Time changes everything. Who would have guessed I'd get a jaguar sedan? The moon, stars, planets, zodiac, whatever, must have all lined up and in a moment I won an eBay auction for a 2005 S-type V8 with 89K miles. Maybe you saw it, the one with the guage problem. Speaking of that, I'll be posting in another section for thoughts on that matter.

I love cars, have road raced just a little, am a graduate of Skip Barber's 3 day racing school, and do almost all of my own matainence and repair. It will take me a little to get up to speed on the S-type, but I have a good start because I also own a 01 Lincoln LS and I understand some of the parts are interchangeable.

Look forward to communicating with you.

Joe
2005 S-Type V8

 

Hey Joe,

A Jag saloon is pretty sporty so you got both in one. Were you shopping specifically for an S-Type--if not how did you decide (was it the Lincoln connection?). Wondering whether you came across any manual-transmission S-Types in your search. There are some '03 V6 ones up here in Ontario.

 

Thanks for the reply,
Yes, for a sedan, this Type-S is quite sporty. Still.....
I knew I needed a sedan, that I wanted to drive something that I could be proud of, and one that was not so common. The S-type fits all of that. The Lincoln connection was just a bonus (well I see that way because of the familiarity, others might not want to acknowledge that relative.) My search was limited to vehicles that I could drive to pickup. No shipping or flying. No, I did not find any manual transmissions in my search.

BTW, according to carfax, my S-type spent its first year in Buffalo NY. Almost Canadian.

Joe
2005 S-type V8

 

Buffalo is close but gets more snow.

 

welcome aboard Joe, good to have you here with us

Glad you're excited about the car and really hope you enjoy the forum.

There are some great members here, top notch techs and laughs to be had......and we ALL love Jags so you're in good company.

I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site

 

Welcome to the forum Joe, hope you get her fixed soon.

 

Welcome to the forum Joe,

Was that the car some of the guys were looking at on the S section with the electrical gremlins?

 

Thanks everyone for making feel welcome. This may well have been the one they were referring to. I have posted in the S section with a title about erratic gauges. That post has had a couple of good replies which I plan to investigate this weekend.

Thanks for the upgrade,
Joe
2005 S-type V8

 

Welcome to the forum!