Looking at this Jaguar XJL 2017 Jaguar XJ SAJWA2G74H8W09869 - Spanos Motors do you feel that this is a good buy? or too expensive? Many thanks for your input !
Also is this a good year for a 3.0 and are they reliable?

 

djpxk8, that car is very similar to mine (with mine having a gray interior and being an XJL) and I paid $28K a year ago for a 2016. So, price wise, it is inline with current market prices. The only thing I would recommend is getting a Carfax or some other "car information" service to research the VIN. In my adventures of buying my 2016, I ran across a dealership that was trying to pawn off an XJL with a bad head gasket and they kept just replacing the pipes that were bursting and not fixing the head/block itself. This was evident by the car needing major coolant service every 2K miles over the course of 10K miles which started right after needing a new water pump. The dealership I told this to looked at me like I had a horn growing out of my forehead. They just wanted to sell the car. I told them they couldn't give me that car. To say their jaws hit the floor was an understatement.

The only other thing I can see being something that would make me want to walk away from that car is if it was involved in a severe accident, needing major reconstruction. A minor rear end collision needing a new bumper cover I would no worry about. But, if the repair needed a new structural parts, I would walk away.

 

A carfax only shows whatwas reported to them. A bad carfax is a reason noto buy. Agood carfax means you should investgate further. A pre-purchase inspection is your best bet to find out the condition of the car. Cost shouldn't exceed $500.

 

On the Spanos website, I see an XJ two years older with less mileage, and it's $6k less. You might want to look at that one as well.

 

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I'd want the facelift model, price is pretty average but the bonuses here are Oronas, illumination package, and color other than black (with non-brown interior). Actually think Ammonite/Storm are only second to BRG

 

There's a 575 for sale on CarFax for $46k

https://www.carfax.com/vehicle/SAJWA2EK3JMW15201

wombat

 

that 575 has 58K miles, has been involved in two separate accidents, and has had three owners in 5 years

 

Very nice, but why is the hood crooked? Possibly not fully closed, but I don't know why a seller would take pics with the hood not fully closed.

 

Surprisingly a sh*tload of sellers post pics with the hood only latched on one side. While I was still shopping, I came on here asking about it like, "uh.. is there something faulty with the hoods on these cars I need to look out for?"