I heard him counting all that lovely money! 😁😎👍 I had an old s type v6 3.0 jaguar, lovely mint condition but it had a host of electrical and other issues. The parts are just so expensive, 1 control arm for the rear suspension cost me £400!! 😯 It had a problem.with the passenger door would keep double locking and the central locking was not working properly, so sometimes you could gain access, other times had to use the key but then the passenger door would still be double locked, even though I never double locked it! Then other times it would work flawlessly! There were so many control units involved in the CL system, nevermind the complicated electronic locking units on each door. It would have been uneconomical to replace each part without knowing which part was faulty! Had to sell it 😯🤔😎👍
@@bobhob35 Lovely car to drive and when they're running sweet and the electricals are behaving, they're a great car! But expensive to run and repair costs are sometimes more than what the car is worth! In the year I had it, I probably spent more than what I paid for it and there were still quite dangerous issues with the Central Locking system, which had a mind of it's own, sometimes let you in sometimes not! Sometimes double lock the passenger door with someone sat in the passenger seat! My worry was what if that happened to other doors in an accident and you had to get out of the car quickly, it could be game over⚠️😯
The great thing about Jags/Daimlers is even when they don't work you have a really comfortable sitting room extension. Having a snooze in a Jag is a pleasant past time all on its own.
I've been looking for a channel where someone buys....lets face it....shit cars instead of carbon-fibre covered supercars which aren't plausible for 99% of us viewers. I much prefer older cars.. more interesting and attainable. Subscribed.
I absolutely love these videos, I always had the idea that all Europeans drove new Super Cars all the time! My Farther in law would have loved these videos too, he always had a strict limit of $500 when he bought a car, his weekends consisted of mending the old gals so they could take him to work through the week and a few beers while he worked. He raised 5 kids on a custodians salary, Lord how I miss him. One of the most successful men I ever met, he was happy!
Apparently, after you collected it, the police were called to the former owner’s house due to neighbour complaints. Seems that the celebration party went on to the early hours! LOL
So much better than watching supercar tubers. Subscribed. My dad had a bottom of the range k plate 3.6. Even had cloth seats. Super smooth though. I bought a 4.2 s3 after, picked it up for 1700 quid back in the day, absolute steal.
Thank you! It's the thought of comments like this that keep me going when I'm lying on the ground, trying not to spill petrol in my beard, while hacking through a fuel line as bits of dirt and underseal fall into my eyes. Fun times!
For that price not much. Leather seats...a ton of parts. It's not worth making it perfect but it could be cheap saloon for a couple of years. I only have no idea what it costs in the UK to drive such a car. In Holland these are very very expensive to keep on the road with taxes and so.
Even in this shoddy state, it's such a nice looking car! Must've been glorious back in the days when it was new... but man, life's been hard to it since then.
Have a very rare 1990 VDP Majestic ($55,000 new) here in Connecticut which is forerunner of your Daimler-These 4.0 Cats are great cars if you take care of them- We do love these Jaguars here in the States as they are a great value, very distinctive, drive like sports sedans and my other car is a 1996 XJS 2+2 Roadster which is a gas to drive. Both Jags get a lot of looks whenever I take them out and have accumulated many awards at the car shows. SuperFIFTHGEAR is totally wrong about the Americans not liking Jaguars but it was true when they were mechanically unreliable years ago, thus the bad rap. Has nothing to do w/patriotism-We love the Brits as I've owned a 1972 MGB Roadster and a1980 TR7 Roadster, both a lot of fun. Remember British Leyland had a few problems too!
Back in the 80’s I’d had a passion for old Jaguars. This is where I’d learnt that there was nothing easy to repair on old Jags. That aside they are remarkable cars with a soul and a spirit that makes up for it... This is why eventually I transferred my automotive passion onto 928’s. Love watching your videos they have a sense of reality to them, which Top Gear never had or had even tried to acquire...
Hubnut your'e a star! The best motor related programme on UA-cam. Brewer & company-eat your collective hearts out. Stay as honest and as natural as you are. "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth". Such an interesting and informative presentation.
Drove a 61 LWB landrover back home from Somerset. Fresh mot but brakes were oil and brake fluid contaminated ,rears not working at all. Front dumb iron welded on so badly I had to reweld it fairly quickly. Carb flange distorted so didn't idle when hot either. Oh and the steering was almost solid!Got home ok though and still got it two years on. Bloody sight better now. Good fun. Rode an 1954 bsa500 cc single from Norwich to home ( Sussex) 190 miles. Took a while, pretty scary on the M25 dartford crossing, minorA roads for the rest. Made it fine!! Again, stupid but a great adventure. Enjoyed this vid. Cheers
My girlfriend said she's already watched this. What she meant was, she'd lived through my purchase of a jag xj40 which had almost all of these problems.
I have a mate who is doing up an XJS. When he bought it, it was rather flatteringly called "rough". He's been at it 12 years now, he's rebuilt, refurbished, or replaced just about everything on it. Lovely thing, and the 6 litre V12 is quite an engine, effortless power and torque delivery. At first I thought he was mad, but now I'm a bit envious.
I have a neighbour who loves old Jags verging on an addiction. Trouble is, he is a pensioner on a low income with limited savings and is not of a mechanical persuasion. One truly beautiful - but endlessly haemorrhaging XJ-something-or-other was almost a permanent feature at the local garage years back. They were happy to take all his money, of course, but in the end that one ended up as a garden feature for a while before it's final trip to the scrapyard.
