If you do get one you have to get married.

If you do get one you have to get married.

I know a guy who has two of these, a Phase 1 and a Phase 2 both in mint condition. I’ve seen the cars out on the street just twice, and both times being driven very, very gingerly quite possibly because of everything you mentioned.

took me about four reads

Back in 1998 when I got my first license my parents very generously decided they would gift me with a car. My mom wanted a new car so the budget was set at about $10k and the search was on. My dad has always been around cars so he received a few interesting offers that were well below the budget; two that stand out…

I was just going to repaint and clean up the engine bay a bit.

I don’t have any good stories of my own but I can share one of my dad’s. Back in the early 90's he was mostly into old motorcycles, when a guy he knew told him there was an old Alfa in a barn and that he should go take a look at it. He never did, despite his friend’s insistence and about a year or so later someone…

The BSA was refusing to start, to the point where I can now remove the carb and have it completely disassembled in less than 5 minutes. In the end it was just the spark plug that was bad. (Did spark outside the cylinder but for some reason the bike would not start, new plug solved the problem immediately after about 6…

I’d be willing to bet any amount of money that this murderous idiot is also a terrible driver.

Guess we do agree on that part, an electric convertible XJS would be fun, the E-type I’m still not convinced about.

Went to Mexico a few months ago and just the night before the trip noticed that my driver’s license had just expired. Guy at the rental counter very purposefully looked away from the expiration date as I agreed to every single insurance and additional charge.

I’d say an E-type is the type of car where the sound of the engine and shifting gears are a big part of the driving experience; this would be a nice conversion to have in something like an old XJ that were supposed to be smooth, quiet cars. It’s also not like a well tuned, carbureted engine is just spewing smelly…

Exactly, for a car like this that won’t see much use it’s probably less ecologically friendly to make and install all the batteries and motors than to leave it original. Electric makes sense for cars that are actually used a lot.

Now this makes sense, the noise is a part of driving an E-type but an XJ is supposed to be a quiet luxury car. Pretty much all Jags from 1948-1994 used a similar drivetrain so all could be converted. Mk1 and 2 could also be fun electrics but not the E-type.

I’m restoring one of these, yes what you said is true but you left out that they’re all non vented discs and the brake pads are about the size of a stamp. I’ll be going with four pot calipers and larger pads at least on the front.

I was overtaking a truck, and when I was doing the 3-4 shift I must have pulled the lever a bit to the left because 2nd decided to go in.

Caterham has been doing #7 for ages

Definitely this, I’ve been tempted to install a couple of 1,000,000 W LED light bars in the rear of my car since it seems EVERYONE drives with their high beams on permanently where I live.

At that price, you could get a used electric Smart for the city driving AND a 500 Abarth

So they took an X3, and then made it look like a Chinese copy of an X3, seems like a great idea.