XJ XJ8 / XJR ( X308 ) 1997 - 2003

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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 12:39 PM
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The Queen's personal X308 is for sale.

Not exactly cheap, but you do get ultra-low miles, FSH including a 3000 mile run-in by Browns Lane, a built-in handbag holder and Police strobe lights!
 
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 05:02 PM
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Full dealer service history or was it maintained by a staff mechanic?
 
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 09:31 PM
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There is one very interesting picture ... Her Royal Majesty is behind the wheel and from the looks of the angle of the front tires and the chassis dive she is on the brakes HARD.

Nice to see she doesnt' just sit in the back.

The driver/bodyguard can be seen in the passenger seat.

BTW, it is a Green Daimler Super V8. Very low mileage of 14K total.
 

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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 10:58 PM
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Nice to see she doesnt' just sit in the back.
She served as an ambulance driver/mechanic in WW2 and is regularly filmed hammering her Landrover round Balmoral. The old bird knows her way round a motor car.

Actually, I can easily see her sneaking out of Buck House late at night for a bit of dorifto action round Hyde Park. Make sure your PPI includes the state of the rear tyres!
 

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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 11:02 PM
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Full dealer service history or was it maintained by a staff mechanic?
Well some of the staff are pretty good with jag engines ...
 
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 11:52 PM
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Hmmm ... should the PPI include the tensioners?
 
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Old Mar 6, 2013 | 12:25 AM
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Hmmm this ad looks a bit fishy. The pictures are of two different cars. The pictures of the car with the queen in it has fluted leather, yet there is another picture of the car for sale with non-fluted leather and a center arm rest without queen's handbag holder. The photo of the car with the queen's handbag arm rest has fluted leather. Are they selling a regular low mileage Daimler V8 and trying to pass it off as the queen's car?
 
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Old Mar 6, 2013 | 11:45 PM
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Certainly are two different arm rests.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 08:20 AM
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There are definitely two styles of seats represented. The photos including the Queen shows ruched seats, the other set shows pleated seats.

All photos show 16" wheels, which don't fit over the larger front rotors used on supercharged cars.
 
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