In the late 90s with some redundancy money I bought an XJ40 Jaguar Sovereign 4 litre, which I loved dearly but it was a real money pit. The service department at my local Jag dealer used to rub their hands with glee when I came in. It blew the head gasket once and it cost me two grand to get it fixed. Seeing your great video brought back memories - thanks.
reminds me of the time i bought an e36 323 touring long distance unseen, i got there found various "quirks" (kind way of saying broken bits that weren't mentioned before i bought it), thought i'd managed to fix the worst of them to get home only to get caught in a torrential downpour 200 miles from home to find that the wiper controls had an electrical fault that only came to light when the wiper motor got hot. Or was it more like the time i bought a CRX del Sol sir and got home with flames coming out the right front wheel because the caliper had jammed mid way through the journey... Both gave that "what the hell have a i bought" moment.
Long distance sight unseen cars are just such an adventure and really get the adrenaline going. Bought a Lexus LS400 sight unseen 400 miles away off ebay once. Looked worn with 275000 miles on it for £400 but ran fantastic all the way home. That was 8 years ago and after a service ran it for 3 years without any issues. Its still going strong locally with its new owner. Look forward to the next video thanks.
The LS400 was developed at terrific expense by Toyota to break into the luxury car market with a car with huge engineering quality. I'm not surprised at your experience - they are not really a car for enthusiasts but they are built to last.
My old man had two of those (albeit Jags) and the heaters were stuck on hot, the windows wouldn't wind down, central locking wouldn't work. No coincidence that both cars had same faults. Also of note, if you need to weld the front cross member, it if filled with foam to quieten things down but probably promotes the rust in the first place.
early December 2004 flew from Edinburgh to Luton airport picked up 1972 Rover P6 3500, before it made it out of car park points and condensor needed replace (by the AA did not bring any tools on the plane) it made it all the way back with only petrol. 3 headlights. Hole in bulkhead between engine and cabin (blanking plate missing) meant the freezing air blew right onto my legs the whole way....
Another story for you: I used to do quite a bit of work for Lucas in Birmingham in the early 90s (service & repair of their climate testing room where they would test to see if all the systems worked on a car at the extremes of -40 degs. C & +50 degs. C) so I got to see new models before they were released to the general motoring public. One day circa 1993 they had the new XJ40 V12 in for testing & I had a good sniff around it, being the petrol head that I am. I noticed a big red emergency stop button on the centre console & asked what it was for. Apparently a couple of times testers were slowing down for, say, a roundabout & the car would go full throttle all of a sudden. It was as much as the tester could do to hold 6.0 litres of V12 back on the brakes whilst scrabbling for the ignition key to shut it down lol. Hence the emergency stop button until they'd ironed the bugs out. Turned out to be radio interference to the engine management system from residential house alarms.
Helped a friend buy one from an east London used dealer and ship it to New Zealand. (Despite being warned) it was actually a very good car after many repairs. A far better car than the Series 3. I find it sad how few are still around.
One of my weaknesses is breakdown anxiety and traveling on public transport I am usually stranded due to electrical faults I love your attitude and love watching what is for me therapy and entertaining.Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Oh the joys. Me being 20 years old bought my first xj40. Six months in thought I'd do a service my self. All was good until I tried removing that bloody fuel filter. Snapped the pipe and replaced it with some rubber tube that decided it would leak everywhere and no matter how much I tried to repair it it would piss out. So no longer had a fuel filter but some rubber pipe instead. Then a wheel bearing went when I was doing 70mph, how I didn't die is a miracle . then I lost the fuel filler cap and so it filled with water and took ages to pump the water out. Probably a few weeks. Ever ran right after that. Then I couldn't replace the brake pads because the bracket holding it was as tight as a nuns pratt. My most cherished car that bloody hated me. You ever tried removing a wheel bearing hub that was mangled. So difficult!!
neil hilton currently driving a 40 and I have none of the issues you mentioned. You sound like a fool who shouldn't work on cars. Pre lube all bolts before going in there and prying shit apart. You're again, a fool and don't tarnish the 40 because you're a half wit who isn't mechanically inclined. Thanks.
Pedro Matias alright pal keep your fuckin Alan's on. No need to get offensive over a fuvkin car mate. You sound like you need a life offending people over a car.
Pedro Matias I am currently driving a xj40 gold and it's been the most reliable car I've had. And that's because I keep on top of it thank you very much.
I'm not alone! I've taken at least a dozen nervous train expeditions to buy an unseen ebay shed. Only really caught out once with a 160 mile trip back on two AA low loaders. Latest shed is a £500 52 plate Grand Espace with no faults or issues 2 months in. As its the diesel, the clock is ticking though...
Love your gumption. I drove a 21yo Datsun 2200 miles, 4 days after purchase, broke down day after arrival. Faulty clutch pad. Easy fix, though (thanks dad). Good work, great vid.
Thank you! My Lexus just broke down after a 600-mile trip. Next time out, alternator failed. Glad I managed to get all my important business trips done before that happened. It's always exciting relying on older motors. I wouldn't have it any other way.
The XJ 40 3.6 was one of the best cars i ever bought. It just seemed to waft along effortlessly. I remember only getting 2MPG driving up a steep drawn out hill in Cornwall though.
I remember on a run at 60 i could get 40-43 ish MPG. Not bad for an old bus weighing as much as a moon. You will definitely notice a difference once the o2 sensor is changed.
Reminds me so much of an impulse buy X300 (P plate) I won on the bay of E. Drove home lovely from Doncaster to Leicester but was quite thirsty, which I expected. Turned out to have a very dodgy MOT and some genius had "repaired" a leak on the fuel delivery hose ( near the filter) with garden sprayer hose. Needless to say it was diverting most of its dinosaur juice on the road, rather than to the engine.Such a nice steer but I was always surprised (given the size of it) at the lack of room in the front. The chassis looked like it had served time as a sea anchor too. Would still own another, but eyes wide open next time. Bought back some great feels this video.
another fun trip thanks for taking us along. Still got a bit of class (you and the Daimler), despite the latter showing her age 😆. Interesting to see how things pan out. Thanks for the links added you on twitter.
