kinkersaab Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 just taken as a part ex from my old French teacher. mot is august time, new sills, refurb gearbox, stainless exhaust and new cats, just serviced by jaguar main agent. recent tyres Its the 4.0v8 lwb in a lovely blue with ready made black tide line from new sills. 108k, 2 keys, drives spot on! pics to follow soon, need £650 for it Skizzer 1
kinkersaab Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 worldofceri, scruff, Craig the Princess and 6 others 9
320touring Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Hi dude, looks lovely!any evidence of it having had the tensioners done?
kinkersaab Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 no idea, haven't looked at any service stuff yet, but I imagine if it was gonna be a problem it would have been one by now. "Lionel" just handed in the v5 and mot for me. it is mot'd until 11th august. the only advisories were rear tyres, they are now new! the v5 states he has had it 10yrs. he was telling me it also had rear suspension bushes done relatively recently.
purplebargeken Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Thank god I don't have enough money and you are light years away. That looks lovely. Cavcraft 1
Negative Creep Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Wow. Good thing I'm at the other end of the country.
Timewaster Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 He's in Banchory In Aberdeenshire. Use AB31 5UN for directions.Bugger.
HillmanImp Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I don't have enough money either but I am registering an interest as Mr Visa could transfer me some money. no idea, haven't looked at any service stuff yet Are you saying there is no service history or you have not looked yet? Am getting Shipley quotes. I wonder if the prices have changed since I last brought a car down from there?
Six-cylinder Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 He's in Banchory In Aberdeenshire. Use AB31 5UN for directions. That is good, if it was close by I don't think I could have resisted it.
eddyramrod Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I wonder what the local banger boys would give me for the Mercury? Aberdeen isn't out of reach if I set out early enough...
kinkersaab Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 Ok, update. Driven 100 or so miles this eve, all seems good, no issues reared their heads at all. It feels a bit wallowy, but i have been driving the e39 540 for the last month or so. The service book has 7 stamps up until 55000 when Lionel bought it. I KNOW he has done EVERYTHING it has ever needed in the last 10 years, i also know where, and until about a year ago i could have got a massive print out of everything he has spent on it. However, ,my new mechanic, used to work at the garage that didi everything, he did the sills, and fitted the stainless exhaust, and has done lots on it over the years, but the other garage are now not overly freindly sinse we employed their mechanic..... Anyhow ,it is what it is. Lionel also told me he put it into jaguar last week to be serviced and checked over, the they told him it will maybe need a new starter at £800..... It starts fine, and has done sinse it came back from jaguar...so god knows what that was all about. Every button i have pushed works. The wheels are good, the tyres all near new, the tool kit complete, brickwall and eddyramrod 2
kinkersaab Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 I wonder what the local banger boys would give me for the Mercury? Aberdeen isn't out of reach if I set out early enough...Mercury?... * interest sparked..possibly eddyramrod 1
Richard Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 If anybody wants to get the train to Edinburgh or Dundee I can offer a lift the rest of the way. eddyramrod and Bren 2
barefoot Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Please, please, please have sold this, it's £159 on the train and 425 miles away, at 23 to the galleon, that's another £100! eddyramrod and Partridge 2
Partridge Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 oh FFS I was going to say the same thing on 320's thread! Who will crack first?
eddyramrod Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Not me. I'd either have to flog off the Sable and make up the difference (because there would be one, a substantial one) or spend on getting it fixed, assuming I or anyone else can work out why it does what it does and what the remedy might be. And then flog it off. So, don't think it's going to happen. I would have liked another Jag, but it's the wrong time, and anyway (I can tell myself) it's too young. I want (I keep telling myself but not listening) older. Partridge 1
forddeliveryboy Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Whats the workmanship like on the sills??? Yes, I'd prefer the old ones rather than shitty-welded new steel. I'd be stuffing gripfill into any pigeon-shit holes and filling the cavities with something to stop rot, meself. FFS, 900 note proper-barg. [bollox-style reply]
kinkersaab Posted May 4, 2015 Author Posted May 4, 2015 So, i have now put about 1500 miles on it, nothing has gone wrong. I can however state that is does seem to use a wee bit of oil, nothing alarming, but i did top it up. And sometimes after not being used for a day or two, the key needs a few turns to make the starter work?? Otherwise, its spot on, managed 25 mpg on a run, but 21 mpg is more the norm. PRICE REDUCTION. £650.
garbaldy Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 I could possibly get it anywhere between Berwick and Dover on the 16th but it will be midnight on as its an early ferry,
Partridge Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 I'd forgotton about this until I saw the bump. Uuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Heart strings tugged. That's two Scottish Jags lately. SJM? eddyramrod 1
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