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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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Stay away from the 1986-1994 model cars. Lots of labor trouble during that time and the cars were not that good.
I had a 1995 and 1997 (believe it was those years) and loved the cars. After Ford bought Jag in the early 90's they started working on the reliability issues.
My 2000 model car has done 3600 miles in the last week (500 today) and not a hiccup. My 1969 XJ has around 700,000 miles on it, so if they are taken care of they usually do fine. Its when someone treats them like a American car and does not keep up with issues that they can get expensive. There are forums like this one for Jags that help a lot.
Get a good PPI on the car and if it passes would feel ok buying one of them.
Joe A
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2021 Subaru Legacy, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB
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