Great video... very enjoyable to watch! So many memories of (and similarities to) my old 1979 BMW 730. Although in that the heating was stuck the other way... which was painful in winter.
Did a trip from the Wirral to Cornwall in a jaguar xj6 320 sport ( ? ) The driver was an absolute lunatic who did not do less than 100 mph on the motorway. I was very surprised at the amount of engine noise that was transmitted into the cabin considering its a premium brand vehicle. In contrast I drive a Vectra 1.9 cdti. i waft along at 70mph in almost silence whilst getting 59 mpg !!
Iv owned a 1990 4ltr twr xjr since 2004. For me Its been bullet proof. It's rare looks menacing in black, quiet and comfortable. Just nice to own something that's not German built and litters council estates estates like prostate cancer to middle aged men.
Have a 1993 jaguar xj6 4.0 liter she runs like a beast only 70 k miles and has no issues at all looking to sell very cheap, only issue is the front right bumper interior and exterior is excellent other than the hit and run cosmetics.
Can't help but wonder how big the floor ventilation was once you'd cut all the rust away. Never fear,you could use it for ice fishing if your local river ever gets frozen that hard. Congrats on getting such a majestic steed though.
You are doing what some of us think of doing and after a short risk assessment think we'll pay a little more and save the possible agro. Would make a great TV series if you had another bonkers colleague to share the madness with. Would like to be a fly on the wall when you're negotiating on the price.
I am free for the TV series, I have a shed full of tools and have owned many cheap and cheerful cars. Might have to be after the watershed as I swear like a trooper.
Loved this post. I Just looked at one today, 675 USD..ran, but NO reverse, and the floors were rotted out, huge gaping holes with metal screwed over top - drywall screws-both sides of the car from front to back..oh yea, something was leaking under driver side rear seat - fuel pump ? headliner fallen down, other rust in gas cap filler and trunk lid, rear lights had RTV on them, and door handles (2) did not work..seller said, you are the ONLY one to come out..in 12 days..make me an offer, no, you might take it ! .Even free, it probably is a bad deal....
Great video, thanks for uploading, reminds me of collecting an N reg Citroen Synergie (bought unseen of ebay) from Norwich, it turned out to be a fantastic car which served us well for many years, I remember felling quite elated on the drive home.. Happy days !
OMG! A mate bought a Norton Commando from a place in the Adelaide Hills (South Australia) a few years ago, while I was living in Adelaide. He had planned to ride it back through Melbourne to Sale in Gippsland Victoria. I picked him up from Adelaide AP and drove him to pick the bike up. Sadly he only managed to ride it about 300Km. Still had about 600 or so Km to go. I think it was ignition problems to begin with. His Dad drove over from Victoria to pick the bike and Son up in a van. Worse was to follow after fixing several problems; during a test ride an oil tube came loose, whereupon he lost all oil and the engine ceased.
😂😂😂 lol 'lifting the carpets up is a really bad idea' I had a similar hole in the foot well of my Spitfire, it made an excellent drain hole when the soft top leaked!! Good on ya buddy it's all part of the fun 👍😊
I bougt myself a couple off unseen cars in Internet .... Peugeot 605 3.0 v6 had to drive 700 km with it home for 700 euro ,BMW 525 tds had to drive 660 km home for 1000€ and two times a Peugeot 607 ...one had to drive 500€ back home .... And Two times a Citroen xm 2.5 te from Vienna to Schmirn that's 37 km from Innsbruck at a height from 1400 meters high up in the alps , they where cheap cars to ( and I loved them to drive ) Always nice adventures
Love jags. ..had a x 300 xj8...kickdown was awesome. ..ran like a Swiss watch de chromed model with blond wood cream leather...£1076 full mot. .stunning blue colour Celtic alloys....stunning car...if you haven't driven a v8 it's a must...
This caper makes me want to get my own shonky XJ40. Such a car has been on my 'to own' list since Car Mechanics had a 1989 XJ6 2.9 as a project car in 1997.
At that age there's a fair chance I welded the OSF mirror mount to the rest of the of window frame at the factory that made those frames. Later I worked as general mechanic for a used car place that semi-specialized in Jaguars, mostly XJ 40s and repaired many faults on ones he bought & sold.. I always hated them, not nice to work on and even worse to drive.. like riding on a giant sofa, if I had to choose a thirsty beast to do 300 miles in I'll take my series Landy every time thanks, ear plugs and all... or the 1.3 Marina I also owned at the time, where I preferred the ride and the handling. The boss never could understand why I pulled a face whenever I had to drive the damned things. Maybe I'm perverse. Saved him a fortune on dead window regulators though, by changing dead motors for working ones off scrap Escorts and Orions (same motor and common as muck at the time) instead of buying complete regulators from Jaguar, rear ones in particular like filling with water then rusting solid inside the motor, they were usually failed when he bought the cars in. Sadly motors weren't available on their own, but motor swaps didn't add much time to the job a used Ford window regulator being over 100 notes cheaper than a new Jaguar one.
I found this video so entertaining the other day I have had to come back and watch it again. Beats Eastenders by a Mile. Love the bit where the engine made horrendous noises so you decided to go inside and pretend it didn't happen. LOL.
