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Post by scooters on Dec 6, 2008 23:42:56 GMT
Just bought a 1993 Daimler Double Six 6.0l V12 for £800 - ulp! mad or what
will be selling everything to fuel the bvgger
The result is that the Daf 44 will be used exclusively for town trips - the DD^ will be for special occassions
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Post by stefan on Dec 7, 2008 7:56:26 GMT
Nice car but will drink more than a rugby team after an away win will cost about £5 just to back of the drive. Always wanted a jag v12 and if you don't use it very often then you will only have to sell half your things not all of them
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Post by scooters on Dec 7, 2008 21:11:58 GMT
looks noce (I have bought it blind) I do like those picnic tables! anyway deal hasn't completed yet - ebay auction ended 28 hours ago and the seller has yet to contact me - maybe he has cold feet. The idea with this one is not to use it much - to be fair the mpg's are not too horriffic if you drive it like a hebackside but with 330 horses and 0-60 in under 7 seconds with a top speed of almost 160mph it will be very tempting.... as the seller has not got back to me I reckon he might have cold feet which may not be a bad thing- then i can buy the other 44 on ebay!
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Post by starider on Dec 7, 2008 22:32:12 GMT
Hi, what a beaut.Hope the seller honours your bid.The best I've seen even in a showroom!! starider.
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Post by jeremy on Dec 7, 2008 22:37:00 GMT
However you look at it, that's a lot of car for the money! If you don't do big miles in it, the fuel really doesn't matter. The big cost is for the depreciation the previous owners suffered! You could fit an LPG conversion - I've got that on my Range Rover but even that I only use for special occasions now. The rest of the time I use my Triumph or the Daf when it's got both belts on or the Pendolino to get to work. Let the train take the strain! Lovely car; I hope it doesn't go sour with the seller. J.
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Post by Patrick on Dec 8, 2008 0:22:23 GMT
To help with the petrol - You could always do weddings! ;D
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Post by scooters on Dec 8, 2008 9:43:01 GMT
yes - it does look like one hell of a car for the money.....however, it is now over 40 hours since the auction ended and not a peep form the seller. The XJ40 forum has a couple of threads on recent DD6 ebay auctions being reneged by the sellers. Seems the current owners can't take the depreciation - can't afford to run it but unwilling to sell it for the market rate which, I am afraid is what I have offered. You guys are spot on vis the running costs of these things - funnily enought the 6.0l V12 engine with the 4 speed autobox makes these very reliable cars - the expensive bits to sort are the brakes and suspension for the very reason that you have to buy new parts! Labour costs can escalate things but the suspension can be sorted at home by a half decent diy mechanic- the suspension is pretty straight forward there are just rather a lot of bushes to be replaced which turns a £150 parts job into a 2 day £800 marathon unless you diy. No...the big cost with these babies is the thirst. LPG is a potential answer but I have a 1990 XJ40 4.0l on LPG at the moment and I can tell you now that for some reason Jags - especially the XJ40/XJ6 are not especially happy on LPG - they backfire more than most as the ECM's fight for control of the engine and one backfire will destroy your air box unless you have a backfire valve fitted....it is odd as I have had other LPG cars in the past and never this problem- if you go onto any jag forum LPG seems to be an issue with these cars. Also the cost of installing LPG on a V12 would be eye watering - the maintenance is high as well beacuse with the thirst of the V12 all the consumer components of the LPG system need to be replaced more often and like many home mechanics I am wary hf high pressure gas systems.
No - if I am successful i will run it on petrol and keep the revs down and avoid town driving. I'll just have to use the DAF more -which I am fine with as I love it!
It's quite nice knowing that when you are beibng buillied by a Mondeo on a dual carraigeway when Daffing along that at home, in your gararge, is the ultimate arrogant b@astard bob maxwell, pension stealing, bourgeoise oppressor of the masses, decadent, "out my way prole", gentleman's brougham!
if the deal doesn't go ahead I'll get my LPG XJ40 sorted with the money instead - (this would be easier to sell to the wife who doesn't know what a DD6 is and doesn't really understand what "V12" means either" to her my cars are "Rich's old bangers" and you know what...she's probably right!
