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Hi guys,
Thought I'd stick a picture up of the replacement for my Z4; it's a 5.0 XKR with all of the usual options plus the black pack and performance seats.
I only picked it up yesterday but it seems to attract quite a bit of positive attention, had a couple of people over to talk to me about it which is nice.
I wanted something which primarily looked and felt special but struck a good balance between usability and performance, as like it or not, the majority of my driving is not blasting around country roads, plus I have a bike for when I really want to go out for a proper hoon.
I know some people still paint these cars (and Jaguar in general) with the old man image, but I'm still mid 20's and see this car as anything but; I think they look stunning and not a lot comes close for the money IMO.
The interior feels special with the performance seats and the engine is epic; it's relentless! The only negative in my eyes is the infotainment system, which is dated and clunky. It's certainly usable though and the Bowers & Wilkins stereo hooked up to it is very good.
I originally planned to retrofit the performance exhaust from the XKR-S, however I'm not sure I'm going to bother now. The standard system is louder than I remembered from the test drive, it has a fantastic tone and you get just the right amount of pops and bangs on the overrun and downshifts when pressing on. My girlfriend thinks it's actually sounds like a growling cat, and I can see where she's coming from.
The only mods I might make eventually are a smaller supercharger pulley and a remap (which sees over 600bhp), but for now the 510bhp is more than enough.
* UPDATE 10/02/16 - Decided it was about time to update this thread with some newer pictures!*
Thought I'd stick a picture up of the replacement for my Z4; it's a 5.0 XKR with all of the usual options plus the black pack and performance seats.
I only picked it up yesterday but it seems to attract quite a bit of positive attention, had a couple of people over to talk to me about it which is nice.
I wanted something which primarily looked and felt special but struck a good balance between usability and performance, as like it or not, the majority of my driving is not blasting around country roads, plus I have a bike for when I really want to go out for a proper hoon.
I know some people still paint these cars (and Jaguar in general) with the old man image, but I'm still mid 20's and see this car as anything but; I think they look stunning and not a lot comes close for the money IMO.
The interior feels special with the performance seats and the engine is epic; it's relentless! The only negative in my eyes is the infotainment system, which is dated and clunky. It's certainly usable though and the Bowers & Wilkins stereo hooked up to it is very good.
I originally planned to retrofit the performance exhaust from the XKR-S, however I'm not sure I'm going to bother now. The standard system is louder than I remembered from the test drive, it has a fantastic tone and you get just the right amount of pops and bangs on the overrun and downshifts when pressing on. My girlfriend thinks it's actually sounds like a growling cat, and I can see where she's coming from.
The only mods I might make eventually are a smaller supercharger pulley and a remap (which sees over 600bhp), but for now the 510bhp is more than enough.
* UPDATE 10/02/16 - Decided it was about time to update this thread with some newer pictures!*
Edited by Effjay on Wednesday 10th February 23:07
Edited by Effjay on Wednesday 10th February 23:09
8bit said:
Lovely Get the exhaust mod done though, Spires do a "stage 1" exhaust which is basically the same as the Jaguar Performance Active one, i.e. a new center section without the middle silencers and a cross-pipe instead. Adamesh have a similar thing as well now.
I have a 4.2 XKR with the Spires stage 1, sounds great.
Yeah I was thinking about just going for a custom centre section from a decent custom place if I can't get hold of a genuine item for a decent price. Get the exhaust mod done though, Spires do a "stage 1" exhaust which is basically the same as the Jaguar Performance Active one, i.e. a new center section without the middle silencers and a cross-pipe instead. Adamesh have a similar thing as well now.I have a 4.2 XKR with the Spires stage 1, sounds great.
Ej74 said:
What is rear room like ?
Is it just a token offering in reality for small kids !
It depends who's sat in the front; my girlfriend is 5'2 and if she's in the passenger seat with the seat pulled forward, you could get an adult behind her. I'm about 6' though and you wouldn't even get a small child in comfortably behind me I don't think. So the back seats are pretty much just for storage.Is it just a token offering in reality for small kids !
8bit said:
Nice pics, car is looking well. Did you ever do anything about an exhaust? I fairly recently got an Elite RR back box which sounds phenomenal, price was pretty reasonable too. They have options for the 5.0 cars as well.
I did actually! I had a custom centre section made up with a H-Pipe crossover, removing the secondary cats (at least I think that's what they were) and resonators.I couldn't be happier, car sounds the same as standard when not in Dynamic mode (i.e. with the exhaust flaps closed) but with the car in Dynamic mode and the valves open, it sounds really agressive! No droning at all, but much louder when on the throttle and lots of pops/bangs/crackles (but these sound more natural than the F-Type as they don't happen every time you come off the throttle etc.)
Thanks guys.
yonex said:
Lovely. I had a look at this the other week, it sounded gorgeous.
Lovely, was it a 4 wheel drive model? As lovely as they are I still think the XKR's are a prettier car, although I suppose I'm biased! Haha.
Medic-one said:
Black really suits it, such a good looking car!
Wanna swap it for a far less good looking, 4 door, less exciting, smaller engined (4.2) R ?
What ya got? Wanna swap it for a far less good looking, 4 door, less exciting, smaller engined (4.2) R ?
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