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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not exotic and Italian like the Maserati owned by Ianu but a nice place to be.    Bought from Spire Jaguar in Watford with just 8700 miles on the clock and a 2 year approved Jaguar warranty.

Very good price for my 13 plate XFR so I though f*uck it why not.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

One of the last made. New XF makes do with a nancy boy 3 litre supercharged V6.

[b4ndit]

very nice great colour

[minifreek]

Surprising what a Mondeo looks like with a bodykit fitted LOL



















Seriously though, thats a very very nice car indeed. Your a lucky fella to have 1 of those

[henryd]

Very nice Opti,lovely colour too,not jealous at all here y'Bastid

[Lizzie Zoom]

Very, very nice Opti

If and when my Omega gives up I'll buy it off you

[Doctor Gollum]

Very nice indeed

[YZ250]

Very nice, and a lovely colour. 

[TD]

Sorry, but not a fan of the XF.

Its the small rad grill and the big plastic lumps either side of it puts me off.....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Very, very nice Opti

If and when my Omega gives up I'll buy it off you

Thanks Lizzie.

If you're a good girl I'll let you take hold of the wheel.

 You should be able to feel it writhe and twitch appreciatively in the palm of your hand as the excitement mounts.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Sorry, but not a fan of the XF.

Its the small rad grill and the big plastic lumps either side of it puts me off.....

No need to apologise.

We all have our likes and dislikes.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Very nice M'lud!     

[Shackeng]

Sorry, but not a fan of the XF.

Its the small rad grill and the big plastic lumps either side of it puts me off.....

Exactly what put me off a Merc.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Very, very nice Opti

If and when my Omega gives up I'll buy it off you

Thanks Lizzie.

If you're a good girl I'll let you take hold of the wheel.

 You should be able to feel it writhe and twitch appreciatively in the palm of your hand as the excitement mounts.

Oooooooooooo, you are awful Opti!!

[Lincs Robert]

Sorry, but not a fan of the XF.

Its the small rad grill and the big plastic lumps either side of it puts me off.....

You're just jealous

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Very, very nice Opti

If and when my Omega gives up I'll buy it off you

Thanks Lizzie.

If you're a good girl I'll let you take hold of the wheel.

 You should be able to feel it writhe and twitch appreciatively in the palm of your hand as the excitement mounts.

Oooooooooooo, you are awful Opti!!

.......but I like you.

Where you a Dick Emery fan , Lizzie?

[2boxerdogs]

A great looking car .😀

[biggriffin]

Very nice car m'lud.

I especially like the views across your estate.

[Viral_Jim]

Lovely looking motor in a very nice colour.  .

Are there any differences/enhancements between this and your previous one? Other than a sunshine roof that is. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Lovely looking motor in a very nice colour.  .

Are there any differences/enhancements between this and your previous one? Other than a sunshine roof that is. 

Just the speedpack.

[tunnie]

Very nice 

Not sure why they started adding word Jaguar under the rear boot badge. I think they look smarter without this.

I very much liked the XF when I was looking, really liked. But I was look at the far superior 3.0d 

Still tempted to swap VW for XF one day. 

[Lincs Robert]

Lovely looking motor in a very nice colour.  .

Are there any differences/enhancements between this and your previous one? Other than a sunshine roof that is. 

Just the speedpack.

What's a speedPack?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Very nice 

Not sure why they started adding word Jaguar under the rear boot badge. I think they look smarter without this.

I very much liked the XF when I was looking, really liked. But I was look at the far superior 3.0d 

Still tempted to swap VW for XF one day. 

I totally agree.

Apparently Jaguar are not well known in emerging markets around the world and the leaper alone is not enough for identification. That is what I hear.

I shall see how easy it is to remove the Jaguar badge.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Lovely looking motor in a very nice colour.  .

Are there any differences/enhancements between this and your previous one? Other than a sunshine roof that is. 

Just the speedpack.

What's a speedPack?

Different rear spoiler......very slightly different front spoiler.......speed limiter raised to 174 MPH......slight ECU changes to gearbox and suspension.

£2750.

[Mr Gav]

Looks gorgeous in that colour 

Still should have gone for the F-Type though and sod the practicalities 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Looks gorgeous in that colour 

Agreed! 

Perhaps our Lord could post up pictures of old and new so we can compare?  And a poll maybe? 

