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My mother would already like to know now because her insurance cycle runs in 3 month increments....First off a little backround on me:
I'm a Jaguar mechanic and working on Jaguars do not intimidate me because I'm "darned" (for lack of better emphasis) good at it. It doesn't matter if it's an XKE, Mark III, XJS (Although I HATE working on XJSs) or XJ6s. It's easier for me to work on them because I know every intricate detail about them which means working on other cars are of course, a breeze...
Anyways...
My mother is the original owner of her 1998 Ford Explorer. 175,000 miles, 4.0 litre, new rear end (Doing the rear end was not fun in a driveway in New England in February.) , leaf springs and brakes and the truck is in overall great condition. However she is the EPITOME of an aggressive driver and she beat the tar out of it. I drove it for 3 months last year while I was putting in a new engine in my Jaguar and I had no problems at all with it except it's going to need new struts and tyres. It gets 17MPG, and saves me a whopping $6 a fill up instead of driving my Jaguar.
That being said about the truck, here's my Jaguar:
1985 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 litre straight 6. 104,000 miles and I rebuilt the engine because...eh it's personal, but there wasn't a problem with the engine..I'll say I rebuilt it to clear my mind...Yeah that works..Anyways, there's only one problem with it , it needs a new upper ball joint...Regardless it's upper so I can drive it for a while before it becomes quite the concern. However I am hesitant to drive the car on the poor Rhode Island roads as they are pot-hole ridden. However I love driving my Jaguar but I don't know if I should subject it to the harsh roads and winter. Should I just pay my mom $100 a month to drive the truck and cover the Jag until the summer?
I'm a Jaguar mechanic and working on Jaguars do not intimidate me because I'm "darned" (for lack of better emphasis) good at it. It doesn't matter if it's an XKE, Mark III, XJS (Although I HATE working on XJSs) or XJ6s. It's easier for me to work on them because I know every intricate detail about them which means working on other cars are of course, a breeze...
Anyways...
My mother is the original owner of her 1998 Ford Explorer. 175,000 miles, 4.0 litre, new rear end (Doing the rear end was not fun in a driveway in New England in February.) , leaf springs and brakes and the truck is in overall great condition. However she is the EPITOME of an aggressive driver and she beat the tar out of it. I drove it for 3 months last year while I was putting in a new engine in my Jaguar and I had no problems at all with it except it's going to need new struts and tyres. It gets 17MPG, and saves me a whopping $6 a fill up instead of driving my Jaguar.
That being said about the truck, here's my Jaguar:
1985 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 litre straight 6. 104,000 miles and I rebuilt the engine because...eh it's personal, but there wasn't a problem with the engine..I'll say I rebuilt it to clear my mind...Yeah that works..Anyways, there's only one problem with it , it needs a new upper ball joint...Regardless it's upper so I can drive it for a while before it becomes quite the concern. However I am hesitant to drive the car on the poor Rhode Island roads as they are pot-hole ridden. However I love driving my Jaguar but I don't know if I should subject it to the harsh roads and winter. Should I just pay my mom $100 a month to drive the truck and cover the Jag until the summer?