HMC- Winter beater XK8 vs Entropy

[Tayne]

The batteries have an 8 year warranty and seem to be capable of lasting well beyond 100k.

Also, a main dealer battery pack replacement may be 4 hours labour and £7500* whereas an EV specialist battery repair/reconditon may be 7 hours labour and £750* as they will pull the pack to bits and replace the faulty modules.

Kiltox's van is going to Celvely for something like this, its got a trifling 180k on the clock.

 

 

*example numbers but you get the idea.

 

[Schaefft]

3 hours ago, Tayne said:

The batteries have an 8 year warranty and seem to be capable of lasting well beyond 100k.

Also, a main dealer battery pack replacement may be 4 hours labour and £7500* whereas an EV specialist battery repair/reconditon may be 7 hours labour and £750* as they will pull the pack to bits and replace the faulty modules.

Kiltox's van is going to Celvely for something like this, its got a trifling 180k on the clock.

 

 

*example numbers but you get the idea.

 

The problem I always see with replacing single cells is that it is impossible to know when the next cells might fail. It will fix the pack, but Im really wondering for how long.

[somewhatfoolish]

Cell analysis is quite well developed now, identifying the runts and replacing them is straightforward enough accepting that removing the pack to do it is a right palaver needing hoists etc. AIUI cell failure is a separate process to the relatively linear loss of capacity through use; unless the cells are a bad batch one failure is not generally indicative more are about to pop, or so I have read.

[Boycie]

On 29/09/2024 at 21:16, HMC said:

Safrane has been sold on, as has the Acclaim.   The GS also has (the latter 2 to shiters, and the GS to a person interested when it was  first offered up in the summer.)

The Samara is due to be on the road by the end of this week. Its not my only car though….

Going from an acclaim to a xk8....... Doubt you'll notice a change in driving experience ...... 

[Boycie]

16 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

It's prob already on someone's else's drive , he goes through cars like a drug dealer goes through mobile phones ...

[HMC]

Acclaim gone…

Was great to meet you,  @calebaaront and @Weird Car !

[Weird Car]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Acclaim gone…

Was great to meet you,  @calebaaront and @Weird Car !

Great to meet you too, sorry if it felt like I was hurrying to leave, as @Rust Collector can attest, once I get started talking about cars I’ll go on for hours 😆

 

the mighty Triumph made it back to Portsmouth without drama, its idling very rough, though swapping the plugs has helped, I reckon it wants the carbs adjusting which I’ll look at doing tomorrow 

 

[HMC]

13 minutes ago, Weird Car said:

Great to meet you too, sorry if it felt like I was hurrying to leave, as @Rust Collector can attest, once I get started talking about cars I’ll go on for hours 😆

 

the mighty Triumph made it back to Portsmouth without drama, its idling very rough, though swapping the plugs has helped, I reckon it wants the carbs adjusting which I’ll look at doing tomorrow 

 

Glad you got back ok. Sorry to see it go but glad its going to get used and enjoyed 😊

[HMC]

Yesterday seemed the last dry and warm-ish day for a while.

Using a 27yo Jag convertible as my daily heading into winter triggered some guilt, and encouraged me to get it off the ground, and wire brush/ dynax it, including injecting box sections. 27 years old. Thats like dailying a ‘61 E-type in 1988; assuming it hadnt dissolved 10 years previously.

I knew it wasnt a disaster zone as I looked at it on a lift before i bought it. Suprisingly solid- these dont have the best rep for rot resistance. 

The fruity exhaust appears to be because the rear back boxes have been deleted.

No pics as i has a 3 hr window to do it in and got “in the zone” AKA hot and partially rustproofed myself in the process.

[Broadsword]

I know they rot and have various issues, but I still love the XK8. The looks, interior and general ambiance do it for me. Handling, yeah, not so good as they are all tired now, but I didn’t feel the 4.0 V8 was that slow. The last one I had benefited from the restrictive rear sections of the exhaust being straight-piped. Although a little too loud (could have done with the back most boxes putting back in), it went better and did 30 mpg on a run.