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Always been a fan of these, bit of an old mans car but this has to be looked at:

XKR8 SuperCharged

Very cheap for a supercharged one, NZ New and low k's Your paying about 30 for an import higher k'd unit.

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cool as! apparently they drive seriously well

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that's a nice big cat right there.. no meow.. more like ROAR!!

what baffles me is: why do cars, still have tapes??....

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that's a nice big cat right there.. no meow.. more like ROAR!!

what baffles me is: why do cars, still have tapes??....

Ha yeah, mine does behind the screen. I'd never use it & even though it's 5 years old I can't imagine anyone using it back then either :S

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that's a nice big cat right there.. no meow.. more like ROAR!!

what baffles me is: why do cars, still have tapes??....

It is 2010 not 2000, cars no longer have tape decks.

Jag have come a long way since those days, a long long way.

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Seriously cool! Those V8s on their own go very well, with the supercharger it must be epic.

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Yeah the front seats do look a bit "off" but comfy though.

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All the switch gear and dash looks cheap.

Its probably come from the ford parts bin so thats to be expected

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Neither is the up keep.

I know a guy with one, he loves it and thinks its worth it but says you need a good cash fund on the side for it.

Apparently when he looked into buying one he discovered they have catastrophic failure if the timing belt breaks, needing an entire engine replacement. But he found a good one and has loved it since.

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I thought they were chain? Never had a close look at the engine bay in our one. Only done 50,000km though.

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That's not cheap..

To the untrained eye.

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I thought they were chain? Never had a close look at the engine bay in our one. Only done 50,000km though.

I think they are a chain actually, I couldn't recall but he said they are a trouble spot after a certain amount of k's so.. :unsure:

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The supercharged 4.0 is second to none when it comes to fuel consumption!

Lovely car, but make sure you invest in a bullet proof warranty.

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Who cares about fuel economy when it comes to weekend/second cars.

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Who cares about fuel economy when it comes to weekend/second cars.

Certainly not this kid IF it's only a weekend car. My last car (GTS) was my daily and I can report that they don't do 15l / 100km as quoted combined, add another 5-7 - that with doing up to 1000km a week gets very boring on your fuel bill at the 20th of the month!

I'm filling up every 2nd week at the moment (unless we go abroad) and it costs me $100 !!! & around town I get about 800-900km

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Dad has a 97 XK8 Vert. He loves it. Wanted a E-Type but just doesn't have the time to spend on keeping one going. This was the next best thing. Its only done 30,000odd kms. Weekend car.

Problems he has had with it.

Flat battery a few times

RR brake light bulb

Car is great fun for spading chicks.

Owned since 2000 I think.

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Car is great fun for spading chicks.

Good fluff magnet eh?

I'm a married man and all but when I owned my Porsche Boxster (womans car :( ) - lets just say it would have been easier to find a mating partner should I be out of wedlock.

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Good fluff magnet eh?

I'm a married man and all but when I owned my Porsche Boxster (womans car :( ) - lets just say it would have been easier to find a mating partner should I be out of wedlock.

^^

:lol:

Had our XK out for a drive through the Nap hills yesterday, no girls around though -_-

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^^

:lol:

Had our XK out for a drive through the Nap hills yesterday, no girls around though -_-

"Your doing it wrong"

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They are good first date cars too. XK8 vert, some nibbles, bottle of leg opener and shes all yours.

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Haha leg opener sounds like an easy win.

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Haha leg opener sounds like an easy win.

Not to be confused with Stella, the original wife beater - ROFL

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Not to be confused with Stella, the original wife beater - ROFL

Use to buy my wife beaters at the local off license in my Cricklewood Massiff.

I think Stella is called Lion Red in NZ.

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