It's beautiful! Rusted out and in need of love, but still beautiful! :D I did much the same sort of thing when I rescued a 1993 4.0 XJ6 Daimler / Vanden Plas. I LOVE it to this day. ^^
10:35 You're doing this so I don't have to! I did this once, but decided to leave the car, a BMW 535 where it was - regretted that ever since as would have proably turned out alright with a ton of cutting compound and good clean. Will look forward to the next cheap car you buy! (I've put the comment on the correct video now duh!)
I had a jag XJ40 brand new and it was one of the worst cars I ever owned. I enjoyed this video, informative and fun. I just realised, I read your article about this car.....well well......give my love to Wales (I am an expat Welshman).
As a person who knows Glasgow well and for the last 7 years has driven all over Scotland for my job I reckon you made that purchase from a seller in Kirkintilloch.
Reminds me of the mad escapades across the States by Anthony Gozzo and Specialty Motor Cars. Except there's Lincoln's, Grand Marquis' and Cadillacs involved.
That will be a really nice car once all it's issues are seen to. I have a 1999 x308 (the last proper XJ as far as I'm concerned) with the 3.2 V8 as my only car and daily driver. Fuel consumption and rust are my two enemies, everything else about it is perfect LOL.
Very interesting, especially as I love cheap old Jags (had 4 of them so far, though the last one was 10 years ago), but it might be an idea to have the camera behind you as you drive along. We can still hear you, and the view of the dash, bonnet and road ahead is a lot more enjoyable.
My father in law brought one and it had lived it's life by the sea. The chrome on the bumper had almost vanished and my water in law asked me to cover it in chrome tape. He paid £700 for it and was sold a pup. He scrapped it a week later because it had to many faults. Sad really they are nice cars in good and well maintained condition. Rot seems to be the major problem.
Great video, reminds me of some of my own bad buys, especially the bit where you're starting to drive it and think hey, its smooth and not that bad before the awful truth intrudes again.
I absolutely loved this video. You are a born presenter / narrator. £350! What colour was his balaclava? 😉 My first Daimler was a 1980, 4.2 straight six. What was left of the paint was Manor Blue! And the boot was air conditioned 😉 and I loved it. It was a bag of spanners, but I didn't care. Replaced it with an S3 V12 in Embassy Black. Awesome, awesome awesome. When I first got it, it was so smooth and quiet I kept looking at the rev counter to make sure it hadn't stalled ☺ ️Currently on an XJ8 in BRG. Once you go Jaguar, you don't go back 👍 Good luck with it, and I will certainly keep my eyes open for updates.
Great video Ian, I can relate to your madness, buying cars from miles away, and asking the question what have I done. and we all know the whole process will happen time and time again as we collect bargain buys not knowing what is really wrong with them
All part of the fun. In many ways, this was a lot easier than the Omega collection. I decided to buy something that already had a bit of MOT this time!
I heard a gasp of relief from the last owner as the car was driven away !!!
I heard him counting all that lovely money! 😁😎👍
I had an old s type v6 3.0 jaguar, lovely mint condition but it had a host of electrical and other issues. The parts are just so expensive, 1 control arm for the rear suspension cost me £400!! 😯
It had a problem.with the passenger door would keep double locking and the central locking was not working properly, so sometimes you could gain access, other times had to use the key but then the passenger door would still be double locked, even though I never double locked it! Then other times it would work flawlessly! There were so many control units involved in the CL system, nevermind the complicated electronic locking units on each door. It would have been uneconomical to replace each part without knowing which part was faulty! Had to sell it 😯🤔😎👍
@@pdtech4524 my s type jag was also terrible.
I spent double the purchase price on repairs in less than a year.
I should have sold it quicker.
@@bobhob35 Lovely car to drive and when they're running sweet and the electricals are behaving, they're a great car! But expensive to run and repair costs are sometimes more than what the car is worth!
In the year I had it, I probably spent more than what I paid for it and there were still quite dangerous issues with the Central Locking system, which had a mind of it's own, sometimes let you in sometimes not! Sometimes double lock the passenger door with someone sat in the passenger seat! My worry was what if that happened to other doors in an accident and you had to get out of the car quickly, it could be game over⚠️😯
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@@pdtech4524 you should of named the car Christine lol 🤣🤣
The great thing about Jags/Daimlers is even when they don't work you have a really comfortable sitting room extension. Having a snooze in a Jag is a pleasant past time all on its own.
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I've been looking for a channel where someone buys....lets face it....shit cars instead of carbon-fibre covered supercars which aren't plausible for 99% of us viewers. I much prefer older cars.. more interesting and attainable. Subscribed.
Thank you! I literally am keeping it real.
Its a beautiful car! Just needs a little...OK...alot of TLC
I absolutely love these videos, I always had the idea that all Europeans drove new Super Cars all the time! My Farther in law would have loved these videos too, he always had a strict limit of $500 when he bought a car, his weekends consisted of mending the old gals so they could take him to work through the week and a few beers while he worked. He raised 5 kids on a custodians salary, Lord how I miss him. One of the most successful men I ever met, he was happy!
Love the budget idea, sounds like me !
We do, it's just hubnut that doesnt 🤣
Apparently, after you collected it, the police were called to the former owner’s house due to neighbour complaints. Seems that the celebration party went on to the early hours! LOL
Thoroughly entertaining! Like a Top Gear challenge minus the idiocy.
Well said good sir!
So much better than watching supercar tubers. Subscribed. My dad had a bottom of the range k plate 3.6. Even had cloth seats. Super smooth though. I bought a 4.2 s3 after, picked it up for 1700 quid back in the day, absolute steal.
You really are completely mad but it does make for very entertaining viewing. Keep the madness coming.
Thank you! Plenty more madness to follow.
Man after my own heart !
Love the madness too 👍
A £350 Daimler bought unseen and a massive journey home? lol. What could possibly go wrong? :)
Another great vid. Look forward to the next instalment.
