X150 coupe: Talk me out of it
Discussion
AC43 said:
Diderot said:
Diderot said:
Stunning car chap. Congratulations.
I’m going to be buying one of these in the Spring. Back in 09, I had an 07 plate in a very similar colour. It’s the only car I’ve really ever missed. Perfect blend of performance, comfort, effortless continental cruising ability (although not great range given the MPG), and IMO fantastic looks. It doesn’t help now that two neighbours on our street have them, plus another neighbour has an immaculate 1998 X100. The b
ds rubbing my nose in it every single day as I drive past in my elderly 350SL.
I blame the OP. I’ve just bought one much earlier than planned (2011 XKR). Pick her up next week. Can’t wait. I’m going to be buying one of these in the Spring. Back in 09, I had an 07 plate in a very similar colour. It’s the only car I’ve really ever missed. Perfect blend of performance, comfort, effortless continental cruising ability (although not great range given the MPG), and IMO fantastic looks. It doesn’t help now that two neighbours on our street have them, plus another neighbour has an immaculate 1998 X100. The b
ds rubbing my nose in it every single day as I drive past in my elderly 350SL. Edited by Diderot on Saturday 6th January 18:57
I originally had my search set to blue and green but have now added black and grey as that massively increases the cars available.
I can recommend grey.
GeniusOfLove said:
Add boring silver to the list too and watch the numbers increase even more and prices drop dramatically.
It'd probably be my last choice for the car new, and if I didn't like paying "free with cornflakes" money for cars I'd probably not have considered it, but it was apparently Ian Callum's favourite choice for it and it does really allow the subtle surfacing to show through.
It's really grown on me, and by not waiting for a pretty colour to come along I've already had 4 months and 3,000 miles of happy supercharged motoring.
I've photographed a lot of cars over the past few years and come to realise that silver (or other very light, metallic colours) are the most effective for showing off lines and details in car bodywork. This was mine, I did have a better example of this somewhere but can't find it now:It'd probably be my last choice for the car new, and if I didn't like paying "free with cornflakes" money for cars I'd probably not have considered it, but it was apparently Ian Callum's favourite choice for it and it does really allow the subtle surfacing to show through.
It's really grown on me, and by not waiting for a pretty colour to come along I've already had 4 months and 3,000 miles of happy supercharged motoring.
LanceRS said:
AC43 said:
Diderot said:
Diderot said:
Stunning car chap. Congratulations.
I’m going to be buying one of these in the Spring. Back in 09, I had an 07 plate in a very similar colour. It’s the only car I’ve really ever missed. Perfect blend of performance, comfort, effortless continental cruising ability (although not great range given the MPG), and IMO fantastic looks. It doesn’t help now that two neighbours on our street have them, plus another neighbour has an immaculate 1998 X100. The bds rubbing my nose in it every single day as I drive past in my elderly 350SL.
I blame the OP. I’ve just bought one much earlier than planned (2011 XKR). Pick her up next week. Can’t wait. I’m going to be buying one of these in the Spring. Back in 09, I had an 07 plate in a very similar colour. It’s the only car I’ve really ever missed. Perfect blend of performance, comfort, effortless continental cruising ability (although not great range given the MPG), and IMO fantastic looks. It doesn’t help now that two neighbours on our street have them, plus another neighbour has an immaculate 1998 X100. The b
ds rubbing my nose in it every single day as I drive past in my elderly 350SL. Edited by Diderot on Saturday 6th January 18:57
I originally had my search set to blue and green but have now added black and grey as that massively increases the cars available.
I can recommend grey.
RB CV8 said:
Common problem! I sorted mine with a new pair of genuine front fixings, and a pair of 3D printed rear fixings from a bloke on Ebay. The latter are intended to be better than the originals, and I see that he offers front ones now too.
Are these the blighters?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235346758111?hash=item3...
