Hello all, I just recently purchased a 1998 XK8. After reviewing a lot on this forum I decided to purchase it. It has 135k miles on it, however the transmission was rebuilt 15k miles ago, and the drive belts were replaced back in 03 to the upgraded ones. The car is in prestine mechanical condition however has a few flaws cosmetically (but nothing major). I am currently stationed in Jacksonville, FL. I am hoping to learn a lot from you all and this site. Cheers!

 

Welcome to the forum,

Good to hear you did the research before making the purchase and got an XK8 with two of the major weaknesses already sorted.
Graham

 

Welcome to the forum,

Good to have you with us.
Sounds like you did the homework. Any pics?

You should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

 

Hi Morrison, welcome to the forum. +1 on the above comments on doing your homework first! But number one on your list should be to check the condition of your secondary tensioners, there are many examples here of members suffering unpleasant surprises, or congratulating themselves on finding themselves close to the edge when they performed their own checks. You want to be in the latter group

I also bought my first Jag just a year ago, and have learned so much from the members of this forum. There are a great many knowledgeable members contributing on the XK8/XKR section. Look forward to hearing more from you there.

Steve

 

Thank you all! Good piece of advice for the secondary tensioners!! After checking those of course the owner before me did neglect the interior a little..so I need a lot of cleaning..and the leather is wearing fading on the steering wheel...so a some cosmetic work to do and it should look nice...

 

welcome to Jaguarforums, good to have you here with us congrats on the car and hope we can help you get it the way you want it to be....

If you add your car details to your signature it will help others to help you much more quickly.

A really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun

In the meantime I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the whole site and all its features.
so jump on in and enjoy

 

Welcome Morrisonmj! I am relatively new to the forum as well. Bought my 2002 x-type on 3/11/12. This is a great forum. Members are very supportive and you will learn alot.

 

Welcome to the forum.

Good to see you.