Anyone drive a Jaguar?

I've gone and done it - picking up a '17 plate Jaguar XF Portfolio on weds...

 

Welcome to the club! Lovely looking motor, and just the right wheel size to give the best blend between style and comfort. Low miles too, which is great.

 

Nice to be in a club again lol Will give it the thorough going over once i pick it up and drive it for a bit, I'm told they're glorious... we shall see!

 

Old Merc is gone now :( Picking up the Jag later...

 

I'm looking forward to the first report!

 

If anyone wants a free E type, according to the stories I've hear, there's one going free if you want to pick it up yourself.

This must have happened around 1970. There was an E type being chased by the police (don't know why but must have been something nefarious), through the Yorkshire Dales, and the driver managed to lose them. He drove it into the roadworks at Junction 37 of the M6 (they were still building it) and paid the driver of the digger £50 to bury it. Apparently it's under 60 tons of soil under the bank of the underpass!

Told to me a few years later by the driver of the digger.

 

Just back from collecting it, very smooth drive home and lots of gadgets to learn!
Need to try out different driving modes (think it was on Eco) first and get used to an automatic gearbox of course

 

If there was an E-Type buried there, it will definitely be no longer regardless of the weight of the soil - those things dissolved easier than sugar!

 

@Sandy Ground It's definitely true. The digger driver was a customer of mine! He's been under the ground for over 20 years so I don't think the police will want to prosecute him. £50 in those days was quite a lot of money.

 

Found first issue - rear screen heater doesn't appear to work...

Have also tried out Sport mode :D ; have also now told the in-laws that we drive a Jaguar and they should doff their caps in respect lol

 

Quite right too! You have to keep the peasants in their place.

 

Well? How is she going? Are you enjoying your new car?