Cheers
E31Shrew said:
That's them. Slightly different from mine as these are the latest version, but the same seller.AC43 said:
LanceRS said:
AC43 said:
Diderot said:
Diderot said:
Stunning car chap. Congratulations.
I’m going to be buying one of these in the Spring. Back in 09, I had an 07 plate in a very similar colour. It’s the only car I’ve really ever missed. Perfect blend of performance, comfort, effortless continental cruising ability (although not great range given the MPG), and IMO fantastic looks. It doesn’t help now that two neighbours on our street have them, plus another neighbour has an immaculate 1998 X100. The bds rubbing my nose in it every single day as I drive past in my elderly 350SL.
I blame the OP. I’ve just bought one much earlier than planned (2011 XKR). Pick her up next week. Can’t wait. I’m going to be buying one of these in the Spring. Back in 09, I had an 07 plate in a very similar colour. It’s the only car I’ve really ever missed. Perfect blend of performance, comfort, effortless continental cruising ability (although not great range given the MPG), and IMO fantastic looks. It doesn’t help now that two neighbours on our street have them, plus another neighbour has an immaculate 1998 X100. The b
ds rubbing my nose in it every single day as I drive past in my elderly 350SL. Edited by Diderot on Saturday 6th January 18:57
I originally had my search set to blue and green but have now added black and grey as that massively increases the cars available.
I can recommend grey.
Is that Pearl Grey? Gorgeous colour, Mine is Ultimate Black so not that interesting, but it has the aero pack which lifts it. I also have the Cranberry contrast stitching inside. Pics to follow.
Had a similar accident to Diderot yesterday! Having sold my TVR Griff last Spring, I’ve been looking for a suitable replacement and a F Type or XKR seemed to fit the bill, esp as mates had db9 or Vantages, so I definitely couldn’t go that route.
Been looking for a red or green XKR with ivory since last summer with performance seats, which is a very small pool. In fact only one BRG at £50k, far too much or a Cat S, so no!
Then the week before Xmas, this appeared at a JLR main dealer. 2014 Dynamic R.
So a mate went to see it and thinking if a main dealer is retailing a 10 year old car, it must be pretty sound. And only 2 owners with the last from 9 months old. So a deal was done at the lowest price for any currently on sale. And I must say, the JLR guys were fantastic, I can’t fault their service over the buying period especially as I’m 225 miles away in Somerset, they couldn’t do enough to assist.
Picked it up yesterday and what a GT, definitely brisk. Roll on the summer.
Been looking for a red or green XKR with ivory since last summer with performance seats, which is a very small pool. In fact only one BRG at £50k, far too much or a Cat S, so no!
Then the week before Xmas, this appeared at a JLR main dealer. 2014 Dynamic R.
So a mate went to see it and thinking if a main dealer is retailing a 10 year old car, it must be pretty sound. And only 2 owners with the last from 9 months old. So a deal was done at the lowest price for any currently on sale. And I must say, the JLR guys were fantastic, I can’t fault their service over the buying period especially as I’m 225 miles away in Somerset, they couldn’t do enough to assist.
Picked it up yesterday and what a GT, definitely brisk. Roll on the summer.
ric p said:
Had a similar accident to Diderot yesterday! Having sold my TVR Griff last Spring, I’ve been looking for a suitable replacement and a F Type or XKR seemed to fit the bill, esp as mates had db9 or Vantages, so I definitely couldn’t go that route.
Been looking for a red or green XKR with ivory since last summer with performance seats, which is a very small pool. In fact only one BRG at £50k, far too much or a Cat S, so no!
Then the week before Xmas, this appeared at a JLR main dealer. 2014 Dynamic R.
So a mate went to see it and thinking if a main dealer is retailing a 10 year old car, it must be pretty sound. And only 2 owners with the last from 9 months old. So a deal was done at the lowest price for any currently on sale. And I must say, the JLR guys were fantastic, I can’t fault their service over the buying period especially as I’m 225 miles away in Somerset, they couldn’t do enough to assist.
