Hi all,

I'm an Irishman living in Abu dhabi and I've just taken my first tentative steps into the daunting world of jaguar ownership with a sky blue 2004 3lt s-type with 140km on it and in good enough shape ( well to my uninformed eyes, touchwood ,). Main reason for buying it is probably similar to that many expats in the gulf ....buying a motor you're never realistically be able to afford at home !

It's a joy to drive and looking forward to a fun relationship with this motor ( god, my wfe will be getting jealous now!)

Great too see such a strong community here.

Any advice for first time buyers of old jags?

 

Welcome to the forum Gareth,

Congratulations on the S-Type.

The best place to start is finding out what to look for and known weaknesses. Follow this link S-Type / S type R Supercharged V8 - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the S-Type section for help, advice. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top has much useful information.

Remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User ID button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

Enjoy the forum.

Graham

 

Hi Gareth and welcome.

You're going to enjoy your S-type and there's plenty of great support for us owners on this site from all over the world.

 

Welcome to the forum again Garethh,

Good to have you with us.
I know you found the S Type section already s no need for a link to that.
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.

 

Welcome Gareth, as stated above, you'll find lots of great help on this forum. Best let your wife drive the car, nuff said...

 

Welcome to the forum.

If you think that 2004 is old, then my XJ40 must be positively decrepit.

Good to have you with us.

 

Hey there Garethh & welcome aboard, good to have you here with us

Congrats on the S type..........the crew will be glad to have you onboard

Any useful information you may need such as how to post pictures, edit signatures, add videos, use the search facility etc, can be found here
Helpful_information

Why not drop in and visit the regional section for your area?
There are lots of members local to you with the same interests.
Regional - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum

There's a really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun here.....


If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

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

Please Jump on in and enjoy the site.................

 

thanks for the warm welcome guys,

settling in with my new motor and chuffed and the admiring glances it gets (you don't see many s type around these parts, ) and our four week old son is quite partial to it too !

 

Hi Gareth.... Paul bell here in Dhabi too.... And also a newbie!