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Currently driving a Corvette but my wife and I are older and she doesn't like riding in it and won't drive it. My last Jaguar was a 64 XKE but that was 40 years ago. We are looking to find a 2002-2005 XK8 as that seems to be in our price range, but the good ones seem few and far between and prices have really gone up over the last few years.
As for other cars, we have Genesis 5.0 Ultimate and a Chrysler Pacifica.
I hope to be able to announce a new purchase soon.
As for other cars, we have Genesis 5.0 Ultimate and a Chrysler Pacifica.
I hope to be able to announce a new purchase soon.
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Welcome back jimb100,
7 years on and still looking?
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ew-guy-110297/
Graham
7 years on and still looking?
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ew-guy-110297/
Graham
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Currently driving a Corvette but my wife and I are older and she doesn't like riding in it and won't drive it. My last Jaguar was a 64 XKE but that was 40 years ago. We are looking to find a 2002-2005 XK8 as that seems to be in our price range, but the good ones seem few and far between and prices have really gone up over the last few years.
As for other cars, we have Genesis 5.0 Ultimate and a Chrysler Pacifica.
I hope to be able to announce a new purchase soon.
As for other cars, we have Genesis 5.0 Ultimate and a Chrysler Pacifica.
I hope to be able to announce a new purchase soon.
I've noticed too that many of the really nice classic cars are more and more being sold on auction sites that are specifically designed for "no-contact" sales. They're mostly seven days which generally precludes inspection. With my work I can't ever arrange to travel to inspect a car in seven days and sellers usually DON'T make it easy to schedule even when they are local. I'm gun-shy about buying sight-unseen because I've learned the hard way that you can't trust your computer screen. Heck, its risky enough when you can inspect it. I've showed up to inspect a few that were local and I'm always the only one to inspect it in person. And I've only won one car (a 68 Mustang on Ebay Motors) because I always know what's wrong with the car and stop bidding early while everyone else keeps going as if it is absolutely perfect. I forget who posted it to give credit, but someone on here wrote something to the effect of "The best money I ever spent on a car was for the pre-purchase inspection of the one I DIDN'T buy." Sage advice. Good luck on the hunt. Persistence will pay off. (And maybe hold onto the Corvette too - I sure enjoy mine.)
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Welcome back jimb100,
7 years on and still looking?
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ew-guy-110297/
Graham
7 years on and still looking?
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ew-guy-110297/
Graham
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Welcome. Apparently right now, the prices for especially classic cars is off the charts because the US government has pumped so much money into the economy following COVID. People who aren't comfortable investing in the stock market and don't have enough to get into real estate are looking at their swelling bank accounts wondering what can they put their money into (people haven't been commuting, dining out, vacationing, etc.) For the first time in history, buying a fully depreciated, future classic car almost makes sense. Normally the cost of long-term ownership negates any appreciation for classic cars, but since your idle cash is earning something like minus four or five percent annually...... might as well buy a reasonably liquid asset that you can have some fun with.
I've noticed too that many of the really nice classic cars are more and more being sold on auction sites that are specifically designed for "no-contact" sales. They're mostly seven days which generally precludes inspection. With my work I can't ever arrange to travel to inspect a car in seven days and sellers usually DON'T make it easy to schedule even when they are local. I'm gun-shy about buying sight-unseen because I've learned the hard way that you can't trust your computer screen. Heck, its risky enough when you can inspect it. I've showed up to inspect a few that were local and I'm always the only one to inspect it in person. And I've only won one car (a 68 Mustang on Ebay Motors) because I always know what's wrong with the car and stop bidding early while everyone else keeps going as if it is absolutely perfect. I forget who posted it to give credit, but someone on here wrote something to the effect of "The best money I ever spent on a car was for the pre-purchase inspection of the one I DIDN'T buy." Sage advice. Good luck on the hunt. Persistence will pay off. (And maybe hold onto the Corvette too - I sure enjoy mine.)
I've noticed too that many of the really nice classic cars are more and more being sold on auction sites that are specifically designed for "no-contact" sales. They're mostly seven days which generally precludes inspection. With my work I can't ever arrange to travel to inspect a car in seven days and sellers usually DON'T make it easy to schedule even when they are local. I'm gun-shy about buying sight-unseen because I've learned the hard way that you can't trust your computer screen. Heck, its risky enough when you can inspect it. I've showed up to inspect a few that were local and I'm always the only one to inspect it in person. And I've only won one car (a 68 Mustang on Ebay Motors) because I always know what's wrong with the car and stop bidding early while everyone else keeps going as if it is absolutely perfect. I forget who posted it to give credit, but someone on here wrote something to the effect of "The best money I ever spent on a car was for the pre-purchase inspection of the one I DIDN'T buy." Sage advice. Good luck on the hunt. Persistence will pay off. (And maybe hold onto the Corvette too - I sure enjoy mine.)
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I'm tinkering with a 69 C3 right now, but couple years ago I finished a complete body-off, nut-n-bolt restoration on a 72 and had it judged at NCRS Lone Star regionals. I posted a few pictures in another thread here:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/o...7/#post2213202
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/o...7/#post2213202
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You should be well able to get at Least another 100,000 miles from such a car if you take care of it, change oil every 7500 miles and not let it get hot.
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Ha ha! Actually lost I think it was 85 points on the exterior paint job for looking "better than new". The factory paint would have had a lot of orange peel, would have felt rough to the touch in certain places like the inside of the flying buttresses and was supposed to fade out to no paint at all on the very bottoms of the rear quarters. Yep, you're supposed to reproduce all the factory flaws just the way bubba would have done at 5am on the graveyard shift. Couldn't have lived with that so just had to make sure not to lose too many points on other things.
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Welcome back jimb100,
7 years on and still looking?
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ew-guy-110297/
Graham
7 years on and still looking?
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ew-guy-110297/
Graham
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That's quite a bump from your original budget. You must've learned scope creep from the government! Congratulations. Now just be sure to continue to read these forums as I believe that the key to Jaguar reliability is to read what others are having problems with and do what the general consensus concludes for preventative maintenance.
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These vehicles are very sensitive to battery condition. To avoid annoying issues due to low battery charge, it's best keeping it on a battery tender if you intend to cover similarly low miles. Most of us use one from the CTEK range.
Graham
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Used Jaguar prices in the US always sound terrifying to me as we pay considerably less for them in England. However, condition is everything and worth paying top price for a good one.
These vehicles are very sensitive to battery condition. To avoid annoying issues due to low battery charge, it's best keeping it on a battery tender if you intend to cover similarly low miles. Most of us use one from the CTEK range.
Graham
These vehicles are very sensitive to battery condition. To avoid annoying issues due to low battery charge, it's best keeping it on a battery tender if you intend to cover similarly low miles. Most of us use one from the CTEK range.
Graham