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Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:10 pm
by Jimmy Choo
It's just failed the MOT on handbrake actuator (£3k as you have to drop the subframe etc.), bushes, bearings, rear tie rods and the things they didn't bother to record.
As it's about £6k to repair, it's going on FB marketplace and I need a new car sharpish as the handbrake failure means it has no MOT.
Merry fucking Christmas.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:22 pm
by Sundayjumper
Arse. Wanna buy a MINI, Cayenne or Vito ?
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:31 pm
by mik
Bah.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:41 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:22 pm
Arse. Wanna buy a MINI, Cayenne or Vito ?
Mini is too small. Vito is too big, Cayenne is too expensive. There's a very odd E90 330i SE near me with cloth seats which seems an odd choice.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:47 pm
by KevH18
How about a 2011 (MK3) Focus with the fabulous 1.6 Ecoboost engine anddddddd....... heated seats? I'm also probably over 200 miles away from you so probably not that convenient.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:25 pm
by 16vCento
Jimmy Choo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:10 pm
It's just failed the MOT on handbrake actuator (£3k as you have to drop the subframe etc.), bushes, bearings, rear tie rods and the things they didn't bother to record.
As it's about £6k to repair, it's going on FB marketplace and I need a new car sharpish as the handbrake failure means it has no MOT.
Merry fucking Christmas.
You only need to lower the subframe about 3 inch to replace the EPB actuator on a X350, it's not a massive job, (tank straps off, filler pipe slackened off, rear boxes off hangers, shocker bolts out) I'm sure the actuators can be had pretty cheaply now as well.
Rear tie rods are cheap, old ones might be seized so chop them off, bits are cheap enough now, what else has it failed on?
If you have been quoted 6k they are massively taking the piss.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:51 pm
by Jimmy Choo
It's a shopping list of issues. Handbrake, all the bearings, rear discs and pads, diff is leaking, steering rack is pissing fluid out. £6k is definitely more than it would actually cost but the car is worth more in parts so I'm going to strip it.
The replacement is inbound.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:12 pm
by Rich B
This is always the fear with the older more interesting cheap cars, that it's a time bomb. Shit luck to be the one who has it when it goes off.. I'd be with you on cutting and running, especially if it's worth something in parts. Hope the replacement is good!
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:52 pm
by DeskJockey
Jimmy Choo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:51 pm
It's a shopping list of issues. Handbrake, all the bearings, rear discs and pads, diff is leaking, steering rack is pissing fluid out. £6k is definitely more than it would actually cost but the car is worth more in parts so I'm going to strip it.
The replacement is inbound.
What is it? Guessing game time?
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:57 pm
by Sundayjumper
MINI ?
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:59 pm
by mik
Jimmy Choo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:51 pm
The replacement is inbound.
Jimmy, you didn’t?
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:00 pm
by Jobbo
I'm glad I got to have a ride in it, at least. Seemed a nice car.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:10 pm
by Jobbo
DeskJockey wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:52 pm
Jimmy Choo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:51 pm
It's a shopping list of issues. Handbrake, all the bearings, rear discs and pads, diff is leaking, steering rack is pissing fluid out. £6k is definitely more than it would actually cost but the car is worth more in parts so I'm going to strip it.
The replacement is inbound.
What is it? Guessing game time?
I hope it's this high miler Alfa 159:
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14313450
Owner's thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/top ... 746050&i=0
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:34 pm
by Alex88
That Alfa is fantastic
Sorry to hear about the Jag, Jimmy
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:44 pm
by DeskJockey
That Alfa is lovely, and Jimmy only has good experiences with his previous ones, so I expect it is a done deal!
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:46 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Fuck no!
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:21 pm
by Rich B
what a great looking car! I like the way they do the arches on them.
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:53 pm
by Matty
And now I've just seen this.
No VXR8? No Alfa???? Look at it! But a BMW? WTF Jimmy
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:40 pm
by Explosive Newt
Another forum Jag death!
I think when you own one of these you accept you may simply lose your entire investment.
A quick autotrader search shows XKs with big miles around 7k…
Re: Placeholder for Jag end of term report
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:07 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Matty wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:53 pm
And now I've just seen this.
No VXR8? No Alfa???? Look at it! But a BMW? WTF Jimmy
I did look at an XJ8 but it had some issues that would be the same again so it was time to cut my losses.