A friend recently bought
 

...a '95 Jaguar...like new inside an out...runs great...for a ridiculously low price. Is a '95 any kind of a classic or will become one?

The lifespan in captivity is around 20 years so he probably has about 4 years left in it before he needs to sell it to a Chinese medicine manufacturer.

A classic money pit, perhaps.

Every Jaguar owner I've ever known (don't know anyone that currently owns one -- this was mostly late 90's) tended to have their cars in the shop a lot.

I laughed :)

XJS model or which?

I guess it could become a classic in a few years...

He told me...but off hand I do not recall what model. I do recall that it is a four door. Would one model be more subject to being a classic than another? I do know that some of the XKE series are considered to be classics and sell in the 100,000 and up range.

I know a guy who has 2 Jags.

He says one is for the mechanic shop and the other is to drive. Funny :)

prolly an XJ6 then

not really an expensive car now anyway £2000 would get you a good one.

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"a Chinese medicine manufacturer"

I just called him and it is an XJR X300.

£3000 then

wheels rot, head gasket + supercharger may be due replacing

nice car for cheap money though :)

Jags are crap. Break all the time.

He also said he took it up to 130 miles per hour...but ran out of good highway so had to back off. I think he said it is supposed to do 160.

Well...he really didn't buy it to drive...he bought it because it was like new at a ridiculously low price. He has a 2010 Dodge truck and a 2010 Lincoln SUV. He buys a new every two years.

Good one. I've heard a different spin on this one where the second jag is cannibolized for parts to keep the first one running.

Aren't they made by the Dell support people now?


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You are my favorite newer poster. :upsidedow