I was in a 4-car pileup yesterday. Luckily there were no injuries at all.

 

What a bugger........looks like you really took care of her.
Glad there were no injuries, but as you say......... you have lost a friend regardless.

Once the dust settles.....do you think you will replace her with something similar, or go in a different direction?

 

Replacement is a 2000 XJR. The SV8 has been costing too much repairs, so I was leaning towards selling it. There's even a posting for it here in the Marketplace.

Now I just have to get the XJR road-ready.

 

Thankful to hear everyone was unhurt, but sorry to see another Jaguar become a parts car, especially an SV8!

Cheers,

Don

 

EXACTLY! Not to mention the fact that I've put $7k into it in the last year...

 

Well, I assume many of the new parts may fit the XJR...

 

Nope. The XJR is an x308.

 

edit: my bad, didn't see yellowbandit's response
I suppose yellowbandit meant the 2000 XJR from his signature. Or are there parts shared between x308 and x350? 😲

 

Gotcha. Oddly, I still can't see your signature in your first post... Must be one of the forum glitches.

 

Hmph. I can't see my signature, either. Oh well.

 

This made me realize that I might be way too attached to mine. I only got her last year, so I'm still in the honeymoon phase.

How does this get handled? Is the insurance company now the owner? Or do you yourself contact someone like noma?

 

Also looking at the photos, it seems like maybe only the rear panel, fenders and boot lid need to be replaced.
There's someone fixing x350 with a crushed roof, not even a Super V8. Yours seems like an easier fix, and more interesting specimen.
I think someone will want to fix her.

 

I'm not familiar with noma, but whoever settles with me (my insurance or their insurance) will own the car afterwards. I was actually just thinking through getting an appraisal of my own to help with my payout amount.

I'd say this damage is actually worse than a caved roof. Besides parts being difficult to find, the frame is most probably askew, which adds significantly to repair costs. Plus since the car is aluminum, body work is a bit more expensive.

Sadly, I've been through this once before...

 

ah ok, to my clueless eye it seemed like the frame must have remained untouched... apparently not
well fvck 😐

 

Sorry your SV8 was banged up, but good no one hurt. Looking at the exit signs, I’m guessing I-20 westbound after Memorial. I lived off Memorial oh 50-plus years ago.

 

It looked like significant damage from that initial picture you posted, anything that bends the rear quarter in like that likely also bent the frame. You probably won't know for sure until bumpers and fenders are pulled, but my experience is that damage is almost always worse that it looks from the outside as fenders do a good job of hiding damage.

Also, very fitting you mention caved-in roof damage as I'm currently fixing damage on an '06 XJR that had a massive branch fall on the roof. Every shop near me wouldn't touch it as it was aluminum and also bent structural components, and the damage is nowhere near as bad as yours:



I'm all for trying to save driveable cars, and I'm currently doing the repair work to my XJR myself, but even my relatively lesser damage is proving difficult for me to repair, and the end result will be nowhere near 100% perfect-looking.

I can't blame you if you decide to part with yours, I don't even think I would try (or would even have the equipment) to take on that level of structural damage. Even a roof repair like mine calls structural rigidity into question, I can't imagine the safety implications of pulling an entire rear back out.

 

This other picture is a different car (x358), I suppose that's the first rodeo with a damaged car that yellowbandit mentioned

 

Wow. You're fixing this yourself and this isn't your profession?

Do you have a thread on this going? I'd love to follow your progress!

I'm sad to see car go but it's a relief actually. I realize that I've been riding around feeling anxious that every bang and bump from questionable roads is going to cost me thousands! I think I'll be much more comfortable now. This car burned me.

 

Bummer all the way around! I have put 92,000 miles on my xjr since 2004 and I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the performance as a function of maintenance costs. Of course, I can only say that because of the gracious souls on this Forum who have guided me from the beginning when I started with a sensor.

Thank God you'll live to ride another day. Please start a thread with your experiences with the 2000.

Carpe diem,

Steve S.

 

First, sorry to hear about the accident and glad you're OK, that's most important. What issues did you have with the car that you were itching to get rid of it? Only asking because I absolutely love my x356 and its been pretty much trouble free covering a decent amount of miles. Also, I've owned quite a few x308 XJRs and they are not in the same league as the x350, especially as a daily driver. They look fantastic, but the newer car is just so much better and easier to live with on a daily basis.

Best of luck with insurance, hopefully its a painless process. I had similar happen to me a couple years back with my Impala SS. Luckily I was first in line and did not hit anyone else, got paid out quickly by the insurance company of the driver that rammed into us.