Picked it up yesterday and what a GT, definitely brisk. Roll on the summer.
That's lovely. Patience paid off. I always think its worth waiting for the spec you want, within reason, for a car like this.Been looking for a red or green XKR with ivory since last summer with performance seats, which is a very small pool. In fact only one BRG at £50k, far too much or a Cat S, so no!
Then the week before Xmas, this appeared at a JLR main dealer. 2014 Dynamic R.
So a mate went to see it and thinking if a main dealer is retailing a 10 year old car, it must be pretty sound. And only 2 owners with the last from 9 months old. So a deal was done at the lowest price for any currently on sale. And I must say, the JLR guys were fantastic, I can’t fault their service over the buying period especially as I’m 225 miles away in Somerset, they couldn’t do enough to assist.
Picked it up yesterday and what a GT, definitely brisk. Roll on the summer.
ric p said:
Had a similar accident to Diderot yesterday! Having sold my TVR Griff last Spring, I’ve been looking for a suitable replacement and a F Type or XKR seemed to fit the bill, esp as mates had db9 or Vantages, so I definitely couldn’t go that route.
Been looking for a red or green XKR with ivory since last summer with performance seats, which is a very small pool. In fact only one BRG at £50k, far too much or a Cat S, so no!
Then the week before Xmas, this appeared at a JLR main dealer. 2014 Dynamic R.
So a mate went to see it and thinking if a main dealer is retailing a 10 year old car, it must be pretty sound. And only 2 owners with the last from 9 months old. So a deal was done at the lowest price for any currently on sale. And I must say, the JLR guys were fantastic, I can’t fault their service over the buying period especially as I’m 225 miles away in Somerset, they couldn’t do enough to assist.
Picked it up yesterday and what a GT, definitely brisk. Roll on the summer.
That's a result. My Godfather owned a dark green dynamic R with the black performance seats, should have snapped it up at £27k four years ago!Been looking for a red or green XKR with ivory since last summer with performance seats, which is a very small pool. In fact only one BRG at £50k, far too much or a Cat S, so no!
Then the week before Xmas, this appeared at a JLR main dealer. 2014 Dynamic R.
So a mate went to see it and thinking if a main dealer is retailing a 10 year old car, it must be pretty sound. And only 2 owners with the last from 9 months old. So a deal was done at the lowest price for any currently on sale. And I must say, the JLR guys were fantastic, I can’t fault their service over the buying period especially as I’m 225 miles away in Somerset, they couldn’t do enough to assist.
Picked it up yesterday and what a GT, definitely brisk. Roll on the summer.
Congrats on all the new owners.
Had to have front tyres fitted yesterday. Had loads of praise and questions about the car in the fitting bay. If someone talks about the car it is always positive, so different to other "performance" cars I have owned, there has never been a negative with the XK.
I have barely driven it over the last 6 weeks in all the rain, have really enjoyed getting it out and about the last couple of days before going to the tyre fitters. Needs a good clean now though.
Had to have front tyres fitted yesterday. Had loads of praise and questions about the car in the fitting bay. If someone talks about the car it is always positive, so different to other "performance" cars I have owned, there has never been a negative with the XK.
I have barely driven it over the last 6 weeks in all the rain, have really enjoyed getting it out and about the last couple of days before going to the tyre fitters. Needs a good clean now though.
Having not touched mine from Boxing day when it failed, it started fine on the 4th Jan. It ran fine until yesterday (with just an annoying occasional TPMS system fault that always cleared itself after about 20 mins) when it cut out in Sainsbury's car park.
Panicking a bit, because of the 2 hour time limit, I pushed and pulled a few relays in the fuse box to no avail.
I left the ignition on for about 5 mins when I heard a relay click, the airbag light went out (it was on all the time), the message disappeared and the car was able to start.
So, I'm narrowing the fault area down. I just need to wait till it fails again and feel which relay clicks to clear the fault.
