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I had a '78 XJ6. It only let me down once in 20k miles of daily use.

Unfortunately daily use in a fairly wet climate basically killed it. It has a lot of problems which essentially boiled down to three categories:

1) Water ingress (to the interior and to the wiper motor mostly)
2) Rust (see water ingress)
3) Fuel consumption (LOL, I got about 15mpg around town)

My engine was getting prematurely pretty tired too...

I would still like one as a weekend car - yes, stuff will probably break, but it fundamentally simple to fix. It will rust if given a chance... but its not like it is any different than an older Porsche...
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