Am I at 27, too young...

[Big Col]

for an old XK8:question: I love the cars but:

1)I don't own slippers.
2)I don't smoke a pipe
3)I hate flatcaps
4)I don't wear driving gloves
5)I don't own a white silk scarf.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

[euan]

get a black one, tints, 20" chrome alloys....

Pimping :)

[Scottie]

whats a XK8:I a Jaguar:question: how old is old.

[Big Col]

Old is 1997 Fi.

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/627/mediaet5.jpg

[duncan]

Its either a mid-life crisis, or a car you get after the wife's run off with a gym instructor :eek::p

[Scottie]

hey that not bad at all.:cool: what would the running and servicing costs be like:question:. MPG:question:

oh and remember Ford are just about to tell the world they are selling Jaguar looks like either Hyundia or the Russian guy that bought TVR are in the mix for it.

[Big Col]

Horrendous would probably answer all of those questions Fi. :)

Surprised Ford are selling Jaguar. Especially since they just released the luuuurvly new XK!

[Scottie]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col
Horrendous would probably answer all of those questions Fi. :)

Surprised Ford are selling Jaguar. Especially since they just released the luuuurvly new XK!


yeh and Land Rover also.:(

[bpirie1000]

Course your Not to Old For an XK8.......

Takes some time for teh Prices to fall so that some one your age can actually afford to run the car and Not have to much depreciation.. ( Oh god I sound Old speaking about depreciation.) Hell if you like it Buy it.......

Everyone deserves alittle fun now and again..

[The Dogfather]

Col, have you checked how much they cost to repair? The suspension can be dodgy and the fix costs at least £1000 to sort, buyer beware!

Check out the What Car used car prices book it gives info on every cars reliabilty

[Heather]

Buy one Col, I would sell a kidney to have one!:D

[euan]

Are they not group 20 insurance?

[Big Col]

The insurance isn't too bad for me to be honest. The big concern is the MPG since I'm up and down to Aberdeen! The repair costs could also be a little scary I'd think. It's not exactly a cheap little runaround but they are lurrvly!

By the way Bri I was asking if I was too YOUNG to have one! Not too old ya cheeky git! :)

[stoney]

if u want it go for it i am 23 and would have one !!!!

[sleepyrascal]

You cant be to young for any kind of car.... I was looking at an Audi A4 Avant and i'm only 24. Go for it! But not in silver, or beige, or maroon.

[sh@z]

Aren't used XKR's quite damn cheap nowadays too?

[PACMAN]

yip 25k to 30k for a good one .... 10k for a high miles one.... quite a few on ebay at the moment :)

[Big Col]

quote:Originally posted by sh@z

Aren't used XKR's quite damn cheap nowadays too?


Damn tootin they are! Not to run though it seems!!

[monkimagic]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col

for an old XK8:question: I love the cars but:

1)I don't own slippers.
2)I don't smoke a pipe
3)I hate flatcaps
4)I don't wear driving gloves
5)I don't own a white silk scarf.

Hmmmmmmmmm.


I reckon you will need all of the above and a beer gut to pull this one off mate

[Smitty]

What about a new XK8.............the most gorgous car to come out of the Jaguar factory since the E-Type

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/jagxkr.jpg

The old ones are ok, but just a little to dated!!

[Big Col]

Oh aye! You're right! Buy a new XK8? Why didn't I think of that! I mean who needs food and a house right?

[Smitty]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col
I mean who needs food and a house right?


People who don't drive a new XK8;):D

[jayex]

quote:Originally posted by Smitty

What about a new XK8.............the most gorgous car to come out of the Jaguar factory since the E-Type

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/jagxkr.jpg

The old ones are ok, but just a little to dated!!



have to agree :cool:

[Wul]

'kin 'ell - I go away for 2 weeks and when I come back I find big cols had a stroke and aged 20years in 2 weeks!! Col - to answer your threads title YES! and away and splash some cold water on your face and get another coffee - whit are you like!! :p8)

[Big Col]

Awwww come on auld yin! They're cool!!!!

[euan]

I'm with Col, looks great and I'd have one in a minute!

Not old man green with beige though ;)

[Gismo]

Old f@rt, go on get one, don't forget your leather arm pads and you're driving gloves :p

[Wul]

And one of these too - not worn backwards either!! :p

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Boudica55/rlcap2.jpg

[Burple]

quote:Originally posted by Wul

And one of these too - not worn backwards either!! :p

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Boudica55/rlcap2.jpg



lol.. <imagines Big Col as a stretched member of N-Sync>


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