Back in the 70's a brother and I were british sports car nuts and owned everything from a MGA, MGB, MGB GT, MG Midget,Triumph Spitfire, Austin Healy Sprite, Austin Healy 3000, Jaguar XK140 and a Jaguar XK-E type, I may be forgeting one or two.

Family life came along and the cars are long gone. Now 30 years later and never getting that E Type out of my mind I started looking for a XK8 and a way to justtify it with my wife.

We became grandparents this summer and my wife came to me complaining she tried to fit a baby seat in her 06 Mustang convertible and it wouldn't fit and she was not going to give up her pony car. She continued by saying she knew I have been looking for a XK8 and why not be more practicule since we have a sports convertible already and get a XJ8. 3 Months and 100 miles away I found my jag at a dealer that sold the car to its first and only owner, a 2007 XJ8 wth 53,500 miles and show room clean.
It was being sold under Jags Pre-Owned Certified Program. I know i paid a bit of a premium in price but after owning so many british cars and knowing how problematic they could be I felt the almost 2 years in factory warranty that came with it was well worth it.

Now 4 months and 5,000 miles later I am happy to say, I love my Jag and happy I found this site.

Hope to talk with ya'll
Barry

 

Welcome to the forum Barry,

Great story, sounds like you found a good one.

 

Thank You and looking foward to learning how to navigate this site

 

welcome to JF Barry, good to have you here with us .....
There really are some amazing and friendly guys here....you're in really good company to discuss anything Jag related or even just to have a few laughs!


A really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site and all its features so jump on in and enjoy

 

Thank You Jim

 

Welcome to the forum Barry.

Good to have you with us.

Clams, mmmmm.

 

Thank You Richard, Oh yes clams on the barbie