S-Type 2.7d. Terrible or bargain?
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I am looking to get my partner a "nice" car in the next few months as her Mazda 6 is beginning to fall apart. She likes the space, has no issue driving a larger car, in fact she prefers it, but I'd like to get her something a little more comfortable and with more toys.
We have looked at the usual 3 series, 5 series, newer Mazda 6's, Passats, etc but I've always liked Jags and my Dad has had XJ's for decades that have been lovely cars (although the X300 was much prettier and nicer than the X350!) and the S-Type looks like a relative bargain with the diesel engine.
She does about 20k a year of which 2/3 is motorway and 1/3 city driving so an auto would be nice unless the boxes are crap/failure prone and we're not really worried about a higher mileage car as it'll be worthless and have huge miles on it when we sell it anyway. I would hope a DPF would cope with that kind of driving and my experience of Peugeot diesels which I believe this unit is has been very good, albeit on much older cars. We're used to rattles, my car is a Renault and I'm reasonably hands on with my cars so don't mind twirling the spanners every so often and will always do my own oil/filters/plugs etc myself.
This is the sort of thing I have found just as an example although this one looks suspiciously cheap!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
We have looked at the usual 3 series, 5 series, newer Mazda 6's, Passats, etc but I've always liked Jags and my Dad has had XJ's for decades that have been lovely cars (although the X300 was much prettier and nicer than the X350!) and the S-Type looks like a relative bargain with the diesel engine.
She does about 20k a year of which 2/3 is motorway and 1/3 city driving so an auto would be nice unless the boxes are crap/failure prone and we're not really worried about a higher mileage car as it'll be worthless and have huge miles on it when we sell it anyway. I would hope a DPF would cope with that kind of driving and my experience of Peugeot diesels which I believe this unit is has been very good, albeit on much older cars. We're used to rattles, my car is a Renault and I'm reasonably hands on with my cars so don't mind twirling the spanners every so often and will always do my own oil/filters/plugs etc myself.
This is the sort of thing I have found just as an example although this one looks suspiciously cheap!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Cambelt doesn't worry me - I consider that routine maintenance and with Renault asking for £1200 for the same job on my Megane £300 seems like a massive bargain! Do the diesels have conventional suspension or air? My missus is quite tough on suspension components 
A genuine 40 mpg sounds excellent though! Oh and whilst this may not seem like a very Jaguarish request do the rear seats fold down?
A genuine 40 mpg sounds excellent though! Oh and whilst this may not seem like a very Jaguarish request do the rear seats fold down?
Edited by StoatInACoat on Wednesday 21st June 08:40
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