2005 xjr -buy or not buy?
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Sorry for the delay in updating and thanks to all for the replies.
Yes I bought it, and my wife didn't have clue. I came in the house asking whose car was parked in the middle of the driveway. After a little of my bitching about our kid's friends parking all over the place, she went out to see who it was- she said with a real confused look, "whose Jag is this"! I said yours, and don't be parking in the middle of the drive. After bouncing around and making a lot of noise she stops and with a very serious look said -YEA RIGHT!, REAL FUNNY! I don't like this joke. Then I gave her the keys.
I have to say what a fun car to drive, I just need some excuses to get her out of it so I can drive it some.
Took it into the Jag dealer for their 200 something checklist, tech came out and told me "that car is really tight - it's in great shape". The only thing they wrote up was front and back brake pads were at 50%. SO FAR things are looking good.
I now need to post on what aftermarket warranty to go with.
I haven't taken and pics yet but here it a link with pics from the seller.
http://www.americanforeignautos.com/AFA/Inventory/detail.asp?var=240
Yes I bought it, and my wife didn't have clue. I came in the house asking whose car was parked in the middle of the driveway. After a little of my bitching about our kid's friends parking all over the place, she went out to see who it was- she said with a real confused look, "whose Jag is this"! I said yours, and don't be parking in the middle of the drive. After bouncing around and making a lot of noise she stops and with a very serious look said -YEA RIGHT!, REAL FUNNY! I don't like this joke. Then I gave her the keys.
I have to say what a fun car to drive, I just need some excuses to get her out of it so I can drive it some.
Took it into the Jag dealer for their 200 something checklist, tech came out and told me "that car is really tight - it's in great shape". The only thing they wrote up was front and back brake pads were at 50%. SO FAR things are looking good.
I now need to post on what aftermarket warranty to go with.
I haven't taken and pics yet but here it a link with pics from the seller.
http://www.americanforeignautos.com/AFA/Inventory/detail.asp?var=240
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The cost of part and labor for theses cars is exspensive at a dealership. The reliability of these cars is very high and I believe just under Lexus. So if you are compairing repairs to repair of any other car they have less, but they just cost more per repair. They only cost an arm and a leg if you service at the dealership. A quality independant mechanic is KEY. I wouldn't have bought the car without one.
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Maybe a $1 a mile if all repairs and maint are done at the dealer (but honestly, am I to assume that the average Jag owner has laid out $30k in repairs and maint within 3 years of ownership? I just don't see how that is possible or these boards would be a ghost land), but after warranty expires I don't think I'd patronize the local dealer, indie shops or DiY would be a wise shift of my money.
- Tim
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I have a local mechanic who works on exotics including Jags. I was working my way up to giving him a go at my XJR service. I needed to have the transmission flushed so I asked him how he measured the temp to get the correct fill point. He told me it was not important and he didn't bother with it.![Icon No](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_no.gif)
Where do they get these guys? The man advertises himself as a specialist on severel cars that use ZF transmissions and this is what you get.![Icon Doh](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_doh.gif)
Good buy Jose, hello AllJags. It pays to do just a little checking.
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Where do they get these guys? The man advertises himself as a specialist on severel cars that use ZF transmissions and this is what you get.
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Good buy Jose, hello AllJags. It pays to do just a little checking.
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