Greetings,
I'm the newest owner of what's probably best described as a driveable project. This XK8 has 99K miles on it and was rescued from a salvage auction by a previous owner a few years back. The only damage was a rear fender which was restored. We bought the car in Flordia a couple of weeks ago and drove it back to Wisconsin - top down, air on all the way. It's a great grand touring car.

There are several ongoing issues with the car, the most pressing is an O2 sensor which needs replacing in the next week or so to keep the registration valid. My plan is to get past the emissions check and gradually clean up the remaining issues to make the car a nice weather top down driver.

About me: I am a long time car geek and autocrosser/time trialer. Owned two MK2s back in the 80s (not including the parts car) and didn't manage to get either on the road before the money ran out. This is my third attempt at Jaguar ownership - at least I have a running car to start with this go-around.

 

Welcome to the forums jwagner,

With a 1200 mile drive home completed that already puts the XK8 a long way ahead of the MK2's.

Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk8-xkr-x100-17/ to the XK8/XKR forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues. You can also use the US Midwest Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-midwest-39/ to find other members in your region.

Please read the guidance for new members ( https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/n...ned-up-241802/ ) which answers many of the most frequent questions about getting started.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

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Graham

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!

 

Hello,
Congratulations on your new Jaguar XK8 Convertible!
And, Good On Ya driving it home Top Down as it was meant to be!
I decided some time ago that an Xk8 convertible would be my Next Jaguar.

Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Thanks all for the welcomes. I'm glad to be on this forum, it's been a great resource already. Spent most of the night trying to free the bank 1 upstream O2 sensor, uttering many non-printable words. The sensor won - it's time to find an independent shop that will work with me.

 

Welcome to the Forums.

A running Jag is ALWAYS a bonus.

Well done on the road trip.

 

Welcome aboard.

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums jwagner,

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

 

Welcome to the forum, a I suggest to check youtube video (Secret of Xk8) 83 episode of good info.