Yup, it's gone. Had it listed on Craigslist only got an innocuous email asking about it thought it was the usual worthless scammer/ad agency didn't think much of it. Later realized it was an actual inquiry so showed the car the following day. When I pulled it into his driveway I still had bugs from a roadtrip to Palm Springs on it but it took maybe 3 mins before he made me an offer $500 less than my asking price. In the end he is ecstatic texting me often about his enjoyment, I'm glad it went t someone who will enjoy it. So long, not sure what's next but it'll be hard to replace it was it was mechanically perfect and cosmetically excellent, great looking, pure joy. It was a rare find which I drove for 1 1/2 years.

So far for "joy toys" I've had two Mercedes, two BMW M3 convertibles (pretty boring), two Boxsters, now the Jag... nothing else out there excites me in the least. Has to be a convertible so got time to figure that out

 

Congrats.....................?

 

Leeper as I recall you spent tireless hours hand stitching the interior

Why the sell ??

Which manufacture are you going to go with next

 

That was quick. Sounds like you really enjoyed the time with your Jag, what motivated you to get rid of it, boredom? Especially since there is nothing else that strikes your fancy.

 

Yup stitch all that car, looked great new owner is amazed loving it. Sold it for a few reasons:
#1 - business was slow last year so don't need a depreciating asset sitting there while I make payments.
#2 - got more than I paid for it. A year before I bought a Boxster drove it then sold it for more than I paid for it did the same here. Sad to see it go as it truly was a gem, nicest I've seen and aside from my messing up a light install the car was perfect mechanically. I like doing that - looking nationwide, finding gems, making them pretty again

No clue as to what next - Thought about maybe a Porsche Turbo but they are just too common and everyone looks the same regardless of year +price of entry is still a bit high. Mercedes don't impress me (I can get them CHEAP too). I tried to like the BMW 6 series but the interior is way too boring and driving any BMR is like driving a Lexus where it is completely underwhelming. I may go with a XJL supercharged if I can buy it right just to drive something until I get excited about a convertible again. My criteria is always - #1 - low maintenance #2 - good looking #3 - excitement when driving it #4 - no GM products

 

Have you tried an XJR? I drove one on a track day, it handled really well and had oodles of power. A little plain looking inside maybe, all grey and carbon. I preferred it on the track to the AWD F Type but my favorite on the day was the XE S.

 

 

Hey Bruce good to hear from you! No I have not tried the XJR but perhaps the only other car that would get me excited might be a French blue XKR-S convertible . Again the price-point is still a bit high here, not like Australia as they can be had @$65K here. Not into racing anymore, raced both cars and bikes for years so speed is no longer in my blood also not really interested in getting into "exotic sportscars" as most are maintenance and depreciation nightmares so what's that leave??? Porsches are great drivers but a dime-a-dozen as are BM'ers, Mercedes are just plain boring and not good reliability

 

Sister and my best buddy had that exact Civic except in yellow. Couldn't kill those cars no matter how much you tried. Wait, that doesn't have Michelins on it does it Ceejay!?!?

 

It wouldn't be on one solid piece if it had.

 

Leeper - IMHO there is nothing on the market that is like a Jaguar, particularly an XK or XKR. Somebody, I forget who, described our xks as near exotics which I think is a terrific definition. Why not look for a 13, 14 or 15 at a low price and do it again? Whatever you do good luck and good hunting and please keep us in the loop.

 

Thank you Ralph for the very kind words. I may well try a newer model as I had no complaints with my '07. All of my other cars I had minor complaints (with my first Boxster major complaints then lemon law). I may look at a XKR-S in a year or so. Always loved the looks of the XK now i know they are rock solid... if i run across another gem I'll ****** it up it took me almost a year to find that one but in no hurry.

For those pondering whether they should get one or not you'd be silly you consider another car - Mercedes. BMW, Maseratti font come close trust me... from a guy who has had most and just sold a Jag. The new owner is so elated!

 

When time comes to look for something to replace my XKR, I gotta say I'm looking forward to seeing some affordable examples of these in the used market. Probably the first modern Mercedes I've ever been interested in.

 

Well, since part of this is that business was slow last year I can understand why you would take your time on another car. Even if you buy another "low priced jewel" that can sell higher it is still an outlay of money while you have ownership.

Good luck!

 

+1. My thoughts exactly.

 

Wow. I don't know your car's whole story but that's pretty rare from what I've seen.

Good for you. Good luck in the future!

 

Thanks Shemp. Bought it in Dec '15 flew to Detroit bought it from a rich lady with many cars. Shot her a low-ball offer she accepted. Did kind of the same thing on my last Boxster. Sold this for "above market" and he couldn't be any happier. I've bought a few cars out of state and drive them back, enjoy them a bit, clean them up nice and sell them later. Took me almost a year to find that one and once I did it up it looked GREAT! The new owner went nuts as soon as I rolled into his driveway made me a cash offer in the first 3 mins never even drove it until after he paid for it, same thing with the Boxster I sold to a real Porsche enthusiast bought it right off. Buy them right, detail them really well

 

I think I found the car I want!

One of 53: 1991 Jaguar XJR-15 | Bring a Trailer

 

That's a great pick! Can I have a ride in it?

 

THAT is a sexy beast! Can't believe such a rare car doesn't demand a far greater price, same said for the XJ220 guess the collectors market isn't thrilled with Jag in comparison to Lambo or especially Ferrari.

I had never considered "Bring a Trailor" as a viable search place when looking for a nice car but to my surprise there's a number of really good toys on there as very reasonable prices. I had thought it was a repository for cars that were in various stages of disarray and people wanting to unload them but I was wrong. There's a number of nice Ferrari's, lots of unique collectors cars, great place to search and dream - no affiliation with them just a surprised onlooker

And Moses, obviously was just kidding about any chance of getting that unless of course my 5 numbers and bonus happen to hit this weekend if that happens then of course and I'll let you drive it!