Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
WTF
...0-60 in 4.8 secs for the very lastest XJR my one with 370bhp did 5.3 seconds to 60...slow gear changes?...I really wish people in here would only speak if they had experience
Anyone can read books...but its not reality REAL WORLD speak when you put the book down
Phil, i have lots of real world experience of driving them (well mainly of a super V8 which is identical running gear but a slightly posher level of interior trim etc), thats what im commenting from, ive never seen a book on the XK8 gearbox have you? and if not then why would you think anyone was reading about them to comment?
And even if there was a book about them, as you say the times make it look like everything is working fine anyway, so anyone reading about them wouldnt know about the slow reactions im on about.
Its not the actual physical change itself when you are already under acceleation i found annoyingly slow, its the time taken to realise it needs to kick down when you are cruising in a high gear.