Jaguar S-Type 3.0

[Beanbob]

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[markirl]

My old man has run a facelift one for over 10 years. It's still relatively low mileage at 65k and has had the following issues since it was bought at 1 year old (I know everything that has been done to the car as I had to do it all!):
- Battery got a little old leading to starting troubles, parking sensors going nuts & electronic handbrake going mad - like lots of modern cars, it's very sensitive to a decent battery.
- Rear calipers had to be rebuilt
- Brake hoses replaced all round due to corrosion
- Rear wheelbearing replaced due to driving on seized caliper

Currently the bluetooth module has gone nuts as I borrowed the car, tried to pair my phone and since then it's been broken. The parking sensors are intermittent.

Over 11 years, that's not too bad to be honest. The paint is pretty soft but the interior seems pretty hard wearing.

[bristolracer]

I have the 2.5 version
Very comfortable place to be
Not managed to get the mpg above 25 but hey it's a Jaguar I didn't buy it for frugality.
Can't comment on the reliability as I have only had mine for a few months.

I expect somebody will be along in a minute to slag them off and tell you a BMW is a much better car, they may be right, but on a recent drive from Bristol to London I saw one S type and quite a lot of bmws.

[renrut]

I ran an 3.0 S-type for a few years a while back. Issues I saw in it's 30k life with me were:
worn front suspension, costly to fix, make sure if you buy one it's got the proper camber bolts fitted up front.
one front hub bearing went, PITA job to fix as its steel in an alloy upright!
wiper motor packed up and wouldnt park so drained battery, another PITA job to fix unless you know the 'trick' involving bending metalwork out of the way. Not something I'd want to do again.

Boot was comically small and an awkward shape to load anything other than suitcases, the Mrs Civic could fit about double in it because it was a better shape. I moved house with mine so maybe I'm overreacting, it's not a van.

But all said it got between 22 and 32 mpg and was a lovely space to spend time. Loved it and would have another Jag but my only mistake I think was not going for the XJ instead. Try it, if you like it then take time choosing a good one - service history is not a good guide here as mine had full dealer service history too.

[Six Fiend]

The 3.0 engine does like to rev. I had a manual X-type for about 4 years. The engine issues on those are oil starvation as there's inadequate sump baffling.

You'll find the usual older car wear and tear - suspension parts in particular. Servicing is no big deal, a few Ford parts in there help out.

I'm looking at these but also Lexus GS300 an maybe another BMW E39 5-series

Usual rule, buy on history and condition. I've just been gifted a 1.0 Micra with 156k and a massive service history indictaing it's been very well lokoed after its enite life. Beneath the thick layer of grim I think there's a decent little runaround

Edited by Six Fiend on Tuesday 21st February 16:33

[steve-5snwi]

not really much help but i toyed with the idea of the R, but given my type of journeys i was advised to look at the 3.0 as it was more suited and cheaper to run. I never did buy one though.