I BOUGHT A VERY CHEAP JAGUAR XE FOR £4,000!

[Music] all right guys how's it going welcome back well i was planning to film with this range of autobiography today but my plans have changed i've just had a phone call and i've bought something quite interesting it's a jaguar xe two little diesel manual now i know what you're thinking matt that's not very interesting at all and you're right the interesting part is the price i think well i'm pretty sure this is the cheapest jaguar xc in the whole well probably in the world yeah probably in the world i bought this car from a local main dealer and the degree to take this jaguar in part exchange from the previous customer against a brand new car about two weeks ago and they'd seen it appraised it and it was all in good order but this morning apparently they're on the way to the dealer to go and pick up their brand new car and as they were back in the jaguar of the driveway they've caught the gate post down the near side so it's all scraped so they didn't really know what to do so they carried on to the main deal and when they got there they've had to reappraise it and they've knocked several thousand pounds off for the damage i haven't seen it yet so i thought i'd bring my camera along and you guys so we're gonna have a look at what is possibly the cheapest jaguar xc in the country or in the world i've been told it's a bit of a mess so i'm not exactly brimming with optimism but it is cheap seriously cheap this car's got a trade price of around six and a half seven thousand pounds and a retail price of around eight and a half nine thousand pounds depending on condition history all that sort of stuff i've paid just four thousand pounds for it four grand that's the only reason i bought it to be honest the last thing i need is another project but i was just so tempted by the low price i thought well it's gonna be worth a gamble hasn't it surely i'm thinking if they've damaged the near side and the gate post perhaps perhaps i'm gonna need a new door but one of those can't be that expensive on ebay can it maybe a rear quarter i don't know i really don't know but we'll soon see won't we right i'll see you there well we're here guys and i've just seen it it looks like a prop car from the film jurassic park that's been gouged by a t-rex can you see that looks like somebody's had a tin opener on it kind of makes me feel bad for the gate post they must be in the right state what can i tell you straight away well it looks like it's got matching tires on the back it's got rear parking sensors it's got a national trust sticker it's from scotland right let me do a quick vehicle history check now that bump won't be on there because it only happened this morning and they haven't climbed through their insurance but let's check it for other stuff shall we if i go to carvertical.com head over to the uk site type in the vehicle reg basically all i'm using this for today is just to look at the the mileage the mots the number of owners because i know it's got damage already if you click the link below in the video description you'll get 10 off each and every vehicle check you do don't forget to use the promo code hi peek it's currently checking databases all over europe i've just stopped by work to get the keys for it have a look at these keys there are two to be fair but a little bit of masking tape there typical jaguar under the keys they're all falling to pieces so i think they need to be reshelled kind of sets up the store though doesn't it for what this car's like right and the check is done so there's no mileage fraud uh it's never been stolen never been any accidents recorded anyway there's no extended finance on it it was manufactured in july 15 and it was registered oh it's a 2016 model right it's a february 16 on a 65. it had maintenance in 2017 2018. it had an mot in 2019 a couple of advisors there nothing too serious tires tires ah right okay so it failed its mot in february this year on three tires and then it passed so right had a new certain size in february that's good news the mileage is it had done 98 000 miles at its last mot so it's estimated that it's 103. sounds about right right let's go and have a look then shall we let's go never butchers [Music] look at that damage that's ridiculous that's look at the metal bent back now i think i think it might be easier cheaper and easier just to buy a new door i don't know whether any amount of knocking and filler will ever get that rear panel straight either that might need a new new skin we'll see on the bright side the alloys are okay just need a good clean and we've got a good year tire there with lots of dreads six or seven mil of tread another good year there oh look at that old old-fashioned jaguar badge that's hideous isn't it what a pity because the front of it is quite straight i do quite like the xe but it's manual [Applause] look at this look they know what's what don't they we've got rear parking sensors see if these keys work shall we nope that one doesn't about the other hideous one that's taped up oh now we're talking oh deal because look at the state of this who keeps the car in this condition what have they had what on earth what have they had in here i don't even know what that is it looks like an actual pigsty there won't