Jaguar XE Buying Advice
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Looking at buying an XE (for a reasonable price in this climate) for my wife. I’ve seen a first gen with 90k on the clock with a clean service and MOT history.
Is there anything that I should look at tomorrow when I view the car, and any possible issues with this gen?
This is the 2.0l petrol version with 200bhp for awareness.
Many thanks
Is there anything that I should look at tomorrow when I view the car, and any possible issues with this gen?
This is the 2.0l petrol version with 200bhp for awareness.
Many thanks
SSG1000 said:
Looking at buying an XE (for a reasonable price in this climate) for my wife. I’ve seen a first gen with 90k on the clock with a clean service and MOT history.
Is there anything that I should look at tomorrow when I view the car, and any possible issues with this gen?
This is the 2.0l petrol version with 200bhp for awareness.
Many thanks
I recently traded out of one and have answered a few questions on this across the forum which I'll summarise here, noting of course that I'm not aware of your budget:Is there anything that I should look at tomorrow when I view the car, and any possible issues with this gen?
This is the 2.0l petrol version with 200bhp for awareness.
Many thanks
It was an absolutely fantastic car and I cannot recommend it enough. I searched extensively on a 3 series, A4, XE, and a Skoda. Ended up with the XE R-Sport and have to say it was a wonderful car to own and drive. Easily the most comfortable car I have owned on long distance drives (until trading it in) and quite enjoyable for short and moderate distances.
With regard to reliability the majority of issues encountered are all in the diesels - the fuel of satan, so naturally if you go for diesel, hell will follow.
However if you go for the saintly petrols, all will be good.
There is also the option of the supercharged V6; I haven't driven it so can't comment.
Servicing at Jag isn't very wallet-friendly, with my last arriving somewhere around £600 if memory serves correctly. So far no issues. I feel the cabin is better built and with nicer materials than the comparable Audi or BMW were. Interestingly many reviews felt the Jag the more engaging and sporty drive when compared to the 3 series - my own personal take was the opposite view, but only by a small margin.
I don't care much for in car entertainment, so I had opted for the pre-facelift model so I could use the buttons without averting my eyes from the road instead of the full (larger) touch screen in the facelift which requires you to look away. However subsequently I've traded in for another model which does have the full larger display and I have to say I adapted very quickly and as of now I no longer miss the buttons.
I would recommend for driving balance, put the gearbox in sport, the drive mode in normal, and then leave it alone - easily the best compact saloon out there and in my opinion a much better balance than the 3 series or A4. My biggest complaint is small rear legroom and boot, but that is common in this segment.
The R-sport has a ~240bhp (177kW) motor and has enough poke to keep it fun and interesting, without being overbearing or damaging on the wallet for fuel costs.
I do think the ingenium engine seems to be the better choice, I know there's a lot of split opinions on that but having had one of the earlier Ford units and the new ingenium, I prefer the newer motor (in petrol, of course).
Mr_Megalomaniac said:
I recently traded out of one and have answered a few questions on this across the forum which I'll summarise here, noting of course that I'm not aware of your budget:
It was an absolutely fantastic car and I cannot recommend it enough. I searched extensively on a 3 series, A4, XE, and a Skoda. Ended up with the XE R-Sport and have to say it was a wonderful car to own and drive. Easily the most comfortable car I have owned on long distance drives (until trading it in) and quite enjoyable for short and moderate distances.
With regard to reliability the majority of issues encountered are all in the diesels - the fuel of satan, so naturally if you go for diesel, hell will follow.
However if you go for the saintly petrols, all will be good.
There is also the option of the supercharged V6; I haven't driven it so can't comment.
Servicing at Jag isn't very wallet-friendly, with my last arriving somewhere around £600 if memory serves correctly. So far no issues. I feel the cabin is better built and with nicer materials than the comparable Audi or BMW were. Interestingly many reviews felt the Jag the more engaging and sporty drive when compared to the 3 series - my own personal take was the opposite view, but only by a small margin.
I don't care much for in car entertainment, so I had opted for the pre-facelift model so I could use the buttons without averting my eyes from the road instead of the full (larger) touch screen in the facelift which requires you to look away. However subsequently I've traded in for another model which does have the full larger display and I have to say I adapted very quickly and as of now I no longer miss the buttons.
I would recommend for driving balance, put the gearbox in sport, the drive mode in normal, and then leave it alone - easily the best compact saloon out there and in my opinion a much better balance than the 3 series or A4. My biggest complaint is small rear legroom and boot, but that is common in this segment.
The R-sport has a ~240bhp (177kW) motor and has enough poke to keep it fun and interesting, without being overbearing or damaging on the wallet for fuel costs.
I do think the ingenium engine seems to be the better choice, I know there's a lot of split opinions on that but having had one of the earlier Ford units and the new ingenium, I prefer the newer motor (in petrol, of course).
