I'm aware of the issues (Nikasil, tensioners, gearbox oil etc), & don't really see them as reasons not to buy - just to be careful. However, if a really nice X300 came up, would I be silly to ignore it just because I want the V8?? Or are either just silly ideas in general?! Thoughts on a postcard...Jag X300 or X308
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Ziggy
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Following on from my previous topic, I find myself really wanting an X308 Jag. I'm aware of the issues (Nikasil, tensioners, gearbox oil etc), & don't really see them as reasons not to buy - just to be careful. However, if a really nice X300 came up, would I be silly to ignore it just because I want the V8?? Or are either just silly ideas in general?! Thoughts on a postcard...
I'm aware of the issues (Nikasil, tensioners, gearbox oil etc), & don't really see them as reasons not to buy - just to be careful. However, if a really nice X300 came up, would I be silly to ignore it just because I want the V8?? Or are either just silly ideas in general?! Thoughts on a postcard...E30 in need of wiring loom smoke since April '11...
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A good 308 is a better car than a 300 BUT the potential for financial ruin/one way ticket to China is MUCH higher on the V8s 
300s drive really well and even the 3.2 is acceptable, I just really despise that nasty XJ40 councilfest dash that the 300s are blighted with
300s drive really well and even the 3.2 is acceptable, I just really despise that nasty XJ40 councilfest dash that the 300s are blighted with
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amen! and get the straight 6, so when it dies you can supercharge the m30nickso wrote:If you go for a 300 you might as well hold out for a supercharged one, they don't seem to hold much more value.
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find a manual gearboxed x300. 
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I could live with the dash (although the 308 is far nicer), but I don't know about those two missing cylinders! Something about a straight six with an auto box doesn't seem right, where it'd be fine on the V8.pacerpete wrote:A good 308 is a better car than a 300 BUT the potential for financial ruin/one way ticket to China is MUCH higher on the V8s
300s drive really well and even the 3.2 is acceptable, I just really despise that nasty XJ40 councilfest dash that the 300s are blighted with
Given a compression test on a v8, later tensioners & a gearbox oil change, are they still a nightmare waiting to happen? & any preference for the earlier or later auto box?
If I came across a tidy XJR that hadn't been thrashed (!), clearly that'd be the way forward. But in the real world, I reckon the NA lumps would be more than adequate.
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X300, ->1997 (straight six):Jhonno wrote:Pics to explain..Ziggy wrote:Sorry - the 2 Jags that came after the XJ40: the XJ6 then the XJ8 that followed...(No I can't be bothered to Google..)
X308, 1998->2002 (V8 ):
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