Is it worth buying a cheap Jaguar?
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Many negatives from others, but a good old Jag will still be far better than a newer ordinary car. The ride is far smoother, and if you get one of the 4.0 straight six engines they were reasonably on fuel. Not great but great for what you'd expect. 6 years ago I felt just like you, took the plunge and got one and had a very pleasent surprise. It did 20MPG round town, 32 on a run, and felt great to drive.
The engines, contrary to just about everyone else on here have said, are excellent. They go on forever if looked after. I had mine for a year and never even had to turn the key twice unless I left the gear stick in a gear!! I have no idea where everyone else has got their information from but it was probably a mental institution!! The only fault they had was a weak oil pump, which obviously can kill the entire engine, but if you fit a new one you won't have any problems.
The only other annoying fault they suffer from are faulty fans. You can often end up with no internal fans meaning limited heating or cooling and no window clearing in winter. But if yu check neither of these faults exist then you can have a fantastic car to drive.
I rather have the best of something (thats a cheaper make of car) than the worst of something more expensive.
its a luxury ford
id rather have a mustang
The cons are your hand would always be in your pocket. not the most reliable of beasts hence the poor resale value
it may be cheap to purchase but they cost a fortune to service
If nothing else you can scrap it for parts and make a ton
**** no. A jag needs to b new. A jag needs to b u.
a bad engine? very expensive repairs since this is a luxury vehicle. there must be something wrong for someone to sell a car that cheap.
In England? Only if it has a new MOT and will run for a year, otherwise you'll just spend all your money on petrol until something breaks that's uneconomic to repair.
If you are looking to buy a jag that is less than a grand I will tell you that it definitally needs work. You will end up paying a jaguar tech to basically rebuild it for you. If you are the do-it-yourselfer then good luck. English engineering is completely backward from American engineering.
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Depends on how "old" the Jag is.there can be significant cons.
Despite the undeniable cool factor, older Jags are notorious for unreliability and poor build (you wouldn't think that in a premier marque like that, but it's true).
Engine, electrical, fuel, the list goes on and one. It is so bad that in many cases owners rip out the British powerplant and stick in an old Chevy small block, just to get a reliable car they can drive everyday. No kidding.
There's in old joke in the auto industry - if you're going to buy a Jag or a Saab, buy two.at least one will be running when you need it.
The reason they are cheap is the massive running cost high insurance cost and they are very expensive to maintain. The laws of supply and demand apply. I have seen them go through car auctions and only fetch a couple of hundred pounds! Why because they look like "penny-less millionaire" cars.
Unless you are a Great mechanic I would not bother.
Very expensive to repair and will break on you non stop, IMO i wouldn't do it! Buy a cheap high milage Lexus that will last forever!
noooooooooooooo way. i dont like cheap stuff. there is a saying that.
cheap cries 100 times however quality cries only once.
and for cars no way to get cheap cars. its expense, depression, headache infact every bad thing.
NO! You will have lots of mechanical problems and they will cost $$$$$ to fix. Get a lexus. WAY more reliable. They are made by Toyota.
You'd have to get a license for it, get a cage, and feeding it would be a b1tch.
Granted it would be better than any guard dog, and would be the coolest cat on the block, but is it responsible to keep large wild cats in enclosed spaces?
Along with all the other good and true answers to this question, the older models have had serious transmission problems. If you are good with cars, a popular solution is putting in a reliable Chevy 350 engine/powertrain.
Jags are luxury, but luxury is expensive. If they need repair or go wrong there`re dear to fix. Very nice though.
I do not think it is worth it. If it is really old like older than 1992, I would not buy it and from your views, I am assuming it is from the 60s, 70s, or 80s.
I would just buy a better version of a less luxurious brand of cars. That is my views though. You can do whatever you wish. It is your car, not mine.
If it has a years MOT and tax go for it, you may get a year out of it, but at 15 MPG more like 7 for a V12 the purchase price is not the major problem but clearly you wont be able to insure it.
Basically Tin Worm kills old Jags, but the XJ6 have plenty of expensive foibles and the engine is not a long lived unit by todays standards, 100 000 is probably it, whereas 175 to 200k is a more realistic mileage for other 2 litre and up BL engines of the era.
XJ s wont tolerate dirty water or overheating, Ideally nice green or blue antifreeze but plain water or rust and any sign of rusty water leaking just walk away.
£ 10K is a realistic figure, either pay it up front for a decent one or by a rough one and spend it doing it up.
I have a XJ6 jaguar that was purchased 2nd hand, it cost 1400 about a year and a half ago..L reg.
It has never gave me any problems, it sounds great,super to drive and looks beautiful..
I get about 22 miles to the gallon and insurence is approx £350 fully comp.
Would purchase another with out a delt, but no room on the drive!!
The con would be VERY expensive parts, and then a car that is very undependable. Then after you have spent a small fortune on it, you discover that no one will be interested in buying for more than, maybe a grand. Kiss your money goodbye.
What are the cons of buying a $1,000.00 Jag? You want a book or just a short answer? If you simply are looking to park a Jag in your driveway to impress your neighbors then this is the way to go, but forget about driving it. The older Jags, (anywhere from about '94 down) are wrought with problems. Unless your second car is a tow truck don't ever drive further than you can walk back because the old kitties left more people stranded than you could count. The transmissions failed, the fuel systems gave (give) constant trouble, the entire electrical system (made by the prince of darkness, Lucas Lighting) isn't worth the scrap cost of raw copper. Worse, the cost to repair the beasts is right up there with NASA and the US fiscal budget. The poor bastards were so undependable in the eighties that whole industries sprang up devoted soley to replacing the Jag engine and electrics with Chevy V8 power and aftermarket electrical components to the miserable souls with more money than brains who wanted a 'dependable' Jag XJ. So unless you have several cars sitting around that can be scavenged for parts I would urge you to just spend the money (you would spend it on repairs anyway) and buy a six year old Jag S model. It has Ford engine and running gear and is built on a Lincoln chassis. Sure it's not as cool as an old cat, but neither is walking home from work three days a week.
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