Thank you! It's the thought of comments like this that keep me going when I'm lying on the ground, trying not to spill petrol in my beard, while hacking through a fuel line as bits of dirt and underseal fall into my eyes. Fun times!
For that price not much. Leather seats...a ton of parts. It's not worth making it perfect but it could be cheap saloon for a couple of years. I only have no idea what it costs in the UK to drive such a car. In Holland these are very very expensive to keep on the road with taxes and so.
Are they really £350? Where do I find them?
Ian definitely has some balls, as he appears never to have breakdown cover either 😬😬
Even in this shoddy state, it's such a nice looking car! Must've been glorious back in the days when it was new... but man, life's been hard to it since then.
Have a very rare 1990 VDP Majestic ($55,000 new) here in Connecticut which is forerunner of your Daimler-These 4.0 Cats are great cars if you take care of them- We do love these Jaguars here in the States as they are a great value, very distinctive, drive like sports sedans and my other car is a 1996 XJS 2+2 Roadster which is a gas to drive. Both Jags get a lot of looks whenever I take them out and have accumulated many awards at the car shows. SuperFIFTHGEAR is totally wrong about the Americans not liking Jaguars but it was true when they were mechanically unreliable years ago, thus the bad rap. Has nothing to do w/patriotism-We love the Brits as I've owned a 1972 MGB Roadster and a1980 TR7 Roadster, both a lot of fun. Remember British Leyland had a few problems too!
Back in the 80’s I’d had a passion for old Jaguars. This is where I’d learnt that there was nothing easy to repair on old Jags. That aside they are remarkable cars with a soul and a spirit that makes up for it... This is why eventually I transferred my automotive passion onto 928’s. Love watching your videos they have a sense of reality to them, which Top Gear never had or had even tried to acquire...
Hubnut your'e a star! The best motor related programme on UA-cam. Brewer & company-eat your collective hearts out. Stay as honest and as natural as you are. "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth". Such an interesting and informative presentation.
Drove a 61 LWB landrover back home from Somerset. Fresh mot but brakes were oil and brake fluid contaminated ,rears not working at all. Front dumb iron welded on so badly I had to reweld it fairly quickly. Carb flange distorted so didn't idle when hot either. Oh and the steering was almost solid!Got home ok though and still got it two years on. Bloody sight better now. Good fun.
Rode an 1954 bsa500 cc single from Norwich to home ( Sussex) 190 miles. Took a while, pretty scary on the M25 dartford crossing, minorA roads for the rest. Made it fine!! Again, stupid but a great adventure. Enjoyed this vid. Cheers
Just found your channel tonight and subscribed. I applaud your dedication to keeping the memory of these, um, unsung automotive heroes alive!
Picked up an 94'' Xj40 for $800, now planning on restoring her to running condition and keeping her. Congrats on your new purchase.
My girlfriend said she's already watched this. What she meant was, she'd lived through my purchase of a jag xj40 which had almost all of these problems.
one of my martial arts teacher barrows an XJ40 from a friend of his whenever he's in Vegas, and he says it gets driven all the time with no problems.
@@malevolenceXXXensues bien sûr elles sont très fiables celle ci n'a pas été entretenue..
@@minutepapillon5060 Sorry I don't reply to mumbling in french.
I have a mate who is doing up an XJS. When he bought it, it was rather flatteringly called "rough". He's been at it 12 years now, he's rebuilt, refurbished, or replaced just about everything on it. Lovely thing, and the 6 litre V12 is quite an engine, effortless power and torque delivery. At first I thought he was mad, but now I'm a bit envious.
Fantastic. I wanted one of those from the moment I first saw one. Thank God the tea holder works.
I have a neighbour who loves old Jags verging on an addiction. Trouble is, he is a pensioner on a low income with limited savings and is not of a mechanical persuasion. One truly beautiful - but endlessly haemorrhaging XJ-something-or-other was almost a permanent feature at the local garage years back. They were happy to take all his money, of course, but in the end that one ended up as a garden feature for a while before it's final trip to the scrapyard.
After owning an XJ40 you can look forward to moving up to a car with better build quality such as a Trabant ot a Lada.
C'est une excellente voiture très fiable , il faut juste l'entretenir comme tout véhicule..
Subscribed immediately. Had enough of Clarkson with tea and biscuits at some BS upscale location. Greetings from a Brit residing in the USA.
In the late 90s with some redundancy money I bought an XJ40 Jaguar Sovereign 4 litre, which I loved dearly but it was a real money pit. The service department at my local Jag dealer used to rub their hands with glee when I came in. It blew the head gasket once and it cost me two grand to get it fixed. Seeing your great video brought back memories - thanks.
reminds me of the time i bought an e36 323 touring long distance unseen, i got there found various "quirks" (kind way of saying broken bits that weren't mentioned before i bought it), thought i'd managed to fix the worst of them to get home only to get caught in a torrential downpour 200 miles from home to find that the wiper controls had an electrical fault that only came to light when the wiper motor got hot.
Or was it more like the time i bought a CRX del Sol sir and got home with flames coming out the right front wheel because the caliper had jammed mid way through the journey... Both gave that "what the hell have a i bought" moment.
Long distance sight unseen cars are just such an adventure and really get the adrenaline going. Bought a Lexus LS400 sight unseen 400 miles away off ebay once. Looked worn with 275000 miles on it for £400 but ran fantastic all the way home. That was 8 years ago and after a service ran it for 3 years without any issues. Its still going strong locally with its new owner. Look forward to the next video thanks.
The LS400 was developed at terrific expense by Toyota to break into the luxury car market with a car with huge engineering quality. I'm not surprised at your experience - they are not really a car for enthusiasts but they are built to last.
