A very spontaneous Jaguar XKR
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That’s the plan. If the world conspires against me having it by then, I shall, in the words of Capt E.Blackadder, be bloody annoyed.
There is also the possibility, that if we have lots of snow, the Wife’s Evoque might be more sensible.
My intention is to take is to take it to as much as possible, I have tickets for the Sunday Scramble at Bicester in January too
There is also the possibility, that if we have lots of snow, the Wife’s Evoque might be more sensible.
My intention is to take is to take it to as much as possible, I have tickets for the Sunday Scramble at Bicester in January too
Today was finally collection day.
We had a laugh at my son's girlfriend travelling in the back but the family concensus is positive.
£600 tax was painful but fortunately I have a short attention span for these things and hope to forget about it soon.
In true tradition, the weather has been awful so I have been nursing it along gently.
This is just as well, because after 6 miles I had many dashboard warnings telling me that I has no dynamic suspension, ABS, active diff or traction control!
Straight back I went, of course once the ignition was off, all of the warnings vanished.
They plugged in the computer which was inconclusive. With codes reset and a test drive all seems fine. It's now done 30 miles without issue.
Best guess at the moment is battery voltage, where it has been sitting around and being started up yo move it around.
The next painful experience was filling it up from empty £105! This of course I cannot forget about so I shall just have to ignore it instead.
So far I love it though 🙂
We had a laugh at my son's girlfriend travelling in the back but the family concensus is positive.
£600 tax was painful but fortunately I have a short attention span for these things and hope to forget about it soon.
In true tradition, the weather has been awful so I have been nursing it along gently.
This is just as well, because after 6 miles I had many dashboard warnings telling me that I has no dynamic suspension, ABS, active diff or traction control!
Straight back I went, of course once the ignition was off, all of the warnings vanished.
They plugged in the computer which was inconclusive. With codes reset and a test drive all seems fine. It's now done 30 miles without issue.
Best guess at the moment is battery voltage, where it has been sitting around and being started up yo move it around.
The next painful experience was filling it up from empty £105! This of course I cannot forget about so I shall just have to ignore it instead.
So far I love it though 🙂
That sounds like classic low battery symptoms to me. May have been mentioned earlier in your thread but owners who don't use their cars very often will sometimes use a CTek MXS 5 trickle charger or similar to maintain battery condition. In your case if the car hasn't been used much while it was at the dealer except for the odd test drive and going to/from garages, MOT center etc. then it may just need a good run to charge it up.
cerb4.5lee said:
£105 in fuel is a kick in the teeth too! It must have a decent sized fuel tank on it.
71 litres according to the owner's handbook.Glad collection worked out. Hopefully the garage will be helpful if the warning lights reappear, although as said they most likely won't.
IMHO a 500hp 5.0L V8 is a special enough thing to justify those road tax and fuel costs. I mean, it's still gonna be cheaper to own overall than, say, a Lamborghini Diablo, to take just one example of a less powerful car.
IMHO a 500hp 5.0L V8 is a special enough thing to justify those road tax and fuel costs. I mean, it's still gonna be cheaper to own overall than, say, a Lamborghini Diablo, to take just one example of a less powerful car.
It’s not an XKR but I just bought this as my new toy / daily
Recommend you buy an iCarsoft diagnostic tool for it. They are getting old cars now and you can save a fortune by being able to read the codes and reset etc. New battery is a must and most of your errors will likely disappear.
Recommend you buy an iCarsoft diagnostic tool for it. They are getting old cars now and you can save a fortune by being able to read the codes and reset etc. New battery is a must and most of your errors will likely disappear.
I have managed 173 miles since the codes were cleared and so far, all seems well.
According to the dash, I have averaged 23 mpg (mostly motorway but with a bit of everything).
Thoughts so far.
The steering is very direct, sometimes to the point of feeling twitchy. There is no play around the dead ahead, so small movements at the wheel translate to changes of direction. This is something that I am sure I will get used to.
It is difficult to pull away smoothly unless you do so slowly in this horrible weather, a manual would make this easier.
Other than that, I love it. It really is a very special thing indeed and the heated seats work brilliantly.
It also seems to generally get a positive reaction from other people, in a way that I am not sure many other noisy V8’s would.
Tomorrow i need to sit down and explore the many things controlled by the screen.
According to the dash, I have averaged 23 mpg (mostly motorway but with a bit of everything).
Thoughts so far.
