Hello to all Jag addicts
I live in Athens,Greece,and am very pleased with my sept.2007
autom.2.5 X-type Executive(the export version of the UK "Sovereign")
saloon(bought new)-I have done 29k miles with no problems--I
woul only like a softer ride - at 10k miles I replaced the factory
225x45x17 Contis with equivalent Dunlop SP SportMax - these
are much softer and quiter, but it seems they are no longer in
production--I'll have to find something similar pretty soon....
My other little grudge concerns the"a little lazy" auto gearbox-but
I have come to terms with that by now...
Am an old Jag fan-in the mid & late 70s I owned ,consecutively,
two of the late sixties "S"types-first a 3.4lt RHD and later a 3.8lt
LHD-both manual-these were fantastic cars,though they required
frequent visits to the repair shop...
My other car is a Rover 820Si 2.0lt automatic saloon-bought brand
new in mid 1995-and also going strong,at almost 190k miles-a very,
very nice and comfortable car which I hope to be able to keep
for life--being in my mid sixties now, as may have been evident
already..
Well, enough for the time beeing,
All the best to everybody once again----and any ideas about tire
replacements on my X-type most welcome.

 

Welcome to the Forum! The wife and I visited Greece in 1994 and loved it. We are now waiting for the unrest to settle down before we visit again.

 

Dear Gus
Many thanks for your welcome-these are indeed difficult times for us in this country-we keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best----will keep in touch

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome, happy driving

 

Welcome to the forum,

I'll bet those old 3.8s were much thirstier than the X.

 

Thanks again to everybodyfor your welcome-
---FOR NORRI--thirstier they were-but not that much-I had driven from Exeter.U.K.
to Athens-keeping detailed notes-in the 3.4 and averaged 21 miles per gallon-the
3.8 figure was about 20---I now get about 28-29mpg on the Xtype(and I am not
too heavy-footed)---still,I think these,and the MkII, were the nicest Jags ever made...

 

Hello Greece newbie! Welcome to our little part of the internet!

 

Welcome to the forum!! You will find many helpful and freindly Jag enthusiasts here. Sounds like you have a real history with these wonderful machines. By the way, being in your mid-sixties is goodness!! Helps make your Jag look even more distinguished.

Regarding tires, I don't know if you can get them in Greece or in the right size, but many of us on the XK8 & XKR forum are very pleased with the Hancook Ventus V12 Evo.

All the best,

 

I'd like to add my welcome to the rest you have got adiparos
good to have you here with us and thanks for a nice intro with good info!
Pics please???

Please check out the relevant section for your ride and you will find good info there, especially in the X type FAQ quick link thread.



The off topic section can be fun and there's always the regional section so you can see who is around!

I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view all the sites features....

 

Again thankful to everybody welcoming me- H20boy,Larry,Matt..etc..and JIM:Always remember my drive round beautiful Scotland many years ago--hope to be able to repeat it within the next couple of years ...following your suggestion I attach a fewpictures of my "past and present' cars...
All the best to everybody

 

WOW!!! The 3.4 and 3.8 pictures make me DROOL. Thanks for sharing!