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[VeryFedUp]

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.

Tony