Test Drive Jaguar XJS 1991 - 1996 coupe

$9500

A unique chance to cross on a used car and not only not to lose your face, but also acquire a new one. You will get it if you buy Jaguar XJS

The car is famous. From the beginning of the 70s until 1995, almost a quarter of a century, whether the joke. Initially, the XJS focused on America, more precisely, on Florida and California, the states of mass habitat of major boys, burning dads money on Miami beaches and Santa Monica. From here and open, at all without a roof and awning, modifications (clearly not for slaknyah) in addition to the sports compartment and convertible, and the breathtaking dimensions of the audio system instead of the rear seats, and the gearbox as the main option, and the voracious engines V12 as the most common no , Europe is still more comprehended in queries ... Calculation was amented, made a mistake only in sexual orientation: enthusiastically squeezed from the XJS major girls, mainly Okolvalvudes, but this, in general, no matter.
In 1992, XJs changed a number of engines: instead of two row six, 3.6 and 4.2 liters have introduced one 4.0-liter, and the V-shaped dozen 5.3 liters has lost its steep 6.0-liter. In addition, the car was made by Faislift: narrow metal bumpers were replaced with wide plastic, visited lighting and some little things. Male part of the initial contingent of fans perceived it as a normal maturity machine. Women are the very girls of the beginning of the 70s, now there are already very mature ladies waving about the facelift: So we lived with Jagom, another of our youth, until the time, when and to him, and we need to do suspenders on the face ...
 
The price of Jaguar XJS in Russia is absolutely unpredictable. Can distinguish $ 30 thousand, and in the process of bargaining to reset to ... $ 9 thousand for what you see in the photo are asking $ 17,500, and last year the same, but with the right wheel, were ready to give at least $ 5 Thr. (!), Motivating so mad dumping need to urgently free customs parking. Rave? No, according to Musa Motors in the company, there is its own logic. Contain the XJS to our middle class now it was not a pocket: very expensive spare parts and service. And it is necessary to serve. This is not a four, here the torn bumper will not let the rope and with a broken spotlight will not go to the light. Jaguar should look. Well, ride, of course, and do not rat bones. He does not like the garage beauties, and on the official-dealer service of the norm-hour for old jaguars (until 1995) was worth a recently $ 87. Now golden time for wanting to buy XJS in order to sell when prices are found. If, of course, there is where to store it, not servicing.
 
 
In maintenance, the car is not comfortable. Many nodes are very difficult access. For example, to change the candles on the V12 engine, it is necessary to disassemble the throttle drive and remove the air conditioner compressor, the pasta. Behind the change of candles in the technical center with you will take $ 113, and the candles themselves, regular NGK are worth $ 6 (multiply by 12 cylinders). With a 6-cylinder engine, the troubles are less: change the candles (regular champion, $ 8) on it costs $ 26, and in general it is much cheaper in service. Another example for comparison: a complete bulkhead V12 will get at $ 4.5 thousand to you, and a 6-cylinder at $ 3.2 thousand. Of course, all this is very fat for money, but calm: serious surgery requires XJS very rarely, the engines are reliable.
 
When the time to change all sorts of seals, change their package. Suppose if the gear is updated at times blocking the head of the block, the valve cover, all collectors, the oilmaging caps, the sealing rings of the camshaft and candles and even any rubber smallest, it will cost $ 600700 plus the cost of the parts themselves (more than $ 200 is hardly. But if you change separately, say, laying the head and oil-challenge caps, then only two of these nominations will have to give $ 300. The circle, all at once, is cheaper (in specific).
There are no special recommendations for engines in general. The only one note that because on a 12-cylinder 5.3 l instead of the normal rear seal of the crankshaft sticks out a seabe block (2 semiring from asbestos-containing material), only mineral oil synthetics can be chronically flow through a package. There are no such trouble on other engines.
The rest is very short. The front suspension in the context of Russia fully runs 40 thousand km; Further there may be problems. If you encounter the need to replace the ball supports and silent blocks, then you will lay out about $ 600 for all matters. Front shock absorbers will be changed for $ 60. The rear suspension is not an example more reliable (there are 2 shock absorber and 2 springs on each side), it rarely breaks. Well, except shock absorbers from behind changing this $ 200 for work. It is very uncomfortable to change the rear brake pads, since the brake discs are not at the back of the wheels, and the gearbox of the main transmission (the car is considered sports!) Many disassembly assembly, need special tool. Nevertheless, the replacement of the rear pads ($ 40) is not much more with you than for the change of the front ($ 35).
 
Text Sergey Sorokin, photo Alexey Ilyin, Figure Vladimir Belov
 

A source: "Autopilot"