jagsbosteve

just went to start her up, as have not used her today, and noticed my wing mirror on the floor again, thats the second time in two weeks, so exscuse me whilst i take a sledge hammer and put the car on the front garden, been meaning to do this for ages

did you mention a woman that likes car's? let alone, jaguars?, i talk car to my wife all the time, and she responds in broken renault, XJ supersport? do not see many of them left now so any idea's if my Liz is one of the 200 sports that were made, im only thinking she is as she was made after may 2003, and as i mentioned above, with the missing mystery badge,

minus the slight rear paint on the rear bumper,she is booked in for a re spray and touch up on the age related area's, which considering her age and mileage is nothing, it helps to be handy with body work :)

Good Morning Trevor, I am just in the middle of uploading some pictures, so you can see her and thank you she certainly is

HI Guy's, i stumbled across a newer upgrade to my old s-type 3.0 V6 SE auto on a 200/X, and i stumbled upon a stunning ( in my eye's these car's are ) 2003 2.5 V6 auto sport, in "Quartz" Grey?, i had not seen one in this colour before, completely de-chromed with a 2.5 lump in her, with the revised updated facelifted interior, and i just could not leave her there, anyway i have been running around in her now for about four months, and have had the usual new coil packs, sparks done, new o2 sensor, ( front, passenger side), was inevitable at some point, it was at this point whilst waiting for " LIZ" to be done, at my local independent jag specialist and i was reading an old s-type review, and it said that the 2.5 auto sport manufactured in 2003 was of the limited edition, and sported auto lights, and the revised console when it was facelifted, and only 200 were made, and this got me thinking i apologise for such an indepth thread, but i just had to get to the bottom of this how do i find out if this car is one of the sport 200 that were made, or if its not, i have exhausted every forum possible,thread, topic, search and even endured BS from a wikipedia review, and i just cant get to the bottom of it when i brought the car, i noticed there was a badge missing, on the boot panel, on the drivers side, and the previous owner said some delightful little so and so had half inched it, i found an article about a similar conundrum, but the author did not post any pictures of the badge so i do not actually know what im looking for, if this helps, as i said, she is quartz grey with 20 inch sabre, ( might me 19 ), alloys of what i think possible an xjr, however i still have not seen the same alloys fitted live to a jag, my local jag man has confirmed they are jaguar spec sabre alloys, it is on a 2003 registration, but with the updated interior, not the horrible u shape console that was in my 2000 SE, auto head lights, it has been de chromed and de- reflected, those horrible orange reflectors have gone, it has the updated jaguar spec mesh grille, colour coded with the jag badge at the top of the grille, green instrument dials, black leather steering wheel with no controls for cruise and audio etc, with a green jaguar emblem in the middle of the wheel, also matching the centre caps in the alloys, bluetooth which i am not entirely sure is factory or not, even though i have seen the same system in many other s-types, and the old fashioned push to call navigation system, that is all i can think on it that stands out to me from other " sport Models " i have seen, so if anybody can think of any thing that i am missing, or have got wrong, then i apologise, i am not an expert, i just have jaguar running through my blood, as i said i have researched to my fingers going purple and can not find an answer anywhere, or any support to enquire to the validation, she is a stunning car, and turns heads everywhere, i love her to bits, she is booked in for new rear discs, pads, and abs sensor next week, and i have invested the time and love ( money doesnt come into it with these babys) needed that the previous owner lacked, to get her up to the condition she should be in for her age and beauty, and if she is as rare as i hope then, i will be elated, but if she is not, i still have the privilege of owning her thanks for reading guys, your time is appreciated regards Steve

Sorry I do not use the internet very often only for trouble shooting, and the occasional purchase, I took the car to a local dealer who removed the original wheel nuts for me and put a new set on, as he removed the rear near side wheel it was apparent that the calliper was sticking, so I chopped around for a bit and managed to get a new set of rear discs pads and callipers and the car is good as gold

I only go by the recommendations in the handbook, I did have the tyres inflated to the recommendation under normal driving, I decided to deflate the tyres and follow the maximum comfort directions! Which list 1.9 bar at the front and 1.8 at the rear, it says maximum comfort for speeds up to 100 mph and as I do not exceed 80 on the motorway I felt this was sufficient and found that the car handles much better under the maximum comfort recommendations, and no you do not need the car in park to remove the key from the ignition!, it only occurred once when I could not remove the car from park, I simply managed to free it from park and ever since I park the car in neutral with the hand break up,

