My Friend Bought A £1500 Jaguar XJ - What Happened Next?

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[RobinCapper]

Totally agree on the no finance older car option. It amazes me people are terrified of an occasional service bill but are oblivious to depreciation and finance costs.

[baarryparsons]

Looks like he got a bargain George is a funny humorous guy and a good presenter, I like his accent and it would be nice to see more of him,

[hensh]

Your friend is a natural on camera, and a good story teller. Good video! 👏🏼

[VampirusX]

He is living all his car dreams!
I have never seen someone having such a wild ownership at such a young age!
Brilliant!

[georgemayson]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments about my XJ. I hope you are all inspired to try a cheap Jag yourself.

Thankfully, the connection with Porsche remains, as we have just picked up a 1973 914-6 GT project car, in bits. Gulp.

See you out on the road...

[plaubelmakina]

I have recently purchased a 04 XJ with 73K miles and I can't tell you how happy I am to hear of your ownership experience. Mine is Red and absolutely like new inside, outside, and underneath. I cost me 10K in the states and it is a head turner as you're lucky to even see another in daily driving. I am now looking for a tweed jacket and hat.

[Nepro]

I bought an 04 XJ6 3.0 V6 like George at almost exactly the same time, Paid £1800, 158k miles…12 months later, now done 169k miles, passed MOT with £100 brake line fix. Incredible to drive, whisper quiet, interior is beautiful. Cannot understand why these Cars haven’t started to significantly increase in value.

[jodk]

Most petrolheads love a story like this...and a Jag. It certainly gets my juices flowing. I would watch more from this man, and especially more on his story with the Jag :)

[iaincrozier]

Always good to hear a fellow Scotsman who can wax lyrically about motors..well done George. New sidekick for the channel James??

[dfweurocars]

I had seen so many S-Type V6 (w/ same engine as yours) with over 200, 000 miles...so I bought a 2008 S-Type with same engine, has been very reliable and a joy to drive. Fun fact the Ford Duratec V6 engine was designed by Porsche and Cosworth made the heads for it!!

[lesinboston]

I bought a 2004 xj back 7 years ago. I was somewhat nervous about the Jaguars' reputation for being unreliable, but figured I could learn to fix it. The first problem was the engine going into limp home mode. This was cured by installing a new throttle body. The next problem was getting a transmission error. A transmission flush cured that.
Since then it has been the most beautiful, comfortable and yes reliable car. I think the Ford ownership of the brand fixed a lot of reliability issues.

[MyRetroWatches]

That was great. Being from Coventry the ancestral home of Jag I have an affinity with these cars.

That chaps presentation was top notch.

[flyingbananatree]

He's after your job James! Really enjoyed the story telling here. Top bloke, and good luck to him.

[mantarayal]

Like a line from some old movie..."The kid's a natural." It's no easy thing to tell a story to a camera and hold interest. But George nailed it!!

[setter]

George you did same as me! But I'm in Aussie, I saw my 03 XJ8 on Gumtree which is a kind of Oz eBay 😆 went from Cairns to Rockhampton by train (both in Queensland Australia) 1064 km arrived at 1am at hotel stincking hot night no a/C(cheap room 😥) went to look at Jag at 9am, bought it on the spot and drove home 12 hrs Rocky to Cairns, my first I was delighted and still am! All she's cost me is a new set of rear axle bearings, um? Yeah that's it! 1300 Bux fitted, pretty good out here! Oh I have put new Michelin's on her at about same cost but so far touch wood that's it in 3 great years, she'll be 20 in March and is showroom with 122000kms on the clock, I'm now 70, even if I live another 30 years 🙏😆 the kids will be inheriting this one! 😆 Cheers great vids both of em!

[gregharvie]

From Australia, I'm almost 66 yrs old, the first car I bought with my own cash was a 1965 Jag mk10 only affordable by a 19 yr old because it was left hand drive & I had about 15months to use it as a LHD car before Australia banned LHD cars being used on the roads, as luck would have it a ultra cheap rusty English import came to hand at one tenth the price of my nice one, however I could harvest all the usable RHD hardware i needed, my grandad was a industrial engineer so with his help in the Uni mid year break we did the "meccano" set swap as it was way easier than you could believe . No drilling, cutting etc, as all the holes were already in place for bolts & screws, 95% of all the wiring is in the middle of the dash & needs no changeover at all, simple . It had 52.000miles on it. I used it for years and racked up another 200, 000miles on it WITH FLAWLESS RELIABILITY. I sold it & bought a 1967 model with really low miles on it, now years later I am still driving my second one which has also been TOTALLY RELIABLE with just common servicing, here in Australia there is virtually no rust in our pretty dry climate. So guys enjoy your cars . AND George, like you, I have owned other more expensive cars, and still own other more expensive cars, but as with you, EVERYONE loves the big old Jag, particularly when you push the crank/start button and their unique pre-engaged starter motor erupts to life & its lovely almost living breathing engine growls to life and if you blip the accelerator pedal, it really does growl from the exhausts. I love it when it's vacuum kick down system drops it in second gear and you hear that 4.2 litre engine doing its job, as the 4.2's in MK10's were the highest output engines, they have REAL muscle car grunt. RE the seats & handling on a 1, 000 mile run, like you George, I step out from the car feeling like I had just driven 10 minutes to the shops . Cocooned in a 2.4 ton vault of comfort on the road with throne like leather club chairs to sit on so you step out feeling relaxed ready to do the drive again & straight away, It's the favorite of all my cars, always has been & always will be. Honest, Reliable & Luxurious . Built to endure .

[michaelfreeman]

Brilliant! Enjoyed listening to George, talking about his Jag. What a cool chap. Cayman to tweed and stolen paintings. Awesome

[jamescameron]

I had a 2004 Jaguar XJ 3.6 V8 which I kept for 12 years. It is the most reliable car I have ever owned and I have owned over 100 cars in my lifetime (I'm 80). It was silver with pale leather and half wood rim steering wheel. I loved that car and have regretted selling it---I changed it for an Audi A8 which lasted 4 years of boredom, so I now have a 5 litre XK in Caviar which I love. Jaguars are TERRIFIC cars!!

[matthewjenkins]

Without trying to be too smug, I paid £50 less, for one with 56k less miles and FSH and clean accident history.
That was 3 years ago and I bought it without MOT which had expired after it was part exchanged.
Been amazing, changed all fluids myself, including full service of the ZF 6 speed.
Never yet let me down.

[nomdeplume]

Drop links and bushes are just things that need replacing on any car after a few years, plus gearbox and diff oil changes are things you should do when you get to 80 or 90K on most cars. Well done for choosing a Jag over a predictable Mercedes or BMW.