Sadness. They fixed the frame flexing and blew the aerodynamics. Time to go back to school, guys.
I'll have to keep my ought-three until they figure it out. I hope it doesn't take them too long.
Mrs. NCSteve is drooling over the S-Type, even though I keep telling her it is really just a Lincoln LS. Proof positive that marketing works!
The amusing part about our first-gen XK8s is that the chassis is from the earlier XJS... which is a modified version of the original XJ short wheelbase chassis... the longer version of which is under my 87 XJ6. There are some chassis braces you can buy that will fix the chassis flex on the car, by the way. The problem is that it’s still got the nose-heavy handling issues (the V8 is farther forward than the V12 was in the XJS) and it takes some careful tuning to dial out what you can.
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Show the Mrs. this page - http://www.thelurch.com/
She probably won’t like it afterwards.