#295250 - 14/03/2007 12:47
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So I was just looking over some old threads about how Empegs aren't used much in cars anymore... Mrs lbt is just about to upgrade her little runabout to include an Empeg (and tuner - thanks Patrick). Wouldn't think of any other head units. Mark - any chance of a hijack mod to integrate with the radar guided cruise control? I'm sure the Robs would be up for some interface design...   
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#295251 - 14/03/2007 14:35
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Seriously, seriously cool car!
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#295252 - 14/03/2007 16:23
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Mark - any chance of a hijack mod to integrate with the radar guided cruise control? I'm sure the Robs would be up for some interface design...
I really wanted that option! Sadly I have to make do with smashing into the car in front when I take a snooze 
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#295253 - 14/03/2007 18:06
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#295254 - 14/03/2007 18:07
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Seriously, seriously cool car!
Denise says "thank you"
And she wants it to sound as nice as yours!
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#295255 - 14/03/2007 19:17
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Wow.. that is a beautiful car!
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#295256 - 14/03/2007 19:40
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Indeed! Sadly, I can't make out the badge in the picture, and I'm not the sort that can recognize every car under the sun... what is it?
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#295257 - 14/03/2007 21:14
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Jaguar XKR 4.2 litre V8, supercharged (upgrade with a faster supercharger, ECU remap and water/methanol injection - to 450BHP they say) Slightly noisier than standard exhaust system so you can hear the V8 Lowered suspension - mainly a styling thing but I think the track may be wider than standard. Naff sound system - for now... Picking it up saturday - more pics after that - hopefully some next to Rob's
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#295258 - 14/03/2007 21:35
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Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson liked it, as do I!
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#295259 - 14/03/2007 21:48
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Ah, that's the *new* XKR. We thought about it - then we looked at the price and stopped thinking. We do like it - especially from the back. The problem is, a year or so back we went to see them being made in the factory - they were gorgeous. When we came out though we waited by a car park until the minibus came to take us back to Jag HQ. As we waited we saw some cars parked up. It took a second look to realise one was the new XK. It just blended into the sea of normal cars. That's why all Jaguar's publicity shots show it from behind - heck even the dealers have them with the rear end facing the showroom windows!!! That was the real deciding moment for us. The old style XK never just 'blended in'  Especially when it was lowered an inch or so.
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#295260 - 15/03/2007 23:25
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That's the MOST SEXY CAR ON THE ROAD that any reasonable man can own. "Reasonable", because the unreasonable Aston Martin DB9 is actually the most sexy car. Oddly, the only two men I know who own the XK are "unreasonable" in that sense (a compliment if you read it right). The new XK took inspiration from tons of plain and boring cars. Air intake of a 1998 Buick Riviera, side vents remind me of the current 350Z. (my brain's not working tonight, because when I first saw the ultralight concept, I noticed about 5 other poor inspirations). On or before 2011, I will own a 2006 Jaguar XKR. (maybe an '05, not sure I like the hood vents yet)
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#295261 - 16/03/2007 08:39
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We had a talk from Ian McCallum (designer of all recent AM's and also the new XK) at the XK Enthusiasts Club meet last year. Some reading between the lines was needed, but it was apparant that the major reason the new XK is not half as sexy as the old one is compliance with modern safety standards. The back is very high to get the eye level brake lights in the right place while still accommodating two golf bags in the boot (yeah really) and the front is too high so it can accommodate the gizmos that save idiot pedestrians when they run out in front of you. I think he also just screwed up on the front, it's just not pretty. Word is Jaguar already have a very nice body refresh standing by which might go on to the 500bhp XKR/R as and when they persuade Ford to make that project official. In the mean time several after market modification companies are launching body kits.
It's still too expensive though, where as the far nicer looking old model can be picked up for peanuts these days. Of course the running costs call for a whole other kind of nut.
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#295262 - 16/03/2007 08:49
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Word is Jaguar already have a very nice body refresh standing by which might go on to the 500bhp XKR/R as and when they persuade Ford to make that project official.
Now that Ford have sold Aston Martin, I hope Jaguar will be free to build monsterous cars without their parent company telling them off for stepping on big brothers toes. Would be nice to see a Jaguar 'BMW M6' or 'CLK63 AMG'.
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#295263 - 16/03/2007 10:04
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side vents remind me of the current 350Z.
Side vents? There's no such a thing on a 350Z.
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#295264 - 16/03/2007 11:05
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We had a talk from Ian McCallum (designer of all recent AM's and also the new XK) at the XK Enthusiasts Club meet last year.
