Just out of interest, S Type Rs - any good?

[cerbman]

Mick_N said:

Anyone know of some worthwhile tuning mods for the S Type R ?

Have you had a Cerbera, if so how did it compare to your STR? I've ridden in both and was more impressed with the Jaguar.

[Mick_N]

Well the Cerbera was a complete pain in arse if I'm honest, and the dealers were pathetic..

Numerous parts broke / failed and after it took them 17 weeks to rebuild my engine I decided to sell it..

Off the road 6mths in 12.

I did enjoy the Cerbera when it worked, fantastic performance and I felt brilliant driving it. However it was one step up from a car you build in your garage the handling / suspension and steering were very crude and down a twist road a Cooper S I had after inspired far far more confidence when pressing on.

The Jag is obviously pretty different, easy to drive very comfortable and well built, it handle well for a big barge too.

The Cerbera I'd say was faster but over 80 I doubt there would be a huge amount in it.

[cerbman]

If we go by the Autocar roadtests of the 2 cars, then the Cerbera is clearly the faster. In reality the Cerbera never really got anywhere near those reports of 0-60 in 4 dead and 100 in 9.1. Your Jag and also the one I drove, if anything, seems faster than roadtests suggest.