Hi guys!

Well a little about me... I have been heavily into the Jap/modified car scene for a good few years now, to the point where my MR2 Turbo is running 300bhp and gets garaged over the winter months. So after sending her off to be tucked away and treated to a respray, I needed a winter run around...

I planned on buying myself a banger to throw around and not need to worry about scraping or denting, viewed a few old Fords and Vauxhalls but I just didnt fancy them at all. So I trawled the net and found myself looking at a BMW E46, I was meant to go and look at it but the chap sold it before I had a chance! I wanted something reliable, comfortable and smart and realised most of the cars I had been checking out just didnt have what I was after!

So out of curiosity I went to see an X-Type. After looking at it and driving it, I was hooked! It ticks every box for me, heated seats, all electrics, full leather, reverse sensors.. Well you guys know these cars are fully loaded! So I agreed a price and left a deposit, caught the train back and picked it up last Friday.

Suddenly I find myself on the net ordering new X-Type fitted footwell mats, manuals and cleaning equipment! So what was meant to be a `cheap banger` for a runaround has resulted in a 2.0 V6 SE manual X-Type! I dont know how this one compares to the 2.5 and 3litre variants but I am chuffed with it, only driven it twice so far as it is solely a weekend car, I`m looking forward to Saturday to have a good spin out and play with all the buttons! I will pop a couple of pictures up soon, it`s very standard and I intend to keep it that way, just want to maintain it nicely. Hope everyone is well and having fun! Cheers. Dan.

Everything works on it, it`s a lovely drive and feels a solid car. There are a couple of blemishes but it is ten years old so I guess it is to be expected. The only thing I have noticed that really bothers me is the rubber seals on the doors seem to be bubbled up, I have found the part numbers on the net and just need to order and get them fitted/treat any rust issue laying underneath! It will be a pretty damn tidy car once I have sorted that I think!

HI Dan,

Welcome to the forum and Jag ownership. It looks like you've got a decent motor there. Mine still brings a smile to my face when I drive.

Happy motoring,

Dave

Hi Dan

Welcome to the Jaguar Owners Club ! :P

Looking to buy one is there any thing I should look out for

Lots of people say there very expensive to run and are full of rust can anyone help me out

I`ve not noticed a huge problem with rust mate although I have found >> Suspension components wearing out, wingmirror motors like to die, rust bubble rear side windows lifts window rubber seal, engine light has a habit of popping on and can be hard to diagnose the fault. Mine is ten nearly 11 years old though mate so if you bought a newer car with lower miles you would have less problems no doubt, if you can get on 06 with say less than 80k on the clock I bet it would be beautiful. Mine drives/pulls well it just needs some TLC. It has gotten me the Jag bug for sure, in a year when the M.O.T is running down I`m going to chop it and bag myself an S Type with lower miles I wont mind paying more for the right car that comes up.

Right...

Things Fixed/Done so far >

New batteries in Key Fobs (And a leaping cat keyring lol)

WD40 the sticky ignition

New rubbers for the usual suspects on rear passenger doors parts C2S42737 and C2542738 (Mine had bubbled up!)

Things still to do >

Finally get around to fixing the window retract

Mount leaping cat to bonnet :-))

Source and bolt on new drivers side wing due to kind person with a towbar

Spark plugs, oil and filter change, air filter renewed

Ibvestigate and fix engine light issue

Investigate and fix suspension bounce issue

Erm... lol... I`l try and get a few of these ticked off over the next few weeks, sounds bad but generally the car runs beautifully starts everytime.. Trouble is I`ve become attached now! I have to sort it!

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New wing arrived today, and the waste seals/window rubbers look better.

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Hi Dan,

Welcome to the forum and the club ;)

Enjoy your new Cat and thanks for uploading the photos :P

Regards,

Keith