2003 Jaguar XJ Super V8 - my first non-shed car!

[mikeandthat]

I check on this site at least once a day and have done for years. My relationships with my cars normally resembles a lower-powered, cheaper version of RoadKill/Top Gear specials. This means I have plenty of stories with photos and videos but never find the time to give anything back to the forums. With hobbies I come and go in phases - never losing interest in any one of them - just periodically changing priority and which hobby gets most of my time. I can't see me committing much time to sharing my car history and adventures or me keeping it up for too long this time around but thought I'd dump a couple of photos of my current daily driver here...never know; maybe I'll get drawn in and become a regular poster.

[Baryonyx]

That looks superb. Same colourscheme as my outgoing X308 XJ. So much better than the gauche things Jaguar make today.

[tobinen]

Lovey car. I think I'd ditch the Sepangs or does it ride ok on those?

[anonymous-user]

tobinen said:

Lovey car. I think I'd ditch the Sepangs or does it ride ok on those?

I was thinking that. Maybe not the dinnerplates that the Super V8 came with but some of the smaller wheels look great. Bet you could get back a useful fraction of the purchase cost selling the Sepangs, and get cheaper tyres in future from the smaller wheels.

[Geekman]

Interesting! I very nearly bought this exact car - I called him and was planning on seeing it but he wouldn't go quite as low price-wise as I wanted him to. I ended up with a blue Super V8 instead. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay? I called him a long time ago so it must have been for sale for ages.

[bomma220]

That's a beauty. Jaguar never recaptured that 'magic' with the new XJ.




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[W00DY]

That is gorgeous!

Definitely needs more pics and a bit of car history though.

[Hooli]

Lovely

[dbdb]

I love the colour combination. They're a tremendously able car. My brother had one in the early/mid 2000s; it was excellent.

[dibblecorse]

Great choice

[Croutons]

This is my current dream car. How are you finding it?

[Medic-one]

Looks lovely, colour really suits it.

I bought a V8 jag last year and love it, i'm sure you will too!

[RS Grant]

Looks fantastic, I am a huge fan of this shape of XJ and that colour combo suits it extremely well.


Cheers,
Grant

[monthefish]

That's lovely. More details & pics please.

[Barchettaman]

Boom. That looks superb.

I'm not normally a fan of big(ger) alloy wheels but those look superb, wow.

I think further details and photos would go down pretty well!

[daytona355]

Very nice car!, I always liked the look of the xj, had one for a short time too, xjr supercharged, fantastic to drive, smooth, refined and very fast!

[alec.e]

dme123 said:

I was thinking that. Maybe not the dinnerplates that the Super V8 came with but some of the smaller wheels look great. Bet you could get back a useful fraction of the purchase cost selling the Sepangs, and get cheaper tyres in future from the smaller wheels.

Nooo, defiantly keep the Sepangs, X350 wheels really should be 19+ to fill those arches!

Lovely car!

[andrewrob]

My father in-law had one of these after having an X308 XJR, have you noticed that if you're sat in traffic or at traffic lights for a bit the nose lifts a few inches? Apparently its to aid airflow under the car.

[alpha channel]

You're not doing me any favours when it comes to my growing desire for a Jaaaaag (not that I can afford one at the mo or realistically run one without an LPG conversion mind). Lovely colour combo, I love these in blue but I have to say that really is a very nice colour (and keep the wheels, looks rather good on them).

[ajb85]

That's bloody lovely, and every bit a proper Jag with that colour combo and wheels. Still looks every bit a £50k motor too, or whatever it was back in 03. And a discerning choice - it's not a BM or Merc!

Very eager to know what you paid for it...