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Thanks everyone!!
This is my little man <3 I thought about including a "before" pic but figured this was plenty lol
@Rick I just checked out Britax stuff and will probably invest when he needs upgraded, are they built to better fit in the Jag? We're planning to put him center of the back seat-- Fire department will install tomorrow.
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Thanks everyone!!
This is my little man <3 I thought about including a "before" pic but figured this was plenty lol
@Rick I just checked out Britax stuff and will probably invest when he needs upgraded, are they built to better fit in the Jag? We're planning to put him center of the back seat-- Fire department will install tomorrow.
Oh, BTW, Rick knows his stuff when it comes to baby seats... He "approved" my selection for little Olivia. And Jon is right.. Double check any stroller you get to make sure it fits in the trunk! Our "awsome" stoller needed to be taken apart a bit to fit! But that is not an issue anymore now that I drive a tank!
Rick, I can't believe how fast time is going by... She's going to be 1 already?? Olivia is knocking on the big 2!
S-Type in the news!
I belong to a crime forum as well and a headline there caught my eye: Man Accused of Using Jaguar to Try and Kill a Cop
Man charged with using Jaguar to try to kill officer - Chicago Breaking News
Rodney Steele Accused Of Using Jaguar To Try And Kill Cop
I belong to a crime forum as well and a headline there caught my eye: Man Accused of Using Jaguar to Try and Kill a Cop
Officers from the Near North police district were conducting a seat-belt safety check in the 1500 block of North Kingsbury Street about 2 a.m. when they noticed Steele was not properly belted and told him to pull over his 2006 black Jaguar S-Type, prosecutors said.
Instead of stopping, Steele accelerated into a uniformed 51-year-old officer, who was thrown onto the hood and held on as the Jaguar sped away. Steele then made a sudden left turn, throwing the officer off the hood and rolling onto the street, according to prosecutors.
As police chased Steele down Sheffield Avenue, one officer fired a shot, striking the driver’s side door of the Jaguar but missing Steele. Police followed the Jaguar onto the eastbound Kennedy Expressway and pursued Steele to 31st Street and South Princeton Avenue, where he bailed out of the car and ran into an alley, prosecutors said.
Instead of stopping, Steele accelerated into a uniformed 51-year-old officer, who was thrown onto the hood and held on as the Jaguar sped away. Steele then made a sudden left turn, throwing the officer off the hood and rolling onto the street, according to prosecutors.
As police chased Steele down Sheffield Avenue, one officer fired a shot, striking the driver’s side door of the Jaguar but missing Steele. Police followed the Jaguar onto the eastbound Kennedy Expressway and pursued Steele to 31st Street and South Princeton Avenue, where he bailed out of the car and ran into an alley, prosecutors said.
Rodney Steele Accused Of Using Jaguar To Try And Kill Cop
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"While he was being taken to the police station, he allegedly offered the arresting officers $25,000 in cash to let him go." 
I wonder if they would have mentioned the car so prominently if he was driving a Ford Focus or something similar?
I wonder if they would have mentioned the car so prominently if he was driving a Ford Focus or something similar?
Sorry, I'm a bit of a news junkie.
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A Focus would not be able to run away from the cops.
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Unless it's a Saleen focus with nitrous. I walk by one [shaking my head as I do] almost every day in the parking garage of my office building. The license plate reads something like, "Its real." You can see the NOS bottle in the hatch area.
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Some of you have inquired about Joyces and my recent purchase. Well here it is:
2003 Honda Rancher 4x4 ATV, it ran when we purchased it a couple of weeks ago, needed top end work (almost finished). The PO had fallen on hard times and needed cash fast. Initially we purchased it to fix and sell at a great profit, but Joyce has put sometime on it and thinks "we" should keep it around awhile
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As I had mentioned the Honda forum I joined is ALOT like this site and very enjoyable.
