Place holder thread, new car coming in hot! ....... Its the Autoshite bike/Jag XK8 with 23 owners and 157k miles....

[Marina door handles]

What could it be? If you lurk in the classifieds you may have a very good idea. Lets just say its probably not the best kind of car for winter motoring.....

I am currently wasting time, wishing the day away like a child waiting for Xmas!

[bezzabsa]

Boxster automatic with a knackered hood???

Anything Rover related?

BMW 116d thats been barried??

[Marina door handles]

The first one is in the right kind of ball park but not German and not mid engined.......

[High Jetter]

Sherpa coupe?

[Marina door handles]

27 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Sherpa coupe?

Lol nope, I own a LDV Sherpa Coupe already, this is more convertible...

[Marina door handles]

Its arrived.....

 

[Brodders]

Great to have met you earlier, thanks for showing me the Scimitar, Freelander and 800 (and for the coffee.) and sorry for having to run off at the station. I made it to the train with around 90 seconds to spare 🤣.

Hope you enjoy the Jag; it'll be a bit of a change going from that back to a Volvo and Rover 75, but probably a sensible one.

[Marina door handles]

Nice to meet you too! I am pleased you made it to the train on time, hope your connections work out...

I have put the Jaaaaaaaaaaaaag (sorry) into service already, that engine note is addictive and the boot is surprisingly big, managed a sizeable Morrisons outing with it (yes I know how to party).

[Marina door handles]

XK8 meets 800, SE6A and some cows......

Pervy engine shot.

 

[gm]

what number owner are you ? must be 23 at least by now  

well bought sir !

[Marina door handles]

According to the V5 it was on 21 former keepers (not counting Mr Brodders) so you are correct, I must be lucky number 23! 

[stuboy]

very cool

[Bren]

2 hours ago, Marina door handles said:

According to the V5 it was on 21 former keepers (not counting Mr Brodders) so you are correct, I must be lucky number 23! 

When the next owners sees the number of previous keepers - 

[Marina door handles]

This car includes at least 4 firsts for me....

First car with a front hinged bonnet

First car with washer squirters on the wiper blades

First car with a fly off handbrake

And first with a V8

Five if you count it being my first Jaguar......

Its still on my drive this morning and doesn't seem to have dissolved with all the rain.........

 

 

 

 

[Marina door handles]

Feels more like its mine now...

Yes I am number 23 but oh hang on a mo, oh dear I will have to send it back to the DVLA as it should read Marina Door Handles......

Anyway the XK now named Ken by Mrs MDH (long story) has completed  a trip to the garden centre for coffee and cake...

Also completed various errands and has hosed most of a tank of petrol after being pressed into service commuting to work, covering over 200 miles. MPG has dropped slightly from 25mpgs to 24mpg,  traffic commuting into Stoke is to blame for this!

It has a few little issues....  The gearbox warning lamp came on and it briefly lost the lower gears in traffic but that fixed itself after being turned off and on again, IT style (to be fair I was warned about that). The sunvisors are a bit annoying as the little covers over the vanity mirrors don't clip into place any more and dangle when you flip the visors down. I have fixed this fault with a couple of well placed elastic elastic bands!

The fly off hand brake needs adjusting as its awkward AF and lastly the drivers heated seat doesn't work, I think it might be the switch...... 

The good so far rather out weighs the minor niggles, honestly I am loving driving Ken he is a fab thing. It is very comfortable, has a great sound track, has get up and go like nothing I have ever owned and yet isn't that  bad on fuel. I have done some roof down motoring, possibly looking like a right bell end whilst trying to escape from Stoke on Toast. And Mrs MDH totally approves, so its all good. 

Plans...

Curiosity is niggling at me and I need to clear some space and get the big cat over the pit for a check over. The MOT is in April so that should give me a bit of breathing room to sort any corrosion issues hopefully. I also want to check over the front suspension it does feel a bit tired and new front discs and pads would not go amiss. 

The rear wheel arches and valance need something  too, not sure if it will be  just a bodge with filler and paint or if will actually put some fresh metal in? 

To be continued....

 

[Schaefft]

Fixing the rear valence and arches properly would definitely give this car a long term perspective as it's really the only thing that would stop it from passing it's test sometime in the future. Everything else would be a fairly straightforward fix. Question is how much more work that is compared to filler.

[Bren]

3 hours ago, Marina door handles said:

Feels more like its mine now...

Yes I am number 23 but oh hang on a mo, oh dear I will have to send it back to the DVLA as it should read Marina Door Handles......

Anyway the XK now named Ken by Mrs MDH (long story) has completed  a trip to the garden centre for coffee and cake...

Also completed various errands and has hosed most of a tank of petrol after being pressed into service commuting to work, covering over 200 miles. MPG has dropped slightly from 25mpgs to 24mpg,  traffic commuting into Stoke is to blame for this!

It has a few little issues....  The gearbox warning lamp came on and it briefly lost the lower gears in traffic but that fixed itself after being turned off and on again, IT style (to be fair I was warned about that). The sunvisors are a bit annoying as the little covers over the vanity mirrors don't clip into place any more and dangle when you flip the visors down. I have fixed this fault with a couple of well placed elastic elastic bands!

The fly off hand brake needs adjusting as its awkward AF and lastly the drivers heated seat doesn't work, I think it might be the switch...... 

The good so far rather out weighs the minor niggles, honestly I am loving driving Ken he is a fab thing. It is very comfortable, has a great sound track, has get up and go like nothing I have ever owned and yet isn't that  bad on fuel. I have done some roof down motoring, possibly looking like a right bell end whilst trying to escape from Stoke on Toast. And Mrs MDH totally approves, so its all good. 

Plans...

Curiosity is niggling at me and I need to clear some space and get the big cat over the pit for a check over. The MOT is in April so that should give me a bit of breathing room to sort any corrosion issues hopefully. I also want to check over the front suspension it does feel a bit tired and new front discs and pads would not go amiss. 

The rear wheel arches and valance need something  too, not sure if it will be  just a bodge with filler and paint or if will actually put some fresh metal in? 

To be continued....

 

Americans prefer spray foam to plastic padding. You can cut it as opposed to sanding.