I hang my head in shame, I had to do some more cobbling of the XJ's exhaust. About a month ago I heard a rather scary noise eminating from the left rear corner of the Jag upon acceleration. A quick inspection revealed the rearmost silencer hanging down, sheared off from the over-axle pipe and looking rather sorry for itself. A pre-planned trip to Sandusky the following day meant I had to act quickly, and quickly meant swilling down two chilly Budweisers at 11am in order to effect a repair patch. A half an hour later had the exhaust buttoned up and the Jag ready for another whirlwind trip to northern Ohio and back.
Fast forward to this past week. A cursory check of the patchwork showed that things weren't looking promising for St. Louis' finest any longer, so a careful drive ensued to the workshop for.....wait....more cobbling, but only this time, my patch had to last. My first thought was a trip over to Lowe's to see if I could find any sheet steel thin enough to be rolled into a tube and clamped between the pipe and silencer, however in my rummaging through junk in the workshop, I spotted none other than one of Aunt Sonja's famous tins of her lovely homemade chocolate chip cookies sitting on my pinball machine. And even better, the tin's contents had been consumed leaving me with my patch of choice! And how befitting at that, as the tin she used was none other than from the ever-so-elegant Pepperidge Farm.
Some handy work with the tin snips and fifteen minutes later the exhaust was back in action. I'm not quite so shameful about this one, as Pepperidge Farm Pirouette cookies only wind up in the most elegant of households...and on the most elegant of automobiles ;)
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