So, after a full can of Easy Start and a hammer, the Jag or ‘Trouble’ as it has now affectionately become known, is alive and well with the world!

I picked it up from THE JAG WORKSHOP in Shepherd’s Bush this morning as it has just passed its MOT with erm… colours. OK, so it needed a new washer pump and the handbrake needed fixing, but a pass is a pass. Cars aren’t designed to sit in very generous friend’s underground car spaces for six months  (Jonny, you will forever be a legend). Moving parts seize, greasy parts dry up and all of this has the potential to cause you a world of financial and emotional pain.

Coming out of retirement: THE JAG WORKSHOP gets my XJ6 through the MOT

Fortunately, ‘Trouble’ has been anything but, to be honest. Granted there is a (growing) list of things I will have to do over the coming months to ensure long-term health and happiness, but my car is now road legal. And like all old cars, it’s only going to drive better and rev sweeter the more I use it. Let the good times roll.

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