2005 X-Type 2.5L V6 AWD SE auto

[Bluemondy]

Friend is selling this; It's in JetBlack with around 69k miles.

Never owned a jaguar, any immediate thoughts or things to watch or avoid?

Would love to know people's thoughts.

Edit : £2500

thanks

Edited by Bluemondy on Wednesday 30th June 18:54

[Rayy]

I own one. Sills rust badly (less so from 2005-on, I believe) and coil packs go. The ones nearest the firewall are expensive to replace because of the work involved.

[V88Dicky]

Have a look at the other V6 thread further down, some good points that will apply to your car in question

[jamieduff1981]

I've had two X-Types. Sills do rust, but usually only on flat, non-cosmetic areas underneath. Even if it's started to come up round the sides it's still fairly simple to weld up because the plastic sill covers hide it. Note that very few cars this age are not subject to structural rust around their sills - you only hear about it on these cars because it's pretty much the only thing that does rust - but you'll be much faster (and therefore cheaper if paying other people) to weld up one of these than a contemporary BMW 3-series where your welding is cosmetic and involves a bodyshop for paintwork. On an X-Type (or S-Type - had one of those also) you can slap on Hammerite and stonechip from an aerosol then refit the plastic sill covers.

Coil packs are easy. Even the rear bank. You have to unbolt the inlet manifold to get access, same as for the spark plugs, but my wife can do it - whilst not stupid, she's not a regular car DIY person either.

These cars do have a reputation for breaking their AWD transfer boxes, but second hand replacements can be had pretty cheap (e.g. around £150). I've changed 3 now. My first took me 2 weekends. Now I can do it in a day and a half.

They're pretty solid and reliable cars overall. The parts which do wear out will prove to be cheaper than its class competitors also.

[s m]

This was the 3-litre in a group test below but well regarded





EVO liked the 2.5 too