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27 to gallon. Amazing.

Best work grey, very good

Gas mileage ?

Very useful film. I have continued to use super unleaded in my classic car

Noticed that you haven't been posting for a while. Hope all is well with you and looking forward to seeing more content.

…hey, Grey…. …totally agreed that the XJ40 represents one of the best values in Classic Cardom…and a quantum leap above your Fiesta, Fifi… …but do us all a favor…either adjust your headrest to its lowest position, or forgo the stylish hat…I was just waiting for it to flip off your head into the back seat…major distraction from your presentation… …looking forward to your presenting other comments concerning tenders for the “best value in classic cars”…for there are quite a number of them…😮🧢⁉️

Replace yellow radiator fan It cracks and may explode. ALL xj40's need it. Important for safety. Look for crackss where the blades meet the hub, but all need upgraded.

I remember a program year back when one guy and his wife went around the World in 80days with an XJ40

4:05 your face! .."stop talking to me I`m trying to film"

I had a Alpine hate to say it but it was awful to drive although it was fairly reliable to be fair. I traded it in for a Mk 5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia automatic then I found true love loads better.

Sorry but as soon as they put those horrendous big Volvo looking headlight on the XJ40 they ruined the Jaguar brand,luckily they realized there mistake and quickly went back to the trade mark quads lights of the XJ.

I love it...

Hi I have been rewatching all your Judith The Jag video's yet again for the umpteenth time. When are we going to have an update on Judith? When I first saw your video's and the the video by I Drive A Classic when she fell in love with an xj40, I decided to get one for myself as always been a fan on the XJ series having driven one when was in my late teens for my local undertaker. So I then purchased one from North Wales that had been off the road for 14years in dry storage, it has taken me a year to get it back to up and running and when I took it for it's MOT it flew through with no advisories even thanked me for bringing it in has he hadn't seen one this good for such a long time. To say I was pleased was an under statement. Thanks for your video's my wife now knows who to blame.

One of my all-time favourite car,s.. Had several of them. My favourite car was a 1979 GLS.. Put up over 200,000 trouble free. Regret to this day selling it. Cheers.

Keep your hands on the steering wheel

She looks good though Annie Alpine and if that was my Car I’d Stick the Talbot Steering Wheel on with the Talbot Badge on it. Interesting BE1 5 Speed Gearbox from Peugeot Cars

I ❤ That Talbot Alpine As Well I Wanna Buy that Car in Beige. All the Rootes / Simca / Chrysler / Talbot / Hillman / Singer Cars I wanna own Fully in my Name

This is the Poissy engine "type 315" from Simca! I believe this is the 1.6L variant. Smaller versions of these engines were used in Simca 1300/1100.

What a beautiful thing to do after your friends passing ❤. The 306 was really the car to have in the 90s and yours is one of the best colours. Hope to see you again at the FOTU in one of the fleet.

I have three XJ40 Sovereign with 4.0 engine and One XJ-S cabrio V12. I was buying this cars because my dad was always in love with all english cars of all kind. The First was a convertible V12 back in 2012. When I went for picking it up from the shop a beautiful XJ40 were standing beside my XJ-S. The salesmen at the Jagshop was wondering if I have the space for one more car in my carmuseum? I said ”Let`s hear the story about this car!” And maybe I`ll be interested. The salesman said - The First owner and the 16th owner of this car was the same person. He passed away last year and was one of the persons who founded the SwedishJaguar Club. Ok! I said! It was a Dark Maroon red metallic with sunroof, a just fell in love almost instantly in this car of 1990 year model with 150000 km. I didn´t say a word to my father until I was going to MOT inspection and I was picking my father up to let him be with me for that day. After driving for a while my father suddenly said: - What`s the matter with you my son?- Now you are finally buying a real car!! - Now I have had it for 10 years time, I must say: Í`m just loving it! - The car is fantastic that`s why I have bought two more of this fantastic underrated classic cars - the Jaguar XJ40! ❤

I have 4 Metropolitans, this one in your video is a series 3 in Berkshire Green and Frost White, the series 1V cars from 1959 had rear external bootlids and quarter light side vent windows until end of production in 1961. I had a Nissan Cedric 300C many years ago, it was a fabulous car, very smooth to drive, ultra reliable, mine was in dark metallic brown with crushed velvet brown interior. Rare car now, you just dont see them sadly

Top Gear, and how reliable is the XJ40 czcams.com/video/hVB66Pg1rz8/video.html XJ Series 1 to 3 were 1,34m height, XJ40 1,37m height,..X300/X308 1,31m Height! ..lowest Super Sedan ever made...

