Time to Say Good Bye
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Time to Say Good Bye
After almost 12 years of continuous S-Type ownership, the time has come to say good bye.
Starting with a 2001 then moving to a 2003 STR and finally 2005 STR I have loved owning this model of the Jaguar marque, but with 2008 being the last year produced any new purchase would be an 11 year old car leaving me with a tough decision of what to get next as an S-Type would not be an option.
Having managed to get just shy of 164k miles, the 2005 STR was a great vehicle. Yes, it required plenty of maintenance and yes it was a PIA, but the joy of driving what was a true sleeper made it well worth it.
As my daily driver it ran 140 miles a day, 5-6 days a week on I5 and Hwy99 here in central CA giving an average 21MPG; I can also say hand on heart that it never broken down and stranded me. It did however, go into limp home a few times before I discovered rain getting into the throttle body harness. Had my fair share of flats and 2 cracked rims from the back roads through Lodi.
So good bye to this section of the forum; having turned to it many, many times for help and support the return in value has been amazing.
Starting with a 2001 then moving to a 2003 STR and finally 2005 STR I have loved owning this model of the Jaguar marque, but with 2008 being the last year produced any new purchase would be an 11 year old car leaving me with a tough decision of what to get next as an S-Type would not be an option.
Having managed to get just shy of 164k miles, the 2005 STR was a great vehicle. Yes, it required plenty of maintenance and yes it was a PIA, but the joy of driving what was a true sleeper made it well worth it.
As my daily driver it ran 140 miles a day, 5-6 days a week on I5 and Hwy99 here in central CA giving an average 21MPG; I can also say hand on heart that it never broken down and stranded me. It did however, go into limp home a few times before I discovered rain getting into the throttle body harness. Had my fair share of flats and 2 cracked rims from the back roads through Lodi.
So good bye to this section of the forum; having turned to it many, many times for help and support the return in value has been amazing.
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Yes, I should have mentioned what comes next; once you own a Jaguar there is nothing left that fits the bill so I am driving the XKR for now. I have little exposure to the new models Jaguar is producing and will be checking into those as a possible option.
For the time being I will just have to rough it ......................
For the time being I will just have to rough it ......................
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After almost 12 years of continuous S-Type ownership, the time has come to say good bye.
Starting with a 2001 then moving to a 2003 STR and finally 2005 STR I have loved owning this model of the Jaguar marque, but with 2008 being the last year produced any new purchase would be an 11 year old car leaving me with a tough decision of what to get next as an S-Type would not be an option.
Having managed to get just shy of 164k miles, the 2005 STR was a great vehicle. Yes, it required plenty of maintenance and yes it was a PIA, but the joy of driving what was a true sleeper made it well worth it.
As my daily driver it ran 140 miles a day, 5-6 days a week on I5 and Hwy99 here in central CA giving an average 21MPG; I can also say hand on heart that it never broken down and stranded me. It did however, go into limp home a few times before I discovered rain getting into the throttle body harness. Had my fair share of flats and 2 cracked rims from the back roads through Lodi.
So good bye to this section of the forum; having turned to it many, many times for help and support the return in value has been amazing.
Starting with a 2001 then moving to a 2003 STR and finally 2005 STR I have loved owning this model of the Jaguar marque, but with 2008 being the last year produced any new purchase would be an 11 year old car leaving me with a tough decision of what to get next as an S-Type would not be an option.
Having managed to get just shy of 164k miles, the 2005 STR was a great vehicle. Yes, it required plenty of maintenance and yes it was a PIA, but the joy of driving what was a true sleeper made it well worth it.
As my daily driver it ran 140 miles a day, 5-6 days a week on I5 and Hwy99 here in central CA giving an average 21MPG; I can also say hand on heart that it never broken down and stranded me. It did however, go into limp home a few times before I discovered rain getting into the throttle body harness. Had my fair share of flats and 2 cracked rims from the back roads through Lodi.
So good bye to this section of the forum; having turned to it many, many times for help and support the return in value has been amazing.
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Good eye - Its a mid-40's Logan. Very strong and accurate little lathe that I use for fabrication of small parts for the Defender.
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