i'm yoann from France,

New owner of 2009 x250 for restoration
Lot's of work, cooling system, key programing, body parts ...
Hope will find some help here

 

Hello, Yoann,
I wish you success restoring your New Jaguar!
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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Welcome. I don't think anyone has come here yet with the purpose of "restoring" an X250. They're still just ordinary, disposable, used cars to most people. Don't know what the value of an X250 is there in France, but every time I see a mint condition, low mileage X250 sell on Bring-a-Trailer auction website here in the U.S. for half of same year/mileage Honda Accord money, I just cringe. I should sell mine because it only ever gets driven anymore once a month just to keep the fluids circulated and fuel in the tank stirred up. But I can't make myself accept how little its worth.

I restore much older classic cars but its just a hobby. I'm convinced that there is no way in the world to make money at it. The highest cost is usually the paint job which I and most people cannot do at home. Not even including any dent or rust repair, just the paint alone, costs more than most classic cars will ever be worth (and I believe the reason that "patina" has become a popular trend at car shows here in the USA).

The first time I kept all my receipts and added them up, I made $17.00 "profit", but if I divided that by my labor, I only earned about two cents per hour. Most of the time I figure I am actually losing money, A LOT of money, especially if I included all the "tools" I purchased along the way plus all the shop supplies like paper towels, sandpaper, penetrating oil, etc. Only keep your receipts for warranty purposes and NEVER add them up because you DO NOT want to know. Just keep reminding yourself that you are only doing it for entertainment value and the exercise is good for you. However, still be mindful that an X250 just isn't worth much, so be careful that you don't fall into the spiral trap of continuing to throw more and more money at it. Decide ahead of time that you are only going to fix a certain list of things and stop there. Try to avoid the "while I've got it this far apart" syndrome. You do not want to end up with €30K invested in a €10K car. Good luck.

 

Greetings yoann and welcome to JF . . .

Best wishes on your project. I recall my resurrection of the Mk1 in my avatar, some 55 years ago. . . even after the setback of a huge pine tree brought down by record snowfall flattened it! We all came here with different experiences (and different Jaguar models) so I applaud your efforts for which the relevant sub-forum will provide you with lots of help.

Bon chance!

 

Welcome aboard Yoann.

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!

 

100% Phil !!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Yoann,

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