I used this forum for some info again today and I figured I was due to check in and say thanks to all you folks who have been providing me this info for a lot of years.
So thanks for that.
I still have my white 96 sport auto but I sold my 97 5sp. (I loved my old 5sp, but it was beat and had a lot more miles on it).
In the past however many years, my 96 has only needed a radiator, heater valve, PS pump, wheel cylinders, calipers, and shocks.
It still hasn't left me anywhere yet. Gotta love these old xjs.

 

Awesome. They are killer machines to be sure.