After some views and opinions of owners please!

So recently I picked up a very cheap 2000 S Type 3.0 Auto. I wasn't originally planning on keeping it, just to enjoy tinkering with it and sell for a little beer money. Well the more I work on it the more I am falling for it and getting attached!

Now I drive 280 miles a week for work (70 miles 4 times) mainly on clear motorway or A roads due to driving either early or late. Now while I appreciate it won't be the most Eco of cars, could I expect over 30mpg? I've only driven the car maybe 40 miles and that was the day I purchased it, so can't really have an opinion myself yet.

So who uses their cat in a similar way and how do you get on, fuel costs etc? I don't mind a sacrifice in MPG for some comfort!

Car has full black leather, all the toys, 135k miles and full Jag history, Dunlop Sport tyres all round etc etc.

 

Ever had that sense of ....

 

ALL my Jags have been daily drivers, what else are they built for?????

The cureent 2 S Types are no different.

Just got home from a 4 day getaway, and covered just over 1200kms, and averaged 7.9l/100 with the a/c ON, its summer here. This was in the Black car, and it has travelled 44000kms in the 2 1/2 years I have owned it, and is as reliable as any car out there.

OK, some "catch up" was needed after purchase, took 2 days, then just simple services as needed.

 

I should think you could easily bust 30 mpg on your gallons! Bit more of a challenge on our US gallons. Bearing in mind my 03/05 may be slightly more efficient as per John's response in the mirror-thread, I see 29-30/mpg with predominantly highway use / 19 mpg if short trip or stop-n-go city use.

 

With a gearbox oil and filter changed.
A known good battery and a review of the suspension bushes. aka MOT.

You should be good for a long time.
Most if not all parts are easily available from the local breakers yard.
Most other parts are reasonably cheap from E bay, eurocar parts, carparts4less.
Cheap DIY for a Luxury Car, otherwise will be expensive.

Try the sports button, on a clear speed trap free "A" road.
Once smitten forever bitten.
I rest my case.

 

Question for the UK members:

Like most of the civilized world, petrol/gasoline is sold by the litre and not gallon. On the other hand the UK still uses miles for measuring road distance and as such UK spec cars still record miles on the odometer. I think the combo of litres and miles is unique in the world.

This means that neither MPG nor L/100km, the two most common consumption measurements, would apply in the UK.

What is displayed on the info panel on your cars?

To answer the OP's question my 4.2 easily gets into the 7-8L/100 km range which is around 30MPG, calculated using US gallons. Their gallons are smaller so that their new president can get his hands around them.

 

My 2.5 SE auto averages 29.5 mpg.
So on a run on main trunk roads it's doing well over 30mpg. My miles are mixed use but I don't really boot it very often. Using sport mode continuously and booting it drops the mpg badly.

Regs the units I think I can change mