For 1100 dollars you could just park it and sit in the back seat watching DVDs! Amazing, what a result, what a car.

Three days ago: We aren't buying cheap cars anymore Today: Let me show you this $1100 Jag

@FrostyBalls21

4 ай бұрын

....all about the views

@MdvK13979

3 ай бұрын

'junk' cars, he said. diferent kind of cheap ;)

@dancas82

3 ай бұрын

I have no idea what the direction of this channel is now.

@Tyler-vv2vp

3 ай бұрын

He's no longer buying cars he has no interest in just to flip

@thomasflynn5366

3 ай бұрын

@@Tyler-vv2vp it was a joke

The u shifter ?? That's the J gate ! Looks great JR, thanks for the video !

In my Jeremy Clarkson voice "That's a proper JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG."

“2004 rich” is my absolute favorite era of Euro luxury. I had a 2006 750Li for several years and loved it. It was a hell of an endeavor to bring it back from all the neglect and deferred service, but man, what a car. Keep this stuff coming!

Hit the lock button twice to fold the mirrors in. It should have auto leveling headlights as well, should cycle when you turn the key on. I've had my 2004 XJR for 11 years now and its been an awesome car.

Hey JR! Landon here, so I’m familiar with this car because a classmate of mines dad had this car and listed for sale because it was having issues so glad your saving it!

One of the best designs ever, not a bad angle on it..

My grandfather had an 87 Vanden Plas. He drove it every day to metropolitan VA from southern MD for years. I learned how to drive in that car. It was the epitome of cool to me as a kid. I actually cried a little when he sold it… even though it was horribly broken at the time. I would have loved to have that car and learned how to fix it. One day, I will have a car like this… and every time I drive it, I’ll think of my “Pop.”

Greatest iteration of the AJ V8 which basically spanned this entire generation of XJ, which doesn’t eat timing chains. Just wish they had done more with the wheels… the Super V8 5 spokes (basically the Vanden Plas plus S/C) are gorgeous

@jaroslavzaruba2765

4 ай бұрын

Sepang Also Callisto are gorgeous

Cannot believe it, gone through all the comments, and only found 1 whinge BAG.I love Jags, had my first in 72, l am now 82, and still driving an XJ6. In all l'v had 7. Makes a refreshing change to read so many Americans liking the Jags. Keep Safe 🙌 Love to America

Double tap the lock button on the remote. This deadlocks the car and makes the mirrors fold in when that feature is activated. I have an XJR, same year as this. Great cars.

Hey JR, you should do a complete Fleet update during this transition period , to see what’s staying and what’s going. Thanks!!

The j shifter keeps you from shifting into reverse when you're manual is shifting the car on the highway. I did this with my 1984 XJ Vanden Plas on Motorway in England. Actually turned the motor over backward and the oil pressure gauge went to negative. Unfortunately the oil pressure gauge never worked again after that. Fortunately I didn't hurt the engine and drove it for years after. that is the purpose of the j shifter.

For the power folding mirrors you may need to disassemble them and lubricate the gears inside. Overtime the grease inside tends to dry up and that often attributes to them not operating properly.

I have a 2006 VDP in the same spec with the rear entertainment too. Mine being an 07 it’s the LWB. Love it, true elegance. You have to double click the fob for auto fold.

This is 2nd in line to the Super V8. Super V8 has all the options of the Vanden Plan + the supercharger from the XJR. Looks it has everything expect the phone and adaptive cruise control. They're excellent cars. $1100 is great for only needing a new trans.

We've seen you get excited by a newly bought car before, but dude, you were gushing. It was fun to go along with you and get just as excited.

On the xj8 and XJR double press the fob lock to fold the mirrors. I have the 04 xjr equipped inside exactly like yours only have 80090 miles

I had a 2004 XJ8 in 2010. It lowered itself 10mm once you hit like 60mph. Great car man.

@AutoAuctionRebuilds

4 ай бұрын

My xj8 had a transmission fault too - took it to Jag if Wichita and they added 1pt of fluid and upgraded the software. Never had another issue.

JR, I love your content. But the way you pronounce Avatar is physically painful to listen to.

@jliscorpio

4 ай бұрын

And Plas (and budnz)

@shiTthebed86

4 ай бұрын

I'm from the UK. And the way Americans say Tesla plaid really winds me up. They say plad. It's clearly not plad.

@matt_hayward

4 ай бұрын

​@@jliscorpio beat me to it

@frankdeboer1347

4 ай бұрын

How do you pronounce plaid if not plad?​@@shiTthebed86

@pk4459

4 ай бұрын

But extra bonus points for correctly pronouncing pièce de résistance.

It's insane how much more loaded this is than the 2003 Mercury LSE I just bought. This is crazy!!

What a beautiful and elegant car...now imagine if it was the deep emerald green!! I can't wait to see it back on the road and hear that engine roar!!

@blackcountryme

4 ай бұрын

Na, dark green, British racing green.

@homiesenatep

3 ай бұрын

@@blackcountrymeI hate the British racing green

I had the same exact car except mine was a gorgeous Portofino blue with a tan interior. The coolant overflow tanks fail all the time and they’re prone to vacuum leaks, so et your smoke tester ready! A truly magnificent car. The higher gear shift circuits go bad and a little research will tell you that the transmission is a ZF model used in numerous vehicles. Mercedes will charge you $15K, Jaguar will charge you $8500. I forget which regular car has the same unit but you can find out easily.

My jaw still on the ground floor ever since you showed the aux connectors for PS2 or Nintendo 64.... I'm still flabbergasted

@porsche928s4

4 ай бұрын

Just sold my XJR it had the same thing

Absolutely love the idea of ditching the old junk cars and getting old-school luxury vehicles! I also appreciate having a video to watch every day!!! Keep up the great work

Thw auto fold only works if you hit the lock button twice quickly... it's a feature too save the motors from over use... I have a 2006 VDP... LOVE this car! you made a great buy.

Hey John Ross my grandfather back in 2007 purchased a 2006 Jaguar XJ8 Sovereign gold with a beige leather interior. It was his daily driver up until 2014 because the air suspension broke so you might wanna take a look at that on this one to see if it’s good or not. That’s a common failure on these X350s

LOVE THAT THING! Big Jag fan man here. Bumper + PDR for hail damage + transmission + bumper.... and then cruise away!!!

Older Jags are so cool!

Good find, JR.❤. Those XJs are so comfortable. I have an XK8 in our fleet, but want an XJ for the extra seats and a little more comfort.

If it doesn’t have Bluetooth (phone only) fitted you can add it under the console. I added it to my 2004 VDP and it worked perfectly. Check the manual to see about pairing first. Nice Jaaag.

Its not a "U" Shifter - its a "J-Gate" so sorry a pedantic Brit in in the UK JR

I had a 2004 XJ6 in the UK. Soooo relaxing, quick enough, decent economy. Great car

I had a 1998 Jaguar XJ8L, British racing green, loved it.

Shame about the hail damage. Needs some PDR.

@TheSwordRules

4 ай бұрын

Likely a Salvage title because of the hail too?

@Wheelhouseprojects

4 ай бұрын

Standard equipment Kansas. Dealer basically sells at a markup without dents.

Thank you for the tour. I "oohed" at brief glimpse of a XJR. Now I know what the insides are like.

The 6cd changer is Alpine in every Jaguar. I like how people used to look down jaguar cars as outdated meanwhile they hold thoes technologies what you did not find in other luxury brands cars like touch screen navigation from 2002, electric park break.

@genericsomething

4 ай бұрын

It looks a lot like the Clarion unit in my 2006 Ford.

Drove this kind of car with 3.0l diesel. Awesome car and performance with superb fuel economy.

The rear center console is really cool. You can never have too many buttons and lights. The green display color on the head unit and rear console controls definitely reminds me of the old Alpine, back when Alpine was really good. I started using Alpine in probably the late 70's, early 80's. They made some incredible equipment back in the day. I've still got a early head units in the original boxes that I sent to Alpine and had them serviced so they would be ready to go if I decide to use them...

This audio system needs the "SANDSTORM" test to ensure total bliss!

That is probably J004 which was a recall for a range of 2004 and 2005 MY cars (G00584 - G49700) to update the Engine Control Module and in some cases the Transmission Control Module as well:

Mother in law has had 2 XJ's and I marveled at how such a giant car could have such a tight interior. I'm 6'3" and had to hold my head to the side while driving.

@pjg7999

4 ай бұрын

That’s the reason I sold my S type R. Beautiful interior but no leg room. I’m 6’2. Back seat wasn’t usable. 😂

In high-school (South East) my best friend for years was Clay Barton. (Yes, his dad is the Frank Barton School of Business at WSU.) One day Clay showed up at my house having borrowed his dad's V12 Jaguar and we took a joyride. It was not fast but so smooth and quiet (327 V12 I think.) From then on I have loved and owned three used ones and want another today. P.S- Its not a U-shifter, its a J-gate for Jaguar.

Fixing or parting, either way probably a win, watching now 👍😊

@WatchJRGo

4 ай бұрын

Oh I'm fixing this one 🍻

@69Dartman

4 ай бұрын

​Yeah I posted early and now it's clear what the plan is. Good thing about parting cars is you might just have the parts for one that's worth fixing to sell yourself or keep because it is awesome and dirt cheap. I used to specialize in older Mopar A bodies so I always have spare misc parts for them. I just have the Dart now, but my driver is a 06 Charger RT with 96k now, much faster than the Dart was.

Cool video, J gate… brought back lots of memories, I worked at jag/ rover dealership during this period… these were really nice rides back in the day

Great video John, cant wait to see you work on it. Thats is a real lovely car. 👍👍👍

That back seat entertainment is unreal

@batsonelectronics

4 ай бұрын

play Unreal Tournament 2004 and it is unreal unreal 2004 2004. :)

More Jag content! Heck yeah!

Whoa touchscreen 😲🤘🏽🔥In 2004? Niceeeee!

‘04 was the first year of the new all aluminum chassis, but was also the only year the Vanden Plas was on the standard wheelbase car. All other years were long wheelbase cars with tons of rear seat legroom. It also lost the folding tray tables for this year only. To me those made the car. Some little known facts about your car though are the light wood inlay strips in the burl panels is Rosewood and exclusive to the VDP. Regular XJS didn’t have that. The Jaguar lettering in the dash is real gold inlay also. If the walnut panels are the originals, they are booked making the right and left door panels mirrored to each other. The dashboard panels are booked to each other as well. My only disappointment with this generation of XJ is that the fuel fill location was moved to side from the deck top where it should be, and the bonnet opens from the wrong direction. Great car my friend at an unbelievable price.

Wow the nostalgia! I remember turning 21 and working hard to be able to buy my 01 S-type 3.0

Hopefully the 4.2 already has the updated timing set, that was right about the changeover time. The first few years of that transmission tended to suffer early failure between solenoid failure or the bushings that would wear crazy fast. I'm just glad they got it figured out before my 2011 was built because I really don't want to fix it if mine goes bad.

Excellent purchase! super content!

Ooh A Vanden Plas!!! 😍 My favorite generation of Jaguar sedan. It even has auto wipers.

The turn signal lamps should flash with the remote loxk/unlock function. The ZF 5-speed auto had its share of issues. The 6-speed was a vast improvement and extremely reliable.

And don't forget about another cool feature in your Jaguar.. the pedals (the break and acceleration pedals) are adjustable, you can adjust them from the same button which adjust the steering wheel. Good luck with your project.

@deadon4847

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully the Brake pedal didn't Break.

Love seeing your excitement with this cool older car.

Cant wait for the next video on this car! This is why I love WatchJRGo

Slick deal brother! Nice find.

These are such awesome and beautiful cars. I know ford still had some partnership with jag. So i see a few ford parts still such as the coolant tank and power steering reservoir. I believe some of the engine parts were the same as well. Good score JR !