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Post by scooters on Dec 8, 2008 15:37:12 GMT
great news - the seller contacted me by phone today collection this Friday.....heh heh heh
now to work out how to explain it to the Finance Director!
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Post by littlebelter on Dec 8, 2008 17:09:57 GMT
Well done scooters. I am green with envy. P.H.
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Post by stefan on Dec 8, 2008 18:05:45 GMT
That is a nice car for the folding I too am a little green around the edges as I always liked the xj40 shape but to skint to get one
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Post by scooters on Dec 8, 2008 19:26:23 GMT
thanks all although I've been a bit spawny - these cars must be at the bottom of their depreciation now - this is less than a really good Daf - that 33 in the microcar auction went for 750. Don't forget that the reason the V12 is so cheap is because of the slurpy slurp of the V12 6.0l.....the good news is that I will be using the Daf more because of it! I guess keeping it in good nivk and running it sparingly it could be an investment - not many DD6's around these days - they made about 1000 of them. I'd better get good with the welder as well - it's only 15 years old and already there is bubbling on the near side door - not built like Dafs! but then - the Daf is the greatest car in the world!
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Post by scooters on Dec 14, 2008 8:33:28 GMT
well. I picked the beast up on friday and ye gods it is one hell of a car. 250 miles back to edinburgh in leather encased luxury. The most amusing thing was toying with the smug A4 Tdi estate crowd....wait till you get a big hill on an empty motorway live the M74 and at the bottom of it move to overtake a slow moving vehicle but keep at the speed limit. Obviously James & Jessica will pull up behind you in the TDi and if you dawdle a bit they will no doubt give you the headlight treatment. Now I know it is childish but I'm fed up of being bullied as I drive the Daf by tosspots who don't appreciate you are going as fast as you can/dare brakes depending. So what you do is wait till they tailgate you and then floor it. The big v12 roars into life and you get forced back in your seat as without any shudders all 6.0l come into play and the needle shoots up to 110 with ease. The Tdi keeps pace but then falls back as the DD6 keeps going 120...130...(I stopped then and slowed back to 70 and pulled into the inside lane ...the car will go to 155mph but anything over 95 is an insane speed to drive on a public road....but every now and then you have to put people in their place!
all this.....however....comes at a cost. The first 100 miles I got it out of my system - cruising at about 90mph with the occassional spurt. An hour later and 100 miles done I pull up to refuel (the fuel gauge is knackered) the tank was full when I started and it took an eye watering 35 quid to fill it up - 39 lts burned in 100 miles of naughtieness.....ouch! But if you keep it at 65/70 you do get about 23mpg on the motorway which is around my Volvo level.
This car is a thoro'bred and will need constant tinkering to keep it's over engineered and pisspoor rust protection in shape. It has a FSH and it is evident that it literallt eats suspension components and brakes. Mind you - the pressures on stopping such a huge lump of metal at speed must be extraordinary. It weighs a lot!
The car really came into its own coming over the hills of the wonderful A702 - for anyone who has not driven on a Scottish A road in the rural parts they are in for a treat - you can be very lucky and encounter no traffic at all. The DD6 did meet some traffic but with the acceleration and the huge ventilated discs overtaking was as easy as a sportscar.
It is now absoutely imperative that I get my 44 back on the road and back up to Scotland as I simply will not be able to afford to run the DD6 as a daily driver even if you do the work yourself the rate it eats components is wallet bashing - so it will be stored for special treats and the Daf will be the town runabout with the big Volvo as a long distance one.
So the total purchase cost of all 3 cars: Volvo £800 DD6 £720 (he knocked off £100 for the broken fuel gauge) Daf 44 £400
£2k would buy me a 10 year old clio if I was lucky - I know what I'd rather run!!
now....how can I fit walnut champagne tables into the back of the daf 44???!
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