Truly impressive, Club!

Believe your next stop may be Bonneville; World's Fastest XJR

Seems vehicle weights are sort of a liars' contest. Worst offender is Ducati; their bike weights are beyond fanciful, in my limited experience

I replaced the SC coolant pump on my XJR with a Bosch also (old one was noisy); seems to help in hot traffic, etc

120 MPH quarter mile trap speed also says that you're making really substantial HP; compliments

 

hisport.....noticed you are looking for a SWB XJR. Currently there is a seemingly nice one on Cargurus although it's not a bargain. U might wanna take a look.
Marcofromtrubulya

 

Thanks Marco!

(I had seen this car, red over red, early on. The red upholstery was a bridge too far at the time, and I wanted a 2016+ model.
Now that I realize just how rare these cars are, it's back on the maybe list. No idea about market value, though $30k asking seems about right for the XJ SC counterpart.
Quite a few XJR's on market in Britain; v few in USA)

 

There is a 14 XJR SWB on facebook marketplace in Chattanooga, Ultimate Black on Tan, in case you were still in the market.

 

Thanks David!

(I'm flying to Salt Lake City on Wednesday to pick up a '19 BMW M550i sedan. If I don't like it, I'll be back in the Jag market)

 

Yes, SWB XJR was offered for a very brief period. M.Y. 2016-2017 for what I know. I’m looking for one for myself, I’ve seen a British Racing Green 2016 for sale on CarMax a few month ago, some lucky guy bought it (VIN:SAJWA1EK7GMV97904). There’s also a few white 2016 press cars in Connecticut. You can see picture of one if you just google “2016 XJR”. White with bright package. There’s at least two of them in this spec registered in Connecticut. No SWB XJR575 for only LWB was offered in the US. XJR SWB are extremely rare in the states

Timing chain issue, yes that and coolant. Never owned a Jag before so I only heard about these from people in this forum. It’s always smart to replace them once you get the car.

 

the SWB was offered every year until the 575. There are 3 up for sale right now, all overpriced but not sure how you haven't seen them if you have been looking.

The best of the 3
https://www.autotrader.com/marketpla...ngId=683392133
This has been up for sale for a few months. If it was a LWB (which is what most people want) it would likely have sold by now and wouldn't be quite as bad of a price. With this mileage on LWB $40k would be about the max reasonable price as a 2014 I would say. SWB this is worth about $35k top.

The 2nd
https://www.autotrader.com/marketpla...ngId=701925770
Also overpriced. Saw this listed a while back then taken down for a bit I think and now they're trying to sell again. $40k is probably about what it should be priced.

The 3rd
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing
Just stupidly overpriced with this mileage. Worth under $25k.

I don't know what the carfax say about these for number of owners and accidents etc.

 

In my view so much depends on how much decent maintenance has been done - if all the major issues have been done to this forum's standards (i.e. water pump correct part #, metal coolant pipes (inc. rear crossover), valve cover gaskets, supercharger coupling, timing chain etc.) then 37.5 - 40k is a good price for a 30k mile almost perfect car. Plus I cant imagine wanting a faster car than the 3.0 litre supercharger. Just my 02 cents.. :-)

 

You mentioned an Audi S8 in your first post as an option. I think it uses the same engine as the Bentley V8,in which case it can be a nightmare. It can suffer from oil starvation leading to TC issues, and repair bills of £10k are not uncommon on this engine. I was warned to avoid this engine on the second-hand market (but new and still under warranty is fine).