Carole Simpson-Hadley

Good morning Nick (or ND, should you prefer!) In a nutshell, the so-called agreement which you have been asked/instructed to sign has no basis in law. In fact, the grammar is not even correct either. As stated above, you would effectively be signing away your warranty, such as it may be. It sounds unpleasant, but a well prepared Small Claims Court claim would quite likely scare them off. Good luck, but don't get involved with expensive lawyers....there's only one winner there! No apologies to any lawyers reading this. More importantly, enjoy the S-type!

Well said, Ron! If our X150 (or the S-type, or even the XJS took as long to stop as the aforementioned Morris Minor [although on MOH's speed awareness course, the Morris Minor had morphed into a Ford Anglia]) we should be having to take advantage of the extended warranties that we don't have. Parliament Square to Northolt was, in fact, after decimalisation......mid-90s to be precise......there's hairy. Yes, we both remember such events..........the conductor, we believe, is now out on remand after attempting to give us a thwupenny one, whereupon we got off at the next stop. Bostin! Right up there with the Black Country gentleman on our JLR Classic visit (complete with bobble hat) who, upon seeing a red Land-Rover with blue lights fitted, exclaimed "Is that one there a foir enjin?". Tarra Enoch As always, happy growling

Entirely agree with both R2E and Cubist.........MOH once had an extended warranty on a Rover 825 KV6; when the engine blew, the warranty proved to be worth as much as the Andrex it was printed on. By the way, we have lots of surplus spanners.............do we see a new business opportunity to launch in Porsche events........."Spanners R us". Probably go the same way as Toys R Us. By the way, ref another thread....MOH did once attend a speed awareness course (48 in a 40) a couple of years ago. Was definitely aware of being on the course. Found it rather quaint after a past life where speed was of the essence........Parliament Square to Northolt in 18 minutes, anyone?" As always, happy growling

Great set of photos, Joe. The rack storage looks different since we went on what was only the second JLR Classic tour last September; this is no doubt due to the fact that, then, almost the entire collection purchased from the dentist fellow was at JLR............all sorts of makes and models which were, largely, disposed of at the Brightwell's sale a short while ago, at Bicester. Good to see all those Jaguars/Daimlers and LR together.......somewhat mouth-watering isn't it?! We checked out the wallet and purse but sadly couldn't run to one of the XJ220s present! At the time of our visit the Iron Maiden XJ was still in bare metal and the identity of the owner was a definite secret. Once again, great photo show; no doubt the S-type V8 has received a good sparkling as a result? As always, happy growling

Have you looked at your V5 registration document?..........both the VIN number and engine number will appear on there. Often the simplest solution comes out on top! Good luck

Morning all (or afternoon or evening, or "what are you doing up at this time of night?!") Reference an earlier query which we raised about XJS tyres.........our newly acquired XJS sits on OE Pirelli P600 tyres, sized at 235/60 R15. These were the tyre originally specified by Jaguar and went on to end of production. They are now not always easily available, no longer produced, and run out at silly prices.......anything from £214 to almost £500 per tyre. We were advised by XJS Reborn that Falken ZE914 225/60 R15 were a far superior alternative, being a more modern assymetric tread pattern which actually puts more rubber on the road. We were a little concerned at the variation in rolling diameter (as the Falkens have a sidewall depth of 60% of 225mm (hence 225/60) whilst the Pirellis have 60% of 235); effect on speedo accuracy, auto change speeds and the cosmetic aspect of how they fill the wheel arches. **The formula for calculating rolling diameter variation puts the resulting figure (Falken ZE914 v Pirelli P600) at minus 1.9%.....this is within the acceptable variation of +/-2% and so all is well. The variation used to be +/-3% but that altered a while ago. Glad to report that the Falkens (having viewed them on a similar XJS) actually look better than the Pirellis, and at a unit price of around £95-100 (depending on where you buy) are far kinder to the little man who lives in the cupboard (aka the bank manager). With reference to the 225/60, these are also available in Continental. 235/60, as per the OE Pirellis, ARE available in budget ranges such as Saferich and the like, but they are not for us. Beware, also, of a tyre supplier who says there are other alternatives, as these are usually van tyres, which would fit, but would not have the correct speed rating and, therefore, could void any insurance claim. Reference our XJS, all the Pirelli OE tyres have plenty of tread and no visible cracking etc; however, examination of the date codes revealed that three of the tyres had 3 digit date codes which puts them at pre-2000. The O/S/R was, in fact, showing 242 which means week 24 1992 i.e. sometime in June 1992; our XJS left the line in September 1992 so that suggests that that tyre may have been the original spare which found its way onto the road possibly during the recommissioning, after 8 years in controlled storage, in 2017. We are not about to run around on 18+ year old rubber, so a set of 5 Falkens it is. Hopefully, this may help anyone who, similarly, finds that their older style tyres, whilst inferior old-style products, are also now about to break the bank. We should like to say "back to the Carnauba", but the weather is, well, wet wet and wet again....again! Never mind, happy growling

