Hello, Considering the purchase of an X Type Diesel Estate and wanted to see what I was getting into before buying

Ex Marine Engineer

Usual Vehicles have been Land rovers, did purchase a VW Touareg 2.5tdi, now have a broken Jeep Cherokee KJ, 

Been out of Hospital a week due to an unplanned A&E admission for a perforated small intestine

Looking around to see if a Jaguar is viable, considering now it will have to be looked after by others.

Any help or advice appreciated.

 

Thank you

Welcome to the Club, John

One of my sons has had a Jaguar Diesel Estate for over 3 years.  His car has the 2.0 litre Ford Engine which is a reliable workhorse.  The other diesel engine, which is still used by Jaguar is the 2.2 Litre which is a later engine than the 2.0 litre.

Both are sound cars and a comfortable drive.

Good luck with your search.  I hope you get well soon.

Regards,

Peter.  

Hi John, Most of my life I have had Land Rovers and other rather agricultural vehicles, for the most part I have always done my own maintenance and repairs without any major hiccups so am reasonably mechanically competent. I now have a Jaguar XE and would not dare to do any more than routine maintenance to it, being completely baffled by the electronic wizardry. I doubt if many modern cars will be diy projects any more. I still love the Jag.

Hi John, I`ve got a 2008 x type diesel estate auto and I love it. Its not all that comfortable as the suspension is a bit hard but its a really good drive. It has all the usual problems that cars have but providing you do things like always use premium fuel and I change the oil and filter every 7 thousand miles. I`m sure it pays off. I live out in the sticks and I dont do many short runs but I still make sure a go for a blast in manual mode every now and then. Fing yourself a good independent garage.  Ive done 150k miles and dont know what I would change it for when the time comes.

Cheers

Rod