be a service book in this because it's all digital so i need to check on the online database and see what the history is from burnley right well that's not a good start is that this needs a proper proper clean another national trust sticker that's full faded well from this side it looks okay doesn't it another jaguar badge there the good looking cars i think from this angle you could quite easily be catfished by this car got another goodyear tyre there and another one yeah or is it oh yeah it is another good year right we know what the boot looks like don't we so i'm expecting inside to look exactly this oh yes and it doesn't disappoint minging three pedals sadly what have we got we've got electric seats full leather i've had these with cloth so that's a good option it's just very very grubby very grubby ugh it's done 102 000 miles look at the food it stinks as well guys absolutely stinks it's difficult to pinpoint what that smell is it's not as bad as spilt milk but it's along those lines it's filthy this masks i might might borrow one of those this is foul isn't it absolutely foul oh look at that look at the state of it who keeps the car you know what and who trades it in in this condition why has nobody got any pride could i stay at the headlining as well i'd be ashamed and embarrassed to trade this in looking like this i'd have taken it to my local car wash and spent 20 pounds and asked them to make it a little bit more presentable ah right that's the 29th of may i've had my car there for exactly one month anyway starter up there shall we diesel it's a shame isn't it the old ingenium probably one of the worst sounding engines ever listen to that i've said this before but they just sound like it sounds like a broken sewing machine and we've got an engine light on look at that lovely we're low on fuel and we're low on diesel exhaust fluid who buys a manual jaguar really who what have we got we've got we've got heated t oh we got heated seats have we got a reverse camera no bit of a crunch then in reverse no no it was me not dipping the clutch enough sat nerve list of pad devices martha a bit of gdrp there for you guys apologies right what else can we have a look at let's have a look under the bonnet then see if that's any cleaner i bet it is you know oh we've got lane keep assist rubbers are worn there just just ignore that bit oh this isn't gross i think that's this is disgusting lolly sticks it's been a kitty car isn't it bad kids never given up there's a bit of a bonnet release with a proper good clean though it should come back should come back there's a slight tear there on the driver's bolster see that sounded quite hollow didn't it um to be fair it's no no dirty than inside well didn't genium right i've got my hands for loving her but it is cheap so it should stand it shouldn't it as long as the body bodywork repairs don't run away with the salves can't see any obvious leaks anywhere nothing too concerning there the dates on the headlamps match so it's never had a front end whack anyway right let's take this for a spin just like that [Applause] i'm trying to touch anything of this it's disgusting absolutely gross well the clutch feels okay i know i've only backed it out of a spot but it's not mega heavy it's not difficult to get in gear or anything let me just go and open the gate handbrake works i think what i'll do first with this is drop it off the local car wash and get them to break the back of this horrible cleaning job then i may as well run into the mechanics and get them to code read the engine light and give it a full service and see see what it needs and then i suppose take it to the body shop and get them to tap it with a magic wand and go easy on me i would estimate i don't know what a rear door is going to cost me if if i need one at all under rear skin i would estimate though that that damage should should probably cost me about a thousand pounds so if that cost me a grand the engine light i'm not sure the last time i had one of these with an engine light on it had to go to jaguar laundry over a stockport and it cost me about 800 quid i can't remember what it was some sort of sensor some description which is one of the reasons i hate diesels because they always need some sort of sensor or dpf or egr or something like that and that 850 pounds spent on the last xf xc that had just completely gets rid of any savings that you've made on fuel so just false economy well this drive's okay actually it isn't in like limp home mode or anything like that it just needs it desperately needs some clc this is kind of a prime example of what i talk about with multiple owner cars now this car is only a two owner car so on the face of it if you saw this in print in black and white you'd think that must have been cared for mustn't it well look at the state of it but now it's falling into my hand so it's going to get some love and attention and a good clean ready for its next owner when cars change hands every couple of years that's what it gets so at least you know every couple of years it's had an oil change and a good clean and whatever else it needed my air conditioning works so that's one job that i don't need to worry about well so far so good then well i think that's as far as i need to go today i'm going to run