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Hi pjacksat55 That link you gave just takes you to satnavi.com where I bought mine from but thanks anyway. Colin

Hi Dave My Grandad was going to emigrate to Australia. Got as far as Barking, met and married my grandmother, had 4 kids, one being my mother who married my dad, a cockney and the rest is history. Incidently, the first car I remember my dad having in the late 40's early 50's was a Lanchester. A mark I believed that is owned by Jaguar! Colin

Dave I hope your not going to make 3316 posts! Do however look forward to seeing a few How to posts. :) Colin

Hi Dave This post has definitely gone off topic! Glad to see you have a sense of humour with the Grants paste, but as for the Bushmills, that's an Irish whiskey. I'm a Scotch whiskey man, probably something to do with having a Scottish grandpappy! I see my latest contribution, "Recommended independent garages" has been given the seal of approval and 'Pinned' what ever that means. Enjoy your Bushmills as I enjoy my wallpaper paste! Colin

Hi Dave I'm so pleased I made you a happy bunny. So is the CD any good? Colin

Hi all How about setting up a list of recommended independent garages up and down the country. I recommend:- E & E Services MK Ltd, 114 Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes. Colin Note:- E & E Services are now at 38 Tanners Drive.

Hi Dave If my memory serves me right and at times it forgets to serve, I'm on my 10th auto so think I can say I have some experience of them. Compared to my first auto which was a Ford Corsair 2.0 L V4 with 3 speed box the Jag is like having 2 boxes, being a 6 speed! Had a couple of part time jobs as a driver for a Toyota dealer & then an Alpha Romeo dealer. <_< How I hated the manual cars. Forever stalling them! :( Multi mode are the worst. You either drive them as a manual but without a clutch (pointless) or put the lever in M but to get it to change you have to lift your foot of the throttle then push down again, as if your driving a manual but without depressing the clutch and shifting the lever (even more pointless). :o The Toyota Prius was nice to drive but not a nice looking car, but then I don't think any Toyotas are apart from the Land Cruisers. Alfa Romeos are well without being totally rude, crap! On that note I think it's time for a night cap. Shall I have a nice single malt from our virtual pub or a Grants that my daughter in law bought for wallpapering her bedroom! Decisions decisions I noticed this post has gained a Hot flag. I dread to think what will follow if we keep it going. Colin

Hi Dave 28 - 30 mpg from a 4.2L V8. Sounds good to me. Is it auto or manual? :o I thought 34 was pretty good from my 2.7L V6. That's on a long run which I don't do often so my average is about 30. My previous car, a Chrysler Sebring also had a 2.7L V6 but petrol and I only managed a maximum 27mpg. Average 24mpg. I think that is about normal from what I've heard and a friend at the JDC used to have one but never achieved 30! :) Jaguar if I remember rated 38 but then manufacturers always get more than can be achieved in real life. Colin

Hi Dave MPG, well that depends. If I drive it like a young un then down to about 25 but if I stick to being a sedate old man & pensioner then can get up to 34. :) Although better mpg than you get, I do pay more per gallon for diesel. Right, my round. What you having? By the way I live in Leighton Buzzard. :( Colin :o

This virtual pub is really nice Dave. Lovely ambience and great beers. I'll have spitfire please! OK so yours is bigger than mine! Engine that is! I'll just watch as you leave me in the dust. Are you anywhere near Ross-on-Why? We've got friends there though not Jag folk but then not everyone is perfect. Talk later Colin

Hi Garry 5th August is the Jaguar Drivers Club National Day at Rockingham Castle, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. LE16 8TH Featuring the 21st Anniversary of the XJ220, 50th Anniversary of the Daimler V8 Saloons, 30th Anniversary of the XJS Cabriolet, 80th Anniversary of SS 1 & 11 & 90th Anniversary of Jaguar. 12th August is the Woburn Festival of Transport, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. All types of vehicles and the Jaguar Drivers Club Bedfordshire area will have a marque and members cars (including mine) on display. Bit of a trek from Derbyshire but pop in and say hello if you do come, and anyone else who reads this.

I just bought one for my S-Type. Works a treat. No more driving across fields as new roads have been added. Well worth £35. :D

Hi Jeff Did you ever find a workshop manual. Stumbled on this on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-S-TYPE-WORKSHOP-SERVICE-REPAIR-MANUAL-X200-2003-2008-/160782338659?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D120936779748%26ps%3D54#ht_6421wt_1058 Colin

The thirteen cars I've owned since 1967 (√= from new) Morris 1100 Manual Vauxhall Viva (HB) 1500 Manual Ford Corsair 2000 Auto Loved it Vauxhall Victor FB 2300 Auto Loved it AMC Hornet 3200 Auto American car Ford Maverick 3100 Auto American car Loved it Rambler Rebel 3000 Auto Australian car Loved it Rover 216 Vanden Plas Auto Loved it FSO 1200 manual 'orrible motor! √ Chrysler Neon 2000 Auto Loved it √ Chrysler Neon 2000 Auto √ Chrysler Sebring 2700 convertible (LHD) Loved it √ Jaguar S-Type 2.7L twin turbo diesel love it Colin

