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Very nice. Did you do a subtle coloring on the starfish wheels?
Yes, they were in rough shape so did a blast and then powder coated a grey with bronze tint. Came out a bit more subtle than I'd guessed but I'm content with the result.
She ticked over to 77,000 kilometres today. Got her at about 48,200, so that's nearly 29,000 km of... not exactly trouble-free driving, far from it, but it took her 24 years to get to 48,000 km, and only four more to add well over 50% more. Lady Mary at 77,000 km
Finally got a chance to take her out on a cold Saturday morning for a long drive with her brand new 16" Lattice wheels & tires.
These wheels look "just right" on the coupes IMO
Two things:
1) 16" rims?? How? Where?
2) Before I even clicked from mobile to desktop website I knew that was Seattle hello somewhat-distant neighbour! Come up to Birch Bay next spring some great country roads to be driven!
The 16" lattice rims were Jaguars offering when they first moved to 16" XJS wheels. Made by Fondmetal, they look even better than the earlier 15" lattice. But that's just my opinion!
2) Before I even clicked from mobile to desktop website I knew that was Seattle hello somewhat-distant neighbour! Come up to Birch Bay next spring some great country roads to be driven!
They were optional wheels on the XJS that very few people took. It took me 2 years and bunch of phone calls to locate a brand new set.
Yes, pics are taken by Lake Washington Would love to come up to Birch Bay and do a long drive, its beautiful up there We have not been very good at taking the XJS out mainly due to horrible traffic and roads around here.
Originally Posted by ptjs1
The 16" lattice rims were Jaguars offering when they first moved to 16" XJS wheels. Made by Fondmetal, they look even better than the earlier 15" lattice. But that's just my opinion!
Yes, this is my XJS, honest. Taken this morning. The snow glows white on the Jaguar tonight,
Not a footprint to be seen....
A carpark of isolation,
And it looks like she needs a clean....
That's impressive! I had no idea Japan got that much snow. Sort of like late December here, 27% of our average annual snowfall came in a 12 hour period. Maybe that bodes well for the rest of the winter? My XJS was put away for the winter, so no XJS shaped snowdrifts to take photos of.
That's impressive! I had no idea Japan got that much snow.
It's true that Tokyo, on the Pacific Coast, doesn't get much snow. But if you cross the mountains to the Japan Sea coast, you find yourself in what is known as the Snow Country. And that's not just a name some poet came up with. The Snow Country includes some of the snowiest places on earth--especially for their latitude. Here, you can get extraordinary amounts of snow - the villages in the mountain valleys regularly get over two metres. I was out at my rural house today, and even though that's not in the mountains (though close), there was well over a metre of snow there. My rural farmhouse (not main residence where I photographed my car under snow) today. But there are places not too far from here that get twice this and more.
I suppose it's heavy wet snow too? Would it stay for the winter when falls, or melts fairly soon? Typically when snow falls here in Western Canada, it stays for the winter and melts in March or April. I'm presuming you need good snowtyres to live in that region then?
This varies a lot by region, with the coastal areas being wetter, but in general, I suspect it's wetter than continental snow. The advantage is that because this snow is brought by prevailing winds/air masses, when the wind changes temperatures warm up and we get rain or sun. However, this amount of snow still takes a while to melt, so if another cold air mass comes in too soon, it piles up even higher. (So places like the famous thatched house villages in the mountains will be snow-choked all winter.)
And yes, snow tyres are pretty much a necessity. In fact, because of the way the snow melts and gets churned up and freezes and piles up and all that, 4WD is almost vital for the unploughed roads. Ruts in the snow + wet soft snow = easily-trapped vehicles and bugger-all traction even with snow tyres.
The big plus, as I have gathered from relatives not too far from where you are, is that black ice basically doesn't exist around here.
With the Chinooks we get, there is a lot of freeze thaw cycles, and that generates a lot of ice. Today is +7 for example, and it will freeze overnight, repeating tomorrow. Black ice is definitely a hazard, and it can be patches in the shade where the trees shade the road, and go around a corner where the sun shines on the road and it's just wet. Caution is most certainly called for in conditions around freezing.
hello somewhat-distant neighbour! Come up to Birch Bay next spring some great country roads to be driven!
