In my experience, most people don't pay much attention to the value (perceived or otherwise) of other peoples' cars.
If you want to "arrive" then show up in a bright red sports car. What it is doesn't matter much.
In my experience, most people don't pay much attention to the value (perceived or otherwise) of other peoples' cars.
If you want to "arrive" then show up in a bright red sports car. What it is doesn't matter much.
Well in that case, save up for a w221. Those things have presence!
Reviving the zombie thread. I'm upping my budget to $8k.
XJ350?
CLS55?
BMW E-something?
In reply to curtis73 : the Jaguars after Ford bought them became extremely reliable and in fact topped the reliability charts for a while. The best of them had the 4.0 4 valve heads 6 cylinders. The supercharged ones that have been well maintained can get over 300,000 miles before wear gets notable.
Avoid the V8’s until about 2004 Then after Tatra bought Jaguar from Ford quality dropped. Not dramatically but down from the previous top of the quality chart. Still higher than Mercedes or Audi.
I haven’t kept track over the last decade though.
In reply to frenchyd :
I forget... did the Ford versions start with the X350?
The non AMG CLS500/550 can be found in that range without too much trouble, for an AMG it will be completely haggard and likely have lots of stories.
Curtis said:In reply to frenchyd :
I forget... did the Ford versions start with the X350?
X308. Besides my transmission (Mercedes) most of the parts I got for my xjr were from a Ford dealer.
Frenchy is off, the only unreliable thing about the pre 2004 v8 jags are the transmission unless you go xjr with the bulletproof amg trans. The timing chain guides are plastic until 2003 I believe but they're easy to replace. I bought mine on Amazon for $70 and the bolts from Ford for $4. I'll let you borrows the tools if you go that route.
You'd be in luck to find a salvage title cls55 in that price range.
always loved these wheels
https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/ctd/d/2001-mercedes-benz-e55-amg/6556399358.html
In reply to captdownshift :
are they pedals always this close on these? holy smokes.
captdownshift said:
I see a rusty 2002 not a LS lol
I'd recommend not buying an S55, since this was posted I owned one briefly (long enough to fill it up with gas twice), and it also had several long tow truck rides, and I ended up selling it after it blew one of the abc lines on the freeway and it was sitting in the middle of a giant green puddle in my driveway after having it towed home.
I have nothing to offer except that I saw one of these Jags the other day, an R, and it was so gorgeous.
Might as well get the best looking one because none of these cars are easy on the wallet from what I've seen. But I'm a well-documented BMW love/hate person.
Tk8398 said:I'd recommend not buying an S55, since this was posted I owned one briefly (long enough to fill it up with gas twice), and it also had several long tow truck rides, and I ended up selling it after it blew one of the abc lines on the freeway and it was sitting in the middle of a giant green puddle in my driveway after having it towed home.
Aren't you the one who bought it without a PPI and from one them buy-here-pay-here dealers?
Damn, the XJRs are cheap around here!
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/1999-jag-xjr-supercharged-v8/6573293350.html
I wouldn't say I'm set on an AMG. But an S-class or CLS would be nice. Trying to find some good buyer's guides on S-class. Y'all know any?
XJR has been on my radar. I drove a couple and they do look amazing, but they are very deceivingly small on the interior.
Now, if I could get my hands on the rare XJR VDP...
yupididit said:You'd be in luck to find a salvage title cls55 in that price range.
True, but the non-AMGs are squarely in that range. Lots of CLS500s for $8-9k Like this one
Curtis said:I wouldn't say I'm set on an AMG. But an S-class or CLS would be nice. Trying to find some good buyer's guides on S-class. Y'all know any?
Avoid the NA W220 V12. Either go 1996-200 W140 or bi-turbo
Curtis said:XJR has been on my radar. I drove a couple and they do look amazing, but they are very deceivingly small on the interior.
Now, if I could get my hands on the rare XJR VDP...
You mean the supercharged VDP. Rare things.
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