My old man had two of those (albeit Jags) and the heaters were stuck on hot, the windows wouldn't wind down, central locking wouldn't work. No coincidence that both cars had same faults. Also of note, if you need to weld the front cross member, it if filled with foam to quieten things down but probably promotes the rust in the first place.
That car is the epitome of cool. Good luck
early December 2004 flew from Edinburgh to Luton airport picked up 1972 Rover P6 3500, before it made it out of car park points and condensor needed replace (by the AA did not bring any tools on the plane) it made it all the way back with only petrol. 3 headlights. Hole in bulkhead between engine and cabin (blanking plate missing) meant the freezing air blew right onto my legs the whole way....
My dad had a brand new XJ8 by far the best jag ever built. Beautiful car even by today’s standard 👍👍
Another story for you: I used to do quite a bit of work for Lucas in Birmingham in the early 90s (service & repair of their climate testing room where they would test to see if all the systems worked on a car at the extremes of -40 degs. C & +50 degs. C) so I got to see new models before they were released to the general motoring public. One day circa 1993 they had the new XJ40 V12 in for testing & I had a good sniff around it, being the petrol head that I am. I noticed a big red emergency stop button on the centre console & asked what it was for. Apparently a couple of times testers were slowing down for, say, a roundabout & the car would go full throttle all of a sudden. It was as much as the tester could do to hold 6.0 litres of V12 back on the brakes whilst scrabbling for the ignition key to shut it down lol. Hence the emergency stop button until they'd ironed the bugs out. Turned out to be radio interference to the engine management system from residential house alarms.
Now that's a tale I'd like to commit to print!
Feel free :-)
What a great story|!
these are great cars. I wish I was brave enough to take one on, well done for trying to save one.
Helped a friend buy one from an east London used dealer and ship it to New Zealand. (Despite being warned) it was actually a very good car after many repairs. A far better car than the Series 3. I find it sad how few are still around.
One of my weaknesses is breakdown anxiety and traveling on public transport I am usually stranded due to electrical faults I love your attitude and love watching what is for me therapy and entertaining.Thank you for sharing your adventures.
nautilus 1 Thank you! Breakdown anxiety isn't something I generally have. Certainly did with this one though!
Oh the joys. Me being 20 years old bought my first xj40. Six months in thought I'd do a service my self. All was good until I tried removing that bloody fuel filter. Snapped the pipe and replaced it with some rubber tube that decided it would leak everywhere and no matter how much I tried to repair it it would piss out. So no longer had a fuel filter but some rubber pipe instead. Then a wheel bearing went when I was doing 70mph, how I didn't die is a miracle . then I lost the fuel filler cap and so it filled with water and took ages to pump the water out. Probably a few weeks. Ever ran right after that. Then I couldn't replace the brake pads because the bracket holding it was as tight as a nuns pratt. My most cherished car that bloody hated me. You ever tried removing a wheel bearing hub that was mangled. So difficult!!
neil hilton 1990 xj40 was my first car ever. Owned it for a year and no major problems except for shutting off a few times
neil hilton currently driving a 40 and I have none of the issues you mentioned. You sound like a fool who shouldn't work on cars. Pre lube all bolts before going in there and prying shit apart. You're again, a fool and don't tarnish the 40 because you're a half wit who isn't mechanically inclined. Thanks.
Pedro Matias alright pal keep your fuckin Alan's on. No need to get offensive over a fuvkin car mate. You sound like you need a life offending people over a car.
Pedro Matias I am currently driving a xj40 gold and it's been the most reliable car I've had. And that's because I keep on top of it thank you very much.
I love you.
I'm not alone! I've taken at least a dozen nervous train expeditions to buy an unseen ebay shed. Only really caught out once with a 160 mile trip back on two AA low loaders. Latest shed is a £500 52 plate Grand Espace with no faults or issues 2 months in. As its the diesel, the clock is ticking though...
Brilliant. If you're not on the Autoshite forum, it sounds like you should be.
Great watching this. I own a later member of this family. A 1998 XJ8, lovely car to waft around in
Love your gumption. I drove a 21yo Datsun 2200 miles, 4 days after purchase, broke down day after arrival. Faulty clutch pad. Easy fix, though (thanks dad). Good work, great vid.
Thank you! My Lexus just broke down after a 600-mile trip. Next time out, alternator failed. Glad I managed to get all my important business trips done before that happened. It's always exciting relying on older motors. I wouldn't have it any other way.
This man has more excitement than James Bond, I do admire your get up and go and nothing fazes you great to watch. 👍
XJ40,, beautiful drive. it gives you a feeling of well-being...I had one in Thailand,,, it was cheap to maintain there,
The XJ 40 3.6 was one of the best cars i ever bought. It just seemed to waft along effortlessly. I remember only getting 2MPG driving up a steep drawn out hill in Cornwall though.
I reckon I should be able to beat the current 23mpg once I get the oxygen sensor replaced.
I remember on a run at 60 i could get 40-43 ish MPG. Not bad for an old bus weighing as much as a moon. You will definitely notice a difference once the o2 sensor is changed.
I Absolutely Love Your Motoring Vlogs! So Entertaining! Your As Nuts As I've Been With Cars Over The Years!!!
Fuse 1..... washer motor, heater controls and coffee percolator.
Reminds me so much of an impulse buy X300 (P plate) I won on the bay of E. Drove home lovely from Doncaster to Leicester but was quite thirsty, which I expected. Turned out to have a very dodgy MOT and some genius had "repaired" a leak on the fuel delivery hose ( near the filter) with garden sprayer hose. Needless to say it was diverting most of its dinosaur juice on the road, rather than to the engine.Such a nice steer but I was always surprised (given the size of it) at the lack of room in the front.
