Good Evening people fo the forum,

just a quick intro about me and my car. I'm Matt, I live in Bristol I recently bought a 2000 S type v8 and in the last week acquired a 1999 3l v6 with full service history.

I work in Winchester so have a commute of 90 miles each way and the S type is perfect for doing it, if not very economical.

Out side of Jags I'm into early VW stuff, military vehicles and motorbikes, anything else you want to know feel free to ask - I'm hard to offend but I will warn you I am a bit hit and miss with internet access so may take a few days to reply

cheers

Matt

 

Welcome to the forum Matt,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums. I don't envy you the petrol bills for that commute although the Jaguar is a very pleasant way to do it.

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Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

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Welcome to Jaguar Forums Matt,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

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Welcome and enjoy the board

 

Thanks for all the help chaps, I added the make and model to my signature, mileage seemed a bit pointless as it increases by 1000 miles per week!

 

One advantage is that members who use their vehicles regularly have far less electrical issues than the fine weather weekenders!

How long do you plan to keep the car?

Graham

 

I haven't really thought in great detail about that, however I was gutted when I thought the engine had let go, so probably quite a while.

As the 4l was my first Jag, the nostalgic part of me would like to keep it until there is no more petrol in the world, but the slightly less impractical side of me says a supercharged 4.2 wouldn't be a bad thing to drive around in either. Newer, faster, better engineering (in general) and the interior looks a little nicer.

If I end up working where I am for a foreseeable period of time I will move closer, otherwise these cars will have intergalctic mileage by the end of the year

 

If you don't move, you'll hold the forum highest mileage record in four years.

Currently one of our XK8 owning members who uses it as his daily driver has around 178K miles on it.

Graham

 

Hi Matt,

I'm a new member of this forum too, although I've owned Jag saloons for a couple of decades. Welcome to the forum!

Our latest Jag is an '04 XJR with the 4.2L SC engine you describe, along with an all-aluminum body that saves a few hundred pounds over the X308. I can attest to the pleasures of having seemingly limitless power and acceleration on tap, but with your commute I think the petrol bills might become tiresome unless your right foot is more disciplined than mine.

P.S. I work at home! ;^)

Cheers,

Don

 

Hi Matt,

I am new to the forum, although not new to Jags.

I think you will be building the mileage up much more quickly than I will. It takes me about 2 months to rack up 1000 miles.

Good luck, and enjoy.

Ted

 

Welcome aboard!

 

I have to say teh 3l S type I recently bought has just passed 140k miles, but I guess down to full service history it still drives like new, the only isue is a slight clonk form the front end on bigger pot holes