Daily driver - Jaguar X-Type
Discussion
Evening all, here are a few snaps of my 2004 X-Type. I bought her for £1,800 with 78k on the clock. Three months down the line and she's on 96k now. Motor is a 2.0 diesel, sounds like a Transit but pulls quite well (had the ECU remapped just after buying it). I get about 52mpg on a run. Inside it is quite well equipped, leather and various gizmos. Starting to look dated now with the monochrome LCD screens, but all in all quite a bargain. I had an LS400 prior because I love all things V8 powered, but an extension to my commute put paid to that!
Yes in fact the Wikipedia article on the X-Type has a photo of one with grubby looking 16"s. Not the most flattering of photos! But it probably rides better on taller tyres, the road to my village is in a bad way and I've had to replace one of the wheels because the old one was leaking air through three cracks... I've read online the 18" 'Aruba' wheel is made of cheese but the low profiles probably don't help.
I agree they look far better with big wheels.
I picked my 2.0 V6 one up with 90k miles three years ago at a fairly empty auction for £900 in near mint condition, leather and few options. Spent £300 on Barbados wheels off ebay and £200 on a facelift grill.
Never missed a beat and MPG isn't too bad averaging around 30.
I picked my 2.0 V6 one up with 90k miles three years ago at a fairly empty auction for £900 in near mint condition, leather and few options. Spent £300 on Barbados wheels off ebay and £200 on a facelift grill.
Never missed a beat and MPG isn't too bad averaging around 30.
Raine Man said:
Looks good, like the wheels. There's another one for sale near to my work, it's all black with no chrome and has an 'R' badge on the back. The DVLA site says it's a 2.5, could be quite a rapid motor but the lack of service history puts me off.
No chrome means it's a sport, they never made an R although with the amount of badges I've seen on Xtypes you would easily believe they did. If it's got twin exhausts it's a 2.5 or 3.0 if it has no exposed exhaust then it's a 2.0 Only really quick X types are the 3.0, or the Arden ones which are quite rare.
moving house soon and will be losing 66 miles off my daily round trip!Six Fiend said:
Regretting not taking the covers off sooner or wishing the previous owner had? 
I was lucky with mine, just a couple of spots of surface rust at 10 years old!
Well, since she came back with the brake pads on fire in it, thought it might be an idea to take a look (usual Ford caliper trick, handbrake seal dies and it seizes on), upon jacking the other side up to bleed the brakes, the jack went through the sill I was lucky with mine, just a couple of spots of surface rust at 10 years old!
PhillipM said:
Six Fiend said:
Regretting not taking the covers off sooner or wishing the previous owner had?
I was lucky with mine, just a couple of spots of surface rust at 10 years old!
Well, since she came back with the brake pads on fire in it, thought it might be an idea to take a look (usual Ford caliper trick, handbrake seal dies and it seizes on), upon jacking the other side up to bleed the brakes, the jack went through the sill I was lucky with mine, just a couple of spots of surface rust at 10 years old!
PhillipM said:
They're a lot of car for the money. Right up until the sills rot through (guess what I'm doing this week?)
All because Jaguar forgot to drill some draining holes and stick another £5 worth of primer and paint on them.It's not a big job to weld on new since coated sills despite what garages will tell you if it's just a few holes
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