My Magical Car

[St Chalet]

If anyone has had the pleasure of owning an X300 Jaguar 4.0 Sovereign could you confirm whether it had the following feature?

 

My daily runner to the station (I wouldn't have my doors dented or sit in traffic in anything else) went for the MOT last week, normally this gives me the feeling like being on the greens in Monopoly and seeing your brother owns multiple hotels on Park Lane and Mayfair..... However, I phoned through expecting to hear the damage to be greeted by a reply that "it had passed". Luckily I resisted the temptation to say "are you sure?".

 

Ironically most of the seruious advisories that were present last year where no longer an issue, therefore I conclude that Jaguar adopted a self-healing feature on this model (not sure whether it was standard or optional).

 

I always loved the Herbie films, so was wondering if any other SWF members have owned 'magical cars'?

[Jillyanne]

I once owned Chitty Chitty Bang Bang but I sold to a local motor museum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is not true.

[St Chalet]

Sod's law, The air con belt fell off today, prepare for wallet unloading.

[John Boy Saint]

I have a magic car, given to me by my company: magic diesel, magic tyres, magic insurance, magic....................... Company car tax though is criminal!!!!

[saint boggy]

If anyone has had the pleasure of owning an X300 Jaguar 4.0 Sovereign could you confirm whether it had the following feature?

 

My daily runner to the station (I wouldn't have my doors dented or sit in traffic in anything else) went for the MOT last week, normally this gives me the feeling like being on the greens in Monopoly and seeing your brother owns multiple hotels on Park Lane and Mayfair..... However, I phoned through expecting to hear the damage to be greeted by a reply that "it had passed". Luckily I resisted the temptation to say "are you sure?".

 

Ironically most of the seruious advisories that were present last year where no longer an issue, therefore I conclude that Jaguar adopted a self-healing feature on this model (not sure whether it was standard or optional).

 

I always loved the Herbie films, so was wondering if any other SWF members have owned 'magical cars'?

 

Sod's law, The air con belt fell off today, prepare for wallet unloading.

ah, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away......

 

still, better than having to pay £200 to get it through the Mot AND having to pay out for a new belt,eh....

(i'm a glass half FULL type o' gal)

[SNSUN]

I had a magic car, you put a tank of fuel in and, hey presto, after barely two hundred miles it had magically disappeared. It was a Peugeot 106 and shortly after buying it, I realised I no longer wanted this magical fuel-drinking car, and sent it back to the garage.

[St Landrew]

I have a magic car. It has a very small engine, but produces 110bhp. Is ultra reliable, and never needs topping up with oil. It goes from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, has a top speed of 150mph, yet returns 45-50mpg. Impossible..?

[Saint in Paradise]

I bet it is a model car and all bhp, accelerating time and top speed are all scaled.

[ericofarabia]

 

LOL ... I've got a Ford Explorer exactly the same colour as that, and also got stuck in the sand just like that, but unfortunately i didn't have a scantily clad big boobed bird to pull me off .... er sorry pull me out!!!

 

Now that wold have been magic.

[buctootim]

I have a magic car. It has a very small engine, but produces 110bhp. Is ultra reliable, and never needs topping up with oil. It goes from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, has a top speed of 150mph, yet returns 45-50mpg. Impossible..?

 

I had one of those. Trouble was the roof leaked, no heater or air con and when you hit a wet manhole cover on a bend my i got this strange rash all down one leg.

[St Landrew]

I had one of those. Trouble was the roof leaked, no heater or air con and when you hit a wet manhole cover on a bend my i got this strange rash all down one leg.

 

You must have had the same car. Mine has a good heater though and the air-con is as fresh as there is. It's even got an outside temperature indicator [can you believe it..?]

 

I'm not saying anything about the manhole cover.

[buctootim]

It's even got an outside temperature indicator [can you believe it..?]

 

I thought that was useless addition the first time I saw one. Actually very useful in the winter to know if its +1c or -1c though. Unexpected ice can make big changes to your day.

[St Landrew]

I thought that was useless addition the first time I saw one. Actually very useful in the winter to know if its +1c or -1c though. Unexpected ice can make big changes to your day.

 

Indeed.

 

Took my magical car out to the shops this evening. It started to drizzle/rain. I put the heater on, just for my hands. I forgot to mention before that it doesn't have windscreen wipers. It does have a windscreen though.