[Mister Rog]

Oh c'mon grow up what's the matter with you. Are you just trying to "pull" or something, you know, get a fannymagnet on wheels ?

Oh, I see it's a competitive thing. Subconsciously, you feel that your masculinity is threatened by . . . . . .Da dada da  . . . . . STEMO   

 . . . . so you need to compensate somehow           

[Sir Tigger KC]

 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Oh c'mon grow up what's the matter with you. Are you just trying to "pull" or something, you know, get a fannymagnet on wheels ?

Oh, I see it's a competitive thing. Subconsciously, you feel that your masculinity is threatened by . . . . . .Da dada da  . . . . . STEMO   

 . . . . so you need to compensate somehow           

Mr Rog.....may I suggest you are spending too much time in the intimate company of your white woolly friends.

[BazaJT]

Wasn't the name Jaguar embossed into the bit that appears black[used to be chrome]between the tail lights?The ones on your car should be easy enough to remove as I would imagine that like the lettering on the Omega bootlid[and a load-if not all-of other cars too]they're only stuck on.Still looks-in side profile at least-too much like a Kia Optima for me.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Still looks-in side profile at least-too much like a Kia Optima for me.

Ouch!   

[Lagondanet]

Very nice! Good luck with it.

[Viral_Jim]

Still looks-in side profile at least-too much like a Kia Optima for me.

Truly a vicious blow 

That said, I reckon I've seen many fewer optimas than I have XFs

[Mister Rog]

Oh c'mon grow up what's the matter with you. Are you just trying to "pull" or something, you know, get a fannymagnet on wheels ?

Oh, I see it's a competitive thing. Subconsciously, you feel that your masculinity is threatened by . . . . . .Da dada da  . . . . . STEMO   

 . . . . so you need to compensate somehow           

Mr Rog.....may I suggest you are spending too much time in the intimate company of your white woolly friends.

Hmmmm, possibly. But they like me for my personality and wit, not my flash car     

(anyway to them a "flash car" would be a Land Rover Defender     )

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Still looks-in side profile at least-too much like a Kia Optima for me.

Ouch!   

Nothing wrong with a Kia Optima. I'm sure Jaguar will be flattered by the comparison.

I hope to aspire to the Kia brand given time.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Maybe Baza was confusing the Kia Optima with the new Kia Stinger.     If so he may have a point? 

https://www.kia.com/us/en/content/vehicles/upcoming-vehicles/2018-stinger

[TheBoy]

I've always liked the XF since it launched, and I really do like that colour Opti .

And the arse is much prettier than the XJ.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Maybe Baza was confusing the Kia Optima with the new Kia Stinger.     If so he may have a point? 

https://www.kia.com/us/en/content/vehicles/upcoming-vehicles/2018-stinger

More Audi RS7 to my eyes. Especially at the back.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've always liked the XF since it launched, and I really do like that colour Opti .

And the arse is much prettier than the XJ.

I think it's the arse of the XJ that gives it character.

It's different.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I like that, I am a big fan of the XF and its a car I have considered (not convinced I can totally afford the running costs on 25k miles per year), the V6 turbo is also a beast of an engine though!

[TheBoy]

I like that, I am a big fan of the XF and its a car I have considered (not convinced I can totally afford the running costs on 25k miles per year), the V6 turbo is also a beast of an engine though!

Soot chuckers available, 300bhp for newish ones, options of 235 or 270bhp for older ones.  Assuming, of course, you wouldn't be daft enough to go for the 2.2 smoker.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

A perfect mode of transport for a Socialist. We should all have one, complete with a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A perfect mode of transport for a Socialist. We should all have one, complete with a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. 

Nothing wrong with a champagne socialist.

I would like everybody to be able to enjoy such things.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Yay, I got a bite. 
If everyone had one, everyone would want a Bentley or a Ferrari. Its human nature - aspiration, and its why socialism can never work. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A perfect mode of transport for a Socialist. We should all have one, complete with a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. 

Not all socialists wear a cloth cap own a whippet and keep a ferret down their trousers, Mr Albitz.

Socialism is about everyone having the same opportunities regardless of wealth and status. That is why I disagree with tuition fees.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

......and I agree with grammar schools. People tell me they are elitist but I think they are the exact opposite.

Working class kids working hard to pass their 11 plus than going on to university free of charge.