The steering is very direct, sometimes to the point of feeling twitchy. There is no play around the dead ahead, so small movements at the wheel translate to changes of direction. This is something that I am sure I will get used to.
It is difficult to pull away smoothly unless you do so slowly in this horrible weather, a manual would make this easier.
Other than that, I love it. It really is a very special thing indeed and the heated seats work brilliantly.
It also seems to generally get a positive reaction from other people, in a way that I am not sure many other noisy V8’s would.
Tomorrow i need to sit down and explore the many things controlled by the screen.
LanceRS said:
So far I love it though ??
Well surely that is all that matters! Good to see that getting some charge in the battery seems to have solved the warning light issue too.
£600 a year Road Tax is painful, but for the right car it has to be worth it. I can live with it for my BMW Z4M Coupe, but would never pay that for a Hyundai V6 Coupe or a petrol Lexus IS250!
Thankfully filling my tank doesn't cost £105, but then it only holds 55 litres so I probably just visit filling stations more often.
I've always loved these since I first saw an XK8 Coupe in the late 90s - may be a future option when I get over my preference for a manual gearbox.
Enjoy!
Parkers said:
Revised cars from March 2009 come with a system called Jaguar Drive Control which has three different modes, activated by switches next to the gear selector. There's a standard mode, winter mode for low grip conditions and dynamic mode. The latter increases throttle response and quickens the gear changes.
https://www.parkers.co.uk/jaguar/xk/review/engines...Does yours have the winter mode? Might help soften the initial takeoff - in addition to the above re tyres which are naturally particularly significant on high-power FR cars.
I think it always takes a bit of time to master any autobox, learning the response curve and time so as to be able to pull away smoothly or get the acceleration you want. I think I'm starting to get moderately used to my AMG now after c.4000 miles.
New boots are definitely needed but it’s been a rather expensive month so far and we have Christmas to get through yet. In the New Year I shall be investing in some Pilot Sports and of course getting the alignment checked.
Funnily enough I got chatting to someone with an XK last night, he has been using the winter mode for a few weeks. I had it in my head that it was specifically a snow mode, probably because in SWMBO’s Ewok that it what it is. I shall give it a try and report back. Dynamic mode can wait until the roads are dryer I have become more accustomed to the car.
As far as pulling out of junctions is concerned,I probably didn’t explain it very well. It is mostly (I think) just because it is an auto, so there is that slight delay which I am not used to. Therefore I instinctively apply a little bit of extra throttle, just as it takes up the drive. The result is slightly more power than I wanted, meaning either I back off or the traction control cuts in. I am sure that once I have adapted and finessed my driving (especially with new tyres) it will be fine.
Funnily enough I got chatting to someone with an XK last night, he has been using the winter mode for a few weeks. I had it in my head that it was specifically a snow mode, probably because in SWMBO’s Ewok that it what it is. I shall give it a try and report back. Dynamic mode can wait until the roads are dryer I have become more accustomed to the car.
As far as pulling out of junctions is concerned,I probably didn’t explain it very well. It is mostly (I think) just because it is an auto, so there is that slight delay which I am not used to. Therefore I instinctively apply a little bit of extra throttle, just as it takes up the drive. The result is slightly more power than I wanted, meaning either I back off or the traction control cuts in. I am sure that once I have adapted and finessed my driving (especially with new tyres) it will be fine.
Winter mode is in fact snow mode in Jaguars, it's designed to dull the throttle response and alter the gearshift mappings but will also allow a certain amount of wheelslip. A friend of mine has an XFR, he attributes the "Winter" mode as the reason he almost wrote it off exiting a roundabout. The rear wheels broke traction and swung one side to the other and back again and he hit the armco in the central reservation pretty hard. It wasn't until later on he realised that the DSC without winter mode would have cut in sooner and may have prevented the crash. Repair bill was around £12k.
Thank you, it really is a thing of beauty. I immediately feel very at home in it (maybe I am just getting old and becoming a stereotypical Jag driver), to the point where unless it really does bankrupt me or I get divorced I already cannot see me replacing it.
Before i bought it, there was an itch for a 911 of some flavour. I now have no interest in them at all (which again the Boss is happy about).
All things being equal I shall be dragging my son along on Sunday. It will be my second visit this week
Before i bought it, there was an itch for a 911 of some flavour. I now have no interest in them at all (which again the Boss is happy about).
All things being equal I shall be dragging my son along on Sunday. It will be my second visit this week
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