XJR security system

[jamesfox]

Hi. I recently bought a '99 XJR (and I'm having a lot of fun with it!!) However, I have a query regarding insurance. My insurance company tell me that an XJR of this age doesn't have a Thatcham approved security system fitted as standard, and they won't cover me for theft until I get one. Can anyone confirm/deny this please? If it's true, then I'll be off to get a new system fitted ASAP. Thanks for any info.

Cheers,
James.

[jamesfox]

Yeah, that's what I thought too! Just found the info on the Thatcham site: www.thatcham.org/resources/pdfs/compliance.pdf and it says that all XJ8 97 onwards are compliant. Obviously muppets at the insurance company. Cheers, James.

[jamesfox]

That last reply was to Podie. Thanks for the phone number Specitup ;-)

[jamesfox]

Turns out that they were looking at X-type, and obviously only had listings for '01 onwards. There was no explicit listing for XJR, so I pointed out to them that it was unlikely to have a lesser security system than a standard XJ8. Sorted, and now covered for theft (phew!). Thanks all.