Convince me to NOT buy a Jaguar

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It's a great car. Just make sure you update the timing chain tensioners.

My mom has owned an '01 XKR since new. Zero issues.

Nick

[PhilipWOT]

Get it, but buy 2 so you can drive the 2nd one while the first one is broken...

This^


Inb4 faulty timing chain tensioners cause catastrophic engine failure.

...I'm a service advisor at a Jaguar/Land Rover/Ferrari/Maserati/Lotus specialist. They're pretty cars, but you couldn't give me one of those things for free.

Do not do it. They are horrid. As for new models, there is xk, xj, xf, and the f type specs will be released at the paris auto show. This is coming from someone that works at a jag dealer.

I see a trend with people who know these car beginning here

[AndyM5]

My father had an 01 xjr, the car was flawless for us. Only ever needed routine maintenance. Absolutely loved the drive and power. I now own an M5, and while it is quicker and handles a bit better, I always have a soft spot for the class of the jag.
I would definitely do it if I were you.

[Oxer]

if you're interested in giving money away, Ill take some off your hands.

[SuperMegaDeathRay]

buy it if you're willing to undergo a risk. buying a jag is like going "all in" with a bad hand and hoping your rival buys your bluff...either it's works or your loosing a lot of money...

but i like the way the xj's look...go and get it,...

[Tom Sawyer]

01's had timing chain issues, I wouldn't get an XJ pre 03.

They really aren't that bad though. They're like any car, start with a good one and it'll be good, start with a bad one and it'll be bad. We had 3 customers with Jags at a shop I worked at, 2 were mint with over 100k on them and only ever needed routine service. The other one was completely beat to shit and had so many issues.

And the specialty tools required for a timing chain repair on these cars coupled with the catastrophic failure if it's not done exactly by procedure....In some cases cars aren't common because they suck and/or are horribly unreliable.

[Byron]

01's had timing chain issues, I wouldn't get an XJ pre 03.

They really aren't that bad though. They're like any car, start with a good one and it'll be good, start with a bad one and it'll be bad. We had 3 customers with Jags at a shop I worked at, 2 were mint with over 100k on them and only ever needed routine service. The other one was completely beat to shit and had so many issues.

[Withers]

If you're going to get an older Jag, you might as well get an older Jag.

[RubbderDucky]

I'd get a 05 XJR or newer. But they have so many problems anyway.

[mrg7243]

Good luck with all of the electrical issues

[87shark]

Do not do it. They are horrid. As for new models, there is xk, xj, xf, and the f type specs will be released at the paris auto show. This is coming from someone that works at a jag dealer.

[JonnyBoi]

Just Buy it!

[Tanahara99]

My 1995 XJS

A photochop of what I'd like to do.

1995 Jaguar XJS 4.0 Celebration model (Sapphire Blue)
57,636 original miles

[IMG][/IMG]

[BADwayz]

I love the way Jags look, always have, but they arent reliable for shit. If I ever bought one, it'd be an older model with a chevy v8 installed in it.

[StatusRacing]

glanced at a few posts, and i have never even sat in a jag, let alone owned one. but my vote is to buy it. it's an older english car (so you KNOW there will be issues), but it's also an older english car, so you KNOW it was once the epitome of class.

then again, as a british citizen i am more than a bit biased.

Completely off topic... What year is your GS750?