Martin Rawson

74k miles 2nd owner after the supplying dealer. Previously registered in Eire now with private plate, the lady I purchased from had spent a lot of money on this car from cam chains & tensioner upgrades to a new gearbox.. Full Jaguar paint protection on car( and it shows),Ice Blue with lovely grey interior. Roof liner replaced and driver seat bolster repaired when I purchased the car in 2021,also for peace of mind had compression tests done and all in spec. Plenty of service history, fault codes in my ownership which there has only been two, have been cleared by Independant Jag specialist. The ABS was cleared and Traction Control which was a failed sensor, none since. Last MOT no advisories A lovely genuine car, always garaged absolutely no rust. Quick sale needed, so If you want my Jag, please get in touch. Offers iro £6k, If I've overpriced tell me. Located in sunny Teesside Martin 07806807776, 01642 648735 to leave a message.

Finally, after a few months of looking I picked up my xk8 yesterday. I have now got a pretty nice example, 69k miles, two previous owners, the last one for 20years. FJSH Headline replaced, car serviced and some cosmetics sorted by previous owner after I had the compression checked as orig. Nikasil engine. Tensioners upgrade was done at 56k and gearbox changed at same time ouch!. I payed for seat bolster repair on drivers side. No real corrosion issues in bodywork, time will tell on that. Paint is ice blue metallic and has the grey leather interior which compliments it nicely. What a car, drives brilliantly. Why did I wait so long to buy one of these..... P.S anyone point me to an online parts catalogue /

Players these days wouldn't know what a 1 Iron is, let alone be able to use one.

In the process of purchasing a 1997 XK8 with 69k miles on the clock. FJSH. On the receipts for service work noticed that the cam chain and tensioners were changed at 56k miles, The work was carried out in November 2005. My question to the group is which type of tensioners were fitted part numbers C26A08, 09, 10. Are these the later steel bodied tensioners or the upgraded plastic types. Who can tell me? I've heard the engine start up and running from stone cold and it is very quiet, in fact the guy who was doing the headlining where I viewed the car owns an x100 and he commented on how quiet it was. Credit to the guy, he went round round the car with me and commented apart from some obvious paint issues which have been addressed by the owner that it is a very tidy car and a good buy. Pick up the car on Saturday subject to a healthy compression test and service later this week. Will it be a cover off and check when the snows come? Thanks in anticipation, Martin

Old Peter, well I do remember my family home as a child was in Durham and I know a certain political party started to shift county boundaries about and introduce new 'unitary authorities' here abouts. Such that Yorkshireman suddenly found themselves living somewhere else! However I will look into this some more :-) Back to cars, I can see the Jag need a lot of TLC as they deserve. I have a CTEK batttery charger/maintainer also the older Optimate11.

Hi Leo, thanks for that. I am aware of some of the corrosion issues and will be viewing on a ramp. I've read about cam chain tensioners and issues with early 4litre Nickasil engines but hopefully this will not be an issue with a post 1999 build date. Battery draining , uneven tyre wear pointing to other issues etc. I actually live in Eaglescliffe, Preston-on-Tees parish close to Preston Park. Once in the county of Durham, then Teesside followed by Cleveland and now Stockton-on-Tees! Admin please note Stockton-on-Tees is not a county option so I am going back to my roots 😉. The last time I was in a Jag was as a teenager, my Dad had an XJ6 2.8 gorgeous but a rust bucket!

Well I've signed up for a two year membership today, nothing unusual in that you say. But I thought it would be a good investment, as soon I hope to be purchasing a XK8 2000 model. Cabriolet or Coupe I have not yet decided, but it will happen in the next few weeks if it feels right. Inspection first and test drive, followed by a trawl through the history, MOT's etc. Pointers please on what to look for would be appreciated. What did you consider and look for when buying. What recalls were made on these cars and what for? One has 55k the other 70k but appreciated that is not the whole story. I have had an engineering background in maintenance supervision in my past and understand the importance of maintenance regimes. You see my experience is really on two wheels,, restoring, rebuilding and riding. Cars for me were just a means to get from A-B and tried to kid myself that I didn't need anything other than the family car. I've had very reliable cars in the last 30 years all Japanese ,last 4 being HXXXA JXXZ it's SWMBO's car, replaced every three years. Never any trouble, the odd cheapo second hand cars to use as a utility for a few specific jobs and never really had any issues with them apart from discovering the odd thing that was missed or should have been picked up on the last service. So can I expect the same from the Jag or will I be in for a rude awakening? I am prepared to get an independent experts view but not sure how to go about seeking that sort of help. Looking forward from hearing your thoughts guys & gals?