2003 Honda Rancher 4x4 ATV, it ran when we purchased it a couple of weeks ago, needed top end work (almost finished). The PO had fallen on hard times and needed cash fast. Initially we purchased it to fix and sell at a great profit, but Joyce has put sometime on it and thinks "we" should keep it around awhile
!As I had mentioned the Honda forum I joined is ALOT like this site and very enjoyable.
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Thanks Norri! Boy did we get the rain last night.
today would be a great day to get real muddy, but I am helping a buddy work on his diesel for most of the weekend. 2001 Duramax replacing fuel injectors.....Wow they pack alot of P-double-o-P ontop that motor!
today would be a great day to get real muddy, but I am helping a buddy work on his diesel for most of the weekend. 2001 Duramax replacing fuel injectors.....Wow they pack alot of P-double-o-P ontop that motor!
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Nice quad Rick! - Keep it, that thing will serve you well around the homestead for a long time once you get it sorted. I have an old 4x4 Yamaha that I beat to death regularly and it just won't actually die.
Beware though - they can suck you in and the next thing you know you'll be upgrading this or that all the time!
Beware though - they can suck you in and the next thing you know you'll be upgrading this or that all the time!
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2000 Jaguar 4.0 plug and coil change!
Hi
I just found out muscles I don't use at my age 65, this September.
The car was running fine and still is with a little over 50,000 miles but I wanted to see how the gaskets are holding. They are leaking like I expected but the rubber boot on the coil seems to keep the oil back for now.
I'm lucky I just picked up some air rachets and I made good use of them for the stuff I could reach.
If you change this stuff have tools for tight places.
By the way the iridium plugs I took out still looked new! The coils looked good and were holding the oil back so the engine had to burn off the oil that fell into the cylinders. I ran it around 1500 rpms to burn of the oil and took it for a ride until it stopped smoking . Got back to my house an it was running good with no codes. I disconnected the negative wire on the battery before I stared and it did the radio and window thing but it's all working.
Can't believe I attempted this!!!
I just found out muscles I don't use at my age 65, this September.
The car was running fine and still is with a little over 50,000 miles but I wanted to see how the gaskets are holding. They are leaking like I expected but the rubber boot on the coil seems to keep the oil back for now.
I'm lucky I just picked up some air rachets and I made good use of them for the stuff I could reach.
If you change this stuff have tools for tight places.
By the way the iridium plugs I took out still looked new! The coils looked good and were holding the oil back so the engine had to burn off the oil that fell into the cylinders. I ran it around 1500 rpms to burn of the oil and took it for a ride until it stopped smoking . Got back to my house an it was running good with no codes. I disconnected the negative wire on the battery before I stared and it did the radio and window thing but it's all working.
Can't believe I attempted this!!!
I'm removing this as a sticky in this section, there just doesn't seem to be the need for it.....I'll be doing the same in the X type section and thats been there forever!
The true "Off topic" section is the place to be for banter, craic, jokes and laughs
No problem Rick, always happy to help when / where I can.
Such a shame it didn't take off, but then, the X type off topic had loads and loads of hits, but also died off in recent months, hence I decided to unstick them.
The Off Topic section is up n running and always busy with loads going on now so thats all good.
Ideally we like to try and keep the sections as free of stickies as possible and only when necessary.
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Speaking of spark plugs- who wants to guess
how many miles are on these gems?
Clues:
The engine operated flawlessly before the change, they were pulled purely out of curiosity.
They are OEM platinum type.
2006 V8 engine, non-Jaguar
Guesses?
Clues:
The engine operated flawlessly before the change, they were pulled purely out of curiosity.
They are OEM platinum type.
2006 V8 engine, non-Jaguar
Guesses?
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If those are (as I reckon they should be) iridiums they should not be like that AFAIK because they'd be changed in the service schedule.
When you get proper new ones, maybe put up pictures in this thread so future owners can see the difference!
When you get proper new ones, maybe put up pictures in this thread so future owners can see the difference!