Just because not everyone will achieve from a working class background doesn't mean we should stop those that can.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Socialism is about no-one having any opportunities. I also disagree with student fees though. Admission to Uni should depend on your intellect. Nothing else.
Now of course it depends more on your ethnicity, sexual orientatation and your families lack of money - all in the name of positive discrimination.
This enables stupid lazy people to gain an honours in "Take That, the early years". 
The system should be very simple. Prospective undegraduates take n exam in their chosen (proper) subject, and the top 10% (approximately) are admitted. Seemples.
Anyway, whats this all got to do with Jaaaags ? 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

......and I agree with grammar schools. People tell me they are elitist but I think they are the exact opposite.

Working class kids working hard to pass their 11 plus than going on to university free of charge.

Just because not everyone will achieve from a working class background doesn't mean we should stop those that can.

Couldn't agree more. When I was a brainless concrete shoveller, without a single qualification, both my kids passed the 11 plus and went to grammar schools. This ensured neither of them will shovel concrete and need a new skeleton by the time they are 50.
Obviously they inherited their brains from their Mother. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Socialism is about no-one having any opportunities. I also disagree with student fees though. Admission to Uni should depend on your intellect. Nothing else.
Now of course it depends more on your ethnicity, sexual orientatation and your families lack of money - all in the name of positive discrimination.
This enables stupid lazy people to gain an honours in "Take That, the early years". 
The system should be very simple. Prospective undegraduates take n exam in their chosen (proper) subject, and the top 10% (approximately) are admitted. Seemples.
Anyway, whats this all got to do with Jaaaags ? 

That would be the breed of socialist who gets a perverse satisfaction when all are equally piss poor.

[STEMO]

......and I agree with grammar schools. People tell me they are elitist but I think they are the exact opposite.

Working class kids working hard to pass their 11 plus than going on to university free of charge.

Just because not everyone will achieve from a working class background doesn't mean we should stop those that can.

Couldn't agree more. When I was brainless concrete shoveller, without a single qualification, both my kids passed the 11 plus and went to grammar schools. This ensured neither of them will shovel concrete and need a new skeleton by the time they are 50.
Obviously they inherited their brains from their Mother. 

Was?

[Viral_Jim]

Was?

Yup, he's now unemployed .

I am a big advocate of grammar schools, solely responsible from taking my dad from a two-up two-down in Sutton-in-Ashfield to a very successful career in aerospace engineering. The problem at the moment is that they are too few and far between. Consequently middle class folks see them as a cut-price private school education, flood the catchment areas, pay for tuition and you basically have the very opposite of social mobility. If they were more common, this would not be the case.

Tuition fees on the other hand, I am a fan of keeping. If you look at the Scotland model, it isn't improving standards, nor is it widening participation. What they are finding is that numbers of places in Higher Education are being squeezed and more overseas students are being taken because the universities have a funding gap that they need to fill.

For me, the problem with Tuition Fees is that they are badged all wrong, they don't share many of the features of debt, but labelling them as such is off-putting to many from poorer backgrounds. If you badged them as what they are, a tax which only kicks in once you start earning decent money, then I think people would be less put off.

Incidentally, I'll be finished paying mine off in less than 12 months. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Was?

Yup, he's now unemployed .

I am a big advocate of grammar schools, solely responsible from taking my dad from a two-up two-down in Sutton-in-Ashfield to a very successful career in aerospace engineering. The problem at the moment is that they are too few and far between. Consequently middle class folks see them as a cut-price private school education, flood the catchment areas, pay for tuition and you basically have the very opposite of social mobility. If they were more common, this would not be the case.

Tuition fees on the other hand, I am a fan of keeping. If you look at the Scotland model, it isn't improving standards, nor is it widening participation. What they are finding is that numbers of places in Higher Education are being squeezed and more overseas students are being taken because the universities have a funding gap that they need to fill.

For me, the problem with Tuition Fees is that they are badged all wrong, they don't share many of the features of debt, but labelling them as such is off-putting to many from poorer backgrounds. If you badged them as what they are, a tax which only kicks in once you start earning decent money, then I think people would be less put off.

Incidentally, I'll be finished paying mine off in less than 12 months. 

Fookin ell'.......how many years is that?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I was 'too fick' to go to university. Went to grammar school though.

When I left school only about 4% went on to university. These days everyone and the cat's mother has been to university.

