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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar XF

« on: 21 September 2019, 14:11:33 »

This is tempting for the money....

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201906239317726?atmobcid=soc4

Just one major problem with this car. Can you guess what it is?

Diesel 

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar XF

« on: 21 September 2019, 14:07:09 »

As is this XJ....

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201908090988031?atmobcid=soc4

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General Car Chat / Jaguar XF

« on: 21 September 2019, 14:05:10 »

This is tempting for the money....

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201906239317726?atmobcid=soc4

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 13:41:27 »

Merc CL500, BMW e38 740, Jaaaaag, or LS400. All great cars with V8 engines, and all have potential pitfalls to look out for. Although the LS400 will have less pitfalls than the others. You can pick up a nice example of any of them for £2-3 grand.
Personally I would go for a CL500 all day long.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323916285471

The CL is a very attractive coupe.

Inside they look far from expensive though with acres of cheap plastic.

Maybe, but with a V8 and massage seats. Who cares! 

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 13:40:21 »

Merc CL500, BMW e38 740, Jaaaaag, or LS400. All great cars with V8 engines, and all have potential pitfalls to look out for. Although the LS400 will have less pitfalls than the others. You can pick up a nice example of any of them for £2-3 grand.
Personally I would go for a CL500 all day long.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323916285471

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/211031/mileage-mercedes-cl500-almandine-black

The guy has a good reputation for the quality and standards of his cars

Good find! Thanks, has more detail.

Was 3.8, now 2.9k!

Wonder if he would take 2k 

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 13:39:16 »

If you even consider the Audi A8 have a check on service costs / parts costs .... I seriously looked at an A8 before going for the A6 Allroad .... the prices simply frightened me !!

I would be a temp car, but yes looks expensive. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 12:52:05 »

Merc CL500, BMW e38 740, Jaaaaag, or LS400. All great cars with V8 engines, and all have potential pitfalls to look out for. Although the LS400 will have less pitfalls than the others. You can pick up a nice example of any of them for £2-3 grand.
Personally I would go for a CL500 all day long.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323916285471

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General Car Chat / Re: Proper Motor

« on: 21 September 2019, 12:35:13 »

I think question is now, will coolant use stay consistent or will it let go big style at some point. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 12:33:06 »

I’m not paying that much for road tax....

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 11:56:18 »

Can’t really justify later 5.0 V8 nor the stupid road tax...

Audi A8 V8 could be an option.

Lexus interior always looks like a Nissan, that said I’ve not sat in one yet.

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General Car Chat / Re: Budget V8?

« on: 21 September 2019, 11:50:11 »

Thanks all. 

I did not really think about how low the XJ (308) would be, that could be an issue.

Audi is interesting, thanks for that. Not sure on a convertible though with two blokes car sharing. 

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General Car Chat / Budget V8?

« on: 20 September 2019, 21:43:43 »

Considering scratching the V8 inch, while my miles are low and the 3.2 looks to be near death. My miles are around 6-7k per year, I don't want to spend much, couple grand really. While I save up for a proper replacement early next year.

Thinking:

- XJ/XJR

- BMW 535/540 e39 era. (Although these are not cheap)

- BMW 740 late 90's ones as well.

Trying to think what else, Merc's of that era will be a pile of rust, not so keen on Lexus, too much like a big old Nissan.

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General Car Chat / Re: Proper Motor

« on: 20 September 2019, 21:21:03 »

Draining it to change coolant bottle. That's keen

Though changing the coolant can never bee too regular, for reasons stated in the past

I had 10L of stuff in garage, so thought why not, besides it was easier/cleaner.

That said, the problem is worse. 

I think the temp new cap (eBay junk) did not form best seal, hence seeing coolant there. New bottle and cap (Vauxhall sourced) it holds pressure better. But I'm seeing an increase in coolant consumption, I'm also seeing a return of miss-fire on start up which is much worse that before and takes a while to clear before it runs well.

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General Car Chat / Re: Decided to keep the Tata... for now

« on: 20 September 2019, 12:34:09 »

I've decided against. Went out with doggie yesterday afternoon and found that, for the conditions available to me, my astra has sufficient power. It gets along the road quite well and, although an extra 40bhp sounds appealing, where would I use it? 

Same with our Tourer, it has more than enough power given cameras/traffic etc.

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant leak

« on: 19 September 2019, 19:58:24 »

New coolant bottle did not solve the problem