The chassis looked like it had served time as a sea anchor too. Would still own another, but eyes wide open next time. Bought back some great feels this video.
another fun trip thanks for taking us along. Still got a bit of class (you and the Daimler), despite the latter showing her age 😆. Interesting to see how things pan out. Thanks for the links added you on twitter.
Really enjoy your videos. Keep them coming. Your dry sense of humour is marvellous.
Great video... very enjoyable to watch! So many memories of (and similarities to) my old 1979 BMW 730. Although in that the heating was stuck the other way... which was painful in winter.
I haven't tested the heated seats yet...
I had an X300 Jaguar XJ Executive. It was fabulous, reliable and well built. I wish I still have it.
One of Jaguars best engines and far more reliable than the original XK engine
I've had three XJ40s - every single one of them was fucked. You're a brave man!!!!
Did a trip from the Wirral to Cornwall in a jaguar xj6 320 sport ( ? ) The driver was an absolute lunatic who did not do less than 100 mph on the motorway. I was very surprised at the amount of engine noise that was transmitted into the cabin considering its a premium brand vehicle. In contrast I drive a Vectra 1.9 cdti. i waft along at 70mph in almost silence whilst getting 59 mpg !!
watching this makes me want to go out and buy one ...
Iv owned a 1990 4ltr twr xjr since 2004. For me Its been bullet proof. It's rare looks menacing in black, quiet and comfortable. Just nice to own something that's not German built and litters council estates estates like prostate cancer to middle aged men.
Have a 1993 jaguar xj6 4.0 liter she runs like a beast only 70 k miles and has no issues at all looking to sell very cheap, only issue is the front right bumper interior and exterior is excellent other than the hit and run cosmetics.
Sounds wonderful under acceleration
You are a brave man!
Can't help but wonder how big the floor ventilation was once you'd cut all the rust away. Never fear,you could use it for ice fishing if your local river ever gets frozen that hard. Congrats on getting such a majestic steed though.
You are doing what some of us think of doing and after a short risk assessment think we'll pay a little more and save the possible agro. Would make a great TV series if you had another bonkers colleague to share the madness with. Would like to be a fly on the wall when you're negotiating on the price.
I am free for the TV series, I have a shed full of tools and have owned many cheap and cheerful cars. Might have to be after the watershed as I swear like a trooper.
Love it! Done that many a time over the years. Its like a wee adventure. Excitement, apprehension all in one. Then victory when you make it home💪
My second Jag XJ40, at age 24... cost me £80, two tyres and a case of beer.
Wheel bearings needed replacing though....
Bargain! 👍
Loved this post. I Just looked at one today, 675 USD..ran, but NO reverse, and the floors were rotted out, huge gaping holes with metal screwed over top - drywall screws-both sides of the car from front to back..oh yea, something was leaking under driver side rear seat - fuel pump ? headliner fallen down, other rust in gas cap filler and trunk lid, rear lights had RTV on them, and door handles (2) did not work..seller said, you are the ONLY one to come out..in 12 days..make me an offer, no, you might take it ! .Even free, it probably is a bad deal....
Base model, not the Damiler nor Soverign....
Funny video. Owned a XJ40 myself for a few years. Liked it a lot but many technical issues...
Make your videos longer as I’m a London bus driver and watching your videos makes my day go quicker 😂😂
Great video, thanks for uploading, reminds me of collecting an N reg Citroen Synergie (bought unseen of ebay) from Norwich, it turned out to be a fantastic car which served us well for many years, I remember felling quite elated on the drive home..
Happy days !
Love watching your videos, Watching with my dad, Cars we used to have.
So thats where Arthur Daleys Jag ended up!
LOVE HUBNUT.I HAVE WATCHED MOST UPLOADS UP TO DATE.THIS IS THE BEST BY MILES
OMG! A mate bought a Norton Commando from a place in the Adelaide Hills (South Australia) a few years ago, while I was living in Adelaide. He had planned to ride it back through Melbourne to Sale in Gippsland Victoria. I picked him up from Adelaide AP and drove him to pick the bike up. Sadly he only managed to ride it about 300Km. Still had about 600 or so Km to go. I think it was ignition problems to begin with. His Dad drove over from Victoria to pick the bike and Son up in a van. Worse was to follow after fixing several problems; during a test ride an oil tube came loose, whereupon he lost all oil and the engine ceased.
😂😂😂 lol 'lifting the carpets up is a really bad idea' I had a similar hole in the foot well of my Spitfire, it made an excellent drain hole when the soft top leaked!! Good on ya buddy it's all part of the fun 👍😊
I bougt myself a couple off unseen cars in Internet .... Peugeot 605 3.0 v6 had to drive 700 km with it home for 700 euro ,BMW 525 tds had to drive 660 km home for 1000€ and two times a Peugeot 607 ...one had to drive 500€ back home .... And Two times a Citroen xm 2.5 te from Vienna to Schmirn that's 37 km from Innsbruck at a height from 1400 meters high up in the alps , they where cheap cars to ( and I loved them to drive ) Always nice adventures
Can't believe I haven't seen this before😳
Loved every second of it👍🏼
Congrats on your new car and thank you for another great and entertaining video.
Came up on my feed, I think this is my first HubNut experience.
Love jags. ..had a x 300 xj8...kickdown was awesome. ..ran like a Swiss watch de chromed model with blond wood cream leather...£1076 full mot. .stunning blue colour Celtic alloys....stunning car...if you haven't driven a v8 it's a must...
Your best take along tool is a big can of silicone spray - frees stuck brake pistons & they stay freed..
