Would you? Jaguar F Type R
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lozcb
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I was looking for sometime for a nice 5 litre one to come up at Copart , still waiting for the right level of stolen recovered/very light damaged one ...............still to this day this tightwad doesnt like losing money on cars , its a strange quirk in me and i havent a clue where it comes from , I can blow a few hundred quid in a casino without a blink on an eye , but lose money on cars ....definite no no
That's it's main draw back. How Jaguar signed off the design with a boot that size I'll never know! Just a toy so not so much a problem. How did you find reliability and parts availability?
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The only time I didn't lose money was during lock down! I admire your abilities!
Never thought I would buy an "old person's Jaag" but having reached 60, I just need a pipe, slippers and a Jag!
philw696
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I love my old persons Jaguar XJ6 from 1996 4.0 straight 6 that is no slouch and a car that you can hustle when needed in absolute comfort best €3500 I've spent to be fair and I'm 62.
williamsmix
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I had an S Type V8 Sport before I bought my 3200. That was quite a good car. Fantastic chassis and plenty of grunt, but it did make me feel like I was 80!Never thought I would buy an "old person's Jaag" but having reached 60, I just need a pipe, slippers and a Jag!
philw696
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That's the S type mate.
In the XJ6 I think I'm in the Sweeney and at times Arthur Daley
Scaf
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The opposite…….. raves about his, but it’s not quite stock
On the contrary, sure he will be along soon
Interesting!
midlifecrisis
Mancunian
I've always liked them. Benny's is loud and fast in France but not in daylight UK...well not last Tuesday. It's very loud too thanks to Mr Akrapovich.
BennyD
Sea Urchin Pate
I bought my AWD R drop top about 5 years ago and here are my thoughts. As standard (545bhp) they are pretty good; fast ish, handle well, look good and sound good. Don’t go for an early 2WD V8S unless you like cars with less performance that try to kill you. The later V8s, iirc 2018 on, got quietened down and emasculated. Some later V8Rs only had 450. The SVRs have 575bhp as do the last V8Rs. From experience, that just isn’t enough unless you are happy with plodding along. A couple of tweaks and a couple of grand and you’ll have something like mine. Currently it’s running 660bhp and 674torques which will do for the time being. It comes alive with the extra power so all the V6S arguments melt away so forget the V6. Incidentally, the V6 uses the V8 block but the back 2 cylinders aren’t machined, so you have most of the weight of the V8 with less power. As a tourer, it’s excellent if you travel light. We did a 2 week road trip to a wedding in Italy and we managed to fit in what we needed. The most impressive thing for a tourer; its fuel consumption. In my 4200 Spyder the best I got at normal motorway speeds was around 23mpg, in the Jaaag I can get 41. The 8 speed gearbox is lovely to use and in top gives 47mph per 1000rpm so 70 is 1500rpm. In my honest opinion, for the money nothing comes close to a V8R and I’d recommend you have a test drive. The sounds of the exhaust echoing round the valleys in the Alos is worth the trip for that alone!
Fyi the spec of mine is as follows; bigger crank pulley, smaller Supercharger pulley, appropriate Viezu/Paramount software. 200 cell sports cars, a Viezu/Paramount gearbox map, and uprated suspension bushes. It’s also dripping with carbon fibre bits the previous owner put on and a one touch hood system. Next on the list is the Viezu/Paramount uprated Supercharger which gives around 730bhp and 750torques. This is where the AWD starts to work hard!