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  1. Boxer365

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    #1 Boxer365, Mar 27, 2009
    Ran across a Jag XJR-15 recently. Anyone have any experience owning or driving one? Can they really be driven on the road?
     
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    There was a well known poster here who owned one, but i have not seen him post in a looong time, but yes they can be made road legal, depending on where you live of course. Do you have any pictures to share?
     
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    #4 WILLIAM H, Mar 28, 2009
    I'd pass. I heard they were very poor handling and finding parts will be a nightmare
     
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    #5 Aedo, Mar 28, 2009
    Where's your sense of aventure :)
     
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    #6 Boxer365, Mar 28, 2009
    I looked into the handling issue. Mostly due to the right height. It was set up too high off the ground to generate enough downforce, therefore the car moved around a lot more than it should have. Lowering the car and putting a front spoiler is supposted to help considerably.
     
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    #7 gregh, Mar 28, 2009
    Rather than ride height, wasn't it the fact that the cars engine (from a metro!!) was set too high, affecting the centre of gravity?........
     
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    Personally i think if your interested you should take the plunge, i spoke to the owner of the car pictured, and as you can see its a U.K. road registered car. I asked him about handling etc, and he said the car was fine, and not difficult or tricky to use. Oh and sorry Greg its not a Metro engine that was the XJ220! The XJR15 is a bona fide V12 , hence many XJ220 owners annoyance with the XJR15 project.
    It would certainly make a unique and rare addition to any collection! Let us know what you decide.
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    #9 Boxer365, Mar 28, 2009
    You are thinking of the XJ220. The XJR 15's engine is the V12 from the XJR 9 Group racecars.
     
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    #10 Boxer365, Mar 28, 2009
    The one I have seen is a race version. It has a 6 speed non synco straight cut gearbox. It would need a bit of work before it could be road registered. I have not run across any road versions for sale.
     
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    #11 gregh, Mar 28, 2009
    My bad. I do remember Jeremy Clarkson driving one (XJR15) and moaning about the engine being too high in the car therefore affecting the handling / CofG, and I do remember a story about a Metro engine being in the back of a Superjag - obviously got them blended together!
     
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    #12 Boxer365, Mar 28, 2009
    Given the number of things Clarkson complains about, easy to do.

    Clarkson also dissed the F50 and praised the 348 before crapping all over it later on.
     
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    #13 SefacHotRodder, Mar 28, 2009
    Clarkson actually crashed the one he was testing
     
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    #14 Tobias, Mar 28, 2009
    Center driving position? Sweet!

    Thought you needed a McLaren for that...
     
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    I think it is actually RHD, just massively offset to the center.
     
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    #16 Boxer365, Mar 29, 2009
    It is RHD and massively offset. Gearshift is to the right of the driver.
     
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    #17 sir-t, Mar 29, 2009
    How about the seating itself ? I remember trying to enter an XJR-15 a couple years ago ... but anyways, I think it offers great value over money.
     
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    #18 gregh, Mar 29, 2009
    If the gearstick is to the right of the driver, then it is surely LHD as per the Mclaren F1
     
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    #19 Boxer365, Mar 29, 2009
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    No, definitely RHD as per:
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    #20 Boxer365, Mar 29, 2009
    It is not easy at all to get into. Did not think I would fit (6'2") but not bad once you get your legs under the wheel. There is very little drop in height from the bottom of the seat to the pedals.
     
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    #22 Aedo, Mar 29, 2009
    no detailed pics on the raceandrallied site, but the two cars on the classicdriver site are both claimed to be LHD - yet when you look at the photos (such as this one - http://www.classicdriver.com/upload/cars/11988/1780671/bigd.jpg) they are both definitely RHD. I think details on ads like those are "thoughts" rather than "facts" :)
     
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    #24 Boxer365, Mar 29, 2009
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    Miss guided thoughts. Having sat behind the steering wheel of one recently, I can confirm it is RHD.
     
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    #25 alan, Mar 29, 2009
    Weren't all the XJR 15s race versions? i just thought that some were converted for road use, after the race series they were originally built for. As such id always assumed they could all be converted, but i may be wrong.
     
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