This caper makes me want to get my own shonky XJ40. Such a car has been on my 'to own' list since Car Mechanics had a 1989 XJ6 2.9 as a project car in 1997.
Possibly the 1st HubNut vid I watched 👍
well done, i bought a 25 yr old jag xj6 3.2. just sorting the niggly bits out !
One thing you can be sure of with an old car in Scotland is plenty of corrosion.
At that age there's a fair chance I welded the OSF mirror mount to the rest of the of window frame at the factory that made those frames.
Later I worked as general mechanic for a used car place that semi-specialized in Jaguars, mostly XJ 40s and repaired many faults on ones he bought & sold.. I always hated them, not nice to work on and even worse to drive.. like riding on a giant sofa, if I had to choose a thirsty beast to do 300 miles in I'll take my series Landy every time thanks, ear plugs and all... or the 1.3 Marina I also owned at the time, where I preferred the ride and the handling. The boss never could understand why I pulled a face whenever I had to drive the damned things. Maybe I'm perverse.
Saved him a fortune on dead window regulators though, by changing dead motors for working ones off scrap Escorts and Orions (same motor and common as muck at the time) instead of buying complete regulators from Jaguar, rear ones in particular like filling with water then rusting solid inside the motor, they were usually failed when he bought the cars in. Sadly motors weren't available on their own, but motor swaps didn't add much time to the job a used Ford window regulator being over 100 notes cheaper than a new Jaguar one.
I found this video so entertaining the other day I have had to come back and watch it again. Beats Eastenders by a Mile. Love the bit where the engine made horrendous noises so you decided to go inside and pretend it didn't happen. LOL.
It's beautiful! Rusted out and in need of love, but still beautiful! :D I did much the same sort of thing when I rescued a 1993 4.0 XJ6 Daimler / Vanden Plas. I LOVE it to this day. ^^
Sadly, I've now sold it. I suspect it'll be broken for parts, though it'll help others live on.
10:35 You're doing this so I don't have to! I did this once, but decided to leave the car, a BMW 535 where it was - regretted that ever since as would have proably turned out alright with a ton of cutting compound and good clean. Will look forward to the next cheap car you buy! (I've put the comment on the correct video now duh!)
I had a jag XJ40 brand new and it was one of the worst cars I ever owned. I enjoyed this video, informative and fun. I just realised, I read your article about this car.....well well......give my love to Wales (I am an expat Welshman).
Yay, our neck of the woods, ish. Glasgow is about 50 miles away. Love the picnic tray 😍 haha belt lock - too modern! 😂 Glad it was drama free
As a person who knows Glasgow well and for the last 7 years has driven all over Scotland for my job I reckon you made that purchase from a seller in Kirkintilloch.
Reminds me of the mad escapades across the States by Anthony Gozzo and Specialty Motor Cars. Except there's Lincoln's, Grand Marquis' and Cadillacs involved.
That will be a really nice car once all it's issues are seen to. I have a 1999 x308 (the last proper XJ as far as I'm concerned) with the 3.2 V8 as my only car and daily driver. Fuel consumption and rust are my two enemies, everything else about it is perfect LOL.
Did you buy this off a chap called Arthur Daley?
Could be Hector daley
And I thought you were mad going to south Queensferry for Rita! Enjoyable video as always.
There was a Daimler double 6 V12 at the Glasgow car auctions few months ago. I wanted to buy it lol
Very interesting, especially as I love cheap old Jags (had 4 of them so far, though the last one was 10 years ago), but it might be an idea to have the camera behind you as you drive along. We can still hear you, and the view of the dash, bonnet and road ahead is a lot more enjoyable.
My father in law brought one and it had lived it's life by the sea. The chrome on the bumper had almost vanished and my water in law asked me to cover it in chrome tape.
He paid £700 for it and was sold a pup. He scrapped it a week later because it had to many faults. Sad really they are nice cars in good and well maintained condition. Rot seems to be the major problem.
The video that got me subscribing to your channel. It was epic and reminded me of me buying sheds in the past.
Great video, reminds me of some of my own bad buys, especially the bit where you're starting to drive it and think hey, its smooth and not that bad before the awful truth intrudes again.
*this quality is most of the cars I have ever owned but have to say loved.
Fantastic and entertaining as usual. You make my Friday night, pissed up purchases on eBay look lame. Keep up the good work.
Thank you. I don't really drink, so I can't even blame alcohol!
on our first visit to the UK, we were taken to the train station in a Daimler - great car :) You could try to wash the seat belt :)
I could have tried that. I decided to sell it again instead.
I absolutely loved this video. You are a born presenter / narrator. £350! What colour was his balaclava? 😉 My first Daimler was a 1980, 4.2 straight six. What was left of the paint was Manor Blue! And the boot was air conditioned 😉 and I loved it. It was a bag of spanners, but I didn't care. Replaced it with an S3 V12 in Embassy Black. Awesome, awesome awesome. When I first got it, it was so smooth and quiet I kept looking at the rev counter to make sure it hadn't stalled ☺ ️Currently on an XJ8 in BRG. Once you go Jaguar, you don't go back 👍 Good luck with it, and I will certainly keep my eyes open for updates.
+Roman Alexander Thanks! Sadly, this one was not a success and it turned out to be an absolute dog. Sold it last summer.
Great video Ian, I can relate to your madness, buying cars from miles away, and asking the question what have I done. and we all know the whole process will happen time and time again as we collect bargain buys not knowing what is really wrong with them
All part of the fun. In many ways, this was a lot easier than the Omega collection. I decided to buy something that already had a bit of MOT this time!
Oh, XJ40... my only dream car except for my XM.
I love how the lunch is replying to you at 6:46 ! :-D