[TR] XK8's?

[Joe Burlein]

William,

Here is a good place to ask that question:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=181

You'll have to sign up, but there are a lot of car guys here. I wish the 
list would move over to this format.

Joe

William Brewer wrote:
>      My beloved TR3 was wearing me out and I decided to modernize a bit, so I
> bought a TR6 to complement it. I have toyed with the idea of a Honda S2000,
> Miata and BMW Z4, but couldn't bring myself to lower the Union jack. I've
> looked at Lotus Elise's, but they are still bring high 20's in SoCal. Looking
> on Criagslist I see lots of Jag XK8's for between $8,000 and $14,000. Most
> have about 70,000 miles on them. They look tempting. Is something starting to
> break on them at about this mileage? I hypothesize that perhaps the first
> owners are getting their first repair bills and are dumping the cars. Do any
> listers have XK8's and how are they doing?
>
>      Bill
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