RE: Jaguar XFR: PH Buying Guide
Discussion
They are brilliant cars. Had mine for 2 1/2 years and cannot think of anything I'd replace it with as a daily driver, apart from the XFR S version. Real world not much slower than my 550M.
I put Spires boxes on mine. Sound great. Pop and crackle on overrun.
Mine will average 23 mpg mixed driving. Once got 31 mpg dong steady 70 on motorway.
As said, fuel tank is too small.
Blistering performance/handling aside, what I also like about this motor is that it does the lovely Jag nice ride thing. Other cars don't do that.
I put Spires boxes on mine. Sound great. Pop and crackle on overrun.
Mine will average 23 mpg mixed driving. Once got 31 mpg dong steady 70 on motorway.
As said, fuel tank is too small.
Blistering performance/handling aside, what I also like about this motor is that it does the lovely Jag nice ride thing. Other cars don't do that.
I adore my R-S saloon. I honestly can't think of a family car I'd rather have. Perhaps a Rapide, but that's about it.
They are so much more chuckable than their size would suggest. It's not even the outright performance either - I never really use much of it - even my zero tolerance approach to Skoda drivers reciting "it's a limit not a target" to themselves as they weave their way up the A947 do not require any effort to pass quickly and safely. It's that chassis. It's just a really great set up. The R-S is probably a bit on the firm side for most, but I've yet to find anything vaguely similar in capability in the modern car market with such lovely steering and genuinely capable of being driven with seemlessly smooth gearchanges or like a hooligan. Like the standard R, it's possibly a little on the quiet side, but overall I think it's a great set up.
My wife really enjoys it too.
It can and will bite, and it definately squirms around under hard driving. It's very easy to drive normally and becomes harder work the harder you push it.
This video gives a good impression of its character. For me it's the perfect family car.
https://youtu.be/ffkoYNDCSyQ
They are so much more chuckable than their size would suggest. It's not even the outright performance either - I never really use much of it - even my zero tolerance approach to Skoda drivers reciting "it's a limit not a target" to themselves as they weave their way up the A947 do not require any effort to pass quickly and safely. It's that chassis. It's just a really great set up. The R-S is probably a bit on the firm side for most, but I've yet to find anything vaguely similar in capability in the modern car market with such lovely steering and genuinely capable of being driven with seemlessly smooth gearchanges or like a hooligan. Like the standard R, it's possibly a little on the quiet side, but overall I think it's a great set up.
My wife really enjoys it too.
It can and will bite, and it definately squirms around under hard driving. It's very easy to drive normally and becomes harder work the harder you push it.
This video gives a good impression of its character. For me it's the perfect family car.
https://youtu.be/ffkoYNDCSyQ
wormus said:
My brother has the newer 8sp auto and it is a beautiful thing. Like an iron fist in a velvet glove! Not much fun in the wet or on ice though.
The R-S needs caution in the wet. A lead footed overtake will see some spectacular yaw-angles. Ask me how I know...On ice the summer tyres are pretty unsuitable. I got mine stuck at the bottom of a dip last time it snowed here and had to walk half way home for a phone signal to get my wife to bring Ford Ranger + tow rope. That said, I managed to decommission both the daily drivers I have sets of snow tyres for this winter so my wife used the R-S every day. She had to creep around as our roads are lowest priority for plowing and gritting but she kept the car in one piece.
I need to find out how small a wheel will fit over the R brakes and get a set of winters for that. Or better still, keep it in the garage and sort her X-Type for the coming winter ...
Definitely on my list when I decide (can afford) to change my CLS as my next step is 500 bhp, remember though there is a lower powered V8 Supercharged version, still with 410 bhp,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2009-Jaguar-XF-4-2-V8-S-...
I think this kind of car, if you have to have one, rather than several to cover all bases, is the best option.
I dont regret going to the barge side, old mans cars are where its at, as long as it has a whacking great engine, preferably with a supercar.
Its a mental hotrod you can take your mother in law in and not get dissaproval, unless of course you hoof it.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2009-Jaguar-XF-4-2-V8-S-...
I think this kind of car, if you have to have one, rather than several to cover all bases, is the best option.
I dont regret going to the barge side, old mans cars are where its at, as long as it has a whacking great engine, preferably with a supercar.
Its a mental hotrod you can take your mother in law in and not get dissaproval, unless of course you hoof it.
MDMA . said:
Yep. Lots of demonstrations of low intelligence, poor decision making and lack of discretion, then 2 (a white AMG got stacked into a lamp post at that nob-fest too) examples of all the above compounded by a complete lack of talent.Poor car.
jamieduff1981 said:
The R-S needs caution in the wet. A lead footed overtake will see some spectacular yaw-angles. Ask me how I know...
On ice the summer tyres are pretty unsuitable. I got mine stuck at the bottom of a dip last time it snowed here and had to walk half way home for a phone signal to get my wife to bring Ford Ranger + tow rope. That said, I managed to decommission both the daily drivers I have sets of snow tyres for this winter so my wife used the R-S every day. She had to creep around as our roads are lowest priority for plowing and gritting but she kept the car in one piece.
I need to find out how small a wheel will fit over the R brakes and get a set of winters for that. Or better still, keep it in the garage and sort her X-Type for the coming winter ...
My brother leaves his at home in winter and drives a Suzuki Swift!On ice the summer tyres are pretty unsuitable. I got mine stuck at the bottom of a dip last time it snowed here and had to walk half way home for a phone signal to get my wife to bring Ford Ranger + tow rope. That said, I managed to decommission both the daily drivers I have sets of snow tyres for this winter so my wife used the R-S every day. She had to creep around as our roads are lowest priority for plowing and gritting but she kept the car in one piece.
I need to find out how small a wheel will fit over the R brakes and get a set of winters for that. Or better still, keep it in the garage and sort her X-Type for the coming winter ...
seopher said:
funbobby said:
what are the paddles like on these if you want to get a bit more involved?
A bit annoying, in earnest, as they're not fixed, they follow the wheel around. The gear shift is rapid, especially in in dynamic driving mode (increasingly so if you're in Sport mode too). The Leaper said:
I don't feel the need at all to go up against the Gallardo, M5, C63 etc, interesting as those vids are. My XF 5.0 V8 non S/C has a mere 384 bhp and it suits me fine. Just a nice really fast cruiser, not a bruiser.
R.
I was tempted by the NA as you can get a much newer car for your cash, but the running costs appeared to be pretty close on paper so that justified my R purchase over the 5.0.R.
What real world MPG figures do you see? I know the fixed price servicing / brake components are a few quid cheaper but nothing to write home about.
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