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Hi Barry, I've had mine for three years and in those years have done over 40,000 miles now up to 72,000 been to Italy twice and apart from a new engine cooling fan and an air conditioning condenser replaced it hasn't missed a beat. Can't help with garages but I use a specialist who's been looking after Jaguars for years. If I replace mine I'll look at the XFRS which might be a good future investment, I wish I'd kept my E-type. Good luck. Bob

Hi Jim. I had the same issue, I bought the car in December last year so didn't notice anything until we had a warm day in March when it didn't cool down at all. I went back to the garage where I bought it from which is about 110 miles away, so ten gallons of petrol there and back, seemed okay for about a week to ten days then stopped cooling again. I then got a local chap who did the vacuum test refilled the gas it worked fine for another ten days then stopped. So as Joe said I called in an expert who charged £30 for an inspection when he found the fault which was in fact a tiny hole in the condenser. He ordered one and replaced the defective part, it did cost £360 but well worth it as we were leaving the same week to drive to Sorrento. Needless to say the garage I bought from declined to even contribute to the repair, bad mistake as I won't go back when it's time to change the car. The car ran well all the way down and back covering over 3000 miles averaging 26.5 mpg. Bob