Hi all!

I live in Buffalo, NY and NYC. I am a shade-tree mechanic, and a huge VW fan. I drive a 2001 VW Passat turbo. My grandmother has a 2004 XJ8 for which I do much of the work.

My grandfather ordered the Jag in 2004 a little more than a year before he passed away. It is Topaz with a custom-ordered piping-less Warm Charcoal interior. Grandpa was a big fan of Jaguars. Back in the day he owned an XKE 2+2. The XKE was Blue and I think it was a series I. Grandpa always regretted selling it and bought the XK8 so that we would have another Jaguar in the family.

Dad and I just drove the Jag this weekend from Buffalo to NYC and back. It is an amazingly fun car to drive, but has a poorly-designed entertainment system and is even more high maintenance than my VW. I signed up here looking for some assistance working on the Jag. Thanks in advance!

 

oops! Meant to say XJ8. I have so much trouble remembering that. I came up with the mnemonic "XK is for coupe" but I still get it wrong sometimes.

 

Welcome to the forum,

You will find plenty of advice to keep your grandma's Jag happy.

 

Hello and welcome to jaguarforums.com. I know that you are anxious to get started and we are anxious to meet you and talk about your car. We have a baseline / criteria that must be met before full access can be granted. Please enjoy the forum and be patient once the baseline has been satisfied full access will be granted. Please continue to post and accept my welcome to the forum.

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.

 

Thank you, Gus.

Can you elaborate? I thought I provided that information as soon as I signed up. That information appears to me in all of my posts. Thanks!

 

Hmmm?? I thought XK meant "konvertible". (Just havin' some fun with ya.) Sounds like your grandpa was my kind of guy!

Regarding Gus's comment, he says that to pretty much all new joiners. You caught him off-guard. The vast majority of newbies do indeed require such admonition.

Welcome, and I think you'll find this forum a great place to hang out.

 

Oversight on my part!

 

No worries.

I've been using forums since back in the day. Before the internet came around we had bbs's that you could dial-up and post to. Now, I read and post to a handful of forums regularly, and installed / configured a forum for a friend using phpbb: http://www.dubcityutah.com/forum/

 

Hey sleepy, welcome aboard one of the friendliest sites around

Good to have you here with us

There's some great guys / techs here and always plenty going on, great info and usually plenty of banter.

I've manually upgaded you to full forum access so jump right in and enjoy

 

hey sent you pm- arranging a local buffalo jag meet - dave

 

Dave,

I actually just got an email from you via the forum in regards to this meet- can you send me an email when you have a moment? michael at detailwny dot com