All is well with Myfannwy

[Carole Simpson-Hadley]

Ah well, all is well with the world and our Myfannwy (our '07 9500 mile XK).  A shiney new MOT with no advisories.

Our favourite MOT tester (an ex Jaguar technician who knows Jaguars inside out and back to front) announced "perfect".        Emissions at 0.003% CO (so we shan't have any trouble with the London Zones), EPB registering very high, and all tickityboo.      Even commented that the waxoyl job on our suspension subframes was spot on, and not the often seen sprayed everywhere job.

The loose tailgate parcel shelf is now firmly back in place after replacing one of the fittings which had collapsed in on itself and we are now hoping for clear weather for the Jaguar Parts day at Stoneleigh on Sunday.

Even managed to get to the MOT station and back without getting wet.

Happy days and good luck to anybody else who is off to the annual worry-bead venue soon.

[Carole Simpson-Hadley]

Buoyed by everything being fine with our "girl", the X150 XK, we have turned our thoughts to braving her across the waters and taking a trip to the Netherlands (with maybe a detour onto the German Autobahn.....brum brum!, but before you ask, definitely NOT the Nurburgring).

We should particularly like to visit the large motor museum near Amsterdam......anybody been there and have any comments?

Naturally, we shall take in the delights of such as Maastricht etc., and maybe we might even be lucky enough to find the location where the little boy stuck his finger in the !Removed!?

As always, happy growling

[Carole Simpson-Hadley]

Well well, here we go again.

Herewith the Oxford Dictionary definition of the !Removed!? word ....

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

We are located not too far away from Offa's long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

Good job the little boy didn't exist in these ridiculous times.......Holland would now be a latter day Atlantis, and the male lead in Mary Poppins would have to be renamed !Removed! van Long Wall or Embankment.

For goodness sake, somebody, get a life..........this is getting very silly

 

 

 

[Carole Simpson-Hadley]

What do you reckon R2E??

[Jaguar Owners Club]

12 hours ago, Carole Simpson-Hadley said:

Buoyed by everything being fine with our "girl", the X150 XK, we have turned our thoughts to braving her across the waters and taking a trip to the Netherlands (with maybe a detour onto the German Autobahn.....brum brum!, but before you ask, definitely NOT the Nurburgring).

We should particularly like to visit the large motor museum near Amsterdam......anybody been there and have any comments?

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Can highly recommend the German roads, Carole.

I quite regularly drive to the Nurburgring and deliberately stay miles away, just to get the opportunity to take in the German countryside.

Not sure if it's en-route for you but I believe the Schlumpf museum at Strasbourg is well worth a visit

 

[Carole Simpson-Hadley]

Good morning Ron, MHO says "watch out, you might get expelled, with all the current shenannigans going on".            That is certainly a humungus price for a '99 S; perhaps a brace of Ladas from the upcoming Bicester JLR Collection sale might be considered as a fair swap?!

With reference to Myfannwy (the Welsh origin name for our XK) we hadn't even thought of that!!!! Gadzooks, we might have to visit the deed poll site again.

With regard to the little boy and his finger story, perhaps it is a myth; much like the little girl sat on the beach in the sand who, when she saw the Vikings approaching, said "I'm Thor too".  Claude says he is definitely not a myth and has gone out to stoke the barbecue to prove it.

Yes, we are very happy with the reports etc on our XK and this underlines the issue of too many Jaguars maybe diluting the effort.

Das vitannia (no doubt spelling is rubbish) as Arnie used to say

As a postscript, we have now noticed that the male lead in Mary Poppins mentioned earlier now reads !Removed! van Long Wall or Embankment.   Presumably, this means that anybody going by the name of Richard can't be mentioned on the Forum?        Where this leaves John Cleland's notorious Woman of Pleasure (second name Hill) is uncertain.     Perhaps his novel should be rewritten with the main character as none other than "!Removed! !Deleted! !Removed".       And Mr Craddock would definitely be consigned to the hot pot.

Now where is my jar of Robinson's jam. Happy growling

 

[Carole Simpson-Hadley]

1 hour ago, Jaguar Owners Club said:

I quite regularly drive to the Nurburgring and deliberately stay miles away, just to get the opportunity to take in the German countryside.

Thank you Trevor; we might take in the Nurburgring and/or Spa as a visit but definitely won't be trying out our XK on the track.   MOH did plenty of circuit racing in the day (Rover SD1) and we have no wish to subject our XK to the various flying (literally) BMWs etc!!

The Schlumpf Museum looks excellent so our trip might find itself getting extended!

As always, happy growling