Frenchie among the Brummies....

[Thefrenchie]

Hi everybody

Let me introduce myself, I'm JF coming from France and living in Birmingham since 3 years ...
Fascinated by Jaguar since this day where a friend of my Dad arrived in the early 70's with a Amazing Regency red Jaguar ....
It was in a little village of Normandy , and I fall in love immediately ...

Many and many years later, living in UK, I think the time is comes to make a little boy's dream became a reality...

So I'm looking for my next companion , I like the intemporal amazing lines of the X308, and I'm waiting the " one who is for me"

Happy to join today this fantastic club even if I'm not yet a Jaguar Owner ...

JF

[J44EAG]

Welcome, JF.

Good to see you with us. You will find a lot of help here. We have some very experienced and knowledgeable people within the Club and also here on this site. Ask a question and you will receive a very fast answer.

Owning a Jaguar and having good friends to discuss your car with makes ownership so much more pleasurable.

Best wishes,

Mike K

[Thefrenchie]

Thank you Mike for your warm Welcoming

I know that I'm on the good place and between good hands here...

I'm in now in this well known process checking every days : eBay , Gumtree ... etc ...etc ... To find the perfect one ...

[J44EAG]

Google "Trovit Cars" on the internet, JF.

The site pulls together many of the usual advertisements into Trovit. You can set up your own particular search parameters and Trovit will send you two or three update emails each day. Once you have found your dream car, you can then unsubscribe as you wish. Trovit is a very good place to look for a car...in fact it is where I found my X350R!

Mike

[Thefrenchie]

Hooooooo..... Thanks I will immediately subscribed .. I hope I like lucky as yourself ...


Thanks again

[Andy P]

Hi JF and welcome to the J.E.C.
Hope you have enjoyment in tracking down your ideal Jaguar,your situated in a good place being virtually in the centre of the country.
If you need any advice on what to check for just ask away,there are good people on here who know what they're talking about and have a lot of knowledge on the X308 range.
Happy Jag hunting JF.
Andy

[Thefrenchie]

Many Thanks Andy

Basically I understood that the biggest issue of X308 is :

- Rust
- Timing Chain tensioner & water pump for the models before 2000
- Sagging roof
- Always looking for a full serviced & stamped book

Did I'm ready to Hunting the perfect Big cat ???

[3.8etypephil]

Bonsoir, et bienvenue.

[Thefrenchie]

Merci beaucoup Phil , cet accueil fait plaisir ...

[RichardSEL]

Timing chain tensioners should be done irrespective of date of engine manufacture
My '01MY Sport was done by a previous owner (cost me £40 to check)
My '01MY Executive with a later engine number was not done, I assumed it would've with a later engine number (cost me £440 three months ago to have changed)

'01MY or later -- you should have steel cylinder liners -- usually shown by an "F" (ferrous) in the engine number

One of either of my two are available -- and check out the JEC's own classifieds site:
http://www.jaguarclassifieds.org.uk/?pa ... &highlight
http://www.jaguarclassifieds.org.uk/ind ... highlight

Bon chance!

[Thefrenchie]

Thank you very much Richard : But one off the link ( the first one) definitely don't working ...

I think that its the "executive" one ..

Best Regards

JF

[RichardSEL]

I don't know why that link does not work.
I tried pasting it again -- but still doesn't.
Anyway, you have the .doc files for both
now

[Thefrenchie]

Yep Richard

Many thanks, yes I got both .doc ...
I think that maybe I will make you a proposition soon .

Best Regards

JF

[RichardSEL]

http://www.jaguarclassifieds.org.uk/ind ... rs&id=7165