Hello all! I took delivery of a sublime 2011 XF-R (UBM) last night with 26k miles. I've always had a soft-spot for English cars, in spite of owning a Land Rover previously in my native Canada. I had tested Audi S4's, Cadillac CTS-V's, and BMW M3's, but by far my favourite was the XF-R.

The S4 was nice (supercharged V6) and the AWD made launches effortless, but the absolutely numb steering (think Xbox steering wheel without force feedback) was a deal-killer for me. The somewhat anonymous styling didn't really win me over either. The after-market performance parts available for the platform was impressive, but... that steering. Horrible.

The CTS-V was fantastic; that supercharged V8 was spectacular, primal. Loved the fact it had a manual gearbox. From a purely statistical standpoint the CTS-V out-performed the XF-R in almost all areas but here in Texas CTS's are common... so are CTS-V's. Also, the CTS-V didn't have that the intangibles of the Jaguar, especially that wonderful leather smell.

The BMW M3 was beautiful, silken and swift... however everyone I've known who's had an M3 is a douchebag. If that's how I view M3 owners, it's likely that's how most people view M3 owners. I don't want to be viewed as a typical M3 owner.

The XF-R I bought was one of only 8 for sale in the entire US. XF's in general aren't very common, and I've honestly never seen an XF-R before buying this one. I love that rarity. My son and I test drove it (he's 11) and we giggled like idiots the entire time. Everything about it just spoke to me.

I'm coming out of a modified 2010 Mazdaspeed3 that I'd owned for 4 years and began modifying it almost immediately. In the end it had Enkei RFP1's, coilovers, intake, big turbo, FMIC, downpipe, exhaust, and a custom tune on e-85. It was ridiculously fast. I was beating 911's, M3's with Dinan chips, and corvettes. But after 4 years, I was ready for something new, something more 'mature' but fast. My criteria for my new car was it needed to be fast. The XF-R is fast. I'm going to be honest, it's not as fast as my MS3 was, but then again, the XF-R is still stock

So, that's me.

 

Oh, just to add; I'm very familiar with Forums. So I do know how to SEARCH. LOL! So I won't post a new thread of "what's a good exhaust for an XF"

 

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Keep driving Jaguars and you won't have trouble with that!


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Welcome to the forum aliensporez,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums. Thanks for the interesting Intro.

I can see you have found your way to the X250 tech forum so there's no need for a link to it from me.

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Enjoy the XF-R and enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

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