Thank you so much! Really appreciate the input, I’ve always been a longtime fan of the XE but always got for 3’s or C’s instead! It was an absolutely fantastic car and I cannot recommend it enough. I searched extensively on a 3 series, A4, XE, and a Skoda. Ended up with the XE R-Sport and have to say it was a wonderful car to own and drive. Easily the most comfortable car I have owned on long distance drives (until trading it in) and quite enjoyable for short and moderate distances.
With regard to reliability the majority of issues encountered are all in the diesels - the fuel of satan, so naturally if you go for diesel, hell will follow.
However if you go for the saintly petrols, all will be good.
There is also the option of the supercharged V6; I haven't driven it so can't comment.
Servicing at Jag isn't very wallet-friendly, with my last arriving somewhere around £600 if memory serves correctly. So far no issues. I feel the cabin is better built and with nicer materials than the comparable Audi or BMW were. Interestingly many reviews felt the Jag the more engaging and sporty drive when compared to the 3 series - my own personal take was the opposite view, but only by a small margin.
I don't care much for in car entertainment, so I had opted for the pre-facelift model so I could use the buttons without averting my eyes from the road instead of the full (larger) touch screen in the facelift which requires you to look away. However subsequently I've traded in for another model which does have the full larger display and I have to say I adapted very quickly and as of now I no longer miss the buttons.
I would recommend for driving balance, put the gearbox in sport, the drive mode in normal, and then leave it alone - easily the best compact saloon out there and in my opinion a much better balance than the 3 series or A4. My biggest complaint is small rear legroom and boot, but that is common in this segment.
The R-sport has a ~240bhp (177kW) motor and has enough poke to keep it fun and interesting, without being overbearing or damaging on the wallet for fuel costs.
I do think the ingenium engine seems to be the better choice, I know there's a lot of split opinions on that but having had one of the earlier Ford units and the new ingenium, I prefer the newer motor (in petrol, of course).
I’ve just seen a lovely Inegenium 2L Landmark edition which looks amazing with the upgraded infotainment.
I may bite the bullet on that and go for it, however, may be tempted to keep it for myself, which the wife won’t be happy about given my 128ti is on route in July.
Will keep you updated on how things go
Based on my 2L petrol
On the plus side.
Very good to drive on the right road, certainly better than the 3 series I had before. My preference is gearbox in D, mode in Dynamic.
Relaxing on the motorway and in traffic.
Reasonably economical.
On the minus side.
Electrical glitches. Start/stop hardly ever works, idling speed is all over the place, engine check light is on more than it's off. Sounds trivial but it's just so demoralising driving a car which doesn't work properly. Dealers aren't interested in or apparently capable of fixing it, though a specialist was cheaper, did make an effort and had the grace to admit there wasn't really any way of fixing it, It's a challenge to get through an MOT.
Dealers never answer the phone once the car is in for attention. When you turn up in person at the end of the day to pick the car up or at least find out what's going on, they either want to charge you £180 for 'diagnosing' that the fault you originally told them about and asked them to fix is actually a fault and needs fixing, then book it in again in 8 weeks time ('we're very busy sir') to actually try and fix it. Or in the case of one dealer, hadn't even started to look at the car.
I'm normally reluctant to attribute to malice what can be explained as incompetence, but with Jaguar dealers I'm tempted to make an exception.
Pity really, it could be a great car if only the electrics worked properly and the dealers were prepared to maintain it. But I'll sell mine once I can get the engine light off for long enough, and never buy another JLR product.
On the plus side.
Very good to drive on the right road, certainly better than the 3 series I had before. My preference is gearbox in D, mode in Dynamic.
Relaxing on the motorway and in traffic.
Reasonably economical.
On the minus side.
Electrical glitches. Start/stop hardly ever works, idling speed is all over the place, engine check light is on more than it's off. Sounds trivial but it's just so demoralising driving a car which doesn't work properly. Dealers aren't interested in or apparently capable of fixing it, though a specialist was cheaper, did make an effort and had the grace to admit there wasn't really any way of fixing it, It's a challenge to get through an MOT.
Dealers never answer the phone once the car is in for attention. When you turn up in person at the end of the day to pick the car up or at least find out what's going on, they either want to charge you £180 for 'diagnosing' that the fault you originally told them about and asked them to fix is actually a fault and needs fixing, then book it in again in 8 weeks time ('we're very busy sir') to actually try and fix it. Or in the case of one dealer, hadn't even started to look at the car.
I'm normally reluctant to attribute to malice what can be explained as incompetence, but with Jaguar dealers I'm tempted to make an exception.
Pity really, it could be a great car if only the electrics worked properly and the dealers were prepared to maintain it. But I'll sell mine once I can get the engine light off for long enough, and never buy another JLR product.
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