No kidding. What a beauty she is. Congratulations on your purchase!]Three days later, I drove the beauty 4000km to Alberta.
No kidding. What a beauty she is. Congratulations on your purchase!]Three days later, I drove the beauty 4000km to Alberta.
Thank you.No kidding. What a beauty she is. Congratulations on your purchase!
That's funny! The old owner of my car wintered with the XJ in Jupiter for about 10 years. The daily driver that he would leave in Florida was an X-Type!That old X-Type is my "up North" car...
Why would doing brakes on a Jag be different to any other car?I feel for you! Brakes are the grail for a mech! Easy and profitable. BUT I'd ask is anything easy on a Jag?
I assume you mean the Jaguars that were basically Fords with a nice looking body on top?Nope. Even my boss says that jags are the lowest quality cars made. " put a cat on it and they will buy it".
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I assume you mean the Jaguars that were basically Fords with a nice looking body on top?
The last of the sexy Jags.....I can verify that this is true. I bought my 2005 Vanden Plas (49,000 miles on the clock) from a 93 year-old in Toronto. Three days later, I drove the beauty 4000km to Alberta. The previous owner loved saying that, "the car never had a snow flake fall on it". This was true, but because the car had never been driven below 0˚C, a couple of problems developed without him being aware.
I discovered driving through Manitoba (snow pic) that the heater core was partially clogged and didn't work properly on the driver's side.
Then as the temperatures dropped below 0˚C, the air suspension threw a fault code. It appears the compressor needs new seals. The seal kit cost me about $40.00 and I'll the rebuild it in the spring. Otherwise, the car appears to be doing well.
God willing, it'll stay that way.
Cheers
Totally true. Apart from some leaky air suspension bits and ubiquitous saggy headliners, the 2004-2009 Jaguar XJ-8s are generally awesome. If properly maintained (just like so many other cars), the 4.2L engines seem almost bullet proof.…..and I just read where the Jaguars produced under Fords ownership were the most reliable Jags before or since
Jeez internet, can’t you agree on something for once !
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I, agree. My favourite Jag is a V12, Series III XJ, but the newest one I can find in Canada is from around 1992. I think buying any 32 year old car is possibly more of a gamble than it's worth. This 2005 was my next favourite Jaguar sedan. When I met the owner and saw the car I simply couldn't say no.The last of the sexy Jags.....
Not saying anything since doesn't have its appeal, but those were pretty cars.
Car looks great - but your house ? Not so muchNot the most beautiful car, but not a wall flower either.
Pretty good for a 2002 (Ford era) Jaguar XKR
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Car looks great - but your house ? Not so much
Why would doing brakes on a Jag be different to any other car?
The brakes aren’t specific to Jag, on the X351 they are just the same ATE calipers as fitted to loads of other cars.
The only thing to consider is the electric handbrake in newer models, but they are common on most cars for the thick end of 15 years