Just got back from the St Louis area visiting family. And Busch Stadium.

Put another 4400 +/- miles on it with no issues and got 25+mpg with it. It just likes to run between 80 and 90. Turned 135,000 on it coming back, so much for reliability issues with the Ford-owned era.

Rich

Good to know! A jag XK8 is on my bucket list, but I am now leaning towards a Lexus SC430.
Peter.

Not a tough choice. The Jaguar sports cars have panache...

Rich,

You got any pictures of your Jag? I'd like to see some.

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issues and got 25+mpg with it. It just likes to run between 80 and 90. Turned 135,000 on it coming back, so much for reliability issues

My '06 S-Type gets 26 all day long at 75.

neat touring care, to be sure.

That said, you only get to put the top down once...



Rich

I could say something, but will let you have your fun.

which one of us?

Rich,
You know how much I love jag o weres, but have fun with them.

yes.

It's like my Grandfather (who was married nearly 56 years to one, and had twelve children with her) said about redheaded women: when they are good, they are amazing. When they are bad: always remember the hair color shows how close to the surface the fire is.

I enjoy the banter.

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That said, you only get to put the top down once..."

The sun roof works every time

that's a hole in the roof. I said "Put the top down". And back up, and back down, and back up, and back down again. Like my wife and I do driving the back roads from the Boise area to the Oregon coast 5-6 times every summer.

That said, you really do have a very nice touring car.

Actually, I call it an "engineered leak" (knock wood).

AAAAAAAArrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

My wife had this bright idea coming home that we should drive all the way across Colorado on I-70 until we hit Spanish Fork, UT, and just run up I-15 to I-80/84.

This, until 4:30pm on Thursday afternoon and she realizes that includes Denver and rush hour traffic. Map says at Brighton, CO, turn north on hwy 385 and go to Chappell, NE. Gorgeous deserted road, passed one P/U in 60 miles.

Stretching the cars legs a little, I have this Pheasant dive bomb my driver's side headlight nacelle. Half of the bird is wedged under the nacelle, the rest disintegrated. I think impact speed was somewhere between 135 and 140mph. Insurance Company sent me to a buddy's shop for an estimate. Nearly $1700.

Gives an entirely new meaning to the phrase "pheasant under glass...".

Jeeeez, now you know what pilots worry about!

no kidding...

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
Just got back from the St Louis area visiting family. And Busch Stadium.

Put another 4400 +/- miles on it with no issues and got 25+mpg with it. It just likes to run between 80 and 90. Turned 135,000 on it coming back, so much for reliability issues with the Ford-owned era.

Rich

What model Jag do you have? When the XKE came out I went up to Hartford to see it. It was $5000 or so. More than I had.

this is a 2000 XK-8 convertible.

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2000 XK-8 convertible.

In 1961 I bought a 1956 Corvette convertible also with the hard top.

The car had been raced and had a 3.55 final gear to the powerglide trans. It also had the 265 V8 with two four barrel carbs. It was white with a gold cove and black soft top.

It did not have power steering but had the fast but heavy steering ratio.