[Nick W]

I am a big advocate of grammar schools, solely responsible from taking my dad from a two-up two-down in Sutton-in-Ashfield to a very successful career in aerospace engineering. The problem at the moment is that they are too few and far between. Consequently middle class folks see them as a cut-price private school education, flood the catchment areas, pay for tuition and you basically have the very opposite of social mobility. If they were more common, this would not be the case.

No, you have misunderstood the role of the grammar school within the education system. Grammar schools were intended to provide a supply of appropriately educated people for white-collar jobs - with the top percentage sent to university or college - in the same way that technical schools were setup to create a pool of school-leavers ready to start a technical apprenticeship. And then you had 'general' secondary schools for those children who didn't pass the selection tests at eleven. Comprehensive schools were supposed to do all of that within one school, but that ones that actually achieved it proved to be very rare.


The current enthusiasm for more grammar schools without the other two types being properly resourced, will result in precisely the scenario you mentioned. Especially if done in areas that don't currently have such schools, as their funding is bound to be taken from the general education budget.


The success of this system is utterly dependent on an effective, reliable selection of who goes where. And that is never mentioned because of the horror everyone has of deliberate social engineering. Especially when you're publicly applying it to eleven year-old children.


I should mention that both my parents attended grammar schools from working-class backgrounds, and so did I and my sister.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

......and I agree with grammar schools. People tell me they are elitist but I think they are the exact opposite.

Working class kids working hard to pass their 11 plus than going on to university free of charge.

Just because not everyone will achieve from a working class background doesn't mean we should stop those that can.

Couldn't agree more. When I was brainless concrete shoveller, without a single qualification, both my kids passed the 11 plus and went to grammar schools. This ensured neither of them will shovel concrete and need a new skeleton by the time they are 50.
Obviously they inherited their brains from their Mother. 

Was?

I'm still thick as pigshit, but no longer shovel concrete, due to the aforementioned need of a new skeleton. 

[Viral_Jim]

you have misunderstood the role of the grammar school within the education system. Grammar schools were intended to provide a supply of appropriately educated people for white-collar jobs - with the top percentage sent to university or college - in the same way that technical schools were setup to create a pool of school-leavers ready to start a technical apprenticeship. And then you had 'general' secondary schools for those children who didn't pass the selection tests at eleven.

No, I haven't, I understand, and agree with your post. However,  currently there are so few that they no longer fulfill their role. They should cater for the top say 20% of 11+ kids, of which the top 10-20% should be at university. We need the old technical colleges back so that people can actually learn a trade, rather than it being looked down upon and only attracting people who see it as a last resort when leaving school with no qualifications. Which is where we (largely) are at the moment.

Fookin ell'.......how many years is that?

I graduated in 2009. But I did two undergrad degrees, I was a slow learner . Also, I did my first 3 years of work for an accountancy firm that paid for my training, but the salary was such that I didn't pay much back (more or less just the interest).

[Rods2]

Very nice motor m'lud which uses proper fuel as well.

[Kevin Wood]

The success of this system is utterly dependent on an effective, reliable selection of who goes where. And that is never mentioned because of the horror everyone has of deliberate social engineering. Especially when you're publicly applying it to eleven year-old children.

Whoa! You'll be saying that the little darlings should be allowed to lose races at sports day next!

You're absolutely right, though. The whole system needs to be right. We need to banish B.Liar's ridiculous nonsense about sending 50% of the population to university to study hairdressing and rebuild a system that suits both the differing aptitudes of pupils and the requirements of industry for new recruits.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Very nice motor m'lud which uses proper fuel as well.

Indeed, Mr Rods. Derv is dead in the water and diesel sales are falling fast.

I sure Mr Tunnie will agree.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The success of this system is utterly dependent on an effective, reliable selection of who goes where. And that is never mentioned because of the horror everyone has of deliberate social engineering. Especially when you're publicly applying it to eleven year-old children.

Whoa! You'll be saying that the little darlings should be allowed to lose races at sports day next!

You're absolutely right, though. The whole system needs to be right. We need to banish B.Liar's ridiculous nonsense about sending 50% of the population to university to study hairdressing and rebuild a system that suits both the differing aptitudes of pupils and the requirements of industry for new recruits.

Yep..a large number of people going to university sounds good in principle.

The reality is that unless you've been to Oxford or Cambridge your chance of a well paid career will be heavily diluted by the sheer numbers.