Hi Guys, thank you for getting back to me, I ordered a set of wiper arms,from eBay, with the seller advertising that they were pretty 2003, I think and assured me they would fit my vehicle, they arrived today and noticed that the driver side was identical to what I already had on the car, I noted that the passenger side on the new set was similar but slightly longer with a slightly different shape, I moved the old set passenger arm to the drivers side, and the new set passenger side to the passenger side and fitted smaller blades, alas I have a sweep without interruption and without causing further damage to the bonnet, I am happy with this for the moment as it provides function, and as it isn't broken...... Etc, to my joy I had to replace the rear near side tyre due to an embedded screw, swapped the wheels over but I can not seem to tighten the bolts up, they just seem to keep spinning,and now since changing the tyre there isa noticeable grinding noise from the rear when braking down hill, I thought this was due to the nuts not being tightened enough, went to tighten up and one of the bolts has sheared off, any ideas guys? I'm going to try and get the remaining thread off, the remaining four are on OK but I need the car to get about, and I'm pretty rural, is the car OK to still drive? I don't have a torque wrench, I removed and replaced the wheels with what was in the boot, I'm presuming it is jag standard as it didn't seem the jack had ever been touched the wheel was a bugger to remove with this oversized bar and made it difficult on the roadside, would kwick fit or similar be able to rectify this by tightening it up with a power wrench? Etc

Hi guys! Thank you ever so much for responding to my post, and thank you for your time in assisting me , I apologise I have not responded sooner, I'll health dictates when I can get on this, as the weather is fair to middling today I shall attempt at having a crack at the wiper blades, is anybody able to help as to how I would go about getting them to park properly! I shall try and have a look at the brakes, what specifically would you suggest I look out for? Many thanks again for your time rgds, steve

Hi guys I'm Steve and have just recently joined as I have trawled through the internet to no avail, this is my first jag, well my first Mondeo with a fur coat and I have noticed an assortment of noises from the car and I would be greatful if any of you could help, firstly after driving the car for 15_ minutes or so there is an irritating constant squealing noise which sounds like it is coming from the wheels, hard to pinpoint as I have both windows open when driving, but as soon as I depress the brake it vanishes, but as soon as I release the brake its back again, its quite a loud noise reminds me of a brake wear indicating noise, I'm not a fully qualified mechanic but I understand enough to get by, any ideas what it could be and what to do to fault find and eliminate? secondly, I noticed over the last week the car felt very skittish at any speed, felt like it was bouncing and jerking all over the place, so I decided to check the tyre pressure when I purchased the car a month or so ago I noticed that the pressure was low, so I referred to the handbook and inflated the tyres to the normal reccomendation, I think approx 2,2 bar don't quote me on that I can't remember off hand but I know I followed the normal driving pressures, two days ago I decoded to adjust the tyre pressure to the maximum comfort settings I think 1.8 bar again exactly I don't know as I don't have the manual to hand, the rear nearside and offside tyres were only 1.2 after re inflating them the handling has resumed to how it was when I purchased it, is my thinking right that perhaps it had to much air in the front and was too low in the back thus for affecting the handling? Thirdly the following description is alarming me somewhat, I can only describe to you how it sounds and feels from me as I am in the car I apologise I can not be any more precise, here goes, when I return home I have to perform a three point turn to park the car outside my house, as I do so I turn right into the side road, the steeringis not quite on full lock but not far off, I hear a grinding rubbing noise and can feel a slight rumble vibration through the wheel, but the audible note is quite loud, the sound is like a very loud creaking, like a creeping sort of creak if that makes sense, probably not then as I go to reverse I hear a loud grinding/rumbling grating noise from the rear of the car! And I know this probably will not make any sense but I can actually feel it through the car, when I perform this manouver, the road I pull into to perform the three point turn is on quite a steep gradient when I turn right, then stop then reverse down onto the flat stretch of road, I wondered if this made any difference, the only other way I can describe it is a very loud creaking coming from the rear of the car when reversing, sort of like when you pull off an leave the hand break on?, it does not always do this when I reverse on a flat surface but occasionally it does, any ideas? With regards to the noise I described when I turn right to do the three point turn the same creeping creak/vibrating rumbles occurs when I'm turning right onto a sharp bend, it doesn't happen through normal driving , for example, turning right on a roundabout, mini roundabout etc it always happens then, but never when turning left, sorry that this is so long winded guys but I thought if I explained it as I see and feel and describe as much as possible it might make it easier to understand, also the other day the gear selector for stuck in park and I could not free it, I haven't had the problem since as I leave it in neutral with the hand brake up, I thought that what ever is wrong with the car could be fairly easily rectified as the chap I brought it off, spent a lot of money it came with FSH, and a spanking not with no advisories, I had always wanted a jag, and I know being only 25 I am one of the youngest drivers to own one but I wanted something big enough for my children, something comfortable to get in and out of and automatic as I have had a hip replacement and suffer with ms, it is a lovely car and apart from the issues mentions she drives superb, the only other thing I have trouble with is the drivers side windscreen wiper arm, it catches on the top of the bonnet, and the wipers do not park, if you sweep the window they sometimes stop in the right place but often than most at 12, ten to two and three o'clock, I've inspected the wiper arm and the spring on the elbow joint is in tact but I can depress it down so it sits flush under the bonnet but does not stay, I don't know what I'm doing with regards to that, so any thoughts on that I would be very greatful, once again thank you for reading this and sorry its so long many thanks steve