Part 19 - New Year, New World
You may carry weapons and ammo in your checked luggage, but don't you dare smoke, skateboard or loiter in the terminal. The USA never fails to amaze. January and February 2023 passed all too quickly with no motorsport action at Jacoby Jaguars. The XKR celebrated its 21st Birthday by having total electrical failure at 70mph in lane 3 on the M25, at night. Amazingly the engine kept running, but all other electric/electronic systems disappeared: No lights at all, no gear changes, no indicators, horn, windows etc. Fortunately we were due to exit at the next junction and a few miles later, some electrics reappeared: Side lights and gearchanges. As we were heading into London, we had no need of headlamps. We arrived for (a lovely) dinner at cousin Robert's apartment in Belsize Park. After an evening of good eating and excellent company (and getting to hold a real Oscar, brought over by a neighbour), Robert kindly lent us his monster Audi RS5 to ...