Falling in love with your car......mechanophilia!

[55palfers]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4744518/Pu...

At a loss to know where to post this really.

Man makes love to his car. Words fail me, and a Jaaaaag too.

I bet it will be a fun night in his pub tonight.

[Jimmy Recard]

It's a 2.0 diesel X-Type. What the hell!?

[FN2TypeR]

No pecker in the exhaust photo?

I am disappointed

[Monkeylegend]

Jimmy Recard said:

It's a 2.0 diesel X-Type. What the hell!?

Jaguar Se X type.

[Mr2Mike]

Jimmy Recard said:

It's a 2.0 diesel X-Type. What the hell!?

Extra thick beer goggles required

[amancalledrob]

Is it me or does the handbrake look a bit... stained

[austinsmirk]

pretty sure Louis Theraux did a documentary on this.

All in the USA, one old guy with a white vw beetle . I think they caught him doing something with the camera car/van during the night too.

young guy with a trans am/pontiac thing

[Agent XXX]

wouldn't be the first time someone has been well and truly f****ed by a Jag

[Triumph Man]

Jimmy Recard said:

It's a 2.0 diesel X-Type. What the hell!?

Jesus Christ so it's not even the V6!

[craigjm]

I posted thus article in the Jaguar Drivers club page on Facebook and promptly got banned

[Triumph Man]

craigjm said:

I posted thus article in the Jaguar Drivers club page on Facebook and promptly got banned

[MorganP104]

Triumph Man said:

craigjm said:

I posted thus article in the Jaguar Drivers club page on Facebook and promptly got banned

If you hadn't got banned, you could have followed up the article removal with "What, no love for this?"

[Resolutionary]

austinsmirk said:

pretty sure Louis Theraux did a documentary on this.

All in the USA, one old guy with a white vw beetle . I think they caught him doing something with the camera car/van during the night too.

young guy with a trans am/pontiac thing

I was just about to say this - what a strange set of folk Theroux had to speak to on that bewildering journey. I also recall a documentary on Channel 5 back in the day which followed some 'enthusiasts' who loved their cars so much they married them.

This is all in America, of course. I'm quite worried that Surrey has it's very own public mentalcase of the same nature.

[craigjm]

MorganP104 said:

Triumph Man said:

craigjm said:

I posted thus article in the Jaguar Drivers club page on Facebook and promptly got banned

If you hadn't got banned, you could have followed up the article removal with "What, no love for this?"

They re-instated me when I protested that I was an actual paying member of the club and had one of the more interesting cars in the club Their facebook page is moderated very strongly

[Triumph Man]

craigjm said:

MorganP104 said:

Triumph Man said:

craigjm said:

I posted thus article in the Jaguar Drivers club page on Facebook and promptly got banned

If you hadn't got banned, you could have followed up the article removal with "What, no love for this?"

They re-instated me when I protested that I was an actual paying member of the club and had one of the more interesting cars in the club Their facebook page is moderated very strongly

Now tell them you like to fk it.

[ging84]

It is basically a gold ford mondeo

[alec.e]

What ever floats your boat I guess (yuck), but seriously a X-Type...

craigjm said:

MorganP104 said:

Triumph Man said:

craigjm said:

I posted thus article in the Jaguar Drivers club page on Facebook and promptly got banned

If you hadn't got banned, you could have followed up the article removal with "What, no love for this?"

They re-instated me when I protested that I was an actual paying member of the club and had one of the more interesting cars in the club Their facebook page is moderated very strongly

Haha, thought that is what happened, someone else posted it too and it got removed.

[RumbleOfThunder]

ging84 said:

It is basically a gold ford mondeo

I don't want to go all beardy on you but I don't think it's that simple. I believe something like 90% of the underpinnings are different.

[craigjm]

RumbleOfThunder said:

ging84 said:

It is basically a gold ford mondeo

I don't want to go all beardy on you but I don't think it's that simple. I believe something like 90% of the underpinnings are different.

The Mondeo bits are basically the basic platform (the basis of which is actually the previous generation Mazda 626 before the Mondeo). The rear suspension from the Mondeo estate and reduced stoke version of the 2.5 engine to create the 2.0. All of these parts were then modified for use in the Jaguar by Jaguar themselves. Anything beyond that is the kind of stuff that's shared across loads of cars like the Bosch and Valeo bits etc.

[RumbleOfThunder]

craigjm said:

RumbleOfThunder said:

ging84 said:

It is basically a gold ford mondeo

I don't want to go all beardy on you but I don't think it's that simple. I believe something like 90% of the underpinnings are different.

The Mondeo bits are basically the basic platform (the basis of which is actually the previous generation Mazda 626 before the Mondeo). The rear suspension from the Mondeo estate and reduced stoke version of the 2.5 engine to create the 2.0. All of these parts were then modified for use in the Jaguar by Jaguar themselves. Anything beyond that is the kind of stuff that's shared across loads of cars like the Bosch and Valeo bits etc.

There we go. Much obliged.