dieselpower

Manchester

Toes

Cafe

Personally I'd try and get a JMB case. His work is excellent and at a reasonable price. Enjoy the ride.

Coconut

God dammit 'Nook that Landie is a stunner

Man

Guru

Here here. Well said that man.

Comedian

I'd never join a club that would have me as a member.

I grew up in the cinema. I watched everything. I was lucky to be just the right age to witness the last great era of Hollywood. Barry Norman was my go to guy for film criticism. I didn't always agree with him but that's the way it should be. He was, however, a true lover of film and when he analysed a film it was with a keen eye and a lack of ego, something that is sorely lacking in many other critics. I do not like the role of a critic as it is by definition to criticise and that I find distasteful. Barry Norman was not to my mind a critic, he was an appraiser and I think film makers of the time would have been well advised to listen to his wise words. He had no axe to grind and no point to prove he just said it how he saw it. He gave me many hours of enjoyment and nurtured in me a love of film. I thank him. RIP. Top bloke.

Congrats from another 10 year-er

Woody

Regulations

Royce

Of course I love the 850 too. Just a little modern for my tastes at the moment but give it 10 years and it will mature into something truly spectacular I'm sure. @ eunomians That is one beast of a car. Fantastic.

Thankyou gentlemen. I'm familiar with KWE but it took me ages to find a car that had not been molested. Mine is totally factory original, warts and all and that's the way I like it. @ StoneP - You're a man after my own heart. I love both the 635 and the SEC whatever engine is in. An SEC was a consideration for me but I have got a 300CE already and fancied a change from the Germanic predictability of the Merc. The Jag has impressed me so far and I've lost count of the amount of compliments I've had from other road users already! I am at an age when I remember this car replacing the E type and I must admit it was a bit of a disappointment at first. Then again it had big boots to fill. Now it has matured really well and is a testament to Malcolm Sayer and Bill Lyons judgement and after all who are we to question two such men? It's not a car for the environmentalists though. I live in London and according to the trip 'computer' I am averaging 7.5 mpg around town. I drove from Manchester to London the other day and got 25mpg though :-) @ kernow - I paid less then £10k for the car which I still think is a bargain. It is as they say a lot of car for the money. I reckon these are going to increase significantly in the next few years. After all at the time the only other V12 road cars were coming from Ferrari and Lambo. So, dust of your wallet, hit the interweb and join the V12 club and just watch your investment take off. The days of a sub £10k V12 classic coupe from the guy who designed the D Type and E type are not going to hang around for long. Oh and it's the last car to be signed off by Mr Lyons, the founder of the company. Pedigree's don't get much better than that. Racing history? Look at the ETCC.

Tea

Brilliant. I didn't know cowbells went to eleven.

Thanks for the compliments chaps. @ cpd2186 - I like to think it's still got class @ Sogeha - Nooooo, selling the Merc would be an act of pure lunacy. Merc is still with me, it's just got a stable mate is all.

I've been looking for an early HE XJS for a bout 2 years now. Finally the hunt is over.....

Beetle

Felix

Amour