Glasgow is a ***ing long way (The Jag XJ8 thread)

[tim]

I'm looking at X308 mostly, which pre-date the ali body cars.

And therefore more susceptible to rust

True. But a 2k car isn't ever going to be mint is it. Not too worried if it's cheap bargey motoring for a year or two

[mik]

Looking back at this - will a 3.2 really provide the wafty experience? Or more wheezy than wafty?

[16vCento]

3.2s are fine, plenty of torque for wafting.

Autobox isn't bad for the age of them either, will happily hold a gear rather than needlessly kickdown.

Shame they're all a bit crusty bodywise nowadays, they just look so right on the bigger wheels.

[Gwaredd]

Not sure if it's still relevant with modern cars, but I had a customer who would buy 3 or 4 transporters worth of cars from Scotland as the were cheap as chips but all rotten, bring them down south, blow over the rust with stoneguard and flog them on with a new MOT and 3 month warranty. He made a killing.

I've always found Scottish cars much cheaper and it's usually for this reason. Rust.

[Nathan]

Seems to be a common trade with Mk1 XK's turning up in the south

Not sure if it's still relevant with modern cars, but I had a customer who would buy 3 or 4 transporters worth of cars from Scotland as the were cheap as chips but all rotten, bring them down south, blow over the rust with stoneguard and flog them on with a new MOT and 3 month warranty. He made a killing.

I've always found Scottish cars much cheaper and it's usually for this reason. Rust.

[Jimmy Choo]

Looking back at this - will a 3.2 really provide the wafty experience? Or more wheezy than wafty?

My 3.0 X350 is pretty wafty and I get to tell people that I have half of an Aston Martin V12.

[mik]

Fairy muff - it was a genuine question as opposed to a comment - I have zero experience (other than knowing that a 3.0d 2018 XJ was a very wafty way indeed to be driven to an airport.

I should however point out that I do refute Tim’s assertion that Glsgow is a long way - ****ing or otherwise.

[Coaster1]

Wow, that looks super nice. If I was working (and had the space) I'd be very tempted.

Incidentally that 136k mile example is for sale at the exact same price that I sold my 30k mile one for back in 2004



S524BHC hasn't been MOT'd since 2014

That’s well nice

I got a suspicious feeling that the photos of retro-rides DC2 have been enhanced; wouldn’t surprise me if the Championship White is actually Championship Milky Yellow like most are.

[Jimmy Choo]

Fairy muff - it was a genuine question as opposed to a comment - I have zero experience (other than knowing that a 3.0d 2018 XJ was a very wafty way indeed to be driven to an airport.

I should however point out that I do refute Tim’s assertion that Glsgow is a long way - ****ing or otherwise.

The x308 is 300kgs heavier than the X350 so the power to weight is slightly worse. It does have 15Nm/tonne extra torque but that's hardly going to be worth writing home about.

8>6, though.

For me it came down to a choice of 3.0V6 or 4.0 XJR and all the XJRs in my price range were knackered.

[speedingfine]

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1326252

[tim]

That's nice, and local, but > 2x my hard budget!

[Rich B]

That's nice, and local, but > 2x my hard budget!

maybe a good time to get the Timculator out again then!

[duncs500]

Can't hurt to have a look.

[Jobbo]

That's nice, and local, but > 2x my hard budget!

maybe a good time to get the Timculator out again then!

Yeah, it's got another rubbish cherished registration which Tim could sell on to recoup some of the extra cost

ETA: probably not in fact - the R43MEJ plate is likely to be non-transferable. Have to find a different way to manipulate the Timculator, Tim!

[Nathan]

How about a fun trip to Scunthorpe ?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... f865510fa3

[tim]

Thank you but it appears 2 cylinders short and I'd probably be sold into slavery or something.

[Nathan]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... ca39e8c027

[speedingfine]

Can't hurt to have a look.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Thank you but it appears 2 cylinders short and I'd probably be sold into slavery or something.

[speedingfine]

How do you feel about S Types At least this one is in a decent colour combo. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 4061053030