HI Everyone,

I've raided another State, Arizona, and deprived them of a Jaguar X-Type. It's here in California with me now.

It's a 2005 that I've bought as a surprise for my mother. When I was a kid, she loved the Jags and I promised her that I'd buy her a Jag someday. Welp, nobody is getting younger and I felt it was time to make good on the promise. I've had some toys and before I even consider the thought of someday trying to make good on buying that Lamborghini I promised myself I'd get someday, I outta' keep my promise to my mother, first.



It wasn't a super-fantastic buying experience. I searched and searched and ended up buying from a place called Luxor Auto Group in AZ. They have dealerships in Scottsdale and Mesa, and I dealt with the Mesa office and a saleman named "Paul." The first question out of my mouth was whether it had paint work and whether it had body work. I got a negative answer for both. When the car arrived, I could see the back bumper was repainted and now flaking off, the front bumper was repainted and the front driver's fender was repainted. Signs suggested a front collision at some point as well. The OEM bumper was missing some of the fastening points for bolts to hold the missing fenderliner to the front bumper. The power seats weren't working, and the suspension sounded loud to me. This concerned me because of the undisclosed accident, but after having my mechanic check it out, I think it was just a fender bender. Supension was worn and new bushings and balljoints solved the problem. Some trouble codes had to be reset and at least the driver's side power seat is operational again. I'm still working (read: fighting) the dealership for some reimbursement in light of all the undisclosed stuff, but am not holding my breath since it's a used car. Arguably though, it was a material misrepresentation when the salesman told me there was no paint or body work, in direct response to my specific question. But that's a whole other can of worms. I'll be happy if I can just get $500 out of them to put towards fresh paint on the rear bumper and that $300 fenderliner I had to get.

Never break your rules. I broke mine when I bought forom a used car dealer and trusted them to be truthful in response to my questions, rather than a private party that would allow me to inspect the car independently at a mechanic or dealership. C'est la vie!

On the positive note, it shows and drives well. Brilliant color that I certain my mother will like. It's got 45k on the clock and I've flushed the transmission, the tires are fresh, and I think it's basically ready to go. I'm going to deliver it next week. I'll have to ask my folks to pay attention to the brakes. The fronts will need to be done probably by winter. I want to add HIDs to it, but not until I figure out the headlight issue it seems to have:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...57/#post381802

(Thanks Thermo!)

 

Welcome to the forum,

I'm sure your mother will be happy.

 

welcome to our site stanae86, great to have an you here with us.

Nice intro.....thanks for sharing.
Your mother is gonna love you a whole lot more just shortly......really nice of you to go to that length.

Lovin the X type....had one myself a few years ago.....great rides and the AWD is awesome

Loads going on, plenty of very friendly and helpful members as well as some excellent tech advice......all good!

In the meantime I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site

 

Hello and welcome to jaguarforums.com.

One other thing you need to put your car details in your signature. I am speaking of the Year, Make & Model. Without it you may not get the input you are looking for.

Please take a moment and read the information provided to you explaining the rules. Be patient and enjoy the site.

Also, should you have questions related to your vehicle please post it in the section for your model year (MY) car. This way you will reach all the members that are familiar with your MY car.

 

Thanks for all the warm welcomes!

(Odd, new signature doesn't seem to want to come up. I'm guessing it will for the next "new" posting, rather than an edit of an old post)

 

Welcome Stanae but please dont shoot everyone from AZ due to one bad deal. SHould of had a car fax or Autocheck done on the car. least you would have known if it was something major. Im sure mom will love it no matter. good luck.

 

Welcome!!

I know EXACTLY how you feel for jumping multi-states away only to find the dealer wasn't, shall we say "accurate" with the presentation of the car! lol... I'm from Michigan and flew to Virginia to pickup my '02 X-type and it was surely not as advertised. But I learned from the guys here on this forum many things about the car before I even bought it. And that helped me get the price down to reflect the issues I found with the car.

But the best part - was driving home for 12 hours thru the mountains of West Virginia and Pennsylvania in a new Jag X-type!!! What FUN I had!

Your mother will love the new car. And welcome here. From one newbie to another.

Mark

 

Great advice there John. The odd thing is, I ran a CarFax on my '02 Jag before flying to Virginia to look at it. And it was clean, except for a vague reference to it having been registered in a known county that had been flooded. There was no other direct "issue" on the report. But I'm beginning to suspect there was in fact an accident at one time. I just don't know how it may not have been reported on the CarFax. Still... a CarFax is a good cheap investment.

Mark

 

Carfax was clean. So the repairs were done without insurance or reporting. I'm okay with small stuff being fixed, so long as it was done right. The real issue I had was the obvious nature of the repairs and the failure to disclose by this particular dealer. My fault for not obtaining my own inspection, which I normally do, when through a private party. I incorrectly assumed a dealer would have disclosed this type of stuff, if I specifically asked them about it.

I'm mostly happy with the car, but I'm pretty **** about my cars. Still, I sunk some extra money into it that I shouldn't have had to, but at the end, it will be in good shape for my mom. It will need a brake job soon, but I'll have her keep and eye and ear on it. I'll probably have it done in about 3-4 months time.