SteveY

Can anyone tell me where to stick the electronic toll tag on my 2004 XK8. It is supposed to be placed on the mottled area above the rear view mirror, but the area is completely taken up by the plastic base of the mirror with the wiper sensor etc. It cannot go on the area of the windscreen that is heated. Does anyone else have this problem?

Unfortunately I had pothole induced puncture the morning of the meet, so with one thing and another only made it to Brighton at about 12.30 and I guess most folk had gone by then, in the event I couldn't get any parking along Madeira Drive, so just did a circuit, stopped at one point but had to move on because of the traffic ... even then it took me an hour and a half to get back out on the A27. Maybe I'll make it next year. PS Two new Pirelli P Zero's were the consequence of the day (front and rear driver's side)!

Will be there (all things being equal as they say) in the XK8 ... red, 4.2 2004 convertible, myself and my wife. What time do we meet at Pease Pottage? Steve

Still checking whether I can make it, but will try very hard -- XK8 convertible and X Type 2.2. Steve

Sorry mate my mistake RS AUTOREPAIRS. Rob Squires, 01798 874475 or 07895383024

RD Autos just outside Pulborough may suit. Rob is ex-Jag dealer mechanic and has set up on his own .. Though been trading for some time now. Does a good job. He is also a classic car specialist as well.

Storrington in West Sussex, just up the road from Pulborough. Sorry, didn't see the list at first ... 1. Bilbo ( West Calder Scotland ) 2. Steve ( Poole Dorset ) 3. Willwiggs (Bridgnorth Shropshire) 4. Sean42 ( Poole Dorset) 5. eee (Lincoln) 6. Lebby ( Southampton) 7. Mike (Plymouth) 8. Jimbo (Motherwell) 9 Pezzzer ( The Potteries) 10. Alastair (Leeds) 11. BigAl ( Crawley West Sussex) 12. Markc (Hull) 13. GWJ (Lincoln) 14. Steve & Tina ( Sheffield) 15. Big Cat ( Whitley Bay) 16. Rick63 (Swadlincote) 17. Nic James (Peterborough) 18. Royztoyz (Reading) 19. Evaristas (Essex) 20. Fay Merulla (Coventry) 21. Jim and his moggy (Kent) 22. Nikola (London) 23. RedOctober6 (Chester Le Street) 24. Jag999 (Ramsgate) 25. Pete Harrison ( Middlesbrough) 26. Stahlis (Gothenburg) 27. Alan1100 (Banbury) 28. ColinU (Leithon Buzzard) 29. Jimmyfowler1 (Ellon Aberdeenshire) 30. Mannix (Wexford Ireland) #30 31.Ken & Lisa ( Southampton ) 32.Lefy ( Coventry) 33. Mark Scotton ( San Diego Cali) 34. Geordie1 (Livingston) 35. Chris 1961 (Jersey) 36. 100% !Removed! (Norwich) 37. DonnyGaz (Doncaster) 38. MrD (Hertforshire) 39. G8rdon ( Alabama) 40. GeoffL (Batley West Yorks) 41. Isis (Dudley) 42. X type den (Cannock Staffs) 43. Twojags (Hertfordshire / France) 44. Tunt (Cumbria) 45. Johnny1jag ( Brands Hatch Kent) 46. George (Kirby Merseyside) 47. Pete te Greek (Florida) 48. Gezzag (Rhyl Wales) 49. KJ0 (Cork Eire) 50. Nightmilker (Great Yarmouth) 51. Harrison (Orpington Kent) 52. Paul Mason ( Essex) 53. JcbTurbo (Lincoln) 54. Dan_V6_SE (Leicester) 55. Andy J Grant ( Cam Glos) 56. Pete_D (Worcester) 57. Barry S (Taunton SOMERSET) 58. Adam ( Bournemouth) 59. Jas 1504 (Fleckney Leicester) 60. Medium-sized-cat (Cornwall) 61. Dunc330 (Cheadle) 62. Jaguar-pl (Gloucester) 63. Burl (Durham) 64. Alpha-Male (Rotherham) 65. Keith Mewes (Maidstone Kent) 66. GW 83 Jag (Kent) 67. Pronea (Netherlands) 68. Alf (Manchester) 69. Lonewolf (Brighton) 70. Sinbad (Lincoln) 71. Kcey ( Co Durham) 72. Olde English (Southampton) 73. Den Butler (Wiltshire) 74. Magic74 (South Yorks) 75. Pete K (Burton on Trent) 76. John Hunt ( West Yorks) 77. PabloJag1 (Redditch) 78. Old Peter (Sutton Coldfield) 79. Fleetpete ( East Yorks) 80. Steve Mac (Essex) 81. Diddler (Burbage Leicester) 82. Lloydy (Livingston) 83. Knightsmith ( North Devon) 84. Msmicksmith (Lincolnshire) 85. Lorryist ( Doncaster) 86. Srad34 (Scunthorpe) 87. Dave235 (Stockport) 88. JimC64 ( Cumbernauld nr Glasgow) 89. SteveY (Storrington, West Sussex) 90. 91.

Storrington in West Sussex, just up the road from Pulborough. Steve

Thanks guys ... been out and about enjoying the XK. It doesn't give me the scary edge-of-the-seat falling-off-a-cliff tendency of my old 1965 Triumph TR4A while flinging it about on the country lanes (no power steering or any fancy stuff to help stability) ... but it does have a different "feel" and the grunt of the 4.2 engine and stick-to-the-corner ability gives a feeling of invulnerability. Comes into its own on the straight and narrow as well. Thoroughly enjoyable -- great purchase. Steve

Hi. Took delivery of my new 2004 XK8 convertible yesterday ... I still run a 2005 X-Type 2.2 Diesel Estate purchased after I dropped a piston on my 2002 X-Type 2.0 Saloon in 2005 after completing 170,000 miles from new. The X-Type 2.0 was only worth £7,500 by then and a new engine was 7 grand, so it seemed sensible to replace the car with something a bit more substantial for the mileage I was doing at the time. So I traded what was left on the Diesel. Now I wanted something to play with so use the Diesel for the heavy lifting and the XK8 for high days and holidays along with my 1965 Triumph TR4A. Both lovely cars, hope to be having fun this summer in the XK. Cheers. Steve