Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

It's very nice, and it's probably just me, but I prefer the series 2. The grill on the series 1 cars just looks a bit too snouty. A series 2 Daimler Double Six, on the other hand, most yummy.

Old jags.

Xk120 pls.

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I like that blockier front end of the series 1. If we're talking series 2 then it'd have to be the XJ Coupe but then again think I'd prefer the above as if has more waft-factor. Either series 1 or 2 though driving around today just looks so classy.

Xk120 pls.

This ^

There was one that I would see driven around all the time while I was at uni. Absolutely gorgeous cars.

Hoping I win the Euromillions :)

https://youtu.be/wlnx0GXswEw

Peasant. C-type all the way if we're talking money no object. XJSS in second place.

The trouble with the Series 1 is I can't stop thinking it looks like a slightly surprised pig. Still cool though - no argument there. The XJ Coupe is indeed very nice, but then 2 doors > 4 doors.

A friend of @Cycliste's father had (has?) a red XK120 roadster, which overheated quite spectacularly in traffic on the way back from Le Mans when the relay driving the aftermarket electric fan lost the will to live. I ended up 'fixing' it using an empty Orangina can, some nail clippers, and a rock I picked up by the side of the road.

Overheating was something of a theme on that trip. My Fury Blackbird boiled itself on the way down when the rad fan wore a tiny pinprick hole in one of the silicone water hoses. We ended up fixing it using a random length of water hose @Cycliste got from a local garage, cut down to fit, which just about fitted after we'd softened the rubber by dunking it in a cup of tea bought from a local garage. After we'd topped up the coolant using a couple of bottles of Evian we were good to go again. That random piece of French rubber hose stayed on the car (as short term bodges tend to) until I blew up the engine racing at Donington.

Bodges. Love 'em. #csb.

Dad owned a series 1, that was 10 -12 years old when we got it and had a bit of restoration work to keep it on the road and it broke down alot...fast forward a few years and it was restored again by practical classics. The reliability hadn't changed.

Hush, XKSS is what you want and luckily enough you can now buy a continuation one from Jaguar Land Rover.

Cliche perhaps, but D type would be where my unlimited folding would flutter.

People have said the same to me about the series 2, but could just be an excuse to fit an LS engine.

I am quite tempted to buy this (£5k, un modified, 95k miles)

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I like these

I'm seriously looking at those but then I see a low mileage BMW estate for only a few more quid and I think to myself why would I?!?

My other half has bought an ‘03 NA 2.0 one which I’ve been running about in, I really like driving it, it’s just a bit gutless. Mind you it was the equivalent of £1500 and was the only manual one for sale in the state.

Euro cars are a premium here and almost always autos

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You can buy a continuation one of those, the XKSS.

Thought that Aus get lots of second hand cars from Japan.

I have a BMW with xdrive. There is a large nail in one of the tyres. The garage is telling me I have to get all 4 done as their can't be a greater than 2mm tread variance between tyres because it'll fuck the xdrive system. Anyone got insight into this? Do I really need to change all 4 tyres

And related.....what tyres? 225/50 r18 99w run flats.

I thought you had to swap fronts / rears at the same time, but not all 4

Try it

Back of envelope, I think that's less than 1% difference in circumference. I imagine that calculation should be checked though.

I don't know how much more wear the front vs rear get in the usual course of driving the thing, but I assume the F/R wear isn't exactly even given it decides where to send torque, and so the tyres must eventually wear naturally so they're out by more than 1% difference (but all legal, so not particularly measured). Do suddenly all four need replacing under such circumstances?

That said, it's not something I have to deal with on my car, and I've got no real idea...

Can see it causing an issue with fancy AWD systems to be honest.

I think I'm going to change all 4.