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Hi all, Ever since I was a child peering through car windows to see what speed they could do I have wanted a Jag. That childhood seemed forever ago and now 54 in August. Finally having raided the back of the sofa for pennies and a few old sweets I managed to come across a thousand pounds. Foolishly or not, and only the coming months will tell, I bought my Jag today and fulfilled that boyhood dream. I took a 1999 S Type 3.0L V6 for a test drive and fell in love. A man and a car kind of love. I pick it up on Saturday after it has been valeted and I have sorted insurance and tax. I have now just done that. Took out breakdown cover too as a precaution. Hopefully any future posts will all be positive and not posts from various roads I have broken down on! Any advice for future Jaguar pleasure will be happily received.

Hi everyone Not my first Jag but definitely my favourite, I had an S-Type about 10 years ago but now have an 18 month old XF 2.2 (200ps) Premium luxury and I love it. Have wanted an XF for a little while and now have one.

Remind me not to buy your car when it comes up forsale, LOL!!

Hi Karl. I have bought the same car, age amd model, so will be interested to know how you have got on with it. I get mine tomorrow and it appears to be a good car. Bit of rust here and there but seems pretty good for 17 years old. All the bits, apart from the electric folding wing mirrors seem to work. I am sure the next few days may tell a different story after I have taken delivery of it and driven a few miles. It has covered 150k miles.

Thanks Peter., I can't wait to give it a proper spin, more old man cruiser than boy racer!

Welcome to the club, John. The S type is a great car, and you will enjoy the Jaguar experience. Hope your posts are positive and the roads of Lincolnshire see you driving along them quite gracefully! Regards, Peter.

Hi Mike I just use WD40 its good on the electrics, it waterproofs and helps with every thing with the mirrors, just pop the covers off and spray all the mech with WD40 if you help the mirror to fold it should eventually start to move cheers joe WD-40_2000_uses.pdf

Thanks all for your replies, car is rust free from what I can see owner was the one to make a point of showing me the sills this explains why, car has just had a full service and only advisory on last mot in December was chip in windscreen which has already been replaced I did look in the boot which don't look like it's ever been used and pull all the floor out to be greated with a brand new spare tyre, and after all the rain we have had this week just gone didn't feel any damp so I guess this is a good sign. Will check under car when finally bought it at brake lines thanks for that tip. Although it's not jaguar service history it has been maintained well with regular services. Sounds promising then and thanks for the comments again Karl

Thame, on the Oxfordshire/Bucks border...

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Grimsby Lincolnshire

Storrington in West Sussex, just up the road from Pulborough. Sorry, didn't see the list at first ... 1. Bilbo ( West Calder Scotland ) 2. Steve ( Poole Dorset ) 3. Willwiggs (Bridgnorth Shropshire) 4. Sean42 ( Poole Dorset) 5. eee (Lincoln) 6. Lebby ( Southampton) 7. Mike (Plymouth) 8. Jimbo (Motherwell) 9 Pezzzer ( The Potteries) 10. Alastair (Leeds) 11. BigAl ( Crawley West Sussex) 12. Markc (Hull) 13. GWJ (Lincoln) 14. Steve & Tina ( Sheffield) 15. Big Cat ( Whitley Bay) 16. Rick63 (Swadlincote) 17. Nic James (Peterborough) 18. Royztoyz (Reading) 19. Evaristas (Essex) 20. Fay Merulla (Coventry) 21. Jim and his moggy (Kent) 22. Nikola (London) 23. RedOctober6 (Chester Le Street) 24. Jag999 (Ramsgate) 25. Pete Harrison ( Middlesbrough) 26. Stahlis (Gothenburg) 27. Alan1100 (Banbury) 28. ColinU (Leithon Buzzard) 29. Jimmyfowler1 (Ellon Aberdeenshire) 30. Mannix (Wexford Ireland) #30 31.Ken & Lisa ( Southampton ) 32.Lefy ( Coventry) 33. Mark Scotton ( San Diego Cali) 34. Geordie1 (Livingston) 35. Chris 1961 (Jersey) 36. 100% !Removed! (Norwich) 37. DonnyGaz (Doncaster) 38. MrD (Hertforshire) 39. G8rdon ( Alabama) 40. GeoffL (Batley West Yorks) 41. Isis (Dudley) 42. X type den (Cannock Staffs) 43. Twojags (Hertfordshire / France) 44. Tunt (Cumbria) 45. Johnny1jag ( Brands Hatch Kent) 46. George (Kirby Merseyside) 47. Pete te Greek (Florida) 48. Gezzag (Rhyl Wales) 49. KJ0 (Cork Eire) 50. Nightmilker (Great Yarmouth) 51. Harrison (Orpington Kent) 52. Paul Mason ( Essex) 53. JcbTurbo (Lincoln) 54. Dan_V6_SE (Leicester) 55. Andy J Grant ( Cam Glos) 56. Pete_D (Worcester) 57. Barry S (Taunton SOMERSET) 58. Adam ( Bournemouth) 59. Jas 1504 (Fleckney Leicester) 60. Medium-sized-cat (Cornwall) 61. Dunc330 (Cheadle) 62. Jaguar-pl (Gloucester) 63. Burl (Durham) 64. Alpha-Male (Rotherham) 65. Keith Mewes (Maidstone Kent) 66. GW 83 Jag (Kent) 67. Pronea (Netherlands) 68. Alf (Manchester) 69. Lonewolf (Brighton) 70. Sinbad (Lincoln) 71. Kcey ( Co Durham) 72. Olde English (Southampton) 73. Den Butler (Wiltshire) 74. Magic74 (South Yorks) 75. Pete K (Burton on Trent) 76. John Hunt ( West Yorks) 77. PabloJag1 (Redditch) 78. Old Peter (Sutton Coldfield) 79. Fleetpete ( East Yorks) 80. Steve Mac (Essex) 81. Diddler (Burbage Leicester) 82. Lloydy (Livingston) 83. Knightsmith ( North Devon) 84. Msmicksmith (Lincolnshire) 85. Lorryist ( Doncaster) 86. Srad34 (Scunthorpe) 87. Dave235 (Stockport) 88. JimC64 ( Cumbernauld nr Glasgow) 89. SteveY (Storrington, West Sussex) 90. 91.

Scun7horpe, North Lincolnshire or South Humberside depending on how posh you think you are!

Hi Pete, I like your post, the fact you've progressed from a 'Porsche' man to a 'Jag Man' is testament to the fact that as we mature our testosterone levels lower a little and our brains migrate back into our skulls, a Porsche, in my opinion, will never swing a head like a Jag will, who doesn't admire a Jaguar no matter the age or model? :) Regards Steve

My S Type lives with me in Sutton Coldfield, and takes me to Widnes to watch the Vikings play Rugby League for all home games.

great to see where everyone is from

Live in the Colonies - Alabama.

I'm in EL Cajon, ( San Diego ) California.

Kode, just outside Gothenburg in Sweden