A customer I was talking to. He said, "It's a unique feeling, putting $70,000 down on a car and still owing $50,000." Then he offered me the keys! I got about 15 minutes in it. Top down, of course.
Highlights:
1) POWER. Gobs of it, at any speed. It feels like a motorcycle, like a hand comes down from the sky and pushes your chest. I'd never think a 4500lb car could accelerate that way.
2) BRAKES. Like throwing out an anchor. I don't know what the world standard is, but this car's gotta be a candidate in the 0/100/0 test for its class.
3) FINISH. The black paint is like glass, not a flaw in it that I could see.
It handled OK, I wasn't ready to stress someone else's megabuck machine though. No real feedback, but lots of grip, not much roll at all for a big car. At cruising speed, there was too much disconnect at the controls for what I felt like I was driving.
DISAPPOINTMENT. It has a "Ford feel" to it. At rest, turn the wheel; it resists a little, and then the power kicks in and it turns like it's on bearings. The turn signals, radio, and climate control buttons look and feel like they're from a Lincoln; there was no "tactile engineering" done at the interface between the metal and the flesh. The leather is leathery, but not heavenly like I expected; I'd have expected a little more "soul" from a Jag.
I guess some of the dime is for the exclusivity. I suppose I was expecting more. There's plenty there, but I expected more. Nice car, though. Nice car.
Mosca
Highlights:
1) POWER. Gobs of it, at any speed. It feels like a motorcycle, like a hand comes down from the sky and pushes your chest. I'd never think a 4500lb car could accelerate that way.
2) BRAKES. Like throwing out an anchor. I don't know what the world standard is, but this car's gotta be a candidate in the 0/100/0 test for its class.
3) FINISH. The black paint is like glass, not a flaw in it that I could see.
It handled OK, I wasn't ready to stress someone else's megabuck machine though. No real feedback, but lots of grip, not much roll at all for a big car. At cruising speed, there was too much disconnect at the controls for what I felt like I was driving.
DISAPPOINTMENT. It has a "Ford feel" to it. At rest, turn the wheel; it resists a little, and then the power kicks in and it turns like it's on bearings. The turn signals, radio, and climate control buttons look and feel like they're from a Lincoln; there was no "tactile engineering" done at the interface between the metal and the flesh. The leather is leathery, but not heavenly like I expected; I'd have expected a little more "soul" from a Jag.
I guess some of the dime is for the exclusivity. I suppose I was expecting more. There's plenty there, but I expected more. Nice car, though. Nice car.
Mosca
Heh heh, you've awakened my sleeping XJS-mania, so put on your flame-suit 
. Can't say that MY XJS has been a disappointment, and I've had 18 years to make up my mind. The 0-60 IS sorta slow (due primarily to the rear end gears) but I've seen an indicated 137 mph in it, and back in '85 that was pretty OK. In fact, back then it was one of the better long distance cruisers on the market. Before I got IT I had a 928, so I knew the competition. And since then I've had 3 MORE 928's and MANY of other cool cars have come and gone. But I STILL have the XJS. Taken as a luxury car (and one from another era- it's REALLY a mid-70's design), as opposed to a sports car, it's a pretty nice piece. Maybe you'd like it more if you concentrated on its real strengths, like the English-club style interior and, for better and/or worse, it's hand-crafted nature (you've already been seduced by the styling!). With the low mileage, yours sounds like a cool time-capsule car.. and it's just GOTTA be neat that you inherited it! I sure hope that whoever inherits MINE is in love with it, and, more importantly, that they preserve the thing (my wife and a girl I went to college with both want it- I'd better outlive them both 
). 
. And I'd somehow EXPECT you to be partial to the straight six engine 
about whether I like them or not. The package shelf instead of a rear seat is cool, as is the old-school fuel filler, but I sure think they look weird with the roof panels off!
