New Member in Idaho, USA with a 1998 XK8 Coupe
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New Member in Idaho, USA with a 1998 XK8 Coupe
Hello,
I've recently acquired a 1998 XK8 Topaz Coupe with an "Oatmeal" interior and am definitely in the learning stages right now. (I Suspect I'll always will be learning; I enjoy that quite a lot.) When the XK8s first came out in the mid-1990s I thought they looked very much like the E-Types I recalled from the 1960s. (My cousin had a 1968 E-Type convertible, and I always thought that was one of the best-looking sports cars I'd ever seen. It was also a lot of fun to drive!)
I suppose one of my first projects on the XK8 will be to define the state of the timing-chain tensioners (and likely update them, if still plastic). So, advice/comments on that would certainly be appreciated.
Glad to be here among you,
Mark
I've recently acquired a 1998 XK8 Topaz Coupe with an "Oatmeal" interior and am definitely in the learning stages right now. (I Suspect I'll always will be learning; I enjoy that quite a lot.) When the XK8s first came out in the mid-1990s I thought they looked very much like the E-Types I recalled from the 1960s. (My cousin had a 1968 E-Type convertible, and I always thought that was one of the best-looking sports cars I'd ever seen. It was also a lot of fun to drive!)
I suppose one of my first projects on the XK8 will be to define the state of the timing-chain tensioners (and likely update them, if still plastic). So, advice/comments on that would certainly be appreciated.
Glad to be here among you,
Mark
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Greetings Mark and welcome to JF.
Ah, but having been fortunate to have owned both (near 40 yrs on the E-Type) and an XJ-S in between, I believe the X100 shows all the refinements of a further 40 years of evolution and development over the E. The Series 1 E-Type was exhilarating but savage, even in our 4.2L variant. You just knew it was a 150mph machine, even when parked in the driveway! It was mind-numbing under harsh acceleration as the road disappeared under that long bonnet. But it was a pain to get in and out and not a comfortable long distance Grand Tourer like your car.
That's a long-winded welcome, but you have taken on "the pick of the crop".
Cheers and best wishes Mark,
That's a long-winded welcome, but you have taken on "the pick of the crop".
Cheers and best wishes Mark,
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Greetings Mark and welcome to JF.
Ah, but having been fortunate to have owned both (near 40 yrs on the E-Type) and an XJ-S in between, I believe the X100 shows all the refinements of a further 40 years of evolution and development over the E. The Series 1 E-Type was exhilarating but savage, even in our 4.2L variant. You just knew it was a 150mph machine, even when parked in the driveway! It was mind-numbing under harsh acceleration as the road disappeared under that long bonnet. But it was a pain to get in and out and not a comfortable long distance Grand Tourer like your car.
That's a long-winded welcome, but you have taken on "the pick of the crop".
Cheers and best wishes Mark,
Ah, but having been fortunate to have owned both (near 40 yrs on the E-Type) and an XJ-S in between, I believe the X100 shows all the refinements of a further 40 years of evolution and development over the E. The Series 1 E-Type was exhilarating but savage, even in our 4.2L variant. You just knew it was a 150mph machine, even when parked in the driveway! It was mind-numbing under harsh acceleration as the road disappeared under that long bonnet. But it was a pain to get in and out and not a comfortable long distance Grand Tourer like your car.
That's a long-winded welcome, but you have taken on "the pick of the crop".
Cheers and best wishes Mark,
Greetings from Idaho,
Mark
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Hello, Mark,
Congratulations on your First Jaguar, Xk8!
You're SO right, you be in for Quite a learning experience, which might never end.
I've had my Jag since 2013 and STILL finding things I didn't know.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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Congratulations on your First Jaguar, Xk8!
You're SO right, you be in for Quite a learning experience, which might never end.
I've had my Jag since 2013 and STILL finding things I didn't know.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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