joshbeckett
Newbie
Hi, I'm Josh,
My car doesn't really define me, it's not a model I ever had aspirations to own, but it's comfortable, averagely quick, has room for my tools and was just about affordable.
I've never really been a car enthusiast, but since I was about 4 I couldn't wait to drive, and I have loved it ever since I could ... although I favour the open and empty) raod.
I currently drive a car that in my mind should never have been made - A deep metallic blue Jaguar X-Type SE estate. It just looks wrong. The first time I saw one that was my thought, and I stand by it (though the latest estate is a beauty). But I needed to buy a car (my '52 plate metallic grey Mazda 6 TS2 estate had just died) using limited resources and having a dark full leather interior (easy to keep clean), roof rails for my roof bars, and an estate sized boot since the car has to double as a family car and my work vehicle.
My biggest gripes with the Mazda (apart from the failed oil pump that seized the engine) -
Rusty rear wheel arches
And seizing brake calipers.
...But out of the cars I've owned it is my all time favourite - maybe even defining me ;o). I particularly miss the Bose sound system and the general outward appearance of the car.
The Jag seems reliable enough, perhaps even handling better than the Mazda, my biggest gripes -
It eats tires. Not just any tires, decent Michelin tires that I barely got 8000 miles out of!
It's not designed to carry much weight in the boot (almost understandable considering it's pedigree ;op )
And the climate control which, unlike the Mazda, allows the windows to steam up whenever the temperature drops below about 0 degC.
My plans ...
Well, I bought myself an OBDLink MX ... so that I can reset the warning light without paying £90 each time. (Somebody has blanked off the EGR valve at some point, which is throwing up a no EGR flow fault code). Apart from that I'm curious about maybe increasing the power and fitting some better discs and pads. I prefer to keep a low profile on the road, I like my rear wheels to follow a similar path to that of my front wheels, but I do like to do so quickly and in a car that is responsive to my control inputs.
If my house came with a garage, I might be tempted to tinker a little more...
My car doesn't really define me, it's not a model I ever had aspirations to own, but it's comfortable, averagely quick, has room for my tools and was just about affordable.
I've never really been a car enthusiast, but since I was about 4 I couldn't wait to drive, and I have loved it ever since I could ... although I favour the open and empty) raod.
I currently drive a car that in my mind should never have been made - A deep metallic blue Jaguar X-Type SE estate. It just looks wrong. The first time I saw one that was my thought, and I stand by it (though the latest estate is a beauty). But I needed to buy a car (my '52 plate metallic grey Mazda 6 TS2 estate had just died) using limited resources and having a dark full leather interior (easy to keep clean), roof rails for my roof bars, and an estate sized boot since the car has to double as a family car and my work vehicle.
My biggest gripes with the Mazda (apart from the failed oil pump that seized the engine) -
Rusty rear wheel arches
And seizing brake calipers.
...But out of the cars I've owned it is my all time favourite - maybe even defining me ;o). I particularly miss the Bose sound system and the general outward appearance of the car.
The Jag seems reliable enough, perhaps even handling better than the Mazda, my biggest gripes -
It eats tires. Not just any tires, decent Michelin tires that I barely got 8000 miles out of!
It's not designed to carry much weight in the boot (almost understandable considering it's pedigree ;op )
And the climate control which, unlike the Mazda, allows the windows to steam up whenever the temperature drops below about 0 degC.
My plans ...
Well, I bought myself an OBDLink MX ... so that I can reset the warning light without paying £90 each time. (Somebody has blanked off the EGR valve at some point, which is throwing up a no EGR flow fault code). Apart from that I'm curious about maybe increasing the power and fitting some better discs and pads. I prefer to keep a low profile on the road, I like my rear wheels to follow a similar path to that of my front wheels, but I do like to do so quickly and in a car that is responsive to my control inputs.
If my house came with a garage, I might be tempted to tinker a little more...