Just watched this and really enjoyed it. I purchased a 1990 XJ40 Daimler last September. I'm currently using it as my daily driver, but at the same time trying to eliminate a limp mode issue which is quite annoying. I'm based in Walsall so only 10-20 minutes away from Cannock Chase and often go there. If you're on Facebook or Instagram I'd love to have a chat 👍

You remind me of Jeremy Clarkson.....Love the channel by the way 👍🏻

Sorry to hear about your mate, cancer sucks balls. Big up the 306!

My best friend died of cancer too in January of 2021. :( He left me two classic cars that I cherish.

I would love to see Patsy with her hood down when properly repaired. I absolutely love convertibles, and Patsy is gorgeous! Nothing like having the hood down, summer or winter! Recommended by Hooked On Classics, subscribed of course!

Sorry for your loss, looking after the 306 is a great tribute. Also I can't remember the last time I saw a 306 in the flesh, fantastic cars.

@CortinasAndClassics sent me. Looks like fun!! I’m sorry, cancer sucks.

Great video 😁

Hi Grey. So sorry your friend passed away, keeping Patsy running and in use is a lovely way to keep his memory. 306's are great cars. I hope you get Annie fixed up, I hope to see the car one day. All the best to you, Simone.

Great channel, interesting content, happy to subscribe 👍 I was a kid when the Alpine was launched in the 70's, I've always loved the bold / no-nonsense design.

how was this only 600?

It's a big improvement and you've put a bit of yourself into the car. You probably wouldn't find a perfect one from a breakers anyway, they all seem to go tatty there eventually.

I've one for 15 years. no problem, it has 200,000 km. Hello from France.

The least looking curvacious shaped xj6 made. However it is actually a better balanced and harmonious design than the Italian modified series 3, as the square headlights match the square tail lights and square bumpers. I was lucky to be around when the very first XJ6 (series 1) was released back in the late 60's and even luckier to have owned one in the early 70's. It was really out of this world. William Lyons the founder of Jaguar had a brown series one himself and did not swap it for the series 3 when released. As he said in a 1972 interview. It was the best car he ever made.

Wonderful. My first motor was a Solara, I absolutely loved it. So comfy

Beautiful car. What wheels are those?

after running my old Pug 307 on E10 from the switch over the fuel guage no longer works ; so i guess the float in the tank has rotted off.

Very Interesting 👍

ESSO state on their website that their Synergy Supreme does not contain any ethanol whatsoever in the UK except parts of Cornwall & Scotland. However the law requires them to state E5 on those pumps. So I & many other classic car drivers use ESSO as advised by the Federation of Historic Vehicle clubs. By their nature classic cars generally only cover a low mileage so ethanol fuel sitting in a vehicle for an longer period than in a modern is storing trouble - guess how I and others know!

Thanks for the shout out! I always like the videos, and the 'collection' generally. Hoping to add an XJ of some kind vaguely soon too :) would you rather have had an x300? Or even xj8? I sort of prefer the xj40, inexplicably.

This is enough to make me stick to Super. In France you can get 95 E5 and 95 E10. In UK I haven’t seen any 95 E5 so far.

My 1990 Volvo 740 seems fine on a mixture of E5 and E10. According to various sources, Volvos with petrol engines have been ethanol fuel-compatible since 1976, apart from S/V40s with the 1.8 GDI engine.

Enjoyable and informative, thumbs up

Interesting stuff and very nicely done. Deserving of a much bigger audience

#1. You do more talking than working! Cut the chatter and just get on with the restoration! #2. Do up your shoe laces! Looks childish not having your laces tied. Rather distracting, actually. #3. As for the restoration....meh. Nothing special or interesting really.

Too early for an 85-86 Alpine/Solara. They would have been round hole wheels. The hub caps would have been the type with slots around the circumference that also appeared on the 309 and later 205 special editions.

Lovely video for him. Well done ❤️😞

I miss him already, so much. Dale, thank you for being such a wonderful friend.