hey now im a 20 something male and you know who gives good buying advice here plus i have about 100+ people ive sold cars too i can let you call and 95% of them are satisfied. the other 5% (or less) are just nuts and miserable with their life lol

 

I'm sure you boys have nerves of steel, lightening fast reflexes, superlative driving skills, love your mothers and take good care of your cars. Some of you may even look good doing it.

I do suggest, however, that your reading comprehension needs a tad bit of work. Like maybe you don't read so good?

Dang BMW. Would you like to re submit that last post in your native tongue? I'm sure there is an important message in there somewhere. Well, not "real sure".

 

next time you question old guys ablities or resources visit a vintage race in your area. then you;ll see what age & cunning can do. the best cars and the fastest guys are not under 50, we have 2 guys in their 80,s driving sportsracers and still in the top half. VARARACING.com

 

You guys are a riot!

I am positive the older guys have some superior driving skills due to experience. However, the younger guys push harder and take more risks (not exacty the right thing to do).

I have a habit of being hard on my cars. I live in Long Island off of a busy 3 lane divided highway where stop light racing is as frequent as your morning cup of coffee.

Will the big jag start complaint after a few hard launches?

I am hoping with the new car I find some new maturity, but fact of the matter is, if this car didn't have 400/400, I wouldn't be interested in driving it everyday. I can borrow my Fathers VDP for that!

Oh and by the way, he is 65! LOL.

 

I hope none of you took me seriously. I am being highly sardonic. I hope this is all in good fun. I sure am entertained by it.

 

It's all in fun SuperTrav.

BTW - did I ever mention that your car is an exact cloan of mine, right down to the yr, paint and weels. You can't be all bad now can you.

KBO mate

 

WOW, Tarheal. I had no idea. How about the dark window tint?

 

No window tint here, other then what it came with, but in Dallas it's a "must have".

 

yep. Cheers!

 

agreed, all in fun. still you ought to check out a vintage race. eyeopener.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and then there,s Monterey/Laguna Seca

 

Picking up the seXJR on Monday! If any of you live between Cincinnati and New York and have some time, let me know. Will probably crash in Pittsburgh for the night.

 

Regarding the car actual, inspect all joints within the suspension system thoroughly, front and rear. If the bushings can be replaced, great; if not, you will have to buy new control arms at around $600 each.

The "hood open" switch on front closure device can just "go bad", but you can remove the switch and jump the connector to bypass it.

There is at least one recall (J004) which my dealer did at no charge. Check the headliner, mine isn't the only one to fail (heat?). The power headrests are cool, unless someone's jacked it and ruined it.

Mine has 1 Arnott airspring and is a bit suspect on moguls. I'm a believer in fresh trans fluid but these have a "sealed for life?" designation or something.

Mine has 90k miles on it, and doesn't seem to burn any oil, and the oil itself barely darkens over the 3k mile oil change interval; if you could somehow arrange to drive the machine to check oil burning, you would be ahead of the game.

I don't know how to check the headlamps but I've seen on this forum that they're expensive. I just put Pirelli P-zero tires on mine and got rid of the excessively large contact patch Nittos, which had ruined the handling.

Oh by the way, excessively powerful 0-60 acceleration and high top speeds seem to be normal on these XJ8 cars, I wouldn't let that scare me off.