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November 2016 CONTENTS

KENT SOUTH REGION NEWSLETTER

Lesley’s first words

Page:

2) Chairman’s letter

3-4) AGM report and

web site information

5-6) Insurance scams

and new VED bands

7) JEC X350 Seminar

8) AAAD!

9) JEC + Kent South

events calendar

10) Press clippings and

contact Us

JEC Kent South

Region, proudly

Website: www.kentsouthjec.org.uk Email: events.ksjec@gmail.com

Chairman: Colin Boakes 01634 231693

Hello everyone,

Anther successful month for membership, as we extend our customary

warm welcome to KS new member - Tony Sheldon; who I understand has

an interesting collection of Cats and takes our KS total membership to

105! (Please enjoy Tony’s article about ‘AAAD’ on page 8).

Someone deserving of our thanks is Steve Taylor, who has volunteered to

allow George to ‘retire’ and take-up the role of Club Web Master. (Please

see page 4 for Steve’s information message).

With no regular Club Night in December, I look forward to seeing many

of you at our Christmas Dinner on Saturday the 17th. Please remember

to bring your dancing shoes, as we will have some superb music to get

those feet tapping!

Lesley

Stop press: ‘January Jaunt’ - see page 9 for details. We particularly invite

those members who have been unable to attend Club Nights or events this

year - it would be lovely to see you!

I hope you have all read your Oc-

tober JEC magazine and pages 60

to 64 in particular. Here you will

notice a familiar KS face - our

Treasurer Rory Semple; who, with

another XJ40 owner, had the ini-

tial idea for the XJ40 30th birth-

day celebration at Dunkeld, in

Scotland.

This was a very successful weekend

enjoyed by over 80 owners and

Rory was presented with a formal

award, for his ‘Outstanding Con-

tribution’.

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C H A I R M A N C O L I N ’S L E T T E R

Hello Friends,

With the festive season now just around the corner, the year is drawing to a close; thanks to

all of you who helped to make it another successful year for ‘the region’. It was great to see

so many of you at the recent AGM and yet again the ‘Conningbrook’ put on an excellent buffet

for us. As is usually the case, the focus of the evening was the year gone by, with a number of

slideshows and stats’ galore from the various committee members.

After many years, we said farewell to Committee member George Fowler, but not goodbye as

he will continue as a regional member, no doubt bringing his V12 E-Type to events - providing

there is a filling station not too far away!

In his place, we welcome Steve Taylor as Web Master. Steve would appreciate your input to

the website, so whether it is pictures from a Club event you attended, an entry for the

‘member’s cars’ section, or anything else you think relevant, please email it to:

stevejt.jecks@gmail.com

A week after the AGM the committee had its’ first meeting of the ‘new year’. Several new

events are now in the early stages of planning and a ‘club’ like ours thrives on new ideas, so if

you have one please don’t keep it under your hat, get in contact with one of the committee, as

we really do want to hear from you. (Remember that Club Night on January 10th 2017 is

‘Ideas Night’).

There is just one event left for this year - the ‘Christmas Dinner’. If you have not yet booked,

sadly you are too late as bookings are now closed, so to you I say “Merry Christmas - you don’t

know what you are missing”!

To those who are attending, Kerri and I look forward to seeing you there for a great evening.

We are both really looking forward to it; especially so, as it will be our first with live music.

Hopefully there will be plenty of room on the floor for dancing, as I think some of us might be

getting too old for dancing on the tables! (Editor’s note: speak for yourself Colin!!)

Seasons Greetings, Colin

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The Committee were delighted to welcome 33 members to the 2015-16 AGM. We

were also able to recruit yet another new member on the night, so a warm wel-

come to Tony Sheldon - number 105!

Following Chairman Colin’s formal welcome, Event’s Manager Stuart King,

started the evening with his ‘slide-show’ and presentation of the Club’s events

and visits calendar; including some previously un-seen photos! Members have

attended an impressive 33 events, plus the E-Type 360 and the XJ40 30th birth-

day celebrations at Dunkeld. This total also includes ‘Kent South on Tour’ re-

ports submitted by members.

Special thanks go to the following members who volunteered to organise events

this year and not forgetting - their ever helpful team of ‘Marshals’:

Jacky Tillott (Christmas Dinner 2015)

Colin Field (‘Drive it Day’ at Hever Castle and The Springhouse Charity Classic);

David Lockwood (‘Motors at the Moat’ at Leeds Castle);

Martin Emmerson (Deal, Quex Park and Whitstable Car Shows)

Martin Emmerson (the Cotswold and Isle of Wight Tours)

Mick Tillott (‘Old Timers’ Classic Car Show)

Mark Prince and Jeff Bennett (Club Annual Quiz)

(All the other Club events/ visits were organised by members of the Committee).

