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3.2 Manual, worth it?

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 7:49 pm
by Ceramicolive
I've been offered a 3.2 manual for £2500 I have never seen the car as it is about 300 miles away, however the seller tells me it needs a small area of both sills welding the paint on the roof is rough and the oil pressure gauge is reading 0. what do you who are in the know think?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-P-Jagua ... 1438.l2649

Re: 3.2 Manual, worth it?

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 4:44 am
by 3.8etypephil
I've been offered a 3.2 manual for £2500 I have never seen the car as it is about 300 miles away, however the seller tells me it needs a small area of both sills welding the paint on the roof is rough and the oil pressure gauge is reading 0. what do you who are in the know think?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-P-Jagua ... 1438.l2649
All it has going for it is a manual gearbox, which makes it rare, but spoils the car.
For £2,500, you can buy any number of good Jaguar saloons, with ten years reliable life left in them. Or you could buy a potential money pit, like this one.

Re: 3.2 Manual, worth it?

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 7:59 am
by Ceramicolive
All it has going for it is a manual gearbox, which makes it rare, but spoils the car.
For £2,500, you can buy any number of good Jaguar saloons, with ten years reliable life left in them. Or you could buy a potential money pit, like this one.
To be fair that it's a manual is the only reason i'm considering it.

Re: 3.2 Manual, worth it?

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 7:18 pm
by PeterDavisX300
Wouldn't touch it for that money. The Manual gearbox 'shouldn't' be too much of a draw. If you really wanted a manual gearbox car, you should only do 4 litre.

Re: 3.2 Manual, worth it?

Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 7:48 am
by Ceramicolive
Wouldn't touch it for that money. The Manual gearbox 'shouldn't' be too much of a draw. If you really wanted a manual gearbox car, you should only do 4 litre.
That is the conclusion I came too also. It's just such a rare beast that when one comes up I get carried away!