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Hey Guys and Gals,
My youngest son and I have just drove my 01 XK8 from Madison Wi to Montreal CA (about 1100 miles)for the F1 race without a issue.
Since purchasing this car I have done damn near every repair you guys have come up with including rebuilding the motor since it spun a rod bearing on my way home from purchasing it.
Everyone I know was questioning my sanity for doing this but I feel vindicated by making it here without issue ( was starting to panic about possible overheating in Montreal traffic, 1.5 hours for 12km's) so thanks for all your helpful posts and I'll post up again about the ride home.
Anyone else up here for race weekend?
Thanks, Terry
My youngest son and I have just drove my 01 XK8 from Madison Wi to Montreal CA (about 1100 miles)for the F1 race without a issue.
Since purchasing this car I have done damn near every repair you guys have come up with including rebuilding the motor since it spun a rod bearing on my way home from purchasing it.
Everyone I know was questioning my sanity for doing this but I feel vindicated by making it here without issue ( was starting to panic about possible overheating in Montreal traffic, 1.5 hours for 12km's) so thanks for all your helpful posts and I'll post up again about the ride home.
Anyone else up here for race weekend?
Thanks, Terry
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Where in NB are you? We (wife and I) are looking to move to Moncton post-retirement. And bring the Jag, of course!
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We are a bit North of Fredericton, a couple hours drive from Moncton. You might want to bring the F350 with you too, people will think you are a local. Even with the Florida plates.
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Wine may have it's snobs and beer might have it's geeks but they're nothing compared to poutineophiles. I've seen fights break out over the correct pronunciation of the word.
PS- it's not 'poo-teen' or 'pow-tyne' BTW. The closest most anglophones can manage is 'puh-TZIN'.
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So the current idea is to sell both the trailer and the truck, together or individually. And soon!
Although, I wonder how much I could get for the F350 up in NB?
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Poutine is similar to Champagne in that it cannot rightfully be called that outside of a defined geographical area. You might have had fries with gravy and curd cheese that tasted OK, but it wasn't poutine. Even Montreal is barely inside the terroire of poutine, the dish having originated about 160KM southeast.
Wine may have it's snobs and beer might have it's geeks but they're nothing compared to poutineophiles. I've seen fights break out over the correct pronunciation of the word.
PS- it's not 'poo-teen' or 'pow-tyne' BTW. The closest most anglophones can manage is 'puh-TZIN'.![Wink](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Wine may have it's snobs and beer might have it's geeks but they're nothing compared to poutineophiles. I've seen fights break out over the correct pronunciation of the word.
PS- it's not 'poo-teen' or 'pow-tyne' BTW. The closest most anglophones can manage is 'puh-TZIN'.
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Hey Guys and Gals,
My youngest son and I have just drove my 01 XK8 from Madison Wi to Montreal CA (about 1100 miles)for the F1 race without a issue.
Since purchasing this car I have done damn near every repair you guys have come up with including rebuilding the motor since it spun a rod bearing on my way home from purchasing it.
Everyone I know was questioning my sanity for doing this but I feel vindicated by making it here without issue ( was starting to panic about possible overheating in Montreal traffic, 1.5 hours for 12km's) so thanks for all your helpful posts and I'll post up again about the ride home.
Anyone else up here for race weekend?
Thanks, Terry
My youngest son and I have just drove my 01 XK8 from Madison Wi to Montreal CA (about 1100 miles)for the F1 race without a issue.
Since purchasing this car I have done damn near every repair you guys have come up with including rebuilding the motor since it spun a rod bearing on my way home from purchasing it.
Everyone I know was questioning my sanity for doing this but I feel vindicated by making it here without issue ( was starting to panic about possible overheating in Montreal traffic, 1.5 hours for 12km's) so thanks for all your helpful posts and I'll post up again about the ride home.
Anyone else up here for race weekend?
Thanks, Terry
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Not really. If you drive 4 miles south (yes, south) of Detroit, Michigan you're in Canada. I have a pretty reliable '05. What bothers me is that, when I'm on the highway I feel the need to glance down at the dashboard every few moments to make sure a warning light isn't on.
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I gave up trying to find any place that serves or sells decent smoked meat in Ontario so now make my own, including the smoking part
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So, who's up for bagel wars? St. Viateur vs. Fairmount.
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Just got back from the track and the weather and racing has been fabulous.
We're going to clean up and go downtown and give Rubens a shot.
Been to Peel St. and Crescent St. the last couple of nights and wow, lots of beautiful women and cars. There was a Pagani Huayra with the Tempesta package, sticker on the window was $3,999,999.00!
The most common super car here is the Audi R8, probably seen 15 of them but only 1 XK8, mine.
Just got back from the track and the weather and racing has been fabulous.
We're going to clean up and go downtown and give Rubens a shot.
Been to Peel St. and Crescent St. the last couple of nights and wow, lots of beautiful women and cars. There was a Pagani Huayra with the Tempesta package, sticker on the window was $3,999,999.00!
The most common super car here is the Audi R8, probably seen 15 of them but only 1 XK8, mine.
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Well, happy to say we had a great round trip. 2139 miles without one warning light going on! I have definitely built up confidence in the XK8 and would not hesitate to take it anywhere now but I know what you mean when you mentioned looking down at the gauges every few minutes.