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2000 XJ8 4.0 Sovereign

It’s a cautionary tale from this instalment of my Our Jaguars – and it’s that X308s really don’t like not being used.

Having been my daily driver for two years and having never set a wheel wrong, I decided that X388 VVW deserved an easier life and – in addition – an existence that didn’t involve it being

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