1998 740 or 2000 XJR...which should I buy?

Cavallini · Oct 28, 2007

Pav said: ↑

I explained you a tad before. you quoted me twice.
To add more of what i told you already, it's a shame you don't have the manual tranny on the 7 in the US, it's a very different car with it. You feel like Jason Statham in the Transporter. It's a flying bundesbahn machine, and for me one of the last cars having all the necessary confort options you ever need in a car. All the modern limousines are just too much of features inside and feel like spaceships.
As far as i'm concerned the best mileage to buy a 7 is max 75k miles, and be sure of what the owner did with the car. Also, it's important to choose a good optionned car and taken care of, there are issues with the interior wear that are pretty annoying sometimes. Quite satisfied of the 7 experience actually overall except this power steering problem and various electronics that stopped working (PDC for ex).
I was always a Jaguar fan tho, and from my owners experience, the quality of the materials used is better, the assembly is a little less good than on the BM. The materials even if not taken care of are ageing better than on the 7.
Now about the driving experience. The Jag floats a little more than the 7, i don't know if for this peculiar model you could take CATS. More more more power in the Jag, and is more pleasant to drive.
I may add that both were engineered at the same time period (1992-1994) but the facelifting of the jag is also a full revamp and re-engnieering of the car. Taking the 6cyl XJR from 97 and the V8 the cars are completely different which is not the case of the facelifted 7 in 1999.

The BMW came to be more expensive in use than the Jag.
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Many, many thanks, again.

It seems it will be worth a plane ticket or two to conduct a solid test-drive. From my experience with each make, they behave rather differently on the road. I truly enjoyed my expereinces in BMWs, 3 and 5 series. I've never driven a Jag, only been a passenger. I tend to like more feel, more edge, more feedback, e.g., a friend owns an RX-8 that I absolutely love.

Again, many thanks. This is the type of information that one usually does not discover until several months or years AFTER the purchase.

Cavallini

Pav · Oct 28, 2007

Well in both you have feel edge and feedback. This is what is good in them, they are not so disconnected from the road as the new E66 or the CL63 AMG are. If you were a BMW person you might have some bias in your choice. I had a Daimler before too, it's a completely different story, the XJR compared to the Daimler (which was a 6 cyl) is much more rough. Many owners buy the XJR just for the kicks, and actually the car is much much more than that.

Pav · Sep 7, 2017

To balance the fact i'm pushing you towards the Jag, i join a pic of a 7 series that emphasises the design and beauty of its lines.
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3604u · Oct 28, 2007

7 series dude, the jag is like opening a can of works.. with problems..

jimpo1 · Sep 7, 2017

Cavallini said: ↑

I haven't seen this particular iteration, the 1999-2002 pre-aluminum body of the Jag in silver, my preferred color.
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Here you go, 2002 Silver XJ. It's a sport, not an R. Same as the R, only no supercharger. I've noticed here that nobody that has owned a Jag in the last 10 years is telling you to buy the BMW.
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