I'm not sure how the Jag's seats work but I thought that the heated seats in our Rover 75 did not work until I discovered you have to be sitting ON them before they start heating up (there is a pressure switch in the seat) Have you made sure that they are both definitely not working? It took about 2...

I can only say what I have said before - It's your car do what you like to it. In my case I would also like the more luxurious interior offered by those models and would swap over in a heartbeat but I can't afford it so its not going to happen. Anything I have done to my car (minor stuff like head u...

Is yours a manual? A bad handbrake is usually down to lack of use on the automatics - but a bad handbrake will fail the MOT so it can't be that bad? Maybe you need it adjusted or new shoes fitted? My car failed its MOT because of it so i am all too aware of it now :shock: New shoes sorted that probl...

I think you can "hotwire" a bluetooth module in - I seem to remember it being done somewhere however that means a control box placed elsewhere and the associated wiring something I don't want. I don't get to any mainland meetings - can't drive over the Irish sea and I hate ferries

Cheers, with a bit of time and patience I would have made my own fascia adaptor - after I bought myself a spare panel that I could cut/modify - to allow the head unit to sit up a bit as in operation it really is too low. When parked up you simply can't view the display as the gear lever blocks it. :...

......and finally, it's passed. One new set of shoes later and another trip up to the MOT station, and 5 minutes later out the other side with a certificate.

Now, next job front drivers side wheel bearing

I have one of those Bosch ones - Highly recommended, and I also cannot stress enough the importance of putting a good battery into these cars.

scratch that.. seems all I need is a set of shoes for the handbrake as all it did was strip the shoe.

B*&*&^*&^*&%%!!!! :roll: Of course Murphy's law has applied itself and the linkages are fine - there is no adjustment left in the shoes on the left so it looks like a new set of shoes and discs may be in order - my mechanic advises its best to do these in pairs even though the drivers side looks lik...

Cheers - pretty annoying that I failed on just that - everything else is spot on but that's Northern Ireland's MOT system for you - something a mainland garage could have sorted we have to pay another £18.50 for a retest

My car just failed the MOT as the passenger side handbrake is hardly registering on the test roller is there an easy way to sort this? I assume a general clean up should sort it but is there anything I am likely to need once I go in there?

Thanks, seemingly on the 308's (XJ8) its down towards the nearside headlight on the front panel - in my case this has been over painted with under seal or something like that :roll: anyway I emailed jaguar customer service and they kindly replied with the paint & interior codes - Anthracite pearl me...

Been hunting about and trying to find where the paint code for my car is? there is a plaque on the drivers side of the engine bay with a list of codes is it one of them?

Fitting an after-market stereo to an XJ8 has been covered before but I thought I may as well photo document my own attempts from today. Things did not run smoothly, mostly caused by the fact that the fascia adaptor I bought was not exactly the right size – more of that later but here we go. First of...

Yes, the button needs to be depressed to put the window up - at least on mine it has to as well.