Hello guys;

lots of rain in Houston today, made the fatal mistake of pulling into a parking lot, and the parking lot was in worse shape than the street. Cat stalled, water came up to the seat. Pushed car to a spot. Car is gone. Won't start again.

Car is fully covered but just hit 100k miles. So I am not expecting much from insurance. I am going to look at new cars, but if I can find a last year model in British Racing Green with reasonable miles I may go for it. I am in Texas and if anyone has any suggestion for finding a BRG 2006+ X type with low miles I would appreciate it. Thanks

 

Well, there are tons of X-Types here in South Florida. Cheap too. Maybe plan a trip if you can't find a good one locally.

 

What do you guys think is a reasonable price for a 2006/7 with low miles? Prices are all over the place it seems like

 

Mine @ dealer w/little higher miles (133k reflected in KBB price attached), sat/nav, multi disk, premium sound, sliding sunroof, after market mesh grill, hid conversion on fog, low, mains, new starter, new brakes, new tires, excellent interior, NO leaks, no unusual noises).

Repair so far = rear lower front stabilizer bars ($50.00), fluid changes of oil to synthetic (Mobile 15,000 mile) with new drain plug and filter, differential and transfer case to royal purple, transmission fluid change this coming weekend. Jaguar dealer says front "swing" bar leaking (the one with ball joint) so when on the lift this weekend will check it out as I have had it in the air 3 times in 2 months and never seen any drips, leaks. But if so, that will be next repair.

They originally asked $10,400, dropped to $6,500 over 60 days, I made an offer and got it for $4,500 cash.

 

Thanks for your reply.

i found one with 50k miles in the right color , 8k. I can probably get it for a bit less. And I would have to have it send from another state which would run me 1k. But it might be the right car

 

Pansy! Lol. I bought mine in New Jersey and drove it ~2,500 miles in just over 50 hours back to Utah. AND IT DROVE LIKE A CAT!! =:~)

 

Well, I am paying to have the car looked at by a third party with special instructions to test transmission shifting/integrity, transfer case , a/c and oil pan for leaks.

 

Well I went ahead and bought the 50k mile car I had inspected. I had just installed a throttle body in my old car so I removed it, and I am probably buying new battery cables for the new car. Only problem with the "new" car is it has a bad headliner.

 

 

Thanks- sourcing the material is not a problem. Getting the headliner fixed would be

 

I don't know what you consider low miles on ten year old cars but I've had my '04 for about two months now - BRG with 86k on the odo. Sport package. Picked it up for $4200. Needs basic minor maintenance (already did brakes at all four corners plus sway bar end links). I picked it up in Florida about a month before I relocated back up North.

 

Well, I was shooting for 30k miles or less and a 2008 model, but I ended up with a 2005 and 50k miles. I paid a few more K's than you did, but I am ok with that. It's a cash car, I am a fan of the pre-2010 Jaguar styling, and I found the right color. No modern car speaks to me to get into a large monthly payment. They are all fat and bulky and have absurd headlamps that look exactly the same . The new Jags all look like Japanese cars and have exactly the same face XJ,XF,XE,and that sad little truck, the F-pace. Maybe someday when the market runs out of viable pre 2010 Jaguar low mileage options I will join the current century and get a new car with push button start, rotary gear shift knob, no hood ornaments and led headlights.

 

Great find! It's hard to find these with really low miles. I'm happy with mine though.
But hey, don't knock the 2010+'s, my 2011 XF was a helluva machine. It was a little too big for my taste but it was a blast to drive. Until the engine went.

 

I haven't had a chance to start a write up or get many pictures but here's a little teaser with crappy weather in the background.


I need to get her cleaned up and and get some better pics taken. I love the sport package on BRG...

 

By the way, hopefully in a year or two I'm going to be picking up a flooded X-Type manual to strip and take racing.

 

No offense intended. Except for the F-Type, in my eyes, no current Jaguar has a unique,distinctive look. Identical to every other luxury car on the road. With a growler on the grill.

As as far as performance is concerned, I have test driven an XF and believe me, for a week, it made me forget how much I dislike the exterior to the point I thought about getting one. Just can't get over the current "design language"

 

That is really, really nice

 

Thank you! I'm very happy with it so far.