RE: PH Service History: Big Cat Diary
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johnnnnnnyy said:
I really miss mine, and looking again at them.
I did a few modifications and takes if from being a gentleman cruiser to a British brute. Also changed the exhaust to let that V8 breath (tastefully) and the burble and roar was on par with my Corvette. Amazing car.
This was her:
You did a great job - looks fab!I did a few modifications and takes if from being a gentleman cruiser to a British brute. Also changed the exhaust to let that V8 breath (tastefully) and the burble and roar was on par with my Corvette. Amazing car.
This was her:
I have to agree on all the comments re presence, ride, handling, power. Had an ‘05 X100 XKR Coupe in 2009 (added an Adamesh straight through exhaust conversion, sounding wonderful) then a ‘10 X150 XKR Convertible in 2013 (sounded even better with the Dynamic loud button pressed). Both went on several long French road trips and excelled against friends in 911s. Sadly, build quality in the 4.2 (droopy headlining, creaky trim and saggy hush panel) put me off, then software issues and injector failure in X150 made me lose confidence. After each respective Jags I reverted to a 996 turbo and then a 997.2 4S - both trouble free. My wife, however, still wishes we’d kept the big cats, especially the 5.0L beast.
A few days before she left! Ace car, faultless, visceral, made me smile every day. A truly great GT car - and if you wanted a very, very good sports car. If they still made them I would have another at the drop of a hat. It was my daily and unless you needed to put more than 2+1 in her, the perfect car! For the money there is nothing that touches it.
I was lucky enough to owned a 2008 XKR-S for 6 years, sold it six months ago, it was heart breaking to let it go.
We mainly used the XK for long runs in the UK and couple of trips into Italy and Southern France. The back seats are small but we used them for extra luggage space (two larger holdall) prefect for a on cruise and a few weeks away. 12-14k miles on a set of 20" P-Zero's is not cheap, but hey it was a 79k car when new, what do you expect!?!
It was a like a dream owning the car, I fell in love with it first time I saw the XKR-S at the Geneva motorshow and had to own one, then fell back in love again and again, the sound the curves.
I drove the F-Type a few times on Jaguar events and at a Jaguar Advance Race Academy. It was fun, but I just left me wondering how you would live with the crazy animal and where the hell do you put the all the luggage for a long trip.
The XK has/had a certain grace for showing up at nice venue or the pace for a track day.
Here's a link to a video I made back in 2010, before I owned one, sit back and enjoy:
https://youtu.be/0TsGAPOB8EQ
Here was mine (with a LED rear light upgrade):
Cheers
Rich
We mainly used the XK for long runs in the UK and couple of trips into Italy and Southern France. The back seats are small but we used them for extra luggage space (two larger holdall) prefect for a on cruise and a few weeks away. 12-14k miles on a set of 20" P-Zero's is not cheap, but hey it was a 79k car when new, what do you expect!?!
It was a like a dream owning the car, I fell in love with it first time I saw the XKR-S at the Geneva motorshow and had to own one, then fell back in love again and again, the sound the curves.
I drove the F-Type a few times on Jaguar events and at a Jaguar Advance Race Academy. It was fun, but I just left me wondering how you would live with the crazy animal and where the hell do you put the all the luggage for a long trip.
The XK has/had a certain grace for showing up at nice venue or the pace for a track day.
Here's a link to a video I made back in 2010, before I owned one, sit back and enjoy:
https://youtu.be/0TsGAPOB8EQ
Here was mine (with a LED rear light upgrade):
Cheers
Rich
I'm on my third XKR - all convertibles and all used as 'only car' daily drivers, and never garaged.
The 1st was a '99 'T' reg, bought in '06 and which died in '2010 at 160K with a blown gasket, sold for £2K and repaired by the new owner. The 2nd was a 52 plate 4.2 which was killed by white van man at 120,000 miles in 2013, when I bought my current 56 plate X150 car, which is now closing on 120,000 miles.
I'm retiring at the end of this year, so work miles will stop, and I'll look for a 2011/12 5 litre to replace the current car. I won't consider any other car, the XKR does everything I want and does it brilliantly. Reliability has always been good (apart from the Head Gasket on the first car), and running costs acceptable, even the fuel consumption which in the current car rarely exceeds 21 mpg, probably because my cross country daily commute invites a 'spirited' driving style.
A £75K motor car, with say, no more than 60K on the clock, for something in the £25k ish range - what's not to like?
The 1st was a '99 'T' reg, bought in '06 and which died in '2010 at 160K with a blown gasket, sold for £2K and repaired by the new owner. The 2nd was a 52 plate 4.2 which was killed by white van man at 120,000 miles in 2013, when I bought my current 56 plate X150 car, which is now closing on 120,000 miles.
I'm retiring at the end of this year, so work miles will stop, and I'll look for a 2011/12 5 litre to replace the current car. I won't consider any other car, the XKR does everything I want and does it brilliantly. Reliability has always been good (apart from the Head Gasket on the first car), and running costs acceptable, even the fuel consumption which in the current car rarely exceeds 21 mpg, probably because my cross country daily commute invites a 'spirited' driving style.
A £75K motor car, with say, no more than 60K on the clock, for something in the £25k ish range - what's not to like?
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