Did anyone catch tonight's episode of Fifth Gear? They had a story about great used car buys. Of course, XK8 was featured along with a 7 series BMW and a Volkswagen Phaeton. They had a beautiful Carnival Red Coupe featured and described it as a great GT for a bargain price. The coupe looked stunning and represented all of us very well.

 

Any way to watch the episode online?

 

They did mention the "Timing Belt" Tensioners.

 

In the U.S., velocity repeats Fifth Gear episodes routinely. I see this episode, titled "Mercedes AMG VS BMW M" showing about 6 times in the next days/week.

 

Watched it this morning and they mentioned it.

 

Yeah, they are showing it again today as well. Good they mentioned the tensioners, I was surprised. The xk8 stuff is in the last segment. 5K sounds pretty cheap for what he was driving, I only see junk for sale in Calif that's under 10K, just salvaged/thrashed xk's. I saw one in LA on craigslist this morning for $3900. - what POS it was. 10K gets you a good one, I paid 10.5 for my 98, and it's like new, 74K miles, with the tensioners done. They are amazing bang for the buck cars, no doubt. I even looked around Calif craigslist for a VW Phaeton, not many for sale, and no deals whatsoever.

 

That's 5000 Pounds, About $8000.

 

I saw the episode, it was alright. I wish they would have spent more time on the XK, but it was a surprise to see.

I should list my XK8 for sale, maybe the show will help sell it. lol

 

well now, that makes sense, and now I agree. I see some ok looking ones, high mileage, for 8K on up. I want to buy them all, every xk8 looks good to me.