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Well. just put the car in for paint, few panels let the car down rather blend panels in decided to go for the full Monty same colour full body job. The cars only 9 years old but the paint was letting it down, its a 2 to 3 week job and costing more than I wanted to pay on such an old car, but the enjoyment these cars bring it was a no brainer. people will say why spend that much, I say why not. always been an XJ lover having owned more than 14 over the years, but after selling my XJ8 last year I was smitten by the lines and retro look of my old girl, she's done 101000 mls purrs like a kitten, gives me upwards of 50mpg on a run flew through its last MOT last month (no advisories), I know I will never recoup the money, but some things are not about money, lets say I had a pet dog and it was ill you would want it at its best, we all have pet cats same applies. sorry for going on, just looking for someone to say HELL YES your doing the right thing. WELL GUYS AM I?.

Well today I picked my very first jaguar and I haven't stopped smiling!!. It's an X type 2.0 estate on an 06 plate.

Never mind Gary ... but I expect we've got something somewhere that's bigger than yours to make up for it!

Andy has spoken to Sue this afternoon and all sounds to have gone well. The culprit was the small throttle body hose which he has now replaced. The two hoses that are under the supercharger still have the labels on at the throttle body end and Andy is confident that they have been replaced in the not too distant past. Interestingly, people always mention the 'valley pipe' (singular) but as far as I can see, there are two coolant pipes that run down the 'V' of the engine block ? He has also replaced the radiator top and bottom hoses with the new ones that I supplied plus replaced the thermostat as a precaution. I have already fitted a new expansion tank cap. Whilst he had the car, he has also fitted the EBC 'yellowstuff' rear brake pads and the new fuel filter. Throttle body has been cleaned as well. Looking forward to collecting it on Wednesday and confirming that the problems have been sorted.