I was at the gas station yesterday filling up the Rover and this guy had an XJR in British Racing Green, clean and detailed, couldn't be very old. I think he thought I was a wierdo cuz I just kept staring at his car, probably with my mouth open. Well I am a weirdo but with that car he should be used to people gooning at it. I was lamenting that I didn't have my X and therefore and excuse to strike up a conversation and get a better look at it.

I have decided I NEED one!

 

We're in the middle of a 3,000 km trip through Australia - this photo is on a ferry and the mud is from off roading on a desert island - not something I would have attempted in my 2 wheel drive saab. Has anyone else attempted dirt, mud & sand tracks? The car did really well - I went back after a couple of kays when the middle bit of the sand track got too high (when I could hear the sand on the bottom of the car) - but the old work horse did a great job.

In short - I've had some mechanical issues with this 2003 (reasonably old) car, but... like most on this forum I love the jag x-type. It has soul.

 

Nooooooo!!!! The Love-In Thread can't Fade Away Noooooooooooo!!!

I don't really want ot go back to "WTF does this code mean" or "Help I'm overheating" posts...

Don't you boys and gurrls love your KittyCats anymore?

 

LOL..... so tell us what is a favorite drive or road that you have driven your X-type on? Any good road trip stories like aladmanson?

I'm driving my X from Pittsburgh to South Carolina this month, can't wait to rip up the Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive....

 

Hi, I'm fairly new to the forum and new Jag owner, and just love this thread and my jag!

X-type 2.0D SE Estate/Station Wagon (in the UK) It's black and got some nice shiny chrome bits, just enough to make me smile. The black has a really nice deep metal effect when shined up too....went off cars for a while, but definitely got the bug again now (I know that, because I spent about 6 hours polishing it on Monday!).
I also love the fact that although it's only a 2.0D it's still got quite a bit of 'oomph', it's only supposed to have 8bhp more than my last car, but it feels like waaaay more. I know this is not gonna be much compared to the big petrol beasties, but with the mileage I do I can't afford to run a petrol one in the UK.

I know this goes slightly off topic from the last post/comment placed, so...can't really choose my favorite journey yet, but I am off to Devon in the Summer, and the cruise control on the 6 hour drive down there will be very welcome, and once we get there I know there's some great twisty roads to try it out on.

 

Hi Bumble - welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have a nice X. Look forward to hearing about your tour later in the summer. I'm jealous you have an estate, that would really come in handy when going on vacation!

 

I had sex in my X Type this weekend.

 

That's really more than we need to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well, last November we drove ours from Lincoln, NE to Tampa via Memphis, to see Graceland, Atlanta, to visit an old Navy buddy, then Tampa for a week long sea cruise. Then returned to Lincoln via Houston where we had Thanksgiving with our son and his girl friend and her parents. Covered 3300 flawless miles, a very enjoyable trip.
We traded a 2003 Buick Century for our Jag. The Buick was a great car had a bigger engine than the Jag and got better gas mileage 37 vs 30 highway but I definitely love the Jag more. It's a dream to drive and the Jag gets a lot more looks and thumbs up than the Buick.

 

I bought my first Jag - an 03 X 2.5 from a dealer in Lexington, KY - about 170 miles from my house. Wife and I swapped a Dodge Intrepid for it. On the way home, after we traded cars, my wife wanted to drive the new Jag for a while. It was late in the evening, and, she was buzzing down I-64 in the middle of nowhere. She looked at me and said that the Jag seemed really slow to her. I glanced at the speedo and told her - "do you realize you're doing 100". Now I'm on my third Jag, but, still have fond memories of that first one.

Regards:
Oldengineer
06 S-Type VDP

 

It was the only positive appreciation I could come up with for my car at the moment.

 

I don't think I could come up with anything more positive than that!

I love your rims, BTW. What are they?

 

Hello All,

OKay back from Prague, good trip. I am getting married there in the summer :-)
Glad to see my thread still thriving! You see the good will always outweigh the bad. The more positivity the better.

Jim. Jag spotting in Prague. 5 X's 6 S Type 1 XJ early 2000 model. No Xf No new XJ & no Xk's Jaguar is not that popular out there yet (Skoda is!). I could not get a Jag for my wedding either so have had to settle for a Rolls!!

 

Hey you can't complain with a rolls royce

 

Thanks! They are Stern ST1s, soon to be for sale.

 

whats the next set of wheels going to be?

 

I like the look of them too, why are you changing? Just bored with them?

 

Something awesome.

Need way more aggressive fitting wheels to pull off how slammed the car is now. Took me like 6 months just to decide on final wheel specs/tire sizes (I wasn't looking to do trial and error here, I want it to be perfect on the first try). Plus the car is getting ready to go into the body shop for a face-lift, so new shoes were a must.

 

Very nice!

 

Ok I finally got around to the polish and wax..here is a pic of a 2005 VDP with 20 spoke rims: