I love this aspect of the XJ40 - the AJ6 is the last beautiful Jaguar engine - almost as good looking as the old XK, but not quite. Still, that's a high bar - the XK is a noble looking thing. Jaguar really spoiled the look of the engine in the X300 - the cost cutting ran through the car (first felt ...

I used to think 300's were nicer than 40's - but now have the exact reverse opinion. The XJ40 is of its time but is very colour/spec dependent. It must be a Sovereign with fishbowls, dark colour, factory alloys. A black 86-90 Daimler looks magnificent and I do like the Jaguar Sport versions with th...

CLINT wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 8:43 am Change a starter motor on a V12 and you will soon hate it...

The unfurling noise the starter makes in the 'twelve is wonderfully sophisticated and evocative though. A world away from the clank my old thing makes.

Selling it is the only sensible thing to do, but no sensible person ever buys a V12. Ergo: keep it. Sensible is dull.

That X300 is a lovely looking thing- so sleek. I still prefer the purity of the '40 though.

Mine almost never goes completely wrong. It has fixed itself a few times though. When I first got it back in about the year 2000-ish it had the peculiar foible that the rear lights wouldn't come on and the radio wouldn't work without tapping the middle of the lower dash on the passenger's side, just...

Just as it was in the previous version of The Dark Wob, it's a 1992 XJ40 and I have owned it a great length of time. It has a huge sentimental value to me since it was once my late father's company car. It wasn't his first XJ40. He bought one of the first cars - a 3.6 litre XJ6 delivered in February...