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fatboy b said:
I’ve got a P250 XE loaner at the moment while my 5.0SC XF is in to sort a few things. Supercharged power has no lag.
The important bit to remember is the lack of lag when you get the 5.0SC back. SWMBO's turbo Merc wants lots of throttle till the turbos decide to spin up ( and are massively more laggy since having a firmware update to deal with the cheat code - Thanks VW ) do that in the XKR and it's anyones guess where the tail end is going to jump a8hex said:
fatboy b said:
I’ve got a P250 XE loaner at the moment while my 5.0SC XF is in to sort a few things. Supercharged power has no lag.
The important bit to remember is the lack of lag when you get the 5.0SC back. SWMBO's turbo Merc wants lots of throttle till the turbos decide to spin up ( and are massively more laggy since having a firmware update to deal with the cheat code - Thanks VW ) do that in the XKR and it's anyones guess where the tail end is going to jump I test drove one in Sept last year while my XK was in for some work
Chequered flag coupe version in white -looked drop dead gorgeous and it was superb all round -plenty of useable torque ,no discrenable lag .
In fact i thought it suited the car rather well and it felt really well balanced with sharp turn in
More than enough performance to use on our shoddy roads
Also suprisingly made a very nice noise
I would rather have one of the these than say the new BMW Z M40i -much better all round car IMHO aside from the odd day when you get the roof down
If i had the money to burn i would probably buy the 2.0 rather than V6 or V8
Ask your self when are you going to be able to realistically safely use the performance of the bigger engine variants
Apart from pub bragging rights the 2.0 hits the sweet spot
Maybe wait until they bring out a hybrid or an e-version ?
Chequered flag coupe version in white -looked drop dead gorgeous and it was superb all round -plenty of useable torque ,no discrenable lag .
In fact i thought it suited the car rather well and it felt really well balanced with sharp turn in
More than enough performance to use on our shoddy roads
Also suprisingly made a very nice noise
I would rather have one of the these than say the new BMW Z M40i -much better all round car IMHO aside from the odd day when you get the roof down
If i had the money to burn i would probably buy the 2.0 rather than V6 or V8
Ask your self when are you going to be able to realistically safely use the performance of the bigger engine variants
Apart from pub bragging rights the 2.0 hits the sweet spot
Maybe wait until they bring out a hybrid or an e-version ?
doclip said:
I test drove one in Sept last year while my XK was in for some work
Chequered flag coupe version in white -looked drop dead gorgeous and it was superb all round -plenty of useable torque ,no discrenable lag .
In fact i thought it suited the car rather well and it felt really well balanced with sharp turn in
More than enough performance to use on our shoddy roads
Also suprisingly made a very nice noise
I would rather have one of the these than say the new BMW Z M40i -much better all round car IMHO aside from the odd day when you get the roof down
If i had the money to burn i would probably buy the 2.0 rather than V6 or V8
Ask your self when are you going to be able to realistically safely use the performance of the bigger engine variants
Apart from pub bragging rights the 2.0 hits the sweet spot
Maybe wait until they bring out a hybrid or an e-version ?
Yes by all accounts it is a lovely drive..... I would ask myself when am I going to be able to realistically safely use the performance of the bigger engine variants ?Chequered flag coupe version in white -looked drop dead gorgeous and it was superb all round -plenty of useable torque ,no discrenable lag .
In fact i thought it suited the car rather well and it felt really well balanced with sharp turn in
More than enough performance to use on our shoddy roads
Also suprisingly made a very nice noise
I would rather have one of the these than say the new BMW Z M40i -much better all round car IMHO aside from the odd day when you get the roof down
If i had the money to burn i would probably buy the 2.0 rather than V6 or V8
Ask your self when are you going to be able to realistically safely use the performance of the bigger engine variants
Apart from pub bragging rights the 2.0 hits the sweet spot
Maybe wait until they bring out a hybrid or an e-version ?
I would then answer myself by saying who cares.... I NEED the sound... No matter what ....
fatboy b said:
Agreed. But I also have 2.0 turbo in my Cooper S. next to no lag there, but they use twin turbos
I believe that the B48 engine in the Cooper S is a single turbo but a twin scroll. The twin power turbo writing they put on the engine cover is very misleading, and quite a few people think that it is a twin turbo engine when it isn't. cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
Agreed. But I also have 2.0 turbo in my Cooper S. next to no lag there, but they use twin turbos
I believe that the B48 engine in the Cooper S is a single turbo but a twin scroll. The twin power turbo writing they put on the engine cover is very misleading, and quite a few people think that it is a twin turbo engine when it isn't. fatboy b said:
cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
Agreed. But I also have 2.0 turbo in my Cooper S. next to no lag there, but they use twin turbos
I believe that the B48 engine in the Cooper S is a single turbo but a twin scroll. The twin power turbo writing they put on the engine cover is very misleading, and quite a few people think that it is a twin turbo engine when it isn't. cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
Agreed. But I also have 2.0 turbo in my Cooper S. next to no lag there, but they use twin turbos
I believe that the B48 engine in the Cooper S is a single turbo but a twin scroll. The twin power turbo writing they put on the engine cover is very misleading, and quite a few people think that it is a twin turbo engine when it isn't. cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
Agreed. But I also have 2.0 turbo in my Cooper S. next to no lag there, but they use twin turbos
I believe that the B48 engine in the Cooper S is a single turbo but a twin scroll. The twin power turbo writing they put on the engine cover is very misleading, and quite a few people think that it is a twin turbo engine when it isn't. fatboy b said:
cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
cerb4.5lee said:
fatboy b said:
Agreed. But I also have 2.0 turbo in my Cooper S. next to no lag there, but they use twin turbos
I believe that the B48 engine in the Cooper S is a single turbo but a twin scroll. The twin power turbo writing they put on the engine cover is very misleading, and quite a few people think that it is a twin turbo engine when it isn't. Gassing Station | Jaguar | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff