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forgot to add my dad had many good cars rovers ect could only afford them as he had no bad habits he all ways wanted a jag it was his dream car

hope you can hold on to it and fix it up graham. they are nice cars, and I know what like it is to be nearly skint mate, I might kid the old tight gits on this site from time to time about that, but I don't forget wer I came from, my father wast a smoker or gambler nor a drinker just a postman, my mother was a cleaner had 2 kids me and my sister she was clever whent to uni works for the gov for 30 years due to retire as an accountant will get a good pension. me on the other hand had served my time in the building trade once my time was out I whent into partnership with a guy I used to work with buy this time I am married to wife no1(a nurse from a well off family 2 kids later and after suffering years of hardship she kicked me out. took the house the kids the lot, it took me 10 years to get myself toghether and start again. met a beautiful lady whom became wife no2 (wish I had met her in the first place I would have more than sugar lol) set up my own again with a good like mineded guy like me and we ended up in partnership jointly owning a small building co after 20 years a good small business employing 35 workers , he took ill and my wife done the same not long after, we sold the business and have now retired, hence affording to buy good jaguar cars. life can be good but also hard

aye that's what to do mate, if your father in law wats to keep it but the sills are an mot fail best thing to do is to dump it sorry to say but its a money pit. atb charlie

ohh we live and learn, came close to buying a stype but seen the xk that was it love at first sight. dealer has my xk for sale in Edinburgh for 20k. giving it years warranty, its a very well look after car ,was polished every week cracking buy. goo on graham your only here once atb charlie

oh dennis I know the about this but my mind is blank just now , cant think wer I seen the remedy ect. is the altenator ok sorry spellings terr. but you get the picture, kennys prob the best man as hes an elec engine r sorry bud

glad to hear that graham, I am a bit slow at times pleaser tell what is a mongoose, I take it its a diagognostic machine of some sorts

they have members even in abeeerdeenn pentland jaguar Edinburgh whom I bought my xj from (john clark group) told me they are the biggest sellers of supercharged ftypes xj supersports and the new range rovers in the uk, as they all have the bp discount cards lucky bahhaa

more scots on them loads of days ott ect wae the jags

no kim. on here jaguars owners club if you opt for the premium membership you pay either £15 and get the stickers and all the discounts. if you opt for the £20 job they throw in a mug (not me sorry to say) or a tee shirt. but the jaguarforums.com or jaguarforums.uk are free to join so explore lol

kim you can allways go to jaguarforums.com plenty of us jocks on there, like here you will get loads of help and advice atb Charlie from bonnie airdrie

sorry kim I cant help but I am sure another s type owner will be able to help

hi Andrew, the sat nav in my old xk was useless the bmw x5 second gen car I had before the xk was the worst, mind blowing. along with the car total crap. lost 8and a half grand in 9 mths ownership in getting rid off it, now on a nice new xj , sat nav is great so simple. I bought a new garmin for the xk after going down to blackpool in it and that was a 57 plate. sat nav was dated so bought the garman which is now in my cupboard , out off 22 kitchen cupboards I have been allocated the smallest one for my bits &bobs buy swmbo

hi garry and welcome mate, plenty s types owners on here im sure one will pop up soon atb charlie

hi dave and welcome mate, I am sorry cant help you in this case but when you get to the bottom of it let us know

hi Pieter welcome mate, s-type 4ltr scarce car. think Kenny has given you good advice

I ask my son that question the other day as every time I turn the descktop on it has been poping up update to windows 10, son told me to check it out on youtube. will prob have a look at weekend

I replaced the sidelights on the xk I had just bought ultra bright led ones off ebay cant remember how much they cost , but looked great thou. but a bugger to get into , had to take the full headlight units out and but them back without scratching the car. very little room ect but word off warning. the blue tinge ones are a MOT fail.

hi chris personally I like autoglym ultimate wax & life time shine. to me looks better than the gardex treatment. done my oldest sons audi a7 black one looked stunning after a week of washing and polishing it, gave him the old xk 57 plate to run about in he loved it. the f-type is in my sights maybe next year or year after, like yours black looks fantastic. I had test drive in the 3l s. loved it but the wife whom is on medication has ballooned to double her size and could get in, but nearly had to call the fire brigade to get her out lol so that was a no no but with the new pension laws ect I am only 58 wife is 54 could be a f-type in the driveway in the next year or 2 Charlie. ITS GOOD TO BE BACK

hi jim welcome. aye an xfr nice one, ive just got my second jag an xj love it. had the xk 4.2l before for 3years and loved the v8. looked at the xfr but were retired watching the pennies ect so I whent for the xj and am pleased. enjoy yours atb charlie

my father used to say if you don't like some one tell them to buy a motor. lol. ;)

B)when changing battery use set off jump leads connect the two battery s take the old one out put new one in that way you wont have to reset.

I tend to buy products from the net, and avoid spotty kids lol

hi paul in our wee small town we ave a Halfords. and we have a local car diy store called overdrive. Halfords is a big name store like argos ect. it tends to be full of wemen who don't know that they have to do checks on their car and don't seek help and no wer to turn till it breaks down hence the name halfrauds

hi david and welcome to the club. having been a member of the forums for a few years now. I can tell you theirs not much to look out for having just bought a xj myself ,trading in the xk model. my advice to you is try and buy an approved used they now offer 2 years warranty. peace of mind, thinks to look out for are the usual check service history and if it has main dealer stamps phone them ask what work has been done on the car ect take a photo off the vin no. and give that to them they will tell you millage and any problems that have been fixed ect , the early xj sufferd from sun roof problems ie corroision on the runners but recalls should have sorted that out. also when selection gear mode in drive watch out for a lurch when engaged. could signal gearbox prob. apart from that theirs not much to watch out for start the car up and after 5mins check the smoke from the tail pipes nothing dark should be present. and if you buy then change the battery . jaguars are like most European cars and can get small elec glitches. a new battery soon sorts them out. other wise its the finest car on the market better than audi (my oldest son has an A7 s-line quarto it has 4 wheel drive) holds the road like !Removed! on a wall. ut the xj is better looking ,faster, better inside ect 7 ser bmw again nice car but not as good as the jag, merc s-class a better car than the bmw but the audi beats it, and te xj beats them all. enjoy, JAGUARS MOTO. ITS GOOD TO BE BACK. charlie

hi chris. can you buy it and apply it yourself, what are costs ect, I had the gardex treatment done on my xj.