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Old 05-15-2008, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by usatrade View Post
Further to the XJ12 I hade back in Europe quite of few XJS and never had any problems whatsoever beside poor road handling at high speed (over 100 MPH). The XJ12 (sedan) was much better (I also had a few).
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You are the only person I have ever heard say that they have had no trouble with old Jags. Everyone I have ever known who owned one had heaps of trouble with it. They are universally known in the motor trade over here as over rated, unreliable, expensive buckets of bolts. The old E types for example, are an iconic car and I like to look at them, but I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. I remember when our local newspaper motoring journalist took the very first V12 E type in Australia, which was ordered by an Adelaide doctor, for a road test and it boiled going up the hills. This resulted in coolant spraying all over the bonnet and an expensive respray before the customer took delivery.
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