Hi guys: Just calling in from the far North of Scotland....

I just bought my 1st JEEP this weekend: a 2000 model XJ 2.5TD in dark green metallic (don't know the official colour name or code), just turned 50k mls (80k kms) on my 700 mile journey home from the South of England...

Pics and info to follow: If I post a pic of the info on the door frame, maybe someone will tell me the paint colour...

Forum looks great: sure I'll learn all I need from what I see.

Cheers to all......

 

a couple of pics of my new purchase:







Yeah, I know: some fool put the wheel on the wrong side of the dash....

see my gallery

 

Scotland! Saints be praised I'm from Scotland! Not really but everytime I hear someone say they are from Scotland it reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from The Simpsons...Anyway welcome to the forum and I hope we can help you with any questions about your new Jeep..It looks in great shape so hopefully you won't have to many mechnical issues for a long time to come.

Now..The Simpsons:

Homer dips the hose into the big container for grease and it starts sucking it up.

Homer: And now, we wait. So, is this your school?

Bart: Well, it used to be.

At that moment, Groundskeeper Willie enters the kitchen. He walks over to the sink and begins to scrub under his armpits with a Brillo pad and Ajax soap while whistling a song similar to the popular folk song //'Jenny Jenkins'. Homer and Bart attempt to sneak away but Willie catches them.//

Willie: Eek! I mean, 'ach!' I mean…what are you doin' 'ere?

Homer: Uh, buh, buh, we're new foreign exchange students from…uh, um…Scotland!

Willie: Saints be praised, I'm from Scotland! Where do ya hail from?

Homer: Uh…North…Kilttown.

Willie: No foolin'! I'm from North Kilttown! Do you know Angus McCloud?

Homer: Wait a minute! There's no Angus McCloud in North Kilttown! Why, you're not from Scotland at all!

Willie: Ach, don't be daft. I was born and rai…

Willie notices the hose.

Willie: Hey, what the? <gasps> My retirement grease!

Homer and Bart make their escape through the ventilation ducts

Willie: No! You thievin' grease bandits! I'll kill ya! Wait up!

 

Welcome from Tx.

 

Welcome from north tx.

 

Right-hand drive takes a little getting used to (first had to deal with it in Oz,) but it's doable.

I've always wanted to do a RHD rig with Lightning rods and a twin-stick tcase. I could probably leave the keys in the damned thing and no-one would steal it. Hell, they probably wouldn't steal it if I walked away and left the engine running! You'd have seven or eight shift levers sticking up through the console...

I've always wanted to visit Scotland again with nothing but time on my hands - every time I'd gone, I was passing through on my way somewhere else. Gotta fix that someday - but it's not going to happen unless I book passage on an ocean liner or airport insecurity starts to relax...

My extraction is primarily Scot, you see - Ross & MacLeod!

Welcome aboard! There are actually a number of Jeep-related boards online (several of which deal with the XJ either specifically or heavily,) so there's no shortage of information! I could give you a list, if you like.

 

welcome and nice pics they are good..............................

 

That's a great looking Jeep.

 

paint looks like a forest green same as mine nice xj by the way...welcome to CF

 

Hello there. From Edinburgh
Good looking jeep

 

welcome nice jeep you have there... any motor shot?

 

Welcome from Houston!

 

Welcome, from Columbia, SC!

Great Jeep! It's Hunter Green.

 

HAHA, welcome from a Irish descedant in North Florida!!

 

Welcome to the site.