Attendee numbers at monthly Cub Nights have been quite high this year, rang-

ing from 12 to a whopping 60 for the Jonathan Partridge talk, where JDC were

also invited. However, the average attendance stands at 26 members.

Treasurer Rory Semple presented the Club accounts , with detailed explanations.

The Club have a healthy £1458 as of 31.10.16 to carry forward to 2017.

Membership and Club Secretary Keith Edwards presented a fascinating slide

show, giving a range of ’membership’ statistics on numbers, car types and own-

ership etc. Current membership stands at 105.

Publicity Manager Lesley King gave a brief, but heart-felt ‘thankyou’ to members

and especially Martin Emmerson and husband Stuart, for their encouragement

and support during her inaugural year as editor of the Club Newsletter and JEC

magazine regional report.

Kent South AGM Tuesday 8th November 2016

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Web Master George Fowler is retiring this year following many, many years of ster-

ling service to the Club web site and Committee, so introduced new recruit Steve

Taylor. Chairman Colin also formally presented George with a very smart Jaguar

umbrella and a key ring, as small tokens of the Club’s appreciation.

The formal business ended around 9:30pm when a delicious finger buffet was

served, to set everyone-up for the journey home.

Please note: copies of the formal minutes and accounts will be forwarded to all

members separately to this Newsletter.

Lesley King

The JEC Kent South Website Good day all,

While I was at the AGM a few questions were brought to me concerning our Region’s website.

These were probably fairly long-standing, so I thought a few words might help clear the items.

1st: Was there a sign in/password needed for the site?

The answer here is ‘NO’. The site is completely open to anyone wishing to see it.

It can be accessed directly by typing in www.kentsouthjec.org.uk. This goes into the address

space at the top of your browser.

The other route is via the national JEC website. There is a sign-in/password needed to get

on to this website, but if you just want to go to a region’s individual site you don’t need to

enter anything. The route here is www.jec.org.uk

When you are on the site home page, toward the top you will see ‘Regions’. Click on this

then choose the individual region’s site you would like to see. Our website link is then just

above the map.

2nd: What is the ‘Shout Box’ for?

This was open to all to make comments or announcements. However, the Region remains

liable for any comments made - including those from non-members. So, in the absence of

an independent ’monitor’, the Committee have decided that it should be removed. (Editor’s

note: the Club Facebook page remains open for such comments, as this is always monitored

by Facebook on our behalf).

3rd: A comment was made on the appearance of some of the photos in the ‘Members Cars’ pag-

es. I have started to resize those out of perspective.

4th: There was a comment on who visits the site.

All sorts of people visit the site, members and non-members. I won’t break down the catego-

ries here but since the ‘visitor count’ was started, about 4 years ago when George re-

designed the site, there have been 20,119 visits. There is a counter at the bottom of the

‘Home’ page.

Finally, a small word on the page buttons, ‘Home’, ‘Events’ etc. Some of these show drop-down

menus when you run the mouse over them. However, it is worth clicking on them as some also

have a page linked directly to the button e.g. the ‘Events’ button. The current year’s events list is

accessed by directly clicking on the button. There are also two buttons behind, that you will see if

you put the mouse arrow on to the button.

If there are any more questions or suggestions please let me know, my address is:

stevejt.jecks@gmail.com. I have to say that I am also receptive to complaints!!

Steve Taylor

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Road Tax changes to be implemented from April 2017

Further changes to road tax were announced as part of the 2015 Budget. These will come into ef-

fect from April 2017 and concern the amount of road tax you’ll pay on new cars after that date.

Unfortunately, only zero emission cars will remain exempt from that date. All other new cars will be

charged a varying amount for the first year, based on their CO2 emissions and then a flat rate of

£140 for each subsequent year.

Owners of more popular ‘family’ cars are likely to pay between £100 and £160 for the first year. At

the other end of the scale, cars emitting more than 255g/km of CO2 will have to pay a staggering

£2,000 to tax their cars in the first year!

This is a huge change from the current road tax structure, which has encouraged manufacturers to

build low emission vehicles. Drivers have been drawn to these vehicles by the road tax exemption

and 75% of new cars purchased in 2015 in the UK were expected to be road tax free. Something

George Osbourne described as an “unsustainable” trend.

Purchasers of more expensive cars will also be penalised, as those cars costing in excess of

£40,000 will be required to pay an extra £310 in tax for each of the first 5 years of ownership.

Current road tax bands won’t change for cars that are already registered, so the existing VED bands

will remain in place - meaning cars registered before April 2017 will continue to pay the current VED

rates even after the new VED bands come into force. Fortunately for owners, the existing rates for

CO2 bands are much more favourable to lower-polluting vehicles.

As the rule changes are designed to net the exchequer more cash from popular eco-friendly cars, it

stands to reason that these are the vehicles the new rules will hit hardest.

The 2017 changes will mean a car that is CO2 rated at 100g/km or lower – and thus free of road tax

for life under the current VED band system – will cost its owner £400 over three years, £680 over 5

years, or a whopping £1,380 over ten years.

If you can buy the same car before the April 1st deadline, you’d be mad not to!

Insurance scams: bogus ‘ghost’ policies are the fraudsters’ latest ruse.

Police are warning drivers to be wary of the latest fraud twists to hit the market. ‘Ghost’ brokers sell bo-gus insurance policies for typically 15% cheaper than the norm; often approaching motorists in shopping

centres, or advertising on Gumtree. They also set-up false addresses, so motorists living in high

premium areas are offered insurance as if they live in remote parts of the UK , such as northern Scotland! They will also alter a driver’s age and previous claims history, which don’t show up on the MID insurance industry database. ’Crash for cash’ is more well know; where criminals ‘stage’ accidents to claim on the insurance. There is also ‘flash for cash’, were criminals flash their lights to encourage a motorist to keep going, before ploughing into them. Similarly, ‘swoop and squat’ involves two cars, where the ‘swoop’ car cuts-up the ‘squat’ car which brakes heavily, causing the innocent driver behind to crash into the back of

it. The ‘squat’ car then drives off before any details are recorded.

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Current (pre-April 2017) vehicle VED tax bands:

VED car tax bands for cars first registered from April 2017 onwards:

VED Band CO2 Emissions Annual Rate First Year Rate

A Up to 100 g/km £0 £0

B 101-110 g/km £20 £0

C 111-120 g/km £30 £0

D 121-130 g/km £110 £0

E 131-140 g/km £130 £130

F 141-150 g/km £145 £145

G 151-165 g/km £185 £185

H 166-175 g/km £210 £300

I 176-185 g/km £230 £355

J 186-200 g/km £270 £500

K 201-225 g/km £295 £650

L 226-255 g/km £500 £885

M Over 255 g/km £515 £1,120

VED Band Emissions (g/km of CO2) Standard Annual Rate First Year Rate

A 0 £0 £0

B 1-50 £140 £10

C 51-75 £140 £25

D 76-90 £140 £100

E 91-100 £140 £120

F 101-110 £140 £140

G 111-130 £140 £160

H 131-150 £140 £200

I 151-170 £140 £500

J 171-190 £140 £800

K 191-225 £140 £1,200

L 226-255 £140 £1,700

M Over 255 £140 £2,000

Cars above £40,000 pay additional £310 annual supplement for next five years

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XJ X350 SEMINAR Sunday 23rd April 2016

Having attended this excellent JEC Seminar - I have prepared a pack of detailed notes, including gen-eral information and an ‘advisory maintenance schedule’ for this car. However, much of this information would be relevant to any of our Jags, so please let me know, as I am happy to forward a copy to you.

I also have a CD, with all the over-heads from the presentation.

I have similar packs with CDs from previous JEC Seminars, on the AJ6, AJ16 and V12 Jaguar engines. Again, I am more than happy to forward copies to KS members.

I have thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend these JEC seminars, as the pace is fast and David Marks tries to get across as much information as he can in the time allotted - so you have to stay awake! Fellow attendees are all so enthusiastic; it is a pleasure to be involved.

Stuart King

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This is how it manifests:

... I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide

to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the rub-

bish bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first. But then I think, since I'm going to

be near the post box when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills at the same time.

I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in my

desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of coke that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the coke aside, so that I don't accidentally knock it

over. I see that the coke is getting warm and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the coke, a pot plant on the counter catches my eye - it needs to be watered.

I set the coke down on the counter and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I'd better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the plant. I set the glasses back down

on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen

table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remem-

ber that it's on the kitchen table; so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs; but first I'll water the

plant.

I attempt to splash some water in the plant pot, but I miss and most of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, the rubbish has not been taken out, there is a warm bottle of coke

sitting on the counter, the plant isn't watered, there is still only one cheque in my cheque book, I can't find the

remote, I can't find my glasses and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled, because I know I was busy all day

long and I'm really tired. I realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check

my e-mail and Facebook for messages.

Tony Sheldon

Does this sound familiar?

Age Activated Attention Deficit (AAAD)

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UPCOMING JEC EVENTS

There are currently no up-coming JEC events, as activities wind-down for the winter months.