Manythanks, Dominic Our wheels are 15" running on 235/60R15 98W.....our XJS is a part facelift '92 (just prior to the plastic bumpers). We couldn't agree more with regard to the "only point of contact" principle, and we never skimp on tyres. There are some cheapo budget tyres out there but we wouldn't go anywhere near even with someone elses tyre lever! We shall have a look at the link and see what we come up with; the OE are, of course, the Pirelli P600 but they are no longer in production.....there are stocks around here and there, but always at a premium price of anything from £220 to £476 a throw! Again, many thanks and, as always, happy growling

Whilst we are enjoying fettling our newly acquired '92 XJS 4.0 facelift, we note that she sits on original type Pirelli P600 235/60 boots...........all XJS owners will know that these OE tyres are not easily available and come at a definite premium price. In the event that we eventually may need some new boots, it is noted that certain Jaguar specialists indicate that a suitable alternative (without going down the budget "visit the scenery" route) is the Falken ZE914 but in 225/60 size rather than original 235/60. Anybody had experience of fitting these and is there any discernible difference in appearance? More importantly, we might be a little concerned that the effective overall diameter (rim + tyre) would be reduced by 4.25%...outside of the normal allowable parameters and, potentially, resulting in an over-reading speedo and varied auto-change speeds. Info on any "hands-on" experiences would be welcome; naturally, if we went down this route we should have to change the complete car set. P.S. Don't fret, Ron.....we haven't forgotten to post a photo or three and will get round to that shortly! As always, happy growling

Hi Graham Our Jaguar tech says definitely DON'T try repairing...recipe for disaster! However, we live not far away from SNG Barratt (Bridgnorth) and use them for our XK, S-type & XJS............they are very helpful and very knowledgeable; also have a user friendly website. They are showing expansion tank at £102.34 inc VAT for VIN number up to 45254, and at £81 inc VAT for VIN number 45255 onwards. Suggest a call with your VIN number to hand! Good luck and, as always, happy growling

MOH and I say "heavens germergatroyd, what a reputation to have!!". Actually, reference I might consider retiring in 5 or 6 years time, I'm not really shy, but I can behave like a lady............not to mention, Ron, I appear to have mislaid my Concise Book of Epithets. Meanwhile... ...just to obtain maximum annoyance....we have now added a '92 XJS (named Purrrdy) to the stable, so there are 3 options to translate into not very long at all. Man (or should I say "person") the barricades. More about the XJS shortly, but the Practical Classics Restoration & Classic Show has a lot to answer for.!! Never mind, Ron, we promise not to epithet at you in Welsh...........there's lovely, isn't it, don't you, aren't we. As always, happy growling

Aha, Peter, perhaps we could find you some work on our horse-drawn hearse? Sure you would look splendid with your top-hat and tails bowling along at 10 mph!

Good morning Knut Are Now that's what should be called snow...proper job! We had a fraction of that last weekend and many places came to a halt (or didn't get going in the first place). With regard to the F-Pace (or E-Pace, or I-Pace) , we don't either, so we won't either. A Jaguar is a Jaguar, not a shopping/school run tool. Oops, bound to have upset somebody there. Look out for the !Removed! script. Hope all ends up well with the S; we are just about to put our '07 in for the sill covers to be removed for inspection, treatment etc. Prevention being better than cure. Better let you get back to the digging/vrooming, as always happy growling

Hello Hartley, any further info on the Mk2? Is it a runner? When you say you are looking for a XK, is that XK8 X100, XK X150 or an early XK120/140/150? We looked at a "restored" Mk2 at the last Jaguar Parts Day at Stoneleigh (October 2017) but it wasn't up to much. Our current stable is a '07 low miles XK X150, an S-type and we just sold an X308 XJ8. Happy growling

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

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

What do you reckon R2E??

