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[Andy B]

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That was a traditional Jaguar styling idea. Look at a mkX, mk2, 420G or E-type

Are they not one and the same?
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Effectively yes ....  Beautiful car!

[Rangie]

My first boss had a Mk10 Jaguar lovely car & I remember looking at a 1964 model on a car lot just after I passed my driving test in 1971 the price was £335 a bit to much at the time, so I bought a1964 PB Velox for £130 .

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My first boss had a Mk10 Jaguar lovely car & I remember looking at a 1964 model on a car lot just after I passed my driving test in 1971 the price was £335 a bit to much at the time, so I bought a1964 PB Velox for £130 .

I believe the Kray twins were fond of a MK10.

Big boot to dispose of Jack the Hat, and his ilk.

[Rangie]

My first boss had a Mk10 Jaguar lovely car & I remember looking at a 1964 model on a car lot just after I passed my driving test in 1971 the price was £335 a bit to much at the time, so I bought a1964 PB Velox for £130 .

I believe the Kray twins were fond of a MK10.

Big boot to dispose of Jack the Hat, and his ilk.

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The dash in them was beautiful, the sound of it starting up was sheer class.

[countrywoman]

And they had an E type spec engine, road tested one once and forgot to look in the mirror before booting it. Left the car coming past for dead!!!

[Andy B]

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

[Rangie]

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

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I think petrol was around 38 pence a gallon when I started driving in 1971 so didn't even come into consideration, the guy I worked for was a market trader & always had wads of cash I used to get around 20-30 quid a week which seemed a fortune to me back then

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

120+ MPH was hot snot back in the early sixties.

The Anglia and Austin  1100 were pretty much on their knees above 70 MPH.

[Rangie]

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

120+ MPH was hot snot back in the early sixties.

The Anglia and Austin  1100 were pretty much on their knees above 70 MPH.

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I seem to remember reading once about a 3.4 Jag leaving the longest skid marks on the M1 in the sixties, reported to have been travelling at over 100 mph.

[YZ250]

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

120+ MPH was hot snot back in the early sixties.

The Anglia and Austin  1100 were pretty much on their knees above 70 MPH.

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I seem to remember reading once about a 3.4 Jag leaving the longest skid marks on the M1 in the sixties, reported to have been travelling at over 100 mph.

  1960 . Skid marks of 290 metres (950ft) at the scene!  Good effort by that driver. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

120+ MPH was hot snot back in the early sixties.

The Anglia and Austin  1100 were pretty much on their knees above 70 MPH.

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I seem to remember reading once about a 3.4 Jag leaving the longest skid marks on the M1 in the sixties, reported to have been travelling at over 100 mph.

Quite possible. No speed limits on the motorways before the ginger non-driver Barbara Castle decided to bring an end to the fun in 1967.

It was quite common for motoring magazines to test the top speed of cars such as the E-Type and Aston Marin DB4/5 on the M1 in the wee small hours. Perfectly legal.

[Rangie]

I remember my father driving our Jag down to Brighton on evening I must have been about 11 or 12 he got up to about 110 mph ,it was my mother's shouting that got him to slow down. 😅

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The factories also used the M1 for performance testing. Those were the days. 
The 70mph limit didnt apply in Norn Irn until the mid 70,s. Just before I got on the road.
Maybe they knew I was coming. 


Not that I took any notice anyway. No speed cameras or assorted nonsense. If the cops decided to chase you it was a sport.
If they didnt catch you it was fair enough, and they would try again next time.
They did catch me a few times in my teens, which resulted in (iirc) 5 court appearances on 12 charges.
All of the motoring variety I might add.
Never got caught doing anything criminal. My Uncle Sammy ( a lifelong dodgy wee bastard) told me very early " if you cant be good, be careful". 

[YZ250]

Anyway, back on track, Audi Quattro C7 3.0V6 BiTdi. It has the ZF 8 speed auto box so no S-Tronic / Multitronic dual clutch to fret about, 320 ponies and good mpg. With a remap it’ll whizz past the removed electronic limiter …. hmm… err…. allegedly. 
Just make sure that its had the timing chain and gears replaced if over 60-70K on the clock, as it’s quite an expensive* job and not really a diy job on the drive. 

*Expensive as in £4K expensive. 

Oh, scrap that suggestion, I’ve just seen that Audi are on Mrs TB’s ‘tw*ts’ list. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Not to mention that it's actually wwd with an intermittent rear axle, even though the engine mounting is deceptive. And let's not forget the engine was clearly designed by three people in different rooms. Nor that it will split across the front of the rear seat cross member if you're unlucky enough to have a serious prang in it.