We don’t practice what we preach all the time

Dan makes his first attempt at a buyers’ guide for the worst car he’s ever bought – it just happens to be the car he loves and cherishes more than anything else: his rare “manuel” 1988 Jaguar XJ-S – also known as “The Money Pitt”.

Heart over-ruled head, he was all-in emotionally, (after all it was Jaguar Racing Green over Magnolia and it had a manual gearbox) but it hadn’t been used – 560 miles in 15 years, it had no service history before 2001 and best of all it was actually a category C write-off.

What was he thinking?