You Know You've Bought A Lemon When...

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed)
Feb 28th 2007 at 10:03AM

It's bad enough when you buy a gadget or small appliance that doesn't work correctly, but it's worse if you end up with a car that is a lemon. Worse still, since we do have a soft spot for high-priced vehicles, is if the car in question is a luxury car, especially if it only lasts 11 miles on the road. Estate Agent Claude Elmer only had his gold 2.7-L Jaguar XJ8 for three days when he noticed "a bit of smoke" coming out of the hood. He parked the $106,000 car and saw flames coming up from under the hood.

The remains of the Jaguar, which burned to a shell, are being examined by Jaguar to see if they can determine what went wrong. In the meantime, Elmer is being shipped a new car. "Once a Jaguar man, always a Jaguar man," he said.

Tags: car, jag, jaguar, lemon

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

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President Feb 28th 2007 11:16AM

What about the the person's car next to him?

Ben Feb 28th 2007 8:17PM

What Jag cost $106,000?

Hk Mar 2nd 2007 8:26AM

I think your price is wrong

2007 XJ8 4dr Sedan
Invoice: $57,863
MSRP: $63,585

2007 XJ8 L 4dr Sedan
Invoice: $61,048
MSRP: $67,085

2007 Vanden Plas 4dr Sedan
Invoice: $68,100
MSRP: $74,835

2007 XJR 4dr Sedan
Invoice: $73,560
MSRP: $80,835

2007 Super V8 4dr Sedan
Invoice: $83,115
MSRP: $91,335