Thanks, guys. I jacked up the front wheel and found friction and noise in one. So I shall change that bearing as my first solution.

I bought a Covercraft cover for my XJS five years ago. It was the most expensive of the ones I looked at - around £280 I think, but it has been superb. It transferred to the XK8 I bought two years ago, although I had to use clips and rubber ropes front and back to make sure it didn't blow off. I liv...

I have a lovely 99 XK8, with 60k on the clock. However, one of its gremlins is a noise that sounds like the wind howling. It is detectable from 10 mph, and rises steadily in volume, with a steady pitch, as speed increases. At 70mph, it adds about 4 dB and is quite intrusive. It sounds as if it comes...

I was delighted to find a StarTAC in the '97 XK8 I just bought. It did not have a SIM so I bought a Virgin Mobile card. This booted up, but I couldn't make any calls. After fiddling around, I found that the phone would only search for Vodafone and Cellnet UK. So I installed a Vodafone card and it al...

I would just love to swap my XJS for an XK8, but want to have roof bars for the occasional emergency. I can find no reference to a supplier: does anybody know of one, or is it impossible to fit them to this model?

Tim