Having entered my second week of Jaguar ownership, I think it's more than time to say hello - hopefully I won't need to bother any of you with maintenance or other problems!

Weekend before last I collected a 1998 XJR (picture attached, more to follow when I get around to taking some, or more accurately, when it stops raining), and made the 800km journey home, leaving around 3pm, and getting in just after midnight. I needed three stops, two for fuel, and one to fuel myself. The drive back home was a joy, and made me wonder why I didn't pick up one of these brilliant cars years ago. Although they aren't as cheap here as they are in the UK or USA, they are a true bargain when compared to other European sedans.

The car is stock, and in great order, and seems to be running perfectly. There are no flaws I've discovered in the past week and a half, although I did notice the headlining has dropped an inch or two directly above the rear passengers.

The XJR is currently fighting for garage space with a 1984 Citroen CX25IE Pallas, and a 1974 Rover P6B (3500S), which suffered a catastrophic failure of the passenger side wiper in pouring rain, so I now have two British V8s with one wiper each.

Anyway, as the title says, greetings from Australia (Canberra), and I look forward to hours of pouring over this forum (the iPod threads have already been thoroughly examined)!

Dave

 

Welcome to the forum Dave,

Good to have you with us.
That's a nice looking car.

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

 

Hey Dave n welcome aboard Jaguarforums, good to have you here with us ....
If you add your car details to your signature it will help others to help you much more quickly. Jump on into the relevant section and the guys will help, I'm sure!!!

I've added your pic into the body of your post so we can see it better.
Headliner - there's plenty of threads on that around which you will find useful.

There really are some amazing and friendly guys here....you're in really good company to discuss anything Jag related or even just to have a few laughs!

A really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun

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

 

Nice XJR. Welcome to the forum.

 

Thanks all, it's good to be here, and I'm already learning a stack of information!