is the s type 4.2 r worth buying

[v12bitch]

tempted with a 2004 118k full add ons ALL the goodies etc is the R worth the premium over the standard 4.2 im looking to pay 4750 seems a fair figure to me any views thanks too many cars but cant stop lol

[Busterbulldog]

Yes,great car but capable of great bills too,if the supercharger pulley has been changed walk away

[v12bitch]

Busterbulldog said:

Yes,great car but capable of great bills too,if the supercharger pulley has been changed walk away

can you throw more light on the subject please thanks

[v12bitch]

are we talking about the smaller pulley up grade ?

[Jasper Gilder]

I had one for over 100k miles - fantastic car
Make sure the water pipe that runs under the blower has been changed - it goes at around 100K and is a big bill job, also check when the discs were last replaced as they seem to eat them - then sit back, floor it and go into warp drive!

[Busterbulldog]

v12bh said:

can you throw more light on the subject please thanks

Changing any of the pulleys ups the temperatures too much and will in my experience cause plenty of other problems...fabulous cars tho I would have another ,just be choosey and await the right one.

[LFB531]

Love mine and it's the same vintage. Had a n/a 4.2 before which was excellent but this thing just has a little......more!

Can waft with the best of them but a howling dervish when asked. Nothing (yet) too spooky on costs and at this kind of cash hard to beat.

Did consider a similar vintage E55 but that was another £5k to purchase and scope for proper bills if it misbehaved.

[Hammerhead]

That's a lovely example LFB351 Do you happen to waft round the Frome area at all?

[v12bitch]

lovely looking car.... the one ive seen is prob higher miles than some at just over the 12ok now but full history and immac interior and fully loaded with goodies tv dvds etc long mot if I got it for 4750 pounds I would feel happy, whats your views price wise thanks

[LFB531]

Hammerhead said:

That's a lovely example LFB351 Do you happen to waft round the Frome area at all?

Thanks! Yes I do, usually passing through but it's a regular visitor. There are a few S Types around in the same colour, I couldn't resist slapping this on it just for fun!



I think any sub £5k STR is worth a look and they seem to cope with the miles. You'll know as soon as you drive it if it's a good one!

[Hammerhead]

Very suitable plate Will keep my eyes peeled for you/it.

And good luck OP, hope it's a good'un.

[v12bitch]

Hammerhead said:

Very suitable plate Will keep my eyes peeled for you/it.

And good luck OP, hope it's a good'un.

will know by sunday

[Benbay001]

Will every one stop posting about S Types and S Type Rs!
Im still mourning/ pining.

I seriously miss my car. I hope its new owner (also a PHer) will be able to bring her back to her former glory, (i ran out of cash)
My fault for buying a complete lemon, for good money.

In the time i had it (1 year 2 months) i had just one issue crop up, and that was the ignition barrel, which collapsed.

The issues it came with (which i didnt know about until i got it home, and stupidly didnt return it to the dealer) were:

• It had a catalytic converter fault for both banks of cats
• An airbag fault
• a nipple on the coolant expansion bottle had cracked and been repaired by the previous owner, which then split. My dad attempted to perform a further repair on it, which i thought held, but didnt.
• the plunger on the fuel cap had broken, me and my dad did an epic bodge on this which was much better than the oem plunger (which i was proud of )
• the headlight washer cover plate things were broken off.
• the front tyres were worn on the inside

Quite a list for a car that id just paid good money for!

OP, learn from my mistake and make sure you take your time and look at a few examples.


Get it done!

[v12bitch]

well I got her, drove 120 miles back home, looks like poss one of the best jags ive had yet to look at every mm of her but she so far looks and drives immac.full history interior is unmarked which is hard to believe as she has covered a tad over the average mileage. no rattles etc engine pulls like two trains lol will post some pics soon when stops raining. At worst a couple tyres in thousand miles and usual alloy re furb. smiling at the moment lol

[v12bitch]

had time to study service invoices loads of service receipts shows a gearbox hoses oils and filter change couple year back and also coolant hoses under the supercharger replaced all with jaguar, so hopefully safe on those areas for a while, looking good so far lol

[Hammerhead]

Great stuff! Look forward to seeing some pics.

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