lot of car for the price range.

[FezSpider]

E63eeeeee... said:

I assume the 11k-13k mentioned in the ad is the guide price

As I said, I could not see it for looking. But thank you for your guidance.

[Scarletpimpofnel]

tberg said:

Something is not right with this listing. It claims the car has a 4.2L engine which wasn't available in the XKR until 3 years later. And since it also claims the timing chains and guides were upgraded, this was only done on 4.0L engines as the 4.2L engines were already upgraded to reflect those changes. I have both an X100 XKR (2002) and an X150 XKR (2010). Since I bought my 2010 over 10 years ago, I can count on one hand how many times I've ventured back into my 2002. The X150 is so superior in every single aspect that I can't bring myself to drive the X100 any longer. The one area where the X100 shines is in its appearance and its obvious link to the E-type's heritage. I have owned many great cars in my 55 years of driving, but none have ever received as many compliments from people as my 2002 XKR convertible in Carnival Red. There would never be a day when it was my daily driver 10 years ago where someone didn't stop me to comment on it. Other than that, however, it can not compare in any other category to the X150. I just wish I had bought another X150 a couple of years ago when they were about half the price that they are now. My X150 passed 199,000 miles last week and is still an absolute pleasure to drive and is the most reliable car I have ever owned. The X100 would have something go wrong every week or two. Still, it is an awful lot of car for the price range.

Both very beautiful cars. My heart wants an X100 but head says X150. I am very jealous!

[tberg]

Scarletpimpofnel,
Your head is the right choice. The difference in ride quality, handling (!!!), power and power delivery is so astonishingly vast that had Jaguar had any business sense, they should have given the X150 a new name to disassociate it from the ancient car that was the X100. I have told this story many times but my 2010 XKR was so good and capable of such prodigious performance that it caused me to stop driving my beautiful De Tomaso Pantera altogether. It was quicker, more civilized and showed me that I didn't have to suffer to drive an extremely high performance automobile. So I stopped driving the Pantera for several years. It was always a pain in the rear to start, would be on the verge of overheating in the first 30 seconds of driving it out of my driveway, and would break down so regularly that I never believed I could complete a trip no matter how short it was. After a couple of idle years, the X150 forced me to make the decision to modify and restore the Pantera to a point where I could drive it whenever I wanted to, something that had NEVER happened in 20 years of ownership. After 4 years of that process, I now drive it every single weekend and generally without any issues. I just wish I hadn't waited 20 years to undertake its transition. I can honestly say that the greatness of the X150 XKR 5.0L is what pushed me into doing it.

Go with your head if given the choice, unless the X100 is just going to be a Sunday cruiser without much high speed or twisty roads as part of the plan. And by the way, this is how the Pantera looks today (below)

[reddiesel]

I wouldn't even consider it chap , the X150 as my good friend above states is a far better proposition for your money . Anyone who has dealt with Jaguar box sections and the corrosion within will tell you this . Its also a far better driving dynamic .