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

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

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.

Thinking back many years, MOH says he did his Range Rover Vogue ('90 G plate) with waxoyl and put it on too thick. As a result, things did get worse............lesson learnt!!

Spot on Joe...............the place (near Witney....yes, we are happy to travel when we trust the service!) who did our XK's suspension mounting frames used a thin coat of Waxoyl and checked the various points where aluminium and steel are in contact. No issues at all. Although the XK lives in a Carcoon, we shall return in about 18 months for a remedial check, and so on going forward. We are very interested to see what happens with our S - it was, according to the 1st (and only other) owner, treated when it first went on the road in late '07 (it was a Jaguar Mayfair showroom car for a while). Fingers crossed!! We'll post some pics once the sill covers are off. Ron, we have enrolled you in spelling/predictive text classes. What a sillsy billsy you are. Go and polish your leaper as a punishment. As always, happy growling. P.S. We had great fun coming back from Witney on Friday, trying to keep ahead of the rain which loomed ominously in the rear-view mirrors. Just made it, although it was a close-run thing around Moreton-in-the-Marsh etc!!

Just a thought for all our XK X150 owners out there. Have you had your steel sub-frames treated? The X150 XK (Ian Callum designed) is of aluminium construction, unlike the X100 XK8 which is steel and has many hidden rust traps. However, the front and rear suspension mounting frames are painted steel, and they can rust. We are aware of a 2008 X150 where the entire front and rear sub-frames had rotted through. Whilst having a minor job attended to on our X150 this week, it was suggested that our sub-frames be treated with Waxoyl to guard against any potential corrosion. Now our X150 is 2007, has covered only 9500 miles from new (we bought it in April 2016), and lives in a Carcoon. We try not to go out when rain is threatened, but you do get caught out occasionally. We were delighted to discover that our subframes are near perfect, but we had them treated anyway. Our man said that the slightest chip or flake on the aforesaid sub-frames results in the paint lifting quite rapidly, so over time the rust could get a hold. We were also pleased to discover that all the various plastic-coated and paper labels underneath the car were still in place! Now we are all set for another coat of Carnauba! Happy growling **As a postscript, we have decided to return with our '07 S, whereupon our man will remove the sill covers and examine and treat the sills within. Prevention is better than cure, and, as Joe.dot.com says, relevant to the S-type............"Sills, sills, sills!"

We suppose a deceased estate could be an X-type station wagon with terminal DSG problems? On the topic of Muffin the Mule, we have consulted with the donkeys on Barry beach who reliably inform us that we should now realise why they always stand in a circle looking out, as is the case with the Welsh sheep, according to their spokesperson Shaun (Shaun the Sheep). Our case comes up next Wednesday. Mind how you go. Time for another Horlicks...yum yum.

Aaha Steve, we can often be seen plying the local bye-ways with our pointy hast, primarily because the aforementioned sandal-sporting, a.s scratching, spotty moronic jerk geek can't find us so easily on his Homeland security version of Google Earth, unlike when we sport our pointy hats. For info, the black pointy hat is part of the Welsh national costume.....it basically looks like a traffic cone finished in shiney black. Quite appropriate, really, as we use the black and white striped version to ensure that folk don't park up where the cortege needs to be. Claude is, of course, always close to hand armed with his bright red pencil and book of FPN tickets which happen to have a 10% off voucher on the reverse. We thought BOGOF offers were stretching it a bit?! On a different topic, we note that the lovely XK150 at today's Leominster sale went for a very reasonable £50K. It was part of a deceased estate; we think that if that were not the case, the selling price might have been considerably higher. Of the two Mk2s, one went for £17K whilst the other remained unsold. Ah well, off to the viewing room for another edition of "For the Love of Cars" and the evening Horlicks...................leave it. Should WE partake of a glass of the above mentioned JD, single malt etc., then we should be found prone on the lounge floor in the morning. No change there then. Sospan fach and yah booh sucks to Italy on Sunday.....what's occurring.