Which XF

[Rockmonkey]

I've currently go a 2009 XF with the 3.0 diesel engine. Mine has been mapped by Celtic tuning and is putting out 307bhp and is a really great drive and not at all slow.
I've had it a couple years and fancy a change for another Jag. Being a family man and with a budget of £15,000 I'm limited to another XF (older XJ's aren't to my taste). Now my question is do I go for the 380bhp 5.0 naturally aspirated V8 with a fairly high spec or do I go for an XFR knowing that my budget is limiting me to the bottom end of the market?
Knowing that electric is going to be forced upon us soon, I just want to own at least one V8 before it's too late.

[Simpo Two]

XKR.

[Rockmonkey]

Do you mean XFR?
XKR is unfortunately not practical, rear seats only useful for people without legs. It's about double my budget for a 5 litre as well.

[craigjm]

What about new XJ? There are 11 3.0 diesel Portfolio XJ on Autotrader within £1000 of your budget

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[The Leaper]

I had an XF 5.0 V8 n/a for 2 1/2 years until quite recently. I regarded it as a keeper but the wife's hip made it a problem for here hence the regretful change. Now got a Land Rover Discovery Sport.

The XF I had was a great car and they are probably the rarest of the XF models in the UK. It is what is standard for the USA, never advertised in the UK and only available to special order. I think there's maybe 60 or so left here now. My car was a Portfolio Plus (whatever that is) was first owned by a Jaguar executive, so it was fully loaded.

380 BHP was well appreciated and made this I think the most Jaguar like of all the XF models. Just a great cruiser and super fast when needed.

If you can find one, especially one of the facelift models, go for it!

R.

[OGR4M]

craigjm said:

What about new XJ? There are 11 3.0 diesel Portfolio XJ on Autotrader within £1000 of your budget

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Gets my vote - unless you're definitely after a petrol/XF/both.

[Rockmonkey]

The new shape XJ is very nice but I really want a V8 plus the length of the XJ may be an issue for parking at work.

[V88Dicky]

Another 5.0 n/a owner here (well the wife is anyway). We have a black Portfolio spec 2011 model with ivory leather.
It's been a fantastic car for us, having bought it in spring 2013 with less than 8k miles on it to replace its predecessor, a S-Type 4.2 V8.
We'll probably change it next year at some point, but there's no direct equivalent made by Jaguar these days, i.e. medium-large V8 saloon

[Rockmonkey]

Have you had any problems with the V8?
My V6 diesel has been absolutely faultless for the two years I've owned it. It occasionally gets confused and gives a fault warning (usually parking brake or parking sensors) but if I restart the ignition it always works fine again.
Mine seems to eat rear pads but I understand that's normal for the XF.

[craigjm]

All of the cars with electric handbrakes eat rear pads the XJ etc do it too

[ShyTallKnight]

I have an XFR and would definately recommend one.

However, if your budget puts you in the ropey XFR territory then how about an SV8..?? You get to scratch the V8 AND Supercharger itch and they seem to be well within your budget so some spare readies to modify it :-)

[V88Dicky]

No real problems with the V8 in the 4.5 years of ownership. Needed a new parking sensor a few years ago, and more recently a power steering hose started to weep so was replaced. Neither were big or expensive jobs.

[Bat28]

ShyTallKnight said:

However, if your budget puts you in the ropey XFR territory then how about an SV8..?? You get to scratch the V8 AND Supercharger itch and they seem to be well within your budget so some spare readies to modify it :-)

Yeah, I'd second that

[Rockmonkey]

I sort of discounted the SV8 as it's not much more powerful than the 5.0 n/a but I'll look in to what a smaller supercharger pulley and a map does for them.

[The Leaper]

No problems with my XF V8 5.0 n/a other than water pump being replaced under extended warranty. Had the car 2 1/2 years and did maybe 35,000 miles. Seriously missed!

R.

[anonymous-user]

craigjm said:

All of the cars with electric handbrakes eat rear pads the XJ etc do it too

How does the handbrake make the pads wear? Is it just that they're smaller pads with the EHB?

[craigjm]

REALIST123 said:

craigjm said:

All of the cars with electric handbrakes eat rear pads the XJ etc do it too

How does the handbrake make the pads wear? Is it just that they're smaller pads with the EHB?

Certainly on the earlier cars they used to eat the pads because there were instances where the brake did not fully disengage although as a driver you wouldn’t notice as it wasn’t significant. This lead to the pads wearing fast and the lever inside the car getting hot. There were technical bulletins all over the place at the time and they have continued to have that problem with the later XJ