Hi all,

 

Just picked up a '99 S Type and looking forward to enjoying it for a while.

 

From what I read I am possibly quite lucky in that it has done less than 19,000 miles, but I do live on Guernsey!

 

It was a chauffeured car for a local family so probably has spent more time being polished than used.

 

Needs a few things sorting out but these appear more from lack of use than anything else.

 

Hope to be able to pick a few brains here when needed.

 

Phil

 

 

that will be no problem Phil there loads of s type owners on here that should be able to give you some advice or tips. 

forgot to say welcome to the club 

Regards Ron 

Hi Phil, and welcome to the club.

 

The S type is a very nice car, and with only 19k on the clock it is not quite run in.

 

I would guess that had anything gone wrong with the car a Chauffeur was have got it corrected, although lack of use does mean that the car has never been given a good blast now and then.  A bit hard on Guernsey!

 

Make sure the car gets the best petrol, and you could get the fuel system cleaned out by a Terraclean service, as it is possible that the injectors have got a bit mucky.  Also check out the condition of the air filter, which some garages don't bother changing it too often.

 

Enjoy your Jaguar.

 

Regards,

 

Peter. 

Thanks for the advice Peter. I am planning to get a full service carried out so will probably go for the Terraclean option at the same time.

 

Will be nice to know that everything is up to scratch.

 

I won't be using the car a great deal locally as the plan is that this will be our 'getting off the island' car when we visit France and Spain  :)