Where did you drive in your XK8/R today?
#144
25 May 2013 Best day with the car (and misses) yet!
Drove the 100 miles from Rotherham to Whitby. Over the Yorkshire Dales on the Roads Clarkson used for the XK8 Top Gear Test. (and I think the X150 XK)
Great roads for a drive, 20% grades, corkscrew turns just after blind creasts - one of which got a scream from the wife. 60MPH limit but there are stretches where a law abiding person could bury the throttle as you come out of a tight bend. (and some where a none law abiding person could head towards maxing it out).
No speed cameras I notice.
Spent 10 minures keeping up with a new DB9, (the wife said I should so it looked like we were with them)!
After a few hours at Whitby we took the almost as good coast road to Scarborough. Thats when I remembered to take some pictures.
On the way home a boxter driver did some almost suicidal multi-vehicle overtaking to prove he could get away, but a maserati granturismo was fun as well. (all at legal speeds obviously).
All in all 240 fun miles at 25mpg (UK) and a massive fly kill on the nose cone.
Drove the 100 miles from Rotherham to Whitby. Over the Yorkshire Dales on the Roads Clarkson used for the XK8 Top Gear Test. (and I think the X150 XK)
Great roads for a drive, 20% grades, corkscrew turns just after blind creasts - one of which got a scream from the wife. 60MPH limit but there are stretches where a law abiding person could bury the throttle as you come out of a tight bend. (and some where a none law abiding person could head towards maxing it out).
No speed cameras I notice.
Spent 10 minures keeping up with a new DB9, (the wife said I should so it looked like we were with them)!
After a few hours at Whitby we took the almost as good coast road to Scarborough. Thats when I remembered to take some pictures.
On the way home a boxter driver did some almost suicidal multi-vehicle overtaking to prove he could get away, but a maserati granturismo was fun as well. (all at legal speeds obviously).
All in all 240 fun miles at 25mpg (UK) and a massive fly kill on the nose cone.
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I thought it was fun to drive to the local Dominik's Supermarket. But then again, I was in Portugal the past two weeks and needed some fresh supplies and hadn't driven since then. Then I proceeded to ride the back roads for three hours on my Heritage Springer, as it almost hit 70 degrees F. Almost as much fun as the XKR.
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I found my XKR March 2012, a year 2000 coupe in BRG with just 18k miles. Here's that lengthy story with images
Found my XKR, BRG
Put 1300 miles on during the last 14 months or so until last week when did 1300 mile round trip from Manhattan to Raleigh, NC for a hobby convention for fountain pen collectors. A friend dropped down by train from Albany to meet me in NYC for the trip. With tires freshly placed and with (iirc the proper term) Hunter road force balancing done, we hit the trail in scenic fashion, opting instead of the 500 mile straight shot down Route 95 to head west to Pennsylvania for a 650 mile trip down through the Blue Ridge Mountains/Shenandoah Valley. A national treasure (and partially a national park) is Skyline Drive, a 400+ mile road at top of the mountains, built/started during the Great Depression.
We did about 70 miles on Skyline Drive. We pushed nicely through the twisties with no problem. Scenery was... remarkable. As to the car narcissism thing... well... we stopped at one of the resorts along the way to get drinks. Before we could open doors, we were approached by a fellow standing by his Civic (somehow tricked out to tune of $27k), carrying a camera. He noted he was a photographer and car nut and having just seen a V-12 Aston within the hour was surprised to see such a minty XKR. I'm not surprised though that those with killer cars like to take scenic drives. We let him shoot the car. He was stunned to learn his Civic cost waaay more than this Jag. We discussed the power of depreciation. Of course, I have put a few thousand into solving glitches, since buying the car. Soon we had crowd of 5-6 people asking questions. Did nice show and tell... engine... interior.... discussion of history of the car. Fun stuff, really.
After work with dealer to solve a couple glitches (despite the low mileage) including a persistent check engine light, occasional performance limiter, and a mid-range whir-whir noise at speed (which did prove ultimately to be the tires), the car was a monster. Perfect ride. Quiet. Ate the road. Unending acceleration...
Here be muh wee Growler at one lookout (this one early on, not quite the 3500 ft max) on Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains
regards
David
Found my XKR, BRG
Put 1300 miles on during the last 14 months or so until last week when did 1300 mile round trip from Manhattan to Raleigh, NC for a hobby convention for fountain pen collectors. A friend dropped down by train from Albany to meet me in NYC for the trip. With tires freshly placed and with (iirc the proper term) Hunter road force balancing done, we hit the trail in scenic fashion, opting instead of the 500 mile straight shot down Route 95 to head west to Pennsylvania for a 650 mile trip down through the Blue Ridge Mountains/Shenandoah Valley. A national treasure (and partially a national park) is Skyline Drive, a 400+ mile road at top of the mountains, built/started during the Great Depression.
We did about 70 miles on Skyline Drive. We pushed nicely through the twisties with no problem. Scenery was... remarkable. As to the car narcissism thing... well... we stopped at one of the resorts along the way to get drinks. Before we could open doors, we were approached by a fellow standing by his Civic (somehow tricked out to tune of $27k), carrying a camera. He noted he was a photographer and car nut and having just seen a V-12 Aston within the hour was surprised to see such a minty XKR. I'm not surprised though that those with killer cars like to take scenic drives. We let him shoot the car. He was stunned to learn his Civic cost waaay more than this Jag. We discussed the power of depreciation. Of course, I have put a few thousand into solving glitches, since buying the car. Soon we had crowd of 5-6 people asking questions. Did nice show and tell... engine... interior.... discussion of history of the car. Fun stuff, really.
After work with dealer to solve a couple glitches (despite the low mileage) including a persistent check engine light, occasional performance limiter, and a mid-range whir-whir noise at speed (which did prove ultimately to be the tires), the car was a monster. Perfect ride. Quiet. Ate the road. Unending acceleration...
Here be muh wee Growler at one lookout (this one early on, not quite the 3500 ft max) on Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains
regards
David
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Ah, June gloom. Used to live in Dove Canyon and the kids went to school in Dana Point. We don't get it as bad in the bay area but, it's still here. Yesterday it was 107, today 75. Regardless, I don't think there is a better place to own a Jaguar than California. We're doing a run to Monterey on the 22nd of June. You should try to make it.
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Ah, June gloom. Used to live in Dove Canyon and the kids went to school in Dana Point. We don't get it as bad in the bay area but, it's still here. Yesterday it was 107, today 75. Regardless, I don't think there is a better place to own a Jaguar than California. We're doing a run to Monterey on the 22nd of June. You should try to make it.
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Check out the link below. MarcB is the organizer on this one.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/w...2nd-run-93179/
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/w...2nd-run-93179/