Fat Albert
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Saw a Dark Blue D reg Lux heading West on the B645 just outside of St neots yesterday morning at about 10:30, I was in the Jaaaag and gave a thumbs up to the confused driver
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Fat Albert
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2 968s in a week!
Saw a Blue Coupe, reg starting K968 heading southeast on the M6 on Saturday, we undertook in the Jaaag as we left at J1 (on our way home from the Guitar show)
Then saw a Red 968 Cab in Bracknell yesterday morning!
Saw a Blue Coupe, reg starting K968 heading southeast on the M6 on Saturday, we undertook in the Jaaag as we left at J1 (on our way home from the Guitar show)
Then saw a Red 968 Cab in Bracknell yesterday morning!
Fat Albert
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Hi Nick, They are very luxurious after the 944/968, big soft armchair and a cossetting, enveloping dash and padded armrest. Everything is on buttons, lots of them and it does allow you to waft around in peaceful bliss, giving it a dribble of throttle to let that lovely V8 purr you along or listen to the Upgraded Alpine Stereo.
However, press the sports button and the cats suspension stiffens up and the gearbox and throttle become more alive and you can have that V8 howling at 6,000 rpm as you set off towards the horizon on a big piece of elastic at 1.8mpg.
It is not anywhere near as connected or chuckable as a Porker, but once you get used to the bulk and trust it to settle after you chuck it into a corner/roundabout you can hustle it along fairly well.
I have just submitted my contribution to Pistonheads for their upcoming XK8 buyer's guide
However, press the sports button and the cats suspension stiffens up and the gearbox and throttle become more alive and you can have that V8 howling at 6,000 rpm as you set off towards the horizon on a big piece of elastic at 1.8mpg.
It is not anywhere near as connected or chuckable as a Porker, but once you get used to the bulk and trust it to settle after you chuck it into a corner/roundabout you can hustle it along fairly well.
I have just submitted my contribution to Pistonheads for their upcoming XK8 buyer's guide
peanut
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mmm that sounds like just my sort of motor. . Wafting along in luxury eh ? thats definitely my sort of transport.
I dearly love my S2 and cannot imagine ever selling it now. They are hardly worth a couple of grand , barely 3x weeks salary for the average bloke, so there is no point in selling really unless she starts to cost too much.
The trouble is I've already had a V8 a 928 and the petrol consumption made me cringe . I found myself avoiding long journeys and calculating the cost of trips so I got rid of it. I do miss that raw power and that lovely v8 burble though.
I'd appreciate a link to your review when its available. I've promised myself a Jag for 45 years and never had one yet. I think the time has come.
I dearly love my S2 and cannot imagine ever selling it now. They are hardly worth a couple of grand , barely 3x weeks salary for the average bloke, so there is no point in selling really unless she starts to cost too much.
The trouble is I've already had a V8 a 928 and the petrol consumption made me cringe . I found myself avoiding long journeys and calculating the cost of trips so I got rid of it. I do miss that raw power and that lovely v8 burble though.
I'd appreciate a link to your review when its available. I've promised myself a Jag for 45 years and never had one yet. I think the time has come.
Fat Albert
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I would love a 928, but their consumption is a magnitude worse than the XK8! The Jaaaag does about the same MPG as the 944 Turbo, I even saw an average above 27 ealrier today, and my on my 200 mile round trip I ended up at 25.5mpg, crusing between 75 and 85 most of the time, with the occasional burst to put the manners on some young upstart. The buyer's guide is here: http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=27195
peanut
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cads and upstarts,.... the fast lane seems full of them these days [
] Not sure where a chap can have a quiet cruise without someone trying to insert their front bumper in ones boot !
Yes the early 928's were a bit agricultural to say the least. 25+Mpg even for a modern v8 is pretty impressive all the same .I could live with that .
I'll enjoy reading your review over brekky thanks for the link. I'm going to have to try one out sometime soon, trouble is we don't have any more free parking space on our patch [&o]
] Not sure where a chap can have a quiet cruise without someone trying to insert their front bumper in ones boot !Yes the early 928's were a bit agricultural to say the least. 25+Mpg even for a modern v8 is pretty impressive all the same .I could live with that .
I'll enjoy reading your review over brekky thanks for the link. I'm going to have to try one out sometime soon, trouble is we don't have any more free parking space on our patch [&o]
Frenchy
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Peanut and Albert, i waft around in my E38 7 Series with leather and electric everything, this is the second i have had, the first was a 3.5 V8 which is a wonderful engine, consumption was 24 mpg knocking about and 28 cruising it had a fair bit of grunt but was not the sort of car you chuck about.
The new car is a baby engine wise with it only being the 2.8 which is a silky smooth straight 6, it will not set any speed records but that is not it was built for again TV, Sat Nav, built in phone 8 way electric seats along with a host of other stuff, the car is a "sport" version with different gearing firmer suspension and Brembo brakes but you would not track it !!
Did a 400 mile trip on about £75 which the trip computer told me was 37 mpg, every mile was wafted in luxury, they are near enough being given away..........check them out !!
[] Sorry for being OT peeps.
The new car is a baby engine wise with it only being the 2.8 which is a silky smooth straight 6, it will not set any speed records but that is not it was built for again TV, Sat Nav, built in phone 8 way electric seats along with a host of other stuff, the car is a "sport" version with different gearing firmer suspension and Brembo brakes but you would not track it !!
Did a 400 mile trip on about £75 which the trip computer told me was 37 mpg, every mile was wafted in luxury, they are near enough being given away..........check them out !!
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] Sorry for being OT peeps.
White S, B10xxx M1 around J26 northbound 7:30 this morning
And at least 2 Turbos, and a 928, Alan
Sandspider
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ORIGINAL: Frenchy
Peanut and Albert, i waft around in my E38 7 Series with leather and electric everything, this is the second i have had, the first was a 3.5 V8 which is a wonderful engine, consumption was 24 mpg knocking about and 28 cruising it had a fair bit of grunt but was not the sort of car you chuck about.
The new car is a baby engine wise with it only being the 2.8 which is a silky smooth straight 6, it will not set any speed records but that is not it was built for again TV, Sat Nav, built in phone 8 way electric seats along with a host of other stuff, the car is a "sport" version with different gearing firmer suspension and Brembo brakes but you would not track it !!
Did a 400 mile trip on about £75 which the trip computer told me was 37 mpg, every mile was wafted in luxury, they are near enough being given away..........check them out !!
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That is a lot of car for the money. Mind you, the XK looks gorgeous and sounds it too...
Monkeythree
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Saw a red 944 S going West towards Bolton on the M61 this morning at 8.15am.
Looked like it was being prepped for some paintwork, the drivers door was partially in primer.
Still looked nice though!
Looked like it was being prepped for some paintwork, the drivers door was partially in primer.
Still looked nice though!
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