450 miles by XJ8

[BigNige]

Essex to Edinburgh in one go.
One stop for lunch and a fuel top up and a steady 75-80 all the way.
28mpg and feeling virtually as fresh when we arrived as when we set off.

What a great car...why didn't I discover these jewels years ago?

[Simpo Two]

Big Jags are great. You get out as fresh as when you got in. I had an XJ40 Sovereign 4.0 once - lovely car.

[melhook]

did you fix your wiper problem ? it rains alot up there !!!

[pr100]

That's three goes

Edited by pr100 on Saturday 11th April 00:32

[BigNige]

melhook said:

did you fix your wiper problem ? it rains alot up there !!!

Not yet.

Forecast does look good for the next 10 minutes though

[Wacky Racer]

BigNige said:

Essex to Edinburgh in one go.
One stop for lunch and a fuel top up and a steady 75-80 all the way.
28mpg and feeling virtually as fresh when we arrived as when we set off.

What a great car...why didn't I discover these jewels years ago?

You could have done that in a 1.2 Fiat Punto and achieved 45mpg....

What's so great about that??

[BigNige]

Wacky Racer said:

BigNige said:

Essex to Edinburgh in one go.
One stop for lunch and a fuel top up and a steady 75-80 all the way.
28mpg and feeling virtually as fresh when we arrived as when we set off.

What a great car...why didn't I discover these jewels years ago?

You could have done that in a 1.2 Fiat Punto and achieved 45mpg....

What's so great about that??

But that means a Jag 4.0 is 2.08 times more fuel efficient than a FIART Punto.
That's absolutely shameful on the part of the Ities.

[a8hex]

BigNige said:

Wacky Racer said:

BigNige said:

Essex to Edinburgh in one go.
One stop for lunch and a fuel top up and a steady 75-80 all the way.
28mpg and feeling virtually as fresh when we arrived as when we set off.

What a great car...why didn't I discover these jewels years ago?

You could have done that in a 1.2 Fiat Punto and achieved 45mpg....

What's so great about that??

But that means a Jag 4.0 is 2.08 times more fuel efficient than a FIART Punto.
That's absolutely shameful on the part of the Ities.

That's a funny coincidence. If you move the decimal point two place it also shows you how much more comfortable and comforting the Jag is than the Punto.

[The Leaper]

Great respone, Ken.

R

[Jaguar steve]

BigNige said:

Essex to Edinburgh in one go.
One stop for lunch and a fuel top up and a steady 75-80 all the way.
28mpg and feeling virtually as fresh when we arrived as when we set off.

What a great car...why didn't I discover these jewels years ago?

Somebody - I forget who and in what context - once said about Jaguars..

"Some lucky people discover them fairly early on in their motoring life, other, less fortunate people spend several decades driving inferior cars before they buy one, but I really sympathise with the third and most unfortunate group of drivers who never experience just good they are at all"

Probrably an old road test.. but sums it up nicely for me

[jkennyd]

Jaguar steve said:

BigNige said:

Essex to Edinburgh in one go.
One stop for lunch and a fuel top up and a steady 75-80 all the way.
28mpg and feeling virtually as fresh when we arrived as when we set off.

What a great car...why didn't I discover these jewels years ago?

Somebody - I forget who and in what context - once said about Jaguars..

"Some lucky people discover them fairly early on in their motoring life, other, less fortunate people spend several decades driving inferior cars before they buy one, but I really sympathise with the third and most unfortunate group of drivers who never experience just good they are at all"


Probrably an old road test.. but sums it up nicely for me

[Cerbman]

On saturday the 18th we're doing Exeter-Norwich-Exeter in the Jag as it's my mum's 90th.

[BigNige]

Wouldn't it be easier to buy her a cake?

[Cerbman]

Would be, but I haven't seen her for 2 years and like you I have a Jag, so no big deal.

[BigNige]

and would it kill you to call her once in a while?

[Cerbman]

I call her 2 or 3 times a week, thanks.