it for a wash next and then i'll crack on with the repairs so i'll catch up with you in a day or two cheers guys alright guys well we're back and it's finally finished and finally i have a jaguar here that you can safely run your hands down either side and not risk losing a finger and that's some statement in itself isn't it now in all seriousness this is some turnaround i don't think it's worthy of any forecourt it really was a dog before it was cheap but it definitely had fleas luckily for it it fell into the right hands the hands of an idiot who spent thousands of pounds on it turning it around this project wasn't exactly what you'd call plane sailing it's a bit of a pattern emerging here isn't there so what have i done to it then what exactly have i spent thousands of pounds on well firstly do you remember how it had an engine light on that turned out to be just something or nothing i replaced the part myself for 20 pence and it took me about five minutes no just kidding it turned out to be a timing chain which cost me 2 000 pounds the good old ingenium engine can't you just set your watch by them that job itself took a good few days now to be done by a specialist so yeah two thousand pounds including the vat once that was done and the engine light was cured and then took it to my body shop where i expected to have to drop it and then run away very quickly i thought i'd be met with nothing but profanity and expletives but that couldn't be further from the truth i thought i'd need a replacement rear door and a replacement rear skin but luckily for me i've got a very talented painter he managed to work his magic on it and he's made it look as good as new what's more it only took him three or four days i couldn't believe how quickly he turned it around in addition to painting the near side he also did a few more smart repairs for example do you remember how it had the old-fashioned jaguar logo stickers on the bottom part of the front bumper i just thought they're obvious jaguar fans that wasn't the case that was hiding some more damage so they were painted and the whole car was buffed i think those blessed with great vision and years in the motor trade we'll still be able to tell this car has had pain but it does look very good then once it was done at the body shop i dropped it off at my local car wash for a full deep clean the condition this car was in was absolutely revolting i can't understand how people let the cars get in such a poor state bear in mind this car is only six or seven years old just how is that possible i don't understand surely everyone's got a vacuum cleaner and even if you haven't every town has got a a hand car wash that you can pay 10 pounds or 20 pounds and come back in two hours time and you get a nice clean car i just cannot understand imagine the state of these people's houses two days later i rather sheepishly went back to the college to collect it now i was chatting with the lad from the car wash and he said that he'd come to the uk after fleeing a war-torn country a genocidal dictator famine suicide bombers and yet this jaguar was the worst thing he'd ever witnessed quite telling isn't it it was a disgrace before but they really worked the socks off and now it's nice and clean it even smells nice then i got it back to work fitted some new reg plates and re-shelled the keys which now look as good as new so let me just park up somewhere and i'll go through my costs with you right so the car cost me four thousand pounds which is a bargain there's no two ways about it the paint work was also a bargain that cost me 540 pounds then the timing train in the service that cost me 2 000 pounds the mot was 40 which passed with no advisor items the valid cost me 60 pounds which again is a total bargain the new key shells cost me 10 pounds each i did two of those so that's 20 pounds the new plates were 20 pounds so my grand total is oh that's ominous isn't it six six six zero six thousand six hundred and sixty pounds and it's currently advertised at eight nine nine five which says great price according to austrader which i think is a great price to be honest for a 2016 jaguar done 102 000 miles you have to admit it's a lot of car for the money you just wouldn't have expected to have to replace the timing chain at 100 000 miles but such is the way i suppose with modern cars unfortunately if i can get my asking price of 8.995 it gives me a profit of around 2 300 pounds which is pretty good going really and it's a good return on investment so overall although it was a lot of pain and heartache it is worth doing isn't it ultimately and i've kept another car on the road because really before it looked like it was fit for the scrapyard so yeah another one of my adventures completed so cheers guys thank you once again for watching make sure you give the video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it make sure you subscribe if you haven't done already you can follow me on facebook instagram twitter i'll leave the link below if you've got any comments or questions let me know below i'll do best to get back to you so yeah until next time cheers guys [Music] you

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Length: 19min 45sec (1185 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 26 2022