Forget the Audi, Get a load of this!!!

[Stick Legs]

Retro.

Fast.

Room for a bike (and you could sleep in it at a race too).

Rare.


The Lynx Eventer, 5.3 V12 XJ-S estate! I want one very badly!

 

[bpikeuk]

Beautiful, I've always had a hankering for one but outside of the realm of my pockets I'm afraid. The best I managed in that style was a Lancia Beta HPE and a Reliant Scimitar SE5a, great bike transporters if you can manage the fuel !!

Barry

 

[Simon]

For sale?

 

[Stick Legs]

No, unfortunately. That one is off Lynx's web site, a complete restoration and conversion.

Only 65 eventer's have been built. The last one I saw sell went for £18k and was based on a 1993 XJR-S 6.0 V12 auto. (burgandy met. with black leather). Lynx will still build you one if you have a suitable donor. Bank on about £35k. :shock:


They are very sought after. Show jumpers love them! I once saw one towing a Rice horse box, classy!

 

[JS1500]

Rare as hen's teeth.
As said above, a Scimitar would be a cheap, plastic alternative.

 

[Stick Legs]

In my dream world one of these would be my daily driver.
I'd use my 1981 Aston Martin V8 Oscar India on the weekends!

 

[andrewl]

Retro.

Fast.

Room for a bike (and you could sleep in it at a race too).

Rare.

I think you forgot Unreliable on that list

 

[Stick Legs]

Good well looked after XJ-S's are okay.

The problem with any big car is as it get's cheaper things get missed and they don;t get serviced like they should do. My last one cost £1200 per year, with out anything going wrong, to keep running. But she never let me down!

Buy a really good one, look after it and don't use it as a daily driver and it's as reliable as any other luxury car.

I have half an eye on a 24000 mile 1980 V12 XJ-s right now. Really nice! No room for bikes and I should build a garage first really!

EDIT: The last of the pre-HE XJ-S had Lucas P-Digital injection (sounds cleverer than it is) and no concern for emissions or consumption. They would AVERAGE 11mpg :shock: However they were also the fastest road XJ-S's ever, including the TWR 6.0 Litre conversions.

 

[mikee]

my sister-in-law had an xj12 what a heap of shite
sorry but it was the most unreliable piece of crap ever it needed
about 6 gallon of petrol even to start
2 years of my life rescuing my wifes big sister from all over the bloody country .....at 1 o'clock in the morning
when(when) it went it was ....okay.. but ffs buy a merc or a bm.
or a toyota.

 

[Bicyclist]

That looks like a really nice car.