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Always fancied one of those. The auto would put me off though.

 

drive one bud . the box is very good , its a merc box that can be used in manual mode with the jaguar j gate set up , its turned me because i was allways for manuals but i think id strugle to go back now

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How reliable are these dude? Even the XK's?

 

servive the box corectly and peplace the chain tensioners with alooy instead of plastic and they are relable. neither of my 2 xk8s let me down at any point , the guys i know that have them all love them too, its the type of car that if your not willing to maintain it properly, it will bite you in the wallet for it

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well i just took a deposit on my lovely jaaaaaag..:( but i loved it soo much im now im now in the market for an XKR a nice 450bhp silky smooth v8 and bags of suarve will go down a treat :D the fun part of the hunt begins

 

 

A friend of mines dad owned an xkr, gave me a go in it, honestly I was expecting pipe and slippers, but was absolutely shocked by the power of it, and a lovely noise aswell! Felt very cramped for me though, but I'm 6 foot 5.

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im 6.4" and thers loads of room. just need how to set up the 6 way seats lol

 

Maybe that was it, didn't want to mess around with it too much as it was only a quick spin. I'd say I gave some people a good laugh though, I looked like the dog from the flintstones I was so squeezed into it! :D

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drive one bud . the box is very good , its a merc box that can be used in manual mode with the jaguar j gate set up , its turned me because i was allways for manuals but i think id strugle to go back now

 

I know what you mean Craig but the TT tiptronic has taught me that I need to drive manuals to enjoy the experience. Cruising is great but attacking a set of twisties means I would need a manual to feel connected. Personal taste I suppose..!!

 

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My Dads on his 4th XK now, which is a 2011 5.0 XKR coupe :cool: it's a monster, and somewhat scratches my Supra itch.

 

I've driven most iterations of XK now, the earlier ones were fast, the newer ones are seriously quick once they get going.

 

the 5.0 is a serious monster , do you have any pics, id love one of those one day, he is an ispiration to me

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the 5.0 is a serious monster , do you have any pics, id love one of those one day, he is an ispiration to me

 

No, I'll get some next time I'm out in it. It's one of the last before they changed to the newer headlights (which I prefer) but save him almost £25k going for the slightly older one. It's dark metallic red with cream leather :cool:

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