Life with an XJ220

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RS_Phil

Original Poster:

91 posts

92 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Apologies for the radio silence. She's been back on the road after some quiet time. The cold weather suits it.


TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

147 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Jesus H Christ. That is just stunning.
I remember when these were c£100k frown Lol.
They were a bargain for far too long.

bucks

292 posts

208 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Haven't posted before but this is truly awesome, mostly as it gets used rather than stuck in a garage and not seen. Thank you for that

Also, stick that last picture in this thread, it belongs there

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Podie

46,630 posts

276 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Great to see it being used, rather than tucked up in a garage.

RS_Phil

Original Poster:

91 posts

92 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Podie said:
Great to see it being used, rather than tucked up in a garage.
You'll like this one then.


bucks

292 posts

208 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Glorious, really and truly glorious

Tickle

4,922 posts

205 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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clap that is all

Megaflow

9,429 posts

226 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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RS_Phil said:
You'll like this one then.

That's more like.

Richard from Perfection Valeting tweeted about cleaning an F40 the other day, it had done 12.5k in circa 26 years, I'll bet the poor thing has been washed more times than it has been driven.

kayzee

2,810 posts

182 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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That blue one above is just incredible! The XJ was one of my favourite cars... before I was into cars, if you know what I mean. I remember playing with a little model one as a kid smile

Always thought they deserved slightly better (or more modern perhaps) colours, and the above definitely shows that imo!

GrantB5

572 posts

89 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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WhisperingWasp said:

Was it one of these?
I had one of these!

I also remember using the XJ220 on my playstation game Test Drive 4.

What a beautiful car you have

C7 JFW

1,205 posts

220 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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RS_Phil said:
You'll like this one then.

Possibly the best photo in the whole thread.

"Used supercars" - The kind of words that should be bleeped out.

Full of awesome.

mattwhite709

328 posts

100 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Snap I used to have one of them models too, its a small world!

Dannbodge

2,166 posts

122 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Love the frosty and dirty shots of it.

That needs to go in the dirty supercar thread.

CharlesdeGaulle

26,288 posts

181 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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RS_Phil said:
Apologies for the radio silence. She's been back on the road after some quiet time. The cold weather suits it.

So Phil, when did your life all start going wrong ...

smile Great pics!

Patrick1964

698 posts

232 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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JatHanspal said:
Awesome motor, love the colour and the looks as well as all the modifications to make it a sharper tool. I love that you are not scared to do that, and not overly concerned with keeping it "original". Drive it and enjoy driving it!

I owned a racing green XJ220 a good few years back, it was a Le Mans spec one.

Here is a photo of it:
I was at Le Mans as part of the team in 93.

RS_Phil

Original Poster:

91 posts

92 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Apologies for the radio silence... She's still being used :-)


anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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licklick saw it in a video somewhere recently, cant remember the one now.

kentlad

1,085 posts

184 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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This was my bedroom wall car when i was growing up, one day! Congrats Phil & good man for keeping it on the road and driving it rather than just keeping it locked away only to come out on sunny days.

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

147 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Let us know if you're going to any events please; would love to see it in the flesh!

lewisco

380 posts

120 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Would be great to see it at one of the Sunday Service events.

I've loved them since playing XJ220 on the Amiga.