Hello all, I'm new to the forum. Although not new the the jaguar ownership. I have myself a 1998 jaguar xj8. I acquired it from my dad as a gift for graduating from highschool, and being accepted into depaul university. I mention this because I am one of the very, very few in my immediate family of whom have managed to do so. Although it wasn't a complete gift, my father had managed to pay off at least 60-70% of the vehicle when he offered me the challenge before he went in and traded it off for a newer tahoe or yukon; for he is into larger trucks and vans. He only bought the car because it caught his eye. But he never managed to get comfortable in it as I have been the one who bugged him to use it more so than he did. I was away for work purposes for approximately 4-5 years, only two years after having had acquired it. Since then it has been in storage in my garage and has been ever so slightly damaged by my older sister and cousins. Custom car cover has been removed and so on and so forth. I am here to gain knowledge as to how to bring it back up to the state I had left it in upon departure. I hope to use helpful tips as how to meet my goal. I have browsed thru some of the postings by many other members and was pleased to read that that there is and abundant amount of users who are extremely helpful. I look forward to gain and use this knowledge that I know I will receive towards my journey into reviving my oh so loved 1998 Jaguar XJ8.

 

Bigz welcome to the forums! Nice story you have, except of course about the sister and cousins , but as you mentioned there are alot of knowledgable guys guys here that are willing to help in many many ways.

Post up some pics when you get a chance, and drop one of yourself in the Mug Shots!

 

Thank you for the warm welcome Joyce. Yes it's sad the actions my family took upon my xj8, but now I'm back and she(xj8) is all mine to play with and bring back to life!!! :-D I will try to post up some mugshots and car pics soon!!!

 

Welcome to the forum Bigz, look forward to the pics. If you have paint problems, head on over to the Detailing section, you'll get some great advice.

 

Welcome to the forum,

Those sisters and cousins can be a pain can't they?

 

Thanks for the welcome to the forum translator. I will be looking into that section as soon as I get her up and running.

 

Thanks norri, and yes they can be a pain. It is as they say, "what didn't cost you anything, you could care less for, but what u worked hard for, even the slightest scuff mark will feel as though u just wrecked your car." so could you imagine what I felt when I saw the condition of my car when I returned???

 

Hi there Bigz and welcome aboard, good to have you here as part of the forum

sounds like you really love this vehicle and will lavish attention on her....hope we can help with any issues you might have

Loads going on, plenty of very friendly and helpful members as well as some excellent tech advice......all good!
In the meantime I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site

 

Hello and welcome to jaguarforums.com.

Oh one other thing you need to put your car details in your signature. I am speaking of the Year, Make & Model. Without it you may not get the input you are looking for.

Please take a moment and read the information provided to you explaining the rules. Be patient and enjoy the site.