Lets look forward to Drive It Day 2017 on Sunday April 23rd.

December

17th Christmas Dinner at The Conningbrook Hotel (Organised by Jacky Tillott)

(Please note: if you would like to book a room for the night, please contact the Hotel yourself and men-tion KSJEC, as you may be entitled to a discount).

There is NO Club Night in December

January 2017

10th ‘Club Night’ - our annual ‘Ideas Night’. During the year I have been collecting suggestions for future events from members, so if you have somewhere you would like to recommend for next year’s calendar, then please come along to let me know in person, or via the Club email - detailed at the end of this Newsletter.

22nd ‘January Jaunt’ - for Sunday lunch. Venue, menu and booking details to follow in my next ‘up-date’, so please make a note in your diary.

Stuart King

KENT SOUTH EVENTS UP-DATE

Proposed Visit to the Haynes Motor Museum during October 2017

Looking much further ahead, Bob Foxcroft has visited the Haynes Motor Museum down in the West Country and was so impressed that he has kindly volunteered to arrange a group visit for us. You may recognise the name Haynes from those manuals that we so love. As it would involve a longer journey Bob has suggested the follow-ing:

"The suggestion would be to meet at Clackets Lane on the Saturday morning and drive to Sparkford (around 180 miles) in 3-4 hours. Have lunch at and visit the Museum in the afternoon. Stopover at a local pub/hotel or The ‘Walnut Tree’ if fancied, where a double room with full English for two would be around £80 and we could have an evening meal for £15/£20 a head – say £110/120 per couple plus drinks.

On Sunday a visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in the morning, or there are other interesting venues such as Wookey Hole, Yeovil and Taunton and also the West Somerset Railway, a little further afield.

There must be several other options, followed by a drive back on Sunday afternoon/evening.

If here is any interest, then I would be prepared to organise/make arrangements for up to 10 cars/couples - around mid-October."

If you would like to express an interest please let me know. Stuart King

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CONTACT US:

Please send your comments to the Club at: events.ksjec@gmail.com

A reminder from our new 'Web-Master’— Steve to please send him your photos from any of the Club events, so that he can keep our Club website up-dated and

interesting to potential new members. Send to: stevejt.jecks@gmail.com

JECKS members now have a direct link to Xclusively Jaguar from our Club website, so we can all access the wealth of

information and related links to ‘all things Jaguar’ that Letitia Mace offers.

Please take a peak at her web site as detailed above, or keep up-to-date on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/xclusively.jaguar?fref=ts and consider signing-up to her free monthly Newsletter.

Press clippings From recent editions of The Saturday

Telegraph ‘Cars’ section

Are ‘winter’ tyres worth it?

Probably YES - as these tyres give significantly

more traction on snow and ice, but also every

time the temperature dips below 7C. These

tyres will cut your winter braking distances.

Priced on-a-par with standard premium tyres -

around £300 to £400 for the average car.

(Some countries insist on winter tyres between

defined dates by law).

An alternative, is to fit ’all weather’ tyres, which

remove the need to change wheels and store

the summer set.

“A lack of resources and materials meant that the motoring world was slow to

reawaken after WW11; but the first car to make it’s mark was the Jaguar

XK120. Named numerically after it’s top speed, the 3.4 litre Jaguar sports car

grabbed the headlines by achieving more than 130mph at Jabbeke in Belgium,

making it the fastest car in the world.

The XK120’s cramped cockpit doesn’t suit very tall drivers, but those that fit will

revel in it’s sure-footed handling and instant responses. On cross-ply tyres you

can safely slide the Jaguar around corners with a grin as broad as the road itself

- in the dry at least!”

Happy birthday M25

Hard to imagine an England without the M25 - celebrating 30 years old on 29.10.16.

This London orbital isn’t actually full circle, as it’s tips at Dartford, are connected by the

A282 for 5 miles to cross the River Thames. Drivers stuck at Thurrock are also on the

E15, a grand international route linking Inver-ness to the Spanish port of Algeciras. Con-

tinuing north they are on the E30, linking Cork with Omsk in Russia.

Bet you didn’t know that!

PRF 935B

A rare E-Type ‘barn find’ is up

for grabs and may make

£45K at auction!

The 1965 3.8 litre coupe is

one of only 1,798 of it’s type

made and is completely origi-

nal; but requiring extensive

restoration, having lain in a

barn for 40 years.

The M25 is 117 miles long,

has just 4 services and

176,286 vehicles pass

between J10 and J11 daily.

Prior to building it there

were 39 Public Enquiries,

and house prices for prop-

erties on the M25 have

risen by 551% since 1986,

when it was built.