Recent content by santoshlv426

Some advice needed. My V8 is coming up for the 9 year service. I see on the service schedule that the two belts need changing - the supercharger and aux belt. The car has 32000km's. Do the belts need to be changed at this low mileage or can it be postponed ? what is the cost of these belts...

For car lovers. Historic car from a bygone era. Pay attention to the comments from the Lamborghini marketing manager. wasn't life great when woke didn't exist . Just tell it as it is ! Cars and Girls! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRxP8p3x0hY

Very interesting article. I'm sure some of us are thinking of preserving our cars. As impractical as that may be...

This will be of interest Has this problem presented as the car Wizard says on the V8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zIar8Xn2eRs

I've been thinking that my car sounds quite soft and mentioned it before on the forum that one normal driving 120km/hr or even in city driving, it's like driving a sedan. Recently bought a sound level meter and found on cold start it registers a max of 77-79 db, normal idling this drops to...

This video is just under 2 hrs and a fascinating tale of fraud. The wide coverage of classic Jaguars is a coincidental bonus but is in fact the subject and pivotal to the story. Some may have already seen this, but if you haven't it's worth the watch. A fascinating tale of one's life's journey...

The Jaguar XKR was (and still is) my dream Jaguar and when I learnt that it was no longer in production being replaced by the F type (this was before the FT was launched), I was devastated. Today I finally drove sleek Maroon 2013 XKR and wow, this car lived up to all my expectations. It's...

My car battery is going on 8 years and I think It's going to give up the ghost. My question is does it have an indicator to tell me when to replace, or must I wait for a complete failure ? So far it's fine, but that could change. thanks

At some point within the next 12 months my car will need new pads. JLR quoted me (at the current exchange rate) $800 for front, rear incl sensors. Aftermarket I've been quoted $470-$500. The JLR pads are hellish expensive. What's the opinion of going with a non-Jaguar branded pad but one made...

Good day all On the 2016 V8 F Type. where is the fuel pump located and does the whole tank have to come out to replace it? Is it a big job ? I'm asking out of interest only at this stage. Being a sportscar the fuel pump can often need to work hard. Does it put any stress on the components if...

I found this video of the problem with this XK8 interesting. It has the AJ 6 engine. Does anyone know if this problem was rectified with the AJ engines that came after. I cannot understand why Jaguar would use such a complex timing chain set up...

This was featured on Forbes.com, a fitting encomium, which filled me with a sense of pride but also profound melancholy at yet another loss of a great car. It shall live in our garages, hearts and memories

https://youtu.be/GeUZ_On0f84 https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/the-last-jaguar-v-8-will-live-forever-in-a-library/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_DailyDriver_Monday&hashed_email=39b1d1f9f9c1458dd01159d76794519cb744e9ace2afaeb4994dee13d87117f3

Thanks to Jason Camisa's Know it all video, I finally know why the F Type sound differs from say a Ferrari's scream and it seems to be due to the FT having a cross plane crank as opposed to flat which is used in the Ferrari (and V10 Gallardo) I think. Just sharing this newly acquired bit of...

This is an interesting video. It's a year old but relevent. This V6 seems to have been through a lot and the wear on the steering wheel attests to a hard life which is probably why it needed a new engine which turned out to be a bigger mess. There's a preceding video which details the "saga"...