Can this website be made iPhone friendly. Trying to read post on an iPhone is impossible as the text area background displays black and the text is black so all you see are any smileys that have been added. Have tried using Google Chrome and a couple of other browsers for iPhone but they display the same. I'm not lucky enough to have an iPad so don't know how they display. It's fine on my MacBook Pro though I don't like the composing box black text area with white text. Colin

Hi Dave So if we were in a pub & made friends, mine's a pint. Cheers!!! Darn it, didn't win the lottery! :( Yes I would trust my wife in an XKR! After 42 years I've learnt that she can drive quite well.! My S-Type Born 19 December 2005 classed as a 2006 model. 2.7L twin turbo diesel. Purchased by yours truly in July 2008 from a dealer with 28,000 on the clock. It gets through rear parking sensors at the rate of one a year, but when the sun shines they work! Filler door catch broken so held shut with a rubber band! Radio comes on, goes off, comes on for about the first 2 or 3 minutes after start up. Often tells me no telephone equipment fitted. Have to stop, switch ignition off then on again to get it to work. Driver air bag light flashes on & off for a bit then stays on. Apart from that little list of niggles, it did once throw up an error and go into restricted mode (30mph max) but cleared itself upon restart. A couple of years ago got stuck on a hill in snow, managed to get going and slithered up the hill with a 'Park Brake error' warning. Next time I went to use car it started fine but Shift lever wouldn't budge. Long story but got the car transported home (Green Flag) :( . Phoned my independed garage chaps in Milton Keynes. Guy came out New Years Eve about 6pm (about 16 miles to my place), plugged laptop in and cleared alarms. No charge! :D When I took some wine over later in the week he told we Jaguar had a software update and next time I borough it in he would get it done. it stops the shift lever locking in park & puts the vehicle in restricted mode. So that's my car for you. Oh yes I love it. It's my first Jag & yes is classed as an old mans car but I am 66 so guess I'm well suited to it. Colin B)

Hi Gerry Why would you want to shift into neutral and free wheel? The idea of an auto shift is to shove it drive and only shift into reverse for going backwards or into park at the end of the journey to lock the drive & stop the car rolling away. Neutral to me is that space between R & D, not to loiter in! Colin

Hi Dave Thought I'd do a name change ready for winning the lottery tomorrow & buying a brand new XJ & XK-R & one for the wife!!!!!!!!!!! Hey I can dream can't I? -_- I guess as this club is just basically a forum it does't cost much to run & the advertising pays for the website maintenance. It claims to be site for making friends so can we be classed as friends? It's been nice chatting to you, especially a fellow S-type owner. How do you like your car? Keep getting electrical problems on mine. Nothing that stops it running though. Colin

Hi Dave I've no idea why there are different clubs. I guess groups of guys got together and formed them. Unlike this free club, you have to pay a membership fee to belong to the others. By the way there is also the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club and the E-Type Enthusiasts. These are clubs I know of and there may be more! Colin S-jaglover

Hi Dave Oops, forgot to put the date of the JDC National day. August 5th 2012. S-jaglover

Hi Dave I think you may be muddling two Jaguar clubs. Area 17 is a division of the Jaguar DRIVERS Club (JDC). http://jaguardriver.co.uk/html/index.html whereas this is the Jaguar OWNERS Club. Area 34 of the JDC is for Hereford & Worcester. Incidentally, it's the Jaguar Drivers Club National Day at Rockingham Castle, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. LE16 8TH Featuring the 21st Anniversary of the XJ220, 50th Anniversary of the Daimler V8 Saloons, 30th Anniversary of the XJS Cabriolet, 80th Anniversary of SS 1 & 11 & 90th Anniversary of Jaguar. S-jaglover

Monday evening 9th July the Jaguar Drivers Club, Area 17 (Bedfordshire) of which I am a member, arranged a visit to Dave Davenport Cars, New Farm, Tetworth, Sandy, Bedfordshire. Dave collects restores & sells old Jaguars and a few other marks. First he showed us his three traction engines & explained what work he had done to get them up and running. Next shed was full of cars in various states of neglect, disrepair and most were unrecognisable. A lot were cars he had acquired from people who thought they could rebuild one but after several years had lost interest. There were tractors, lawn mower, even an old industrial Singer sewing machine! We were then taken to the workshop where 5 or 6 'SS' Jaguars in various stages of rebuild. From a chassis, through to almost complete. The finishing shed had some real beauties. A beautiful 1947 Mk 4 which cost £750 new, now worth £85,000! He has several sheds, all under temperature control with a mixture of cars. A beautiful Pontiac Parisienne if your into American cars. A caravan that goes with one of the traction engines, currently being refitted and several other cars A thoroughly interesting visit which wound up in the Coach House in Potton for snacks and beverages. See Dave's website http://www.davenportcars.co.uk/

What tyres are on it? If they're the 'run flat' type then even with a puncture you can drive to a tyre centre to get it fixed. If they're not then you have every justification to be nervous!

I don't know about Xk's but have had that warning on my S Type a couple of times. The display alternates between the fault and Restrictive Performance which restricts the car to a maximum 30 mph. First time, can't remember the fault but it cleared after restart. Second time the fault display stated Hand Brake Failure. The nice guy who services the car came to my home, plugged in a lap top and cleared the alarms. He didn't charge me! Suggest you go to a dealer or someone who can do a diagnostic software check. B)

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