I am a published poet, writer, artist (ceramics, Chinese brush painting, crochet, rare jams, photography, vintage fashion, gardening, rock tumbling, decorating), and botanically interested nature explorer and traveler. I live in a cottage in a historic neighborhood with a mini French castle, two Victorians and a farmhouse with a little donkey. I have nine rosebushes. I live with the man I like best in the world, who is a well known surrealist, and does beautiful sculpting and art carpentry as well, but who works by day at a college, managing a department. We live very simply. I am the mother of four sons, the oldest 17, the youngest 5.

I love people, and have friends around the world who follow my poetry online, or my husband's painting via Facebook, or both. I am hoping we will be able to see them all in time, but this year we are going to the Bahamas, Cozumel and Grand Cayman to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.

I finally got my dream car- a 2001 gold Jaguar XJ8. I have been working to get it going perfectly since its purchase some months ago. I posted a more complete version of its history and repairs in the forum for its year, along with some questions. I was lucky in that I was able to purchase directly from a European auto mechanic who bought it from a friend after the tensioners needed to be replaced and the engine rebuilt. He kept it for five years- it has had two owners before me.

It was in very decent shape, and had 131,000 miles on it, but with everything important already rebuilt, and I decided I liked it better than the other offerings. I have had some repairs since I bought it, including leatherwork, the steering wheel locking mechanism, the passenger door lock actuator, and the replacement of a fob and key. The remaining other issues, including engine lugging at times, overheating at idle (as of two days ago), and a hard to determine bearing sound only there when it first starts for the day I am trying to figure out before we drive away to the ocean- what I don't want is to end up stranded on a roadtrip, because I have never taken this car on a roadtrip yet.

 

Welcome to the forum Lisa,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

I can see you've already found your way to the X308 forum so there's no need for a link to it from me. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information 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 US Southwest Region forum by following this link US Southwest - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forumto find other members in your region.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!

 

Welcome.

 

Welcome aboard.

 

Welcome to the forum

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Lisa,

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

 

Congratulations on realizing your dream of owning a Jaguar! May it give you many Tens of Thousands of miles of driving pleasure.

Of course, you'll have to get all that sorted out first, and I hope that goes well too.

Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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