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I am thinking of selling my Jaguar XJ6. I bought it and hardly used it for ages, just going to my Friday night shopping in luxury and other small runs around, but I have started running around in it a lot more now and the fuel economy from the 3.2 is hard to live with, also work is quiet so thats not helping things.
Things I would like in a car, something big ish, I carry bicycles and model racing cars around so need a decent size. But mostly something cheap to run, but the one thing is that I find modern stuff souless and boring. Something retro ish would be nice, early to mid 90s.
I am thinking of something like a BMW E36 touring diesel. I have driven a couple of E36s and they still have a bit of retroness to them and don't feel dull like a lot of 90s cars.
Also its got to cost under £1000
Any other suggestions?
Random side note, I don't know why, but I keep looking at Pug 205 diesels, even though its smaller than I usually get I like them and apparently they do 60mpg!
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Jul 10, 2015 11:02:57 GMT
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Hi there what about a peugeot 405 estate diesel, plenty of room ,good on diesel, and some are very well spec,ed , I seen a turbo diesel version with full leather and correct alloys and electric everything and it was on ebay a wee while ago I think it was 895.00 full service history aswell. Oh and you can use them all year round aswell. I like w124 merc estates but think they can be very expensive but plenty of room in them. Try carandclassic and autotrader. Also older land rover dicovery, don't now much about them but you night get 1 thats cheapish and diesel. Not very retroish .!! I have a 4 peugeot 309s 2x diesel and 2x petrol I think the diesel ones are great go forever and are cumfy enough and retro too. I get about 55 mpg. Hope this helps.!
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Jul 10, 2015 11:51:09 GMT
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Just been on ebay, there is a really nice 405 estate actually in Leeds where I live for £695 and it has a full mot too. Looks pretty good, but the Jag has to go first before I can buy something else. Cheers for the reply, I will look at the w124 mercs too.
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Jul 10, 2015 12:10:50 GMT
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Yeah no problem you will get a pretty decent 405 estate for a grand.but w124s hold there prices, hope you get a nice car mate.
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Jul 10, 2015 15:57:43 GMT
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Thankyou, the other option for me, is to stash the Jag for a while and buy a £200 1.0 micra and run that while I clear some debts and work picks up.
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Jul 10, 2015 17:23:48 GMT
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Thankyou, the other option for me, is to stash the Jag for a while and buy a £200 1.0 micra and run that while I clear some debts and work picks up. By the time you have bought the car, insured and taxed it, you'll have to wait several thousand miles before you are better off than just running the Jag? |
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Jul 10, 2015 18:46:56 GMT
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Lpg on the jag
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Jul 10, 2015 19:42:40 GMT
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I'm biased, but a 190E with a manual box, in 1.8 form - reasonable economy and you don't feel like you're in a "small" car. Until you park next to a newish Focus, which dwarfs it.
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Jul 12, 2015 13:54:13 GMT
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Thankyou, the other option for me, is to stash the Jag for a while and buy a £200 1.0 micra and run that while I clear some debts and work picks up. By the time you have bought the car, insured and taxed it, you'll have to wait several thousand miles before you are better off than just running the Jag? Both the tax and insurance are monthly on direct debit so they could be swapped over. But you are right, it's probably more cost effective to keep the jag on the road than park it up and run another car. I think the best option is to sell it and get another car. Dodgerover, I've not thought about lpg, wonder how much it would cost to do. |
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Jul 12, 2015 19:14:03 GMT
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I'm probably a bit out of touch as all my stuff is old school single point but I would think diy multipoint 600 ish fitted 1600 to 2k. ChasR could probably give you a better idea.
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Jul 13, 2015 13:22:48 GMT
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I've had 1.6 and 2.0 cortinas, and both were pretty bad on fuel. Starting to think about having something a bit newer and non retro, just for a while till I clear debts and work picks up.
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Jul 14, 2015 20:45:34 GMT
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Agree 1.6 Cortina is a bit of a pig. My dad had a Mk5 1.6 estate and it was dreadfully under powered. I wouldn't go less than the 2.0 litre. Here in NZ we got the Australian 4.1 litre six cylinder as an option. They were good cars but not super economical and probably unobtainable in the UK. Here is a link to one that is for sale now just to show you what I am talking about. Hope the link works for you. www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-916318288.htm |
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Jul 16, 2015 17:32:40 GMT
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By the time you have bought the car, insured and taxed it, you'll have to wait several thousand miles before you are better off than just running the Jag? Both the tax and insurance are monthly on direct debit so they could be swapped over. But you are right, it's probably more cost effective to keep the jag on the road than park it up and run another car. I think the best option is to sell it and get another car. Dodgerover, I've not thought about lpg, wonder how much it would cost to do. I'm probably a bit out of touch as all my stuff is old school single point but I would think diy multipoint 600 ish fitted 1600 to 2k. ChasR could probably give you a better idea. Cheers for the plug  . Dodgerover's prices are around right however. Yes there are cheaper places but I have only ever seen a few LPG conversions work well including factory conversions ; the cars at work however were done close to 10k a month mind you. I would not shy away from it for this reason though, but I would recommend that you thoroughly do your research. TBH if you take your time over the installation a multipoint system is not much beyond the scope of the spanner wielder. Installation is key, and this IME is where alot of the shortcuts are taken ; it takes time . The pros of LPG are: Cheap fuel : My dad's Mondeo 1.8 costs 10p a mile irrespective of how it is driven No real modern diesel issues Much cleaner engine (the oil will come out alot cleaner between the oil changes due to LPG being a cleaner fuel) Interest from others Very cheap fuel Cons IME are: Garages will get funny about working on your car (it does add pipework especially in cramped engine bays) ; Maybe a Mondeo V6 is not the best example here ; they are awkward to work on anyway! Valves can potentially burn but this seems to be more of an issue with modern cars over the older stuff Filling stations can be tricky to find MPG is a little worse due to the calorific value being lower and the car having to run richer so as to keep the car's ECU happy (remember that an EML is now an MOT failure) ; LPG prefers to run at an AFR of around 17:1 over petrol's 14.7:1). I will probably do it again mind you . Personally I would look at how many miles you do in a year ; if it is short journeys no car will be great on fuel in all honesty. |
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Since putting this up work has dropped even more, so I have gone out and bought a K11 micra 1.0
So far its silly cheap to go anywhere, seems very good on fuel. Its actually big enough with the rear seats down that I can get my bmx and monster truck in the back, so for now it'll do and keep my running costs to a minimum.
I have took the Jaguar off the road, and its up for sale. If it goes it goes, if it doesn't I'll leave it parked up till I can afford to run it again in the future.
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Jul 27, 2015 16:08:56 GMT
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I had a 1.3 (Super S... oh yeah) - cracking little car, if you drive like a nutter (as is only right in a small car), you'll still get 40mpg...
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Jul 30, 2015 20:08:42 GMT
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