Broken Jag - Pt 1 of 3

[VeryFedUp]

I'll try on the law section but a few words here miught produce something.

So.... Hi All.

I've got lease hire Jag. XKR which is about 11 months old (I've had it from new if that helps) and at around 10000 miles I had it serviced, Which could have been just about anywhere and I'm all over the Country at various times.

I was a little bit over on the second service (24k when it should have been 20) this was done in May this year. Up until that point I had no problems with the car apart from a blown valve on the supercharger two weeks after getting it, which was duly fixed.

Anyway two weeks after the service I get a warning light (amber, so I was told not too serious) and the keyless start played up. So after booking it into the dealer for a 24hr repair I mentioned that it was blowing some smoke so could they look at that as well. Two days passed without my car back or a replacement (loaner) so after a quick call I found out that they were having problems with software for the ignition and the car also needed two new catalectic converters. Or so Technical told them as they didn't have a clue�So there was a further two week wait and the car comes back okay'ish with the added bonus of a pretty decent scratch on the roof.


10 days/two weeks after coming back to me, I'm on the M25 doing 70 (can you do faster on the M25?) outside lane when it sounded like a plane had just gone through the sound barrier in front of me. But it wasn't a plane, it was me.! Or rather the car.!! At this stage all I could hear, through my still ringing ear drums, was what I assumed was bits of engine riquershay between road and car until it shot out the back at the speed of a scud missile.

Through the smoke, watering eyes (not crying, it was the fumes�.honest) I managed to weave through the now panicking other drivers with no engine to get onto the hard shoulder. TBC in Pt 2