I feel a bit more comfortable knowing it seems to fix itself after a period of time.
It's still my working theory that the car thinks the airbag is faulty or gone off so won't allow it to start. Then the connection is made and the fault clears.
All that said, it's been lovely driving it again, I have to say.
Panicking a bit, because of the 2 hour time limit, I pushed and pulled a few relays in the fuse box to no avail.
I left the ignition on for about 5 mins when I heard a relay click, the airbag light went out (it was on all the time), the message disappeared and the car was able to start.
So, I'm narrowing the fault area down. I just need to wait till it fails again and feel which relay clicks to clear the fault.
I feel a bit more comfortable knowing it seems to fix itself after a period of time.
It's still my working theory that the car thinks the airbag is faulty or gone off so won't allow it to start. Then the connection is made and the fault clears.
All that said, it's been lovely driving it again, I have to say.
Picked it up yesterday. Bear in mind my previous one was an 07 XKR back in 2009-2011 and not been in one since, and I'd forgotten just how bloody lovely these things are (I didn't do a test drive as the dealer was miles away). Mine is an 11 plate in Ultimate black with charcoal with Cranberry contrast stitching. Immaculate condition inside and very good outside (will get it ceramic coated etc soon). Mine also has leather with contrast stitched headlining - was that an option? I seem to remember they had suede roof lining as standard?
Drove about 70 miles home and I love the Jeykll and Hyde difference between Dynamic with sport, and normal. Perfect for me. Feels sharper generally than I remember my previous one. And blimey it shifts - and the noise is better than I remember too (I had a Spires on my old one). Might try fuse 19 over the next few days.
So far, absolutely chuffed, more than I thought I'd be.
Drove about 70 miles home and I love the Jeykll and Hyde difference between Dynamic with sport, and normal. Perfect for me. Feels sharper generally than I remember my previous one. And blimey it shifts - and the noise is better than I remember too (I had a Spires on my old one). Might try fuse 19 over the next few days.
So far, absolutely chuffed, more than I thought I'd be.
Alex_6n2 said:
I am currently debating with myself over a 5.0 XKR
My only self made objection is that for <£15K I could have a few other interesting bits (Gran Turismo, Boxster S) etc
I found one with an MOT failure on the front subframe, presumably this is a fairly hefty bill?
Depends how well you want to fix it. 2nd hand subframes turn up but new ones have a high list price and god knows if they're available. Swapping it over wouldn't be the work of half hour either.My only self made objection is that for <£15K I could have a few other interesting bits (Gran Turismo, Boxster S) etc
I found one with an MOT failure on the front subframe, presumably this is a fairly hefty bill?
You might be able to get someone to patch it up though.
Quite common for them to corrode, sadly, mine is looking a bit crusty and will be getting some TLC in the spring.
Alex_6n2 said:
I am currently debating with myself over a 5.0 XKR
My only self made objection is that for <£15K I could have a few other interesting bits (Gran Turismo, Boxster S) etc
I found one with an MOT failure on the front subframe, presumably this is a fairly hefty bill?
I wouldn't touch the one with the MOT fail subframe. Plenty around that haven't melted (yet). Almost any UK market X150 will have some subframe rust unless they've been stored off-road when there's been any hint of salt on the road - both of mine did but it was superficial. If it's really gotten to MOT fail then it is probably very bad.My only self made objection is that for <£15K I could have a few other interesting bits (Gran Turismo, Boxster S) etc
I found one with an MOT failure on the front subframe, presumably this is a fairly hefty bill?
GranTurismo feels dog slow compared to a 5.0 XKR - I drove a couple of GranTurismos (one MC Shift and one auto) as potential replacements for my own 5.0 XKR and they just felt sluggish and cumbersome by comparison. Interiors look even more dated than the Jags and don't seem to wear as well. Parts costs in line with the Ferrari heritage (over a grand for a pair of front brake discs). Very pretty cars though.
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