That's interesting, I always thought those things looked like Aston Martins (to the extent that I had to Google Images both Jaguar and Aston to find out which that picture was actually of).
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#295265 - 16/03/2007 12:18
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Speaking of AM vs Jaguar, David/Denise on your XK are those aftermarket headlamps? They have a neat little bit on the inside corners which is like the Aston V8 Vantage.
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#295266 - 16/03/2007 20:52
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Peter: The XK vents remind me of the 350Z door handles, oddly. I remember now, the vents remind me of the new Range Rover. The rear wheel arches reminded me of some Mitsubishi, I think... Rob: They won't cost peanuts in the US for 4 more years, unfortunately. David: Did you photoshop that license plate?
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#295267 - 18/03/2007 13:32
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No mate, those were standard - I think this is the last ever revision of the XK shape from Jaguar. Externally the only change that's been made was to lower it by an inch. Oh, and much bigger exhaust ovals but you can't see them yet...
Internally of course....
The next mod (after the Rio) will be paddle shift (but using steering wheel mounted buttons rather than paddles).
Hey, next best thing to a manual...
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#295268 - 18/03/2007 13:32
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Nope, that's the standard plate. But we're selling it if you're interested... We just got: MIST DG for this car and WISH DG for the TVR
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#295269 - 21/03/2007 00:37
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Heck, the old plate looked like your purchase date or something. I thought it was custom. Or did you just happen to get "XK" in there?
I saw a license plate containing "SLK", the hot little Benz... but the plate was on a Volvo 240 wagon.
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#295270 - 21/03/2007 07:54
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Or did you just happen to get "XK" in there?
It's possible that Jag got a job lot of plates with XK in them. I remember seeing a lot of MG F cars with "MGF" on the plate.
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#295271 - 21/03/2007 19:29
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It's possible that Jag got a job lot of plates with XK in them. I remember seeing a lot of MG F cars with "MGF" on the plate.
It's been said before, but you guys have an amazing vanity plate process over there. I've never heard of anyone here paying anything besides the standard vanity plate fees to the department of motor vehicles, where over there, the sky is the limit. Now you tell me that the car company buys plates in bulk to sell with the vehicle?
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#295272 - 21/03/2007 21:24
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I think the issue is that there are no vanity plates, only normally-produced plates that happen to seem to mean something. Add onto that the fact that you can privately trade plates, and you've got a whole cottage industry.
I also find it fascinating that apparently anyone can print a plate. I mean, I guess that the government has to issue the number, but as long as it meets certain standards, anyone can produce it.
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#295273 - 21/03/2007 22:59
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I also find it fascinating that apparently anyone can print a plate. I mean, I guess that the government has to issue the number, but as long as it meets certain standards, anyone can produce it.
In France it is also like that where anyone can print a plate. I had to drive out to the suburbs of Paris to get a "American sized" plate to fit my car. Should have taken a picture....
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#295274 - 22/03/2007 22:18
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Or did you just happen to get "XK" in there?
It's possible that Jag got a job lot of plates with XK in them. I remember seeing a lot of MG F cars with "MGF" on the plate.
I doubt Jaguar did it - I suspect the DVLA (govt dept that does car registrations) and dealers are just more savvy now - back when we bought a P reg car (94?) our car dealer got us P 50 ODG which we illegally mis-spaced to P500 DG (my name is David G and it was on a 5litre V8 so...) for a few hundred pounds - it's not 'cheap' but it does look kinda nice.
Heck - go here and have a look - try both the prefix and suffix searches.
Try a prefix search for H 15 XKR (gone, but HIS XKP is available - and with a bit of mud on the P.... you have HIS XKR - not bad on a Jaguar XKR - shame mine belongs to Denise )
Then click 'view on a vehicle'.... all very slick.
OK, then you have to phone them so but it took me about 10 mins to buy the two numbers.
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#295276 - 25/03/2007 21:08
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fair comment. I suppose I look at them as a small part of the cosmetics. If you care about your car as a design or 'artistic' thing (note, not 'fashion') which, by some twist of my psyche, I do, then a number plate can have an effect on the looks. You missed the 4th category (which we belong to). Owners initials. So one car will be MIST DG and the other WISH DG It's good when you and your wife have the same initials And I can't wait for a joint photo! And these plates cost me about the same as a top-end detailing session on the car - or about the same as a set of 6" component speakers. Or, for the Jag, around 0.5% of the cost of the car... so things are relative... And the 5th category - bloody expensive words - like BAD 130 Y which I saw on a mercedes once a long time ago. The [DBG]AZ plates - yep, ugh.
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