Hi guys, I recently took a trip to Italy to see my friend who purchased a 1997 Mercedes about a year ago, which is extremely comfortable and pretty reliable - he swears by it. We got into a chat about advantages, reliability and comfort of the older over newer cars and he got me kinda excited to get into classic motoring. I currently have a 2017 Honda Civic for which I pay a pretty penny every month (its a lease) and my contract runs out in two years. I started looking around for a classic alternative I could maybe get outright cash in hand or with a little help from a financing company. I see a lot of Jaguars XF and X-Type on the streets of UK, I looked them up on autotrader and they can go for anything from about 2k to 10k depending on the milage etc. - still about 5k less than price sticker of my Civic. So here is the question - is it worth looking into? What models/makes I could look into? What should I be aware of? Any tips? Tricks? I’m looking to expand my family in the coming years so a 3 doors sports car are out of the question :) Thanks
Jag’s aren’t great for reliability. In the States we normally say “but as much Accord as you can afford”, which also applies to Acura.
Toyota is often great as well.
We had a 97 Camry with 280k miles we never had an issue with until my kid wrecked it. A 2003 Odyssey we sold with 310k miles to a friend of the family who has it over 350k miles and no issues. We also had a 2010 MDX we sold to a family member with 240k miles and they’ve driven the hell out of it over the last few years with no issues.
Heard that before - about Toyotas being madly reliable. Something about getting a Prius, driving it till yer dead and being burried in one :D
Can’t fault me for wanting something hmmmm flashier? You know, like a classy car :D
Get a Lexus then