Hi everybody on this forum,
I am Martin Briand, Yacht captain by profession down here in Miami USA during the winter and back to cold Canada (Montreal) during the summer time.
I purchase (very low price) that beautiful 1998 Jaguar XK8 that I was dreaming about for years as my own gift for my 50th birthday in may 2013 (a few weeks late of my march 2nd birthday) and love that machine ever since (even if I put a lot of money into her to keep her running great)

Will try to contribute to this forum to learn and give advice on repair and parts searching...

Regards

 

Hello, Martin,
What a beautiful car! It almost makes me miss my roadster.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Welcome to the forum Martin,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

Follow this link XK8 / XKR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the XK8/XKR forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

Please remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User CP button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

You can also visit the USA Lower Atlantic Region forum by following this link USA Lower Atlantic - NC SC FL GA - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum and this one to the Canada Region Canada - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to find other members in your two regions.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Stunning photo Martin. Congratulations on your 'present'

Welcome to Jaguar Forum

Enjoy!

 

Welcome to the forum, I wish I could be that gererous to myself on my 50th.
Not looking likely at the moment.

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Martin,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
If you need help with getting around and using the forum follow this link for some help Forum Help

 

Thanks everyone for the nice welcoming!
I did not pay much for this car at purchase but spend over 10K USD in repairs and upgrades such as :
Transmission, window regulators, tires, booth cover, paint, fog lamp, AC compressor, battery, rear view mirror, stereo antenna and front wheels bearings for now (that enough).

 

Hi and welcome aboard, its good to have you here with us here at Jaguarforums

Any useful site information you may need such as how to post pictures, edit signatures, add videos, using the
search facility etc, can be found here within the following link Using JF "How To"

There are lots of members local to you with the same interests with info on local dealers and possible meets.
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I've manually upgraded you to Full forum access so you can better view the site and all its features.

 

I also just replaced the front fenders side badges with the European flashing side lamps...looks great.

 

Nice looking car! Welcome to the forums.

 

........... and an excellent safety feature.. I can never understand why USA vehicle spec doesn't require this.

Graham

 

I vaguely remember my 50th.