Partridge Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well maybe he will have better luck than me in actually buying the thing...maybe the seller didn't like the cut of my jib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 It's a Sov, and has a telephone for added awesomeness.Have picturefication. 400 quid. How much longer will they stay this cheap? And it's probably worth at least double that in bits (not that I'd break it).Shit me! £400 for a tidy Jag? Man, I knew I'd been robbed with piece of scrap Coupe that's landed my way Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 To be honest Mo, I think it's too good to be true. Not getting a good feeling about it at all now...if you think you'll have better luck than me, feel free old chap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Thought it looked familiar, it's still on the XJ40 facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/groups/2382853472/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 He's re-listed it for whatever reason, ignoring all the comments from people who wanted to buy it, and me. I think he's just having a laugh... It's also developed an ABS fault and rust holes after having "no rust at all". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Have you phoned him up and asked what the crack is?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Requested his phone number and got owt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Facelifted75 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 worse Jags ever. The X308 was much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 worse Jags ever. The X308 was much better.The XJ40 is one of the better cars Jaguar have made. There is a lot of clever engineering on them - for example the rear suspension design which allows the wheels to move fore and aft as well as up and down to gain extra compliance. It is a very sophisticated thing. This is one reason why they drive so well; the XJ40 has enjoyable handling and yet still has a very smooth ride. They are especially capable on bumpy roads where the road surface is breaking down. At launch in 1986 the XJ40 had a good claim to being the best saloon car in the world. The X308 is based on the XJ40. A well sorted X308 is also a lovely car. The engine especially is a very refined unit. But they are nowhere near as durable as the XJ40 and that matters now they are an old car. You prefer the X308. That's fine and I can see the V8 had a real appeal providing it doesn't grenade and you are lucky and the transmission lasts the course. I prefer the XJ40 for the styling, feel, better ride and the unburstable engine and transmission. The XJ40 can brush off years of bad maintenance. That's not true of the XJ8. Skizzer, Partridge and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Plus the XJ40 has a lot of late 80's appeal in general, shitty wiring, rust etc. I'd love one, the earlier the better Partridge and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 I find the XJ40s much more imposing and interesting to look at than the X300/X308. Even a knackered one will still feel a million dollars, and as Rustbucket says, that same is not true of the X308s. Skip a service and they sound like a bag of spanners. Yeah, early '40s were cack, but ones made at the end of the 80's and into the 90's were much improved. Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The XJ40 is a car that looks of its time. The X308 is a car that looks like a desperate attempt to modernise the image of something old and dated. A bit like those depressing late Rover 45s or a 2010 run-out Saab 9-5. Partridge and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 XJ40's are ace. Had 3 of them. Used to be able to change a knackered dash module in 20 mins and a headlight module in 10. Magnificent Rustbucket, Partridge and dugong 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Plus the XJ40 has a lot of late 80's appeal in general, shitty wiring, rust etc. I'd love one, the earlier the better The early ones have that extra bit of fizz. I'd love one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The XJ40 is a car that looks of its time. The X308 is a car that looks like a desperate attempt to modernise the image of something old and dated. A bit like those depressing late Rover 45s or a 2010 run-out Saab 9-5. Or the way the razor sharp eighties Rover 800 morphed into a blancmange for the nineties. Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 The early ones have that extra bit of fizz. I'd love one!My dream car would be a Kingfisher blue '40 from 1993 (I was born in 1993 and for some reason I like 'K' plate cars), Sovereign, on crosspokes, with square headlamps, just like the one I grew up with I also think there's something "of the night" about an XJ40. An air of menace but also refinement. If Toad of Toad Hall started dealing drugs or "leaning" on Mole and Badger. Cavcraft, Magnificent Rustbucket and AnthonyG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bergerac Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Somebody near me is living the dream (ignoring the Volvo): The L3BSA one is a Double Six! Magnificent Rustbucket and Partridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 That's pretty much my dream right there! Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Are we talking about a car that hasn't been bought yet?What's the fucking hold up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 While I like the '40' I prefer the X300. It looks like a 'proper Jag but still has the 6 pot. I've had a couple of those and a 308 and I love the 300s, much prefer the dash on them as well to the later cars. Always wanted to play with the electronic dash in the 40 and I do think they have aged well, but I didn't like the styling when they came out (and I was a confirmed Jag fan) and it's sort of stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The other day I drove a black Daimler LWB 4.0 Supercharged, freshly acquired by a colleague of mine for two dismal bags.I tell you one thing. If it would even remotely suit me, it'd be my next car.It pulls your kecks down first time you stomp on the loud pedal, then has 100% more oompf left on tap than you'll ever need.Does 29 OMGMPG on a run to boot. On the el cheapo shit from Morrison's, that is. Sadly, my next car will be an R16, because it suits me to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 That's pretty much my dream right there! Mine too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I really liked XJ40s for a while, then one night I saw a black series 3 Double Six, and recently a C reg series Sovereign, albeit a tatty one, has showed up on the main road near my house, and now I've decided I want a Series 3. Even meaner in my eyes, though I don't like S1s and S2s.There's no denying a nicely coloured XJ40 is a great looking car, though, I'd settle for one if I couldn't find a Series 3.X300s just look like any other generic '90s saloon and always seemed domestic by comparison. Also, that turquoise colour they came in was just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 worse Jags ever. The X308 was much better. But they can do 134 mph...................... Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 But they can do 134 mph......................Beats a Golf by two OMGMPH. Well done. Partridge and dugong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 I really liked XJ40s for a while, then one night I saw a black series 3 Double Six, and recently a C reg series Sovereign, albeit a tatty one, has showed up on the main road near my house, and now I've decided I want a Series 3. Even meaner in my eyes, though I don't like S1s and S2s.There's no denying a nicely coloured XJ40 is a great looking car, though, I'd settle for one if I couldn't find a Series 3.X300s just look like any other generic '90s saloon and always seemed domestic by comparison. Also, that turquoise colour they came in was just awful.The jury is still out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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