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Greetings to the list.
I would like to introduce myself. I am a newly retired who just bought my first Jaguar. It is a very nice 2003 XJR, last of the X308 chassis.
This is my first Jaguar, but not my first British car. My very first car in high school was a 1961 MGA-1600. This was in 1971, so all my friends were into American muscle cars. I was never afraid to step out of the box, and having the only British car in the high school lot did stand out.
Later I bought and restored a Triumph TR6, which had much more power and was more refined (Roll up windows!)
I have always loved and lusted over Jaguars. My first dream car from an early age was the XKE roadster. When the XJ sedans appeared I was attracted to their styling too.
The XJR seems to be a sort of blending of my two dream cars. Strong performance with elegant styling.
Most recently I have been spending all my enthusiast time with Mercedes Benzs. I had quite a collection of SL's, diesels and big powerful sedans. I am down to one Mercedes, and it was time scratch the Jaguar itch.
I am sure I'll have many questions and look forward to all of your feedback. I do a lot of my own wrenching and have a nice lot of metric tools from my Mercedes Daze. Thank you for adding me and I look forward to visiting with all of you.
Cheers for now.
I would like to introduce myself. I am a newly retired who just bought my first Jaguar. It is a very nice 2003 XJR, last of the X308 chassis.
This is my first Jaguar, but not my first British car. My very first car in high school was a 1961 MGA-1600. This was in 1971, so all my friends were into American muscle cars. I was never afraid to step out of the box, and having the only British car in the high school lot did stand out.
Later I bought and restored a Triumph TR6, which had much more power and was more refined (Roll up windows!)
I have always loved and lusted over Jaguars. My first dream car from an early age was the XKE roadster. When the XJ sedans appeared I was attracted to their styling too.
The XJR seems to be a sort of blending of my two dream cars. Strong performance with elegant styling.
Most recently I have been spending all my enthusiast time with Mercedes Benzs. I had quite a collection of SL's, diesels and big powerful sedans. I am down to one Mercedes, and it was time scratch the Jaguar itch.
I am sure I'll have many questions and look forward to all of your feedback. I do a lot of my own wrenching and have a nice lot of metric tools from my Mercedes Daze. Thank you for adding me and I look forward to visiting with all of you.
Cheers for now.
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Welcome to the forum BaxtersJag,
Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.
Follow this link XJ XJ8 / XJR ( X308 ) - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the X308 forum for help, advice and information. 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 Central Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-central-36/ to find other members in your region.
Enjoy the forums.
Graham
Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.
Follow this link XJ XJ8 / XJR ( X308 ) - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the X308 forum for help, advice and information. 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 Central Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-central-36/ to find other members in your region.
Enjoy the forums.
Graham
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Welcome to Jaguar Forums BaxtersJag,
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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
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