Hello All,
New member here in sunny California.

After buying my silver S-Type R, several naysayers felt compelled to forewarn me of the "trouble with Jaguars." Well, what they didn't know is that it only had 16.7k on the odometer and was in very good condition. Now, two YEARS and several thousand miles later, I'm happy to report that it's still running like new. All it takes is regular maintenance and careful inspections by my local mechanic and yours truly. If you take good care of your Jaguar, your Jaguar will take good care of you.

As an automotive engineer, enthusiast, and overall gearhead, my favorite aspects of this car are its understated styling and sleeper status in the car world. Even most automotive enthusiasts have NO IDEA what's under the hood. Pardon the worn out metaphor, but it's like a rogue British Mi5 agent in a Savile Row suit. Surprise!

Thank you already for the information I've found here so far. I've already diagnosed a couple of minor maintenance issues. Also, I will be at the Cars 'n Coffee on March 6th. Hope to see some of you there!

Happy Motoring!

 

Welcome to the forums
You have very good points in your statements

 

Welcome, i work in Torrance....funny that ive seen like 4 STR's on the 91 recently....im used to never seeing one around, however i see them popping up rather frequently now. And i agree with your original post, as a car guy i know what to expect, if you take care of things, they will take care of you back.

My 2003 CBR 600RR has over 32000 miles on it, and runs and starts like new. I maintain it myself, and even draining the oil it is still clean after about 3-4k miles.

 

welcome aboard classic....nice intro too.
Lookin forward to pics when you can post em as well....
AND you're attending the cars n coffee event....excellent.
Hopefully you'll have a great time / meet some of the members and take some pics too....all good!

 

Hi classic,welcome to the forums !
Hi phd,i had a 1000cc fireblade RR,stripped the mirrors off n a few other bits n bobs,took it onto a eeeeem ? RACE TRACK !!! and got it up to 200mph
well the needle on the speedo was vibrating quite a bit but when i GLANCED at it it was up at the 200mph mark,that was a thrill :}

 

Howdy Classic

Welcome to the forum! You are correct...too many people forgetting the best to check out a car, is to drive one.

 

Thank you for the warm welcome. Jamey, you are so right.

 

Welcome......Look at all the wonder R's on the board now

 

Thanks Riski. Cool video links. BTW, one of my colleagues worships Suzukis.

What kind of power is that STR of yours pumping out? I know, I should search the threads to find out.

 

Well for now its just the full custom exhaust, frow cat to 2.5" into x pipe and then into magnoflows.....and upper pulley and mina intake.....power unknown w/ such mods, but will be doing the lower crank pulley, t stat, custom intake, port/polish of blower, and tune within the next month or two and should see what she will do on the dyno then......and if that is not enough Ill push the button for another 75hp