Hi the steering wheel button adjustment you can chose pedals and adjust the distances on the floor pedals quite unique even today

4.2 Engine was a great engine. Next 5.0 was good as well. My dad was a Jaguar man. He had 2 coupes. Last one he had was a XKR in green with fawn interior.

I thought for sure it would be an '04 Mercury Cougar.... [Well, he said there was a cat in the logo] 🤣 Great video!

Those blank buttons next to heated seats are for cooled seats. Red light turns to blue light. For the perforated seats though.

JR, congrats on the new ride and super price. Needs a little love and care. Nice color too.

Cool car JR! People will always be interested in jag content and rotaries.

Wow, what a great deal on that car. Looking forward to see you getting it running.

stunning automobile glad you are fixing her

Very nice purchase. This car was loved and well maintained

UK Government had a ton of these back in the day - armoured and normal ones 🇬🇧

Pleeeeease show us every step of the restoration!!! This is going to be awesome! Thanks!

Good shout out to Crestron. It is number 1 in the Home AV world for control systems. You know I love that.

Great car. Had four including a fully optioned Super V8. Will have another.

"Vanden Plaz" lol. ... The French speakers/Belgiums will be reaching for their pitchforks. :)

@tedsmart5539

4 ай бұрын

Belgians... but we get it

@Gill_Bates

4 ай бұрын

Sorry meant French speakers, now corrected, thanks@@tedsmart5539

@frankdeboer1347

4 ай бұрын

​@tedsmart5539 it's definitely not French

@pk4459

4 ай бұрын

Belgiums and Francers

@JohnDoe-zr6bk

4 ай бұрын

Shouldn't it be pronounced "wun-dan-pluz" or so?

I know you don't like working on the Jags in the past but this is nice! Thank you.

Excited to see this striped down! lets get to it.

I had an 06 xjr that same color. God I loved it and it was fast for a big heavy car.

Awesome video. I’m been watching since the limo days.

That's a very cool car not long ago I went to buy a XJ Sovereign it had all the same options as this one unfortunately it was too rough so had to walk away. Those blanks were for the cooled seats btw and the one I saw which was an 05 even had Bluetooth for calling

the YSB for the jag J004 is non compliance issues relating to on board diagnostic (obd) system function covering thermostat diagnostic, calibration verification, in use monitor performance ratio, and an emission issue relating to open loop smoothing

Those jaquar's just look so luxury, a dreamcar for sure. Great find hehe Big Up!

Put a blown LS with a scoop through the hood

This one's definitely been babied, suspect the tech has barely been used. What a bargain ! good luck Jon 🤘

You can tell a Kansas Jag by the hailstone damage...

I’d be up,to buying this once you are finished enjoying it, JR.. ty

Imagine if the original owner would’ve invested the 80k in nvidia stock in 04 instead

I'm excited for this one. I've owned a 6 and an 8 and they were just great cars to drive.

Awesome to see another fixer-upper and a lovely car this, to boot.

Nice ride!

JR love the Jaguar

A car with 'tech-throwback' credentials! Two channels rolled into one ;)

Whoa amazing deal! And it's a clean machine!

Try to press twice on the locking button and the mirrors should fold and the alarm system to be activated.

Best sound in the world is the indicator noise. Like a grandfather clock ticking away.

great cars i have 2009 XJ6 and 2009 XJ Daimler v8 with supercharge to fold the merroirs double click the closing button and it should fold them

The burnt CD was a nice touch! This car is the definition of ‘04 rich.

You missed the controls for moving the pedals forward and back! It’s on the same stalk as the controls for the steering wheel 😉👍

Windows auto up can be reset by holding the up button for an extra few seconds once window is up, has to be done on each window. Door lock button won’t work if any doors are open.

My experience with Land Rover leads me to believe that the very best English cars are the versions with the fewest options. Give me a “commercial” version if possible. Sunroof…seat motors… leather… parking brake without a cable and a giant lever are terrifying…. THIS car and all its little electric whirring motors and plastic gears and seals tucked into every nook and cranny just feels absolutely harder than Chinese calculus. Beautiful car though.