2017-05-12 09:28:45 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 5/12/17
www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Jaguar-XJS-Classic-Collection-/201920467753
Current bid US $1,525, no resere, 20 bids 4 days left in auction, seller chydeofmer, 1220k miles.

Sellers description:
"The Pearl". Photo is when she looked her best, at the end of my driveway, fall colors 2013.

1991 Jaguar XJS convertible, no back seat. 5.3 litre engine. automatic.

This car does not run. Not that it couldn't, I guess, but it needs $1500 worth of a repair. This repair has to do with the charging system, so while I could charge up the battery, it won't even go 50 miles after that.

I didn't repair it. It has sat on the side driveway for two years. Looks kinda grungy now. I did power wash it some a week ago.

So: sold as-is, a "Barn-find", a parts car. I was the second owner of the car, bought it from the son of the original buyer. Original seller was Rosenthal in Tysons/Vienna. Original price was $61K.

Exterior color was called "Oyster", thus this is "The Pearl"

I had fun driving it, but that didn't really last too long. A/C does not work (but hey, it's a convertible, what do you need AC for?). Did have power windows, and power roof.

Thirstiest car on the planet, maybe 12 mpg. At least the cost of gas is down now. Takes 91+ octane, which was $4/gal when I was driving this thing.

Buy it quick or on June 1 I am calling WAMU to make a donation of it.

This is local pick up only. You will need to either tow it or something like that. I will not arrange to ship it anywhere, since WAMU will come get it.

Cruise control was not working.
RR tire is new. Others are Pirelli P6, have some wear. It's raining bigly right now, so I can't go photograph it any further. If things are better tomorrow (might be) I'll do some more power wash and take another picture.

2017-06-01 12:55:32 | pauls writes:

Car returns to ebay 6/1/17
www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Jaguar-XJS-Classic-Collection-/201941159803
Current bid US $1,010, no reserve, 12 bids 4 days left in auction, same seller.

Previous auction ended at $2,616 after 35 bids. Added description:
Freshy bathed, she still needs a hand-scrub and elbow grease, but not bad. TLC is always good for beauties like this.
Boot key missing, never had it. Two ignition keys.