Whatchu Know About Modern Jags?

[Apoc]

Nothing. At least, I don't.

My dad has grown increasingly interested in them (probably because he's retired and in his 60's) and asked me what I knew about them. The only way I could answer was "everything I know I learned from Top Gear." That isn't very helpful because A) they don't actually talk about the cars and B) they love everything British.

Sooo... what do you know? I'm probably going to link him to this thread, so anything about certain models, things to avoid, know issues and well, pretty much everything else would be appreciated.

[HAULN-SS]

My buddy has had jags in his family for a long time. The latest one is a 2007ish XJR. It's currently for sale for $16,000 for impending exploding inside parts. Apparently was going to cost a lot to fix.

[D_Eclipse9916]

We had a bunch and would continue to do so if my father had not passed away. I loved them. They are more about luxury than anything. Hell on your budget, which particular model are you looking at? The only models we owned were XJs and XKs.

What do you want to know about them? Reliability? (nooooo, not reliable, and expensive to fix) However they are pure love to drive, not in an exciting way, but a smooth way. They also depreciate like a rock. My dad always had to have the latest thing though so you pay the price. I cant imagine a well taken care for XJ or XK wouldnt be a steal as long as you knew that maintenance was on the high side.

[Apoc]

Budget, well, it's probably best to say "undefined." The interest was sparked because they look good and most that are a couple years old seem like steals. I tend to think the market knows what it's doing, so there's gotta be reliability issues, but I thought maybe it was just that no one drives them.

[Apoc]

not worried about reliability, would buy with warranty left. not new. mostly are they worth the money for the ride. want something smooth and comfortable yet sporty. The XK coupe in particular

[D_Eclipse9916]

not worried about reliability, would buy with warranty left. not new. mostly are they worth the money for the ride. want something smooth and comfortable yet sporty. The XK coupe in particular

I defniitely think the XK coupe fits the bill, dont get earlier ones as they tend to have issues with their cylinder bores, but most have had the issue if theyre going to have one. Coupe also gets rid of the convertible issue (the convertible top is the issue we had with our XK, actually the only issue that we kept having). I think itd be a steal under warranty, but remember they KEEP dropping like a rock, if you buy it for 30k, you may go, hey I saved 50k over new, but another 3 years itll be worth 10-15k.

[TorinoCobra070]

I saw an XK on Friday, and there was an old man driving it. I wasn't surprised.

[Apoc]

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