This is a very good year for that car, very few quality issues. I'd advise
you get it with a warranty, however, as repairs on Jaguars, as with all high
end cars can be very expensive.

For God's sake, man, if you're going to pass on a Jaguar because of a
Jeep, at least make it a *Grand* Cherokee (a totally different model
than the Cherokee)!

My wife salivates *in* her Phoenix Red 3.0 '02 X-Type Sport while I
wail and gnash my teeth in her 'old' '01 Grand Cherokee.  At least
it's Inferno Red - and I've got an old 535is in the garage for spring.
I like to think of the Jeep as a Future Race Car Tow Vehicle (TM) ...

Buy the Jag.
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

I have a '94 and would like a Vanden Plas.

I would recommen it.

- does it require alot of repairs? (I heard they

Have had mine for 5 years and repairs have been minimal. I now need to replace
the steering rack.

Still has been the most reliable car I have ever owned.

Prices can vary a lot on parts I have seen from $225 to $ 500 for the same
steering rack (Rebuilt)

Milage is very good fro a large sedan, generally from 20 -24 mpg on highway at
70 mph.

would you recommend the extended

I'd skip the warranty and spend the approx $650 to have ALL of the fluids
replaced and major tune up.

This is generally done at 30k miles, and wouldn't be necessary if it were
properly done 14k ago, but very few dealers or owners are this meticulous.

I have an XKE  also.

It is not as expensive to maintain as a Porsche, but requires a lot more
maintainence than my XJ6.

Unlike the XJ6, the electrics on the E weren't all that great to begin with and
now that they are 35 years old, require a total clean up of all connections,
especially those in the dash.

Loose grounding straps are also a source of problems.

Plus the E has carbs, which though they really don't need adjustment very
often, are much less effecient than the fuel injection and that will get you
about 16 MPG.

Most of the problems with carbs on the E-Types are not with the carbs, but
rather the points and timing which affect the carbs because they are vacuum
operated. Carburettor is a French word meaning leave me alone. I haven't
touched the triple carbs on my 6 cyl E in 20 years and they stay adjusted just
fine.

I have even changed jet diaphragms in the carbs without requiring readjustment.

Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty