FlyingFortress

Cool 👍

Am prepared to trade a blast in an XK8. Top down 😶‍🌫️

Never driven one, but would very much like to have a go. Anyone offering? 😜

It's you that used to have a Capri 🤪

Think I would want The Scooby 😁

Still a bit of ice at Sutton. Thought it would have cleared by now but it is still a bit thick just off the green where the river is in shade.

But just think of the fun you are going to have when the 🌞 comes out 😁

Still frozen at Sutton. Should be OK getting to the green but no further.

Still a little bit of ice in Horning Pleasure Craft basin at 1100 buy passable.

Wow thanks Chris 👍😁👍

Let's try again

Had the upside down XJS for 25 years until it threw a piston one cold morning (think the thermostat jammed) early last year. An engine re build was going to cost north of 14k so I'm afraid that was the end of my journey with her. As Mrs FF has always liked the XK8 we could afford either a convertible which we had never had before or the XKR. As you can see we settled for a rather pretty convertible, which is plenty fast enough for the health of my driving licence. There is little to choose between the XF and XK in raw pace and truthfully I think the XF is the more rapid particularly in everyday driving. Sure the XK would come into its own on a track day. The only downside is ride quality that Jaguar is renowned for. The XJS was like driving an armchair as is the XF but both can tolerate some brutal handling (XJS was a HE so much stiffer than the pre HE which we also had). XK is much stiffer by nature of it being a convertible and having 20" low profile wheels.

And how in the heck did that come out upside down 😫

What's wrong with some British Muscle

That's what I have. Also the heated front screen has been having some exercise. As you can see I have quite a collection of big Cats

I don't think the 75 had the credit that it deserved. Mine was an 04 estate so quite a late model and was chipped for 170 bhp. I picked it up for a song when it was 2 years old and the value of them had plummeted due to Rover going toes up. IIRC it had 40 ISH k on the clock so I put 200k on it myself. During that time it had 2 alternators , a turbo charger and an air con condenser, other than that all other things were consumables (brakes etc). Never had a Z and I am sorry I didn't. 😳. Replaced it with my current XF estate and strangely enough was thinking about the 75 this morning and how good it was in heavy snow. I had left the snow mode on in the XF and it reminded me of the 75, that was by no means a slouch, but of course the XF has 100 more gee gees.

No sign of Zebedee at the wetshed this morning Quite looking forward to a ride with the top down. It's positively balmy now.+2 🤪

My naming of cars came to an abrupt end when I informed the current Mrs FF that it was the job of my girlfriend to name my cars. I was driving a Dolly Sprint when I met Mrs FF as my Quattro had been wrecked by a previous girlfriend. It was fine but I really wanted something with a bit more ooomph so was quite a way down the process of buying a V8 converted Stag. Both of these were getting a bit long in the tooth and as me and Mrs FF were living just shy of 350 miles apart I did the sensible thing and bought an 18 month old Cavalier and a fairly basic model at that thinking this will do me for 6 months or more. It was finished in the most dreadful colour Gazelle Beige or it should have been Larks Vomit 🤮 It's registration was FGS so Mrs FF wanted to call it fags which I vetoed. The poor thing was thereafter known as Yuk. The 6 months or more turned into almost 13 years and to date it was probably the best value car I have ever bought possibly with the exception of my last one that also lasted 13 years. Exception only as the Cavalier went to 180k miles whereas my 75 went on to 240k 😳👍 The 75 never had a name 🤪

Zebedee 😁😁😁

Thought you were all tough you northerners. Not like us Southern Shandy drinking P##££#s. I did put the top down when I test drove mine and it was a cold sunny day like today up in Northumberland. Mind you the external temperature gauge was showing+9 though 😁 Enjoy 👍

I agree. A bit like The Railway Tavern,or Top House used to be in Reedham. Always full of people who had made the journey by train. 👍

Must say it does look good on your pictures. Must give it a go especially if they are doing Humpty Dumpty

Excellent 👍😁👍 Don't know what the weather is like up in Donny but it is Sunny but cold here in Broadland. I for one would not be able to resist a bit of a test drive. Just stay away from the untreated side roads. Look forward to seeing the beast. Has it got a name yet? Zelder, Zander?

Thanks for all the tips about the lake District 👍 Must give it a go next year as Mrs FF seems very keen. Won't have any shortage of power for the good bits of road. If we take the soft top there will be 300bhp on tap and even if we take the big estate car there will be 270 🤫 There is no replacement for displacement. Even if the soft top is 1.1 ltr and 4 cylinders down on the Coupé it replaced it has the same bhp. 😳

Never been to the Lake District. It looks like it's on for next year. Need somewhere good for dog walking