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    keltiks' 2006 XJR shouldn't be a daily but is

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    15 hours ago, Nominal said:

    How come the XJ8 is a cheaper purchase?

    The regular v8 is lower spec and they made more of them.

    8 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

    To a dumb hillbilly like me, 06 is a pretty new car. Surprised so much has given trouble on a car so new?

    There's a reason $160,000 fell off the price tag. Still a reliable car compared to a BMW.  

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    keltiks' 2006 XJR shouldn't be a daily but is

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    Forgot to mention I bought this thing from a dealer and got a 1 year 'Protecta' mechanical warranty thrown in.

    From the warranty booklet:

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    Suspension air bags, shock absorbers, rubber components that have failed due to wear or degradation and catalytic converters are specifically excluded.

    But I did manage to claim for the instrument cluster repair when the speedometer stopped working.  So a $900 job only cost me the claim excess of $395.  

    None of this surprises me as I have weekly phone calls with these warranty companies about customers vehicles... But everyone seems to be shocked and offended when they find out how little is actually covered.

    So let this be a lesson.  Read the exclusions, actually fuck it - read everything.  Owners manual, insurance policy wording, anything you are buying or signing.

     

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    keltiks' 2006 XJR shouldn't be a daily but is

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    Things I'd like to do:

    1) Convert the interior to a nicer color.  Mine is 90s nicotine stained sun yellowed plastic.  Or 'Sand' as Jaguar called it.

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    Id like to change it to grey or ivory white. 

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    Also would love a heated wood grain wheel.  So to accomplish this, I plan on buying an XJ8 which is cheaper and swapping the interiors, then selling the donor car on.

    2) Either get the centre display screen modified to run Android with a 'Jagdroid' conversion or add an Arduino Bluetooth module into the existing minidisc player which will allow the steering wheel controls to skip tracks.

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    3) Sort out the exhaust so it makes a tiny bit more noise but not too much.

    4) Aftermarket intake pipe to delete the silencer on it and get a smidge more supercharger noise.

    5) Supercharger pulley

    6) LSD

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    keltiks' 2006 XJR shouldn't be a daily but is

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    Just making a thread in here so I can post some crap and get feedback.  I've had the car a year now and still don't want to sell it so I think it's officially out of probation.

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    Here's a quick run down of things that have gone wrong so far:

    1) All 4 door speakers died due to the original glue used in manufacture dissolving the copper wires to the voice coils. Since they are reasonably nice Alpine speakers, I repaired them.

    2) The front tyres were rather lumpy. 255/35R20s don't have much give so I think the previous owner smashed them into some potholes causing them to delaminate.

    3) Trans cooler pipes have started weeping oil from a crimp. Looks like a total pain in the ass to replace so I'm ignoring it for now.

    4) Engine oil pan also weeping a bit.  See above note.

    5) Engine light is constantly on for both banks catalyst efficiency. 

    6) The front left air shock developed a leak requiring a complete replacement as the air bags are all crimped together and not serviceable.

    7) There's a bizarre rattle from somewhere in the front subframe that I can't locate.

    8 ) Im not sure why but there's more engine noise when turning than driving straight.  Mounts perhaps?

    Anyways, these cars are regarded as being pretty reliable except for the air shocks.  At somewhere between 2-3k per shock, I'm not looking forward to buying more of them. 

    It does look good at max slam but I wouldn't want to drive it on or near the bump stops as they are inside the shocks... and the top hat seals would probably not like it.

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    To balance out the problems, I'll share a few good points:

    1) Fairly comfy ride, I'd give it an 8/10 overall or 10/10 comparing to anything else you'd buy for this money.

    2) Reasonably fast thanks to it's relatively light weight. The whole body is aluminium and I think it weighs about the same as a Subaru Legacy.

    3) Having big comfy armchairs with adjustable reach pedals and steering makes it very comfy for my lanky frame to drive long distance.

    4) OK on fuel, I get a consistent 10.5l/100km when the bulk of my driving is open road 100kph.

    5) Very quiet cabin with lots of insulation and double glazing.  I don't get irritated by road noise on our shit roads.

    I've got a few projects to do on this thing so hopefully some people here can share advice.  

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    School me on LPG

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    TLDR; Planet's fucked because people are cunts.  Same summary as most news articles.

    The Volvo thing intrigues me but I would genuinely be converted into bio fuel if I brought another car home....

    Looked into a cheap easy way to run the GN125 on a barbeque cylinder for the east cape trip but it ended up in the too hard basket.

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    For Questions Regarding WOFs/CERTs/NUMBER PLATEs

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    6 hours ago, AllTorque said:

    In fact, you don’t need a number plate for a wof.

    I thought that was a thing but lately, the inspectors have been refusing to pass a vehicle if it's registered but the plates aren't with the car.  Required for identification or something?  But if not registered, then it doesn't matter

    For Questions Regarding WOFs/CERTs/NUMBER PLATEs

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    3 WOF related questions that the VIRM doesn't do a great job of answering.  Looking for opinions from inspectors.

    1) How rusty does a brake rotor need to be before it should fail.  Assuming the cat still passes brake performance requirements.  We're talking scabby rust and pitting from living by the sea.

    2) On a vehicle such as a Mazda 3 which has a bump stop on the rear lower control arm but also has a bump stop on the shock shaft... Are both considered bump stops or is one a spring helper?  The shock shaft one is a soft foamy rubber compared to the hard black rubber one on the control arm.

    3) Slop or free play in the splines joining a 2 piece driveshaft together as found on the Ranger. There's no factory spec for movement and the only way to correct it is to replace the whole shaft.  At what point is it going to be a fail?

    Romans 2005 Toyota Echo

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    2 hours ago, Roman said:

    However, I can indeed increase my piston return spring value. :lol:

    Some kind of air spring could work. Perhaps using a compressor driven by otherwise wasted exhaust energy?

    No don't do that....yet.

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    Romans 2005 Toyota Echo

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    15 minutes ago, GARDRB said:

    I'd say if it were publicised, say on YouTube he might end up with more money than he needs

    Eventually views could fund it, but only after 4 years of advertising wallets, hello fresh and vpns. 

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    Romans 2005 Toyota Echo

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    On 02/06/2022 at 21:49, Roman said:

    I guess some of these generalizations change again once you start doing 20k rpm and reaching supersonic port speeds or whatever. 

    Looking forward to this in 2025 judging by the current rate of 1NZ development.

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