Jaguar cars for sale in Athens, Georgia

Jaguar : XJS XJS 1989 jaguar xjs base coupe 2 door 5.3 l

$6,000

Athens, Georgia

Up for your consideration is our beautiful '89 Jag. Unfortunately, we have 5 cars and no garage, so we're trying to get it into a good home before it has to spend another Georgia summer outdoors. Our grandmother gave it to us 2 1/2 years ago because, at age 87, she was having a difficult time getting in and out of it and preferred the visibility offered by her Buick SUV. She bought it new in 1989 and has garaged and maintained it since then. So, yes, here it is - the proverbial used car that was owned since new by a little old lady who only drove it on Sundays! We got a new battery, replaced all the belts, secured a fuel line that was rattling underneath, and repaired a power steering fluid leak. We never smoked or put the dogs in it, and averaged about 1 or 2 trips a week with it. The tires are great, but the full-sized spare is bald. The transmission and brakes work just as they should (although the ABS light on the dash stays on for some reason). The beastly V-12 will push you back in your seat, should you want it to, and is happiest at highway speed, as anyone who's driven one will tell you. They're not kidding about the vaunted "Jaguar ride." It really is ridiculously smooth and grippy- you can accelerate into curves or up hills and it just feels solidly planted, with plenty of power to spare. Plus, the XJS was cool enough for Roger Moore, thus by the transitive property of coolness, it's cool enough for James Bond. Now on to Ye Olde British Car Issues (closeup photos included): If you leave it outside in a thunderstorm overnight, there will be leaks at your feet and the glove box unless you cover the hood vent. I've owned 4 Austins- they all leaked, too. You'd think in a rainy country like England, they'd be really into preventing this, like how the Swedes make a really great seat heater, but no. The Queen's car probably leaks. Paint: We left it out in direct sun on the street for 2 years (again, I apologize, no garage) and it ruined the clearcoat on the hood in a spot. You'll probably want to get the hood painted, or you could just line up the racing stripe there. There is a ding near the fuel door, a quarter-sized bubble on each door in the same spot, some tiny bubbles on the lip of the trunk, some acorn dings on the roof, and other very minor scratches and imperfections befitting a car this age. Annoyances: The right rear bumper has a little bend that we deemed too minor to bother with, and the air dam needs to be reattached in the center (one screw, just have em do it whenever it's on a lift next). The passenger power window will go down, but doesn't like going up. The wood fascia on the shifter console is cracked with heat and age. The headliner fell one hot day and is safety pinned up. The radio sounds great but the tape deck has taken to randomly flipping from one tape side to the other, even with the tape adapter in. There is a split seam a few inches long on the leftmost side of the driver's seat. The radio antenna just decided it just wasn't going to retract anymore one day. The springs no longer hold the massive hood aloft, so it must be propped up with a rod when you're under there- I'll leave it in the trunk for you! To Be Fixed: There is a pinhole leak in a valve cover gasket that causes a little smoke from oil being forced out onto the hot engine block. Our grandmother said that the last thing she'd had done was to repair a fuel tank leak- I inspected it and you can see where they patched it with JB Weld. I've sealed a plate over an engine port with that stuff before and I trust it, but if I had the budget for it I'd have the tank resealed from the inside or just replaced for total peace of mind. I've never seen it leak or smelled anything untoward, though. The battery will go flat if you leave it connected overnight- If I were keeping the car, I'd put in a master kill switch and just bypass the problem, but I'd recommend having someone with a test light chase down the bad ground or short and never worry about it again. Oh- comes with the excellent Haynes Manual.

Trim Base Coupe 2 Door