Sold 1992 XJS V12, MoTd, 91K - £SOLD!

[dollywobbler]

I must say, I find the quad lamps absolutely horrific, but they are at least available. At £120 second hand, the originals are not cheap. Someone needs to get them into aftermarket production!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

On V12's it's a light grating noise around 2000 rpm ish. With the cooling system drained and the rad out, you can remove the front timing cover and replace the tensioner blade. You'll need to sacrifice there front of the sump, but you can make a new thinner one from card and slip it in with a bit of grease. A lot of work though.

 

 

Quad headlamps are gash. Did I mention that before?   They go hand in hand with chrome Jaguar bonnet mascots and council XJI Norn Iron number plates.

[nacho man]

Soz all but them lamps are ACE.

 

 

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[Bear]

My tacky leaper is missing, at least, and the plates are DVLA standard

 

Silicone hose place literally didn't want my business - have never encountered a firm so rude (top tip, don't be rude to people who might have mentioned your firm in print, too. Idiots), so some cheap rubber ones went on, and aside from being an absolute shit to fit the lower coolant hose, seem to have stayed on. Needs to be run for a while to check, and then drop the water and put proper coolant in, but a quick test is promising.

 

Of course nothing is 100% straightforward, so now the brake warning is on - I think either level sensor or the accumulator - and the check engine light came on with a slight misfire evident on bank B from "how's the beat of the exhaust" - this is after the engine got water dumped over it though, and the CEL has gone out. I am thinking distributor cap, arm & leads. Distributor cap & arm costs more than some cars currently for sale on here

[Bear]

Modern cars bloated etc.

 

 

 

Reset economy...

 

 

New leaper.

 

[xtriple]

Just parked the Bentley outside the Co-op and while I was waiting to pay, a lovely red convertible XJ-S V12 parked opposite. I Had to go and have a look and it was REALLY nice though the roof was up, covered in mould and there was a 25 litre container of water on the passenger seat!

[michael1703]

17.4mpg is good for a 12

[andrew e]

I will raise you the old mans Shogun on Friday...

 

[twosmoke300]

Those newer ( to me ) shoguns are truly shocking on fuel

[Bear]

Real economy seems more like 13mpg, if only because it's only been on short runs and warmup takes a lot of fuel. Debating if I can trust it to go to work tomorrow

[Bear]

So I still have EPIC nerves about this car. If it cooks, it's a nightmare. If it breaks down, it'll cost money I don't have at the moment to recover it. Anything going wrong is a frightening prospect, and I've fixed it with such unexpected ease I'm anticipating horrors at every turn.

 

So it was time to inflict some turns on it. Rather than the ginger babysteps to local towns and nothing critical, I decided to take it to Peterborough and go to work (thus also relying on it to get home).

 

Result:

 

 

And obviously I'm back home.

 

So, careful driving - 65-70mph on the A14 but oddly people still got out of the way. It cruises well with excellent ride and handling - the weather was not my choice (water everywhere and I know what lurks behind those bumpers in direct line of the spray). A/C needs recharging and there's a vacuum leak audible on the control box, which I can sort. Brakes are good. Tail is nice, handles well on long bends, so it's stable.

 

On the way back, a bit of Clash on the radio and a bit more confidence, up to 3K RPM and 85mph, a bit of aggression when passing - temperature stable, oil pressure good.

 

17mpg.

 

That's about 70 miles done today, slightly less than quarter of a tank used.

 

If it weren't for the fuel consumption I'd be in love with it. Some cars may be smoother, or handle better, but I can't think of anything from the era that feels like this, and letting the power out of the engine when I really trust it should be fun!

[Bear]

Such an enjoyable experience, I took it into work today too.

Upon which the passenger door central locking decided to have a strop. So, the spirit of Leyland remains strong after all

[purplebargeken]

It's all just meant to keep you on your toes.

[Bear]

Waiting for something catastrophic to happen is doing that well enough!

 

Though, 1 1/2 runs to Peterborough, one in rush hour traffic and also doing normal A14 speeds... so far all that is miserable is my wallet as 17mpg seems to be fairly consistent and hard to improve on. New airfilters & stuff soon.

[purplebargeken]

Wallet misery is compulsory no matter what we drive. Good to see the old girl getting some miles put on her. Now, about the Mitsubishi

[Jim Bell]

Ideal medium distance commuter. Just needs NOS.

 

[Captain Furious]

A broken central locking motor, otherwise known as a totally reliable day in Jag world

 

Massive respect for using a V12 for a daily commute, owing one (a V12 that is, not too bothered what it is in) is gradually working its way up my to do list.

[Bear]

It's only 10mpg worse than most things I own on that run, to be fair.

 

On the flipside, a modern TDi would not only give 3x more miles per gallon, you'd get it whilst driving far more aggressively and getting higher average speeds.

 

Main surprise - bloody hell, the XJS handles well. No car this comfortable has any right having turn in so responsive and such great feedback.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

17mpg must hurt a bit - my Jag manages 21-23 in general use, which is thirsty enough!

 

I have always loved the Jaguar compromise between handling and ride. They're tremendously fluid things - the suspension control on my XJ40 on poor road surfaces is remarkable. With confidence, very fast progress can be made. I remember Scooters commenting that he could cover ground faster in his Daimler 4 litre XJ40 than he could in his BMW E34 535i - mostly because of the suspension.

[Rocket88]

Nice...and much better than the pile of steaming wank that was the E type...............[Walks purposefully towards coat rack...........]

[anonymous user]

17mpg? That's pretty good, I think that's about what I'm getting from my economical car (the Land Rover) and it's probably double what the other one is doing (that is allowing for the petrol leak, I think it's probably doing about ten mpg in reality). I suppose it depends on the length of the commute. My Jeep used to do about 17 however you drove it and it was only when I idly worked out that I had put £4k's worth of petrol through it in six months that I decided it had to go.

[barefoot]

I know, my T2 did 16.5 mpg over the last tankful.

[Captain Furious]

I am working my way down to 17mpg in stages, each car tends to be about 3-4mpg worse than the last, because 3mpg less at a time doesn't seem like a big deal, but 13 mpg does. My Escort averaged 30, the Mondeo 27, the Granada 23, I am only 2 cars away from justifying the V12..

 

Once I've ticked that box I can go back to a 1.6 and be incredibly wealthy

[Guest Hooli]

17mpg sounds amazing for that, I only used to get 19.6 (on the dash) out of my 3.2 XJ40.

[Bear]

TBH, the running costs plus thoughts of moving to an actual city mean I'm not likely to be commuting in this very often, or have a covered place to store it over winter, so... it's sort of not remotely gone as I'd expected, and neither has life!

It is insanely addictive, though. I keep wanting to drive it, upon which, I know it'll bankrupt me. Doesn't help that I want to give the SLK a break from all the work it's been doing and need to get rid of the Beetle and 406 before I can get a more appropriate daily!

[Guest Hooli]

I want a XJS manual, same sort of age n colours as yours. Magnificent motors.

[Junkman]

There's nothing wrong with that bloody car.

I'd drive it to Italy and back without hesitating a Nanosecond.

[Bear]

There's nothing wrong with that bloody car.

I'd drive it to Italy and back without hesitating a Nanosecond.

 

 

Aside from a (seemingly very easy to fix) rumbly wheelbearing, and still having water not proper coolant in (will be rectified soon, now I've done a decent mileage with it all staying in), yeah, me too.

 

But I can't afford to run it, realistically, when I'm also looking to sort life out hopefully for long-term happiness with someone

[richardmorris]

So I still have EPIC nerves about this car. If it cooks, it's a nightmare. If it breaks down, it'll cost money I don't have at the moment to recover it. Anything going wrong is a frightening prospect, and I've fixed it with such unexpected ease I'm anticipating horrors at every turn.

 

So it was time to inflict some turns on it. Rather than the ginger babysteps to local towns and nothing critical, I decided to take it to Peterborough and go to work (thus also relying on it to get home).

 

Result:

 

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And obviously I'm back home.

 

So, careful driving - 65-70mph on the A14 but oddly people still got out of the way. It cruises well with excellent ride and handling - the weather was not my choice (water everywhere and I know what lurks behind those bumpers in direct line of the spray). A/C needs recharging and there's a vacuum leak audible on the control box, which I can sort. Brakes are good. Tail is nice, handles well on long bends, so it's stable.

 

On the way back, a bit of Clash on the radio and a bit more confidence, up to 3K RPM and 85mph, a bit of aggression when passing - temperature stable, oil pressure good.

 

17mpg.

 

That's about 70 miles done today, slightly less than quarter of a tank used.

 

If it weren't for the fuel consumption I'd be in love with it. Some cars may be smoother, or handle better, but I can't think of anything from the era that feels like this, and letting the power out of the engine when I really trust it should be fun!

 

That cx looks familiar. I'm sure I've seen it at cx rallys.

[Junkman]

 

But I can't afford to run it, realistically, when I'm also looking to sort life out hopefully for long-term happiness with someone

 

You gotta get your priorities right.

There is only one thing that's important in a man's life, and that's having proper shite to drive.