Quote: "That sounds high for the year. My Jag is an '03 with 150k, and I drive it a lot."
Indeed, that's what I was thinking.
Quote: "I can guarantee you one thing though, these cars will break, especially once you hit over 100k. And it will be expensive. Even if you do the repair work yourself, parts are crazy expensive."
+1. My recommendation is to include a large amount extra in the budget
just for repairs when buying older "posh" cars. If you stretch your budget in the initial purchase, you'll be looking at financial issues when something inevitably breaks and costs a fortune to repair.
HOWEVER, that's not to say you shouldn't buy these cars! As you've said, you
can repair them cheaply with aftermarket parts. You just have to bear in mind that unlike your run-of-the-mill Holden Barina, if something breaks that can't be replaced with aftermarket parts, it WILL cost you an arm and a leg.
Just my 5 cents (can't get <5 cent coins in Australia

).