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Peter, Jon & other members posting about xf dpf difficulties, Thanks for the welcome, the advice & encouragement. I will get the named additives the forum suggests may help & try to move to the best fuel & follow the journey instruction but this time on a proper motorway without regular traffic lights. Hopefully, in due course, I can confirm positively that all is well. The XF is not part of the inner family yet. It may well be a much better car than the jags we had which are, fondly recalled, rightly or wrongly? Not a stranger to jags. From 1957, I have driven but not owned an xk120, mk 5,6 & 9. Then 1960 to 1970 we owned 2.4, 3.4, Original S type, mk10, then an e type. No jags then for years till mid 90's when we started with jags again getting 2 xj 6, then 3 xj8 Lwb, one after the other every few years, all mistral blue and, no one seemed to realise the reg no kept changing. Had an x type at the same tume as the last 2 xj8's which I liked a lot but, my wife would not sit in at any time. That left the family in 2018. I thought Jag did a great job of squeezing a big car shape into a Small car and still keep some lines. Favourites, the Mk9 & the most recent XJ8 which had a gas conversion. So exciting visiting a fuel stop, it was like getting something free from the government. I liked what I had so much that I used to look at all big jags after 93 and say, never! The Mk 9's & the XJ8's both had a line. The XJ8 is sadly missed by us both. The degree of comfort is not in an Xf I only had the Xf since 10/19, not been on a motorway & only filled the tank 3 times. Only doing 2 town miles per day & 12 each Sat & Sun. Not surprising I have problems, I can hear everyone's thoughts. Would I like to go back to any old favourite? Probably I would miss the gadgets so, No. But I would still like to keep saying the previous cars were better! Finally, I would like to make mention that I have a couple of ELN 327, a cable one and a cordless one, wifi I think. I have several freebie software apps & one full version which I used to subscribe to but let it lapse as I had no time to play. I could go for a new app suitable to manage an xf if anyone has already suggested one on the forum. Hoping to be a regular reader. Thanks again, Vincent

Hello seasoned members, I just joined XF owners, My recent XF purchase shows Dpf full see handbook.I Followed instructions which stated drive at over 30 mph for 20 min. Unfortunately, the road I chose had lights which stopped me before my quest was fullfilled and I guessed that I would have to restart my attempt, time being my enemy, I abandoned the quest. I read the horrors of this Dpf alert others have had & suspect it can lead to much worse outcomes. I regret buying this XF & feel stuck with it. I am a retired pensioner on a tight budget & feel I cannot afford the luxury costs of putting the car to experienced persons to fix a problem which is likely to occur repeatedly due to only driving town mileage. I shall be looking forward to reading how others resolve this problem and, hoping the car lasts long enough till someone succeeds to resolve it at low outlay. thanks for the knowledge gained up to now. regards. Vincent