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trevor, my intention was to put the jag into hibernation over the winter. use betsy the gm car thats why i bought it. keep the jag for the weekends , holidays ect. the trickle charger was just to keep the battery in good nic, i am also looking for a good car cover that i can buy for it as santa wont bring me one .i will have to buy that to.i like going into aldi to look at the junk (bits&bobs they sell) they have 2 stores in town. dont like lidl. HM likes the heated seats i dont like them, in the past i only put them on to no1 just to take the cold from it for a wee min then switch it off.. charlie

its nearly that time off year again folks, love it or loath it, my old hen s clucking away about what to get for so&so at great expense . and if im lucky i will get the usual stinking aftershave (that i pour on the weeds) socks&hankies that i dont want. so what is santa bringing you. charlie :)

on the plus side, i did manage to get a trickle charger from aldi 2nite for£14 charlie

trevor , its my own fault for getting the basic model. no heated seats or parking sensors or folding mirrors camera ect. only wanted a wee motor to do the shopping in. trevor mercs are good. i had a mondeo estate many moons ago it was ok. you could have bought a house with the money youve spent on cars, get an old classic merc 70s or 80s no repeat no computers or sensors. charlie

peter, tow bar would not have helped this time . its was the back bumper passenger side right at the corner. but know what you mean thanks charlie

well ther you go chaps. whent out to glasgow vauxhall dealership this afternoon to pick up the insignia 10mths old . it was in coz i had noticed the steering fluid turning a milky pink colour . was booked in on tue morning but had taken it in on mon evening as HM does not like driving at busy times. any way they had changed the steering pump&pulley. and it got a software update to. they also gave it a health check. service guy was very nice told me to bring it back in to them in 2-3mnths and they will give it another check over all done under warranty. i was impressed. got into the car and promptly reversed into a wall behind me. eh lucky white heather. badly scratched, so ive a job to do in the better weather lol charlie

trevor, oldest son asked me last week. if i am planning to get an f type. i said to him NO there are to many issues with them!!!! and jaguar relations team are useless. prob go for the tarted up vw. charlie

trevor the other thing getting replaced today is a pulley dont know were . i got jaguar customer relations involved when 3parking sensors went 1after the other, but to be fair the dealership fixed it . but jaguar were useless waste of space really. charlie

trevor we are coming to cornwall next year . its a bit of a drive down but were up for it. charlie

trevor forgot to add. now a days i think its just pot luck, what you get when you buy a car, wither its bmw, mercades, audi OR JAGUAR its a lottery mate believe me. some is cheap junk others are more expensive junk. charlie

trevor. they phoned me this afternoon to say they have replaced the pump done the upgrade but need some other part that wont be fitted till 2mora.(girl told me now i cant remember old age eh) but insaying that yes its not a jaguar. but then again after the issues that yourself & remember that guy tony from a couple of weeks ago that we dont here off any more, who had bought the f type and had BIG PROBLEMS with it. what car is????????? charlie

peter. used to have an old tv like that. you had to give it a good hit on the side off it to get a reception, lol wel we took the vauxhall into glasgow vauxhall main dealers yesterday to check the power steering . fluid was milky. just had a txt from them to say the steering pump is defective and will be replaced under warranty also a software update to be carried out aswell. all in a car thats only 10mths old ???? eh charlie

tom i do have a set of winter tyres for the xk, but its away to its bed for the winter lol. aye a nice wee day oot in the spring would foot the bill. i hate the winter every things cold&wet. love the spring nice sunny days ect. keep me informed of any plans ect cheers charlie

hi liam, ive had 3 mercs and the wife 1. yes ther really good, hope thats the end to your jaguar probs. all the best charlie

welcome to the club mark, yes you will get tips&advice here, enjoy the jag. charlie

ive got an old tin plate add for jag e-type on front of my hut showing e-type with the words grace space pace on it :D charlie

tom some where nice. perhaps a day oot in kendal in the spring or a wee run tae newcastle through the borders ect. leave it with you. last trip was really good would like another day oot in the spring if your up for it. charlie

tom any more days outs planned. charlie :P

keith, sure its not an xk you have lol charlie

hi was on ebay mucking about again. pop up apeared jag xk 4.2 o8plate harwoods jaguar 63,000 mls . £22.990. clicked on it its blue black leather. nice car but mines a lot nicer with 52,000 mls any way they have an oline valuaton. so out of being noisey i typed in my reg and milage. results WOW THEY OFFERD ME £15grand for mine what????? the gready b######## im not selling mine but it just shows you how mutch these stealing b##### make tenner of 8grand come on .charlie

kenny. in the xk between the back so called pasengers seats is a leather panel, that slides up and out inside their is a fuse box. thats were fuse 19&4 are. but dont know if you have it. charlie

hi jim welcome to the club, glad your enjoying the jag. like the blue. charlie

good man cliff. all you need to do is sit it on your seat when you park up. charlie

peter. i had put the jag into hibernation for the winter, bought a trickle charge thingie off ebay keep the battery in good nick over the winter.was out side yesterday checking over the vauxhall daily runner giving it a winter check over. noticed that the power steering fluid was a milky red colour. said to my mate (garage owner) he says thats emulsifonation and to take it into them seemingly very common problem with the insignia. so have booked it in for tue next week. its only 10mts old, so jags back out. charlie

hi clive and welcome to the club. i think you done the right thing buying a new battery, as your car is now 5yrs old. mines 6. and i bought a new bosch battery for it in april. 1stly can i ask were you bought it from. 2ndly have you tested it. i would buy a tester meter from any car place test the voltage. could be its been sitting on the shelf that long and went flat. just a thought. 3rdly if you know a friendly indy mecanic with a diaognostic machine get them to stick it on the car see what it picks up. but i know if you have dissconected the old battery and then reconected the new one. you will have to adjust all the settings. when i installed mine i used jump leads to both batteries so that no connections were lost. its worth testing your new battery before it goes in to main dealer costs ect ect. but in the end they should fix the probs. charlie