Hi Guys … I know, LTNS me on this particular forum … Being an XJS owner the last few years (and only XJSes - well, a couple of XJ8s too, briefly) I have decided to get me another X-300 like my beloved “Scrapper” ('96) I had many years ago for a long time. Seems the X-300s had the best features of all the models, IMHO … the bullet-proof AJ16 engine (well, almost as bullet-proof as the AJ6, b/c of those coil issues 
), the bullet-proof ZF24H FOUR-speed transmission (not the disastrous 5-speed, as with the XJ8s 
) and w/o the troubling self-leveling suspension, door handle issues, etc. of the XJ40s. 
And, of course, the car is easier to get in/out of vs. the XJS models. The only disadvantage, IMHO, is that damn parking brake handle sticking in the thigh as with all the older Jag sedans/saloons, but I guess I can put up with that P.I.T.T. in exchange for all the advantages … 
Anyway, my newest acquisition, that just arrived yesterday via transporter from S. FL, is “Greenie”. Only nickname I could come up for her, with her dark green paint and all. She’s a '95, with doeskin interior and about 91K miles on the clock. Inside and out, she looks very nice, no rust (spent most of her life in FL, other than a few years in MI in between) and runs very well. Her owner actually owns a very small car dealership in S FL, but has kept her around for 2-3 years … In fact, he even posted a YouTube video of her a couple of years ago, where he shows how he repaired her broken sunroof mechanism (an “Achilles heel” of the saloons/sedans equipped with them, I must admit 
). What’s a really Twilight Zone moment is that I actually posted a comment on that video about a year ago. 
Who would think that I would unknowingly purchase that very same Jag, a year later?
Anyway, I’ll be posting about Greenie on here from time to time. I still remember pretty much how things work with the X-300s, from my years of ownership of Scrapper (R.I.P. 
), although I may be a bit rusty. She did come with her full owner’s manual set (although it may have been from a '96 
), which helps out. 
However, after I lost Scrapper I deleted my X-300 factory service literature that I had kept on my computer. Still, the engine and transmission are pretty much the same as with Superblue, my '94 XJS 4.0, sans the 6 ignition coils, so that knowledge/experience should help out a lot in those areas of the car …
