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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Back in the early 80s one of my friends bought a XJ6 new. After one year, it spent over 320 days at the dealership and he was afraid to drive it far as he figured it would leave him stranded. He did not know anything about cars, except he like the looks of the XJ6. It is a nice looking car, but they seem to awful hard to work on. My friend was happy to get the dealership to buy it back.
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My series II Coupe was a 76 and my series III cars were an 85 and 87. I don't think they were unreliable. Your friend's experience was an anomaly. I will say they required more maintenance than cars of the period. The in board rear brakes were something that was a pain. They still had serviceable grease fittings everywhere when many Japanese and US cars had gone to sealed fittings in the suspension, etc. This made regular service, if hired out, expensive and many were neglected. Plus if stored outside, the gas tanks took on water due to the fuel cap design causing fuel system issues. They were quirky sure, but if you knew what to look after, just like an old Porsche, they were fine.
I have a 2024 F150 Powerboost. The hybrid version. Knock on wood mine has almost 10,000 miles on it and it's been great. However, go on the forums or Facebook groups and you'll read about a number of customers forcing Ford to buy them back, etc. Every car maker and model has stories like that.