Hello everyone, my name is Kevin Hassen. I was in the US Army for 5 years and got out to do some Defense Contracting work in Afghanistan. I work for Northrop Grumman as a CRAM (Counter Rocket Artillary and Mortar) Team Lead in the Eastern Region of Afghanistan. Last time I was home on leave I bought a 2007 XK Coupe. When I am not in Afghanistan I live in Toledo, OH. I actually drove all the way to Chicago to pick this car up. A decision I will never regret I love this car, I do not have any kids of my own so my mother calls it her grandchild haha.

 

Welcome to the forum Kevin,

Good to have you with us.
Dou you take any special precautions to protect the car while you are away?

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

 

Welcome to the forum Kevin,

Keep safe - to you and all other contractors and military.

Buying the XK was a good way to enjoy your leave and that'll have been around a 500 mile round trip to collect the car? It must have made going back even more difficult!

Remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others give relevant advice and information.

Graham

 

Thank you for the advice I actually made my first post before actually adding any additional information to my profile. But yes Graham it did make going back that much more difficult. The car is a blast to drive. My other car, 2012 VW Passat, is a nice car as well but it goes 0-60 eventually haha. The VW I do not have in storage because it is my families back up car in case anything happens to theirs. However the Jaguar they are not to touch and is in a climate controlled storage facility while I am deployed haha.

 

Hey there KevinH n Welcome aboard Jaguarforums, good to have you here with us
always nice to welcome a serving member of the forces here.....We have a few, like you in current service as well as more that have served in the past...........Kudos to you my friend.

Anything we can do to help, just holler!

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

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

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

 

Thank you for the upgrade I greatly appreciate it. I noticed the people here are very friendly/helpful so far. The second post I made was in reference to performance upgrades and several people answered within 24 hours. And for clarification purposes I was in the Army I got out in 2010 to become a Defense Contractor here in Afghanistan. Same job...ish, less prestige, but MUCH higher pay.

 

Don't faint when you get the first repair bill!