Congratulations on your new toy.

One thing you probably forgot to factor in is your increased dental bill. You will be grinning that much driving the Jag it will wear out your teeth.

I'd love to nip over and give it a test drive. Failing that you shall have to put up some photos of your new car with a nice backdrop. Enjoy it!

 

...and welcome to the Coupé club

could be the deal of the decade.

 

thanks for the heads up will check those parts out - I had a Roush Nitemare F150 that had only been in winter weather six months, no signs of corrosion anywhere but somehow rock salt had made its way inside one wheel between the tire and wheel - was orbiting around in there, ate up tire pressure sender which on Fords back then was banded to the inside of the wheel, and pitted it all up.... amazing what will happen; was able to save that wheel w/ a little work, and it always looked great from the outside

 

For $3000 come on! i would have bought sight unseen Wheels alone are worth it. I never get those kind of deals But sweet car enjoy it!

 

 

Drive it like you stole it...because you practically did. Great deal! Enjoy!

 

 

It's looking great! Hope you get lots of enjoyment out of it. Let us know how you two get along.

 

Yes - deal of the decade. Beautiful cat.

If you'd passed on this Billy & I would have been on the same plane.

Enjoy.

 

JJ,

What a deal! What a deal! I just don't know how some people can be so Lucky! Here you are beating around asking questions about this and that and right there in your backyard you find the deal of the century! I can not believe you got that Beautiful XKR for $3,000.00! There should be a law against things like that..............

Well! That being said, JRabbit and I welcome you to the Black Coupe Club! We will need to have a get together with all 3 of them, say in Laguna Beach! I don't know how you will get your Coupe over here but as Lucky as you are, you will find a way!

You take good care of "Little Lovely" and enjoy!

Billy Clyde in Houston

"Click on Photo to Enlarge It!"

 

thank you guys! I love the coupe style and have always thought the convertible (even though I usually love convertibles) was just a bit off in its lines, hearing comments like bath tub, coffin, or lady's car from various jag and car folks over the years

this is the first coupe I came across for sale, and I cannot believe how it cleaned up after a hand wash

I did track a 700 hp car mustang with a forged roush p51 engine w/ a 2.3L supercharger at Fontana a few years ago (purchased it on line, took it there, and then realizing it was not going to be OK on our crappy Hawaii roads, sold it out of a storage locker in Vegas) .......

cheers,

 

As another interesting point, I believe X100's are pretty rare in Hawaii. There was a thread a while ago from a gentleman trying to track down an X100 over there and he ran the numbers. His take was to get a decent one you needed to ship from CONUS or get crazy lucky. So congrats!

 

just keeps getting better - put some 80s rock CDs in the trunk changer, and the stereo sounds great (did not sound so good w/ the radio)! some Dokken, Rainbow and VH..... ready to rock!

 

That would have been a steal at twice or three times the price--what were you thinking

The irony is that considering the pittance you spent on the car, you will get all sorts of admiring looks from folks figuring that you are some sort of mogul when you drive by in what most will think is some uber-exotic expensive vehicle.

Doug

 

I did that for my CD changer: Busted out my mid 1990's CD's and put them in the changer and relived what it was like to be a rich guy in the 90's... then the CD changer stripped and I was back to 2017.

 

update - I have put 1,500 miles on it - running great
so far:
- fresh oil & filter
- new tires (OEM Pirellis)
- front tie rods
- sway bar bushings
- front shock mount rebuild
- spray down of areas with Corrosion X (marine product, highly recommend)

hell of a fun car, tons of complements, fast (enough) and stock stereo including subwoofer sounds great!

into into for another $3k on top of purchase price not too bad.......... so far

 

Not bad? Totally awesome. You have a 390HP British supercar for less money than than a high schooler's second hand civic. At some point, i may ask you to map out where on Oahu one can use all of that HP. Congrats

 

Fantastic looking car. I agree that the wheels could be worth $3000; sounds like a deal for a low mile XKR!

But now I am concerned about my own 2001 XK8 coupe rusting. It was a Palm Springs, CA car [bought recently] - no rust and less than 40K miles. Now it’s covered and garaged about 1/2 km from the Oregon coast. The garage is on a bluff about 40 meters above sea level. It’s not humid, mostly cold and windy. Seldom foggy. Most days its garage door is not even opened.

Should I worry that the underside will rust just sitting in the garage? Any way to protect it? Thoughts?

 

PM me and i will tell you exactly what to do.

 

congratulations, you really scored. have many years of enjoyment.


for rust prevention key areas that are often overlooked are the insides of the rockers and for our cars, the floor boards. PM me and i will tell you what to do.