IRR Jag XF Sportbrake
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Right then a bit about the car, picked up from near Bath yesterday. Very seamless (Covid compliant) handover. The guy was a pleasure to do business with.
Car had been cleaned but not to my standard. I went over it whilst wearing face mask and gloves and wiped down all surfaces on the interior as I went along.
Car has only done 50 odd thousand miles and has a full Jaguar service history, last being serviced 200 miles ago. MOT history was very good with any advisories on last MOT being rectified straight away.
Today I cleaned the interior of the car, few marks that the steamer got rid of. Keen to get the exterior done but that is a job for when I’ve next got a couple of days off.
Anyway enough chat, here’s some pics of todays progress:
Car had been cleaned but not to my standard. I went over it whilst wearing face mask and gloves and wiped down all surfaces on the interior as I went along.
Car has only done 50 odd thousand miles and has a full Jaguar service history, last being serviced 200 miles ago. MOT history was very good with any advisories on last MOT being rectified straight away.
Today I cleaned the interior of the car, few marks that the steamer got rid of. Keen to get the exterior done but that is a job for when I’ve next got a couple of days off.
Anyway enough chat, here’s some pics of todays progress:
Not that anyone seems interested, but over the last couple of days I have been working on the exterior.
It has been APC’d, snowfoamed, shampooed, clayed, DA Polished and waxed. I haven’t gone too mad with the polisher as I am a beginner and don’t want to ruin the paint.
The car is now up to a decent standard in my opinion.
It has been APC’d, snowfoamed, shampooed, clayed, DA Polished and waxed. I haven’t gone too mad with the polisher as I am a beginner and don’t want to ruin the paint.
The car is now up to a decent standard in my opinion.
On my second XF now, first one was a 63 plate 2.2D (200bhp) Sportbrake Traded it in for the current one (3.0 S saloon). Over roughly 150k miles across both cars I had precisely 0 faults, just routine items (pads, tyres, wipe blades etc.) and servicing, I find them lovely to drive, comfortable and fast enough. ICE and satnav isn't the best, but is more than up to the job.
On the Sportbrake they use the rear brakes as part of the stability control, so they do go through them - I needed a new set of pads every ~25k miles. If you're handy it's a 30 minute job to change them.
I like the colour, they take brighter colours better than some other cars in the class.
Enjoy!
On the Sportbrake they use the rear brakes as part of the stability control, so they do go through them - I needed a new set of pads every ~25k miles. If you're handy it's a 30 minute job to change them.
I like the colour, they take brighter colours better than some other cars in the class.
Enjoy!
Konrod said:
On my second XF now, first one was a 63 plate 2.2D (200bhp) Sportbrake Traded it in for the current one (3.0 S saloon). Over roughly 150k miles across both cars I had precisely 0 faults, just routine items (pads, tyres, wipe blades etc.) and servicing, I find them lovely to drive, comfortable and fast enough. ICE and satnav isn't the best, but is more than up to the job.
On the Sportbrake they use the rear brakes as part of the stability control, so they do go through them - I needed a new set of pads every ~25k miles. If you're handy it's a 30 minute job to change them.
I like the colour, they take brighter colours better than some other cars in the class.
Enjoy!
Thanks mate, i do like it, and love the colourOn the Sportbrake they use the rear brakes as part of the stability control, so they do go through them - I needed a new set of pads every ~25k miles. If you're handy it's a 30 minute job to change them.
I like the colour, they take brighter colours better than some other cars in the class.
Enjoy!
I got my dad a 2.2 190 Premium Luxury saloon about a month ago after initially looking for a Mercedes C or E Class.
I've been trying to buy a Jag for about 5 years on and off but the right car is never available when I'm in the market, so I can't believe my old man has beaten me to it considering how infrequently he changes his cars and how often I seem to change one of ours!
If it was mine I would've gone for the 3.0S but that doesn't detract from what a lovely car his is to drive. The ride and handling balance is utterly lovely and the cabin looks very special.
Love your (Italian Racing??) Red too.
I've been trying to buy a Jag for about 5 years on and off but the right car is never available when I'm in the market, so I can't believe my old man has beaten me to it considering how infrequently he changes his cars and how often I seem to change one of ours!
If it was mine I would've gone for the 3.0S but that doesn't detract from what a lovely car his is to drive. The ride and handling balance is utterly lovely and the cabin looks very special.
Love your (Italian Racing??) Red too.
Looks really well.
Let me know how the sigma stuff lasts - I've just run out of Car Pro Ech20 which is a similar (Si02) idea.
Thinking about doing a ceramic coating. Also a amateur like yourself but it a satisfying process and well worth the effort. I've been using Angelwax products and been pretty impressed with them.
Lovely colour. Enjoy
Let me know how the sigma stuff lasts - I've just run out of Car Pro Ech20 which is a similar (Si02) idea.
Thinking about doing a ceramic coating. Also a amateur like yourself but it a satisfying process and well worth the effort. I've been using Angelwax products and been pretty impressed with them.
Lovely colour. Enjoy
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