Steve

I managed to have an XKR with speed pack and black pack this morning for a bit of a test drive session and here is a short write up of my findings: It's hard not to notice the Jaguar XKR even when you are indoors and you hear the car pull into the car park. I never normally hear cars arrive outside my office, but this one vibrated the windows with it's rumbled tune. When you first cast eyes on this black beauty she looks a real beast of a car, certainly a head turner and could charm any bloke to stop what he is doing on the spot! It's presense is enormous! So, I had no choice but to get in and pop my bot on the spot and start her up. Something that was not expected was how loud the car is when you give the pedal a blip - so growly loud, it made a few colleagues who were admiringly standing by jump outta their skins. Of course all the guys got real excited over that and I was kinda drooling! My initial thought of the interior was quite good, looks well screwed together and a nice design. The only niggle with the interior was the air conditiing slightly whistles and the display controls were not very intuitive, so would take a bit of learning before getting used to it all. You can get away with the basic steering controls to get you by, but otherwise it would have been dangerous to try and control parts of the car using a touch screen alone. During my first test drive my thoughts was the power this car gives when you don't really need it. The car is capable of 0-60 in 4.8 seconds from it's 5.0 Supercharged V8 and with a slight touch of the throttle she drops down and the power is instant, and you kind of end up doing it by accident which could be quite hair raising in the wet. In a straight line she power ups seamlesly and because of the supercharger it doesn't kick you in the back, but smooth consistant power through the range. The drive and feel itself is quite good. The handling was tight, not much roll at all from hard cornering and a very comfortable position. The back seats have been proved worthless as you would struggle to fit any adult in the back comfortably even if they were a contortionist (an unfortunate colleague had to try it) and if you managed to get someone in, the front passenger would have no room whatseover. So with the slight fling I had with this car, I can say that she is an amazing machine and a sexy looking beast, a real head-turner... not sure I'd take her home for good though, my wife and neighbours would probably move out. But well done Jaguar for beautiful car and extraordinary car making! A short video of me powering up to 70

let us know if it works for you Eee

welcome to the Jaguar Owners Club David :)

Welcome to JOC Neil!

welcome to the Jaguar Owners Club :)

great lists there, keep them coming :D

sorry.. i re-read that question. It should be the base that is cooled as I think there is a fan inside the seat base.

Hi Mate Check this website http://www.opieoils.co.uk They are usually cheaper and have better oils than halfords.

You might need a new boss /hub adapter. Have your checked with the supplier? or check with a supplier?

Jaguar have got a lot better over the years :)

Motorway Speed Limit Set To Rise To 80mph, about time in my opinion… need to catch up to modern motoring. What do you think?

welcome to the Jaguar Owners Club I dont know for certain but i think it is only the front seats that cool.

This might be part of Jaguars mysterious electrical faults. Oh and by the way, Welcome to the Jaguar Owners Club :)

Welcome to the club Tracy I guess it is similar to when you press the brake pedal when the engine is off? The shuddering could be the ABS.. but it could be your brakes are locking on slightly and the disk is over heating, thus warping the disk. When this happens, pull over, get out and put your hands near the disks (don't touch them ) to see if there is a lot of heat, try all 4 and if only one is very hot then you could have sticky brake caliper, worn/ceized sliders But to be honest, you should seek advice from a specialist.

Do you think the Pass Plus should be obligatory for all young drivers? Do you think it would make a difference?

Hi Darren Sorry to hear about your dad! Good move on the Jag though, when you get chance post a pic up of your new Jag.. we love pictures :)

Hi Ian We have held a factory tour a few months ago, we shall be holding another soon (announcement to be made) As we are still quite new we are still trying to build up the community and we are looking to hold a few meets. Do you have any suggestions of locations?? maybe a pub lunch meet?

A BIG welcome to BigAL who has joined the Jaguar Owners Club Team. BigAl will be helping the club develop it's community over the coming months and help make it a cool club for all things Jaguar. We have many ideas in the pipeline so watch this space :) If you would like to help the team and contribute ideas, information or simply help moderate then please let message me or BigAl

Let us know how you get on George :)

Welcome to the jaguar owners club Neil May I ask how you found us?

what about classic insurance? they have limited milage but could be perfect for you. be wary of supermarket insurance, they hammer you for voluntary and compulsary excess to make the policy seem cheaper.

thats crazy, you do not hear these noises in cheap cars so why should it be in a luxury brand! Have you tried test driving another to see if you get the same noise?

we defo need to convert the lurkers.. we get a lot of them :)