It looks great, but somebody put the steering wheel on the wrong side. How are you going to fix that?

 

Congrats Superman, other bad news, they stole your leaper too!

 

The right side is the right side! ;-)

 

Nice car -- I'd miss having the leaper if I lived over there!

 

Congrats on such a pretty car. Welcome to the club!
Scott

 

I'd love to get my hands on a right hand drive xj! Nearly impossible over here in Canada Ontario! I'm sure ones out there! Looks sharp! Congrats

 

Welcome! Gorgeous car. The interior is stunning!

 

Fantastic wood!!!

 

Do you drive on the left (the correct side) in Canada?

 

Looks a well cared for example. The interior is exceptional as driver's seats and console lids in particular usually show scuffing or worse.

LH rear exhaust hanger may be gone - the box looks to be lower than the RH. The rubber insert often splits but it's a low cost and easy fix.

Graham

 

Yes in canada we drive on right side of road, left side of car!

 

i have the exact car you do but of course steering wheel on left side mine is a 2000....while i don't have any rips, your interior looks exceptional....good luck with it....

 

I drove the Jag 505 miles today and worked out I'm getting 27.2 mpg doing 70 mph, not sure if that's good or not.

 

thats awesome considering my XJR gets 15 with leadfoot avg...

 

if your getting over 27mpg....i sure would like to know what type/brand gasoline you are using....

 

That does seem extraordinary and will seem even more so to our US members who have a smaller gallon than we do (1 UK gall = 1.20095 US gall).

Did you fill the tank, do the miles and then refill the tank to calculate actual consumption or is that figure from the onboard computer?

Graham

 

I don't trust on board computers so that was calculated by the amount of fuel the tank would take to fill it, that was using super unleaded (97 ron).

 

Well yesterday the Jag did another 500+ trouble free miles, ive now done 1100 miles in the 3 weeks Ive had her and im averaging 26mpg.



Just had a delivery so I can get her serviced next week, oil filter, new sump plug, fuel filter, air filter, waterpump, thermostat and thermostat housing.

 

I do like reading posts about trouble free motoring.
Difficult to see clearly in the box but the Thermostat Housing looks as if the body may be roughcast unlike this one where the body has a satin finish:



I got a roughcast one from a UK supplier and the top thread was very poorly machined. it wouldn't allow a watertight seal. Make sure the cap on the one you have screws on evenly and tightly before you start dismantling.

Graham