Skizzer Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Tuesday has dawned, filled with promise behind the grey clouds. I am off to deepest Cardigan, in Little England Beyond Wales, to collect this: I've been moaning and grumbling about the price of these having gone silly this year, and watching another bucket list car soar skywards out of budget. As we've discussed, all the tweed cap classic magazine journalists have been revisiting them for the 40th anniversary and deciding they're not hideous and crap after all (which some of us knew all along). Meanwhile E-Types are out of reach of anyone sane, so values of these and XJCs are rising fast to fill the gap. Also Breadvan72 has got one, and his Polish countess friend, so everyone wants one. The price of the 2-door Jag wafting experience is zooming upwards. Except this one. I'm getting change from £2k, and from the ad and the phone conversations it sounds like a good car from a decent seller. Wish me luck CGSB, cort16, John F and 42 others 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the judge Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yes!!! Go go go!!! brickwall and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Wish me luck Luck Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Your a saint..heres some inspiration from Fife. brickwall, RichardK, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 A lovely looking XJ-S HE. Good luck! Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Cool, you won't need luck I'm sure you will be fine*. Well bought must have missed this latest acquisition. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Good luck ! Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 It's 25 years since I sold my last one. Great cars (when fully functioning) but I wouldn't do it again. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 gr8 reg for Yotkshire lad. Looks class! Exciting Fred. Skizzer, John F, Aston Martin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I love old cars like this because they were purposely designed to be different and stand alone. Proper cars designed by proper car people. Not quite the samey same same dross which is served up nowadays. I have followed an XF and thought it was a Mondeo, and vice versa. RobT, Skizzer, Bone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 XJ-S: Now Trending on Autoshite. tooSavvy, cort16, Magnificent Rustbucket and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Godspeed sir. Godspeed. Between you, RichardK, Breadvan72 and xtriple there's some fine and proud British machinery being purchased on this forum lately, it's a beautiful thing. Sod the fuel consumption and God Save the Queen etc. Skizzer and xtriple 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Superb! Im assuming being on a 'Y' means this can only be a v12 rather that a 3.6? Looks nicely original on the starfish alloys *Like* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 It is a V12. I hope this will be making an appearance at SF16. Skizzer and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 V12 - flat bonnet, 3.6 - POWAAAH bulge. They came out on the A plate. Magnificent Rustbucket and Aston Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 V12 - flat bonnet, 3.6 - POWAAAH bulge. They came out on the A plate. Except on facelift, the V12 got the lumpy bonnet too. The only element of the facelift I'm not so fond of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Looks nicely original on the starfish alloys *Like* So that's what they're called. Some of the best wheels EVAR. Good luck Mr Skizz, looks a class old thing. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 200 quid in juice from cardigan to mumbles then Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Blimey you kept that quiet! Looks really nice, I hope it is. Scary buying expensive chod though isn't it: the potential for HUGE financial meltdown an ever present danger. I do love them (XJ-Ss) and the H.E. is a great car with a fabulous engine but working on them is a bloody nightmare. It will be fun comparing notes on our respective difficulties Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I'd be scared to run 1 of these, and I have a P38.........Good luck 😉 brickwall and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Top bombing. I would love a series 1 - I like the simpler styling and the kent wheels. michael1703, richardmorris, yellowperil and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I love the Series 1 for the styling and they're faster too. I also love the HE though, and they're better inside with the veneered dash. I prefer the pre-facelift cars for style, though I'd like to own any of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I love old cars like this because they were purposely designed to be different and stand alone. Proper cars designed by proper car people. Not quite the samey same same dross which is served up nowadays. I have followed an XF and thought it was a Mondeo, and vice versa.I went to look at an XF a few weeks ago for summat to do as I'd probably move upto one of those as my next jag. It was such a let down!! Cover the growler in the steering wheel and it could've been an Audi or a ford. Shite. Liking the XJ-S though. Proper chest wig drivers car!! EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 As a former XJ-S V12 owner, I can say that I'm well jel. Except of the fuel consumption. garethj and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 teehee, growler. JohnK, privatewire, Mr A Lawrence and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 teehee, growler. I still can't refer to the absent badge on my car as such without sniggering. What's more fun is that in America - particularly in hipster-central Portland - craft beer is sold in growlers. "Take home a growler today" "Refill your growler" and all sorts of other funnier ones I can't remember. Yet they genuine have NO IDEA why I found it so funny. tooSavvy and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 It's not going to be yet another boring collection thread that goes well, is it? anonymous user, Skizzer, Aston Martin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 It's not going to be yet another boring collection thread that goes well, is it? He has 12 cylinders and British engineering, it'll be fine. NorthernMonkey, Skizzer, Banger Kenny and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 As a former XJ-S V12 owner, I can say that I'm well jel. Except of the fuel consumption. When I collected the Sierra I remember you taking me for a run in yours Wuv, went like a rocket and wasn't even running on all cylinders IIRC. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yet they genuine have NO IDEA why I found it so funny.TreddDrifts SWMBO worked in London, clothes retail. Yank woman comes out of changing room (shop full) "Hey honey, does my FANNY look big to you?". I yank yrr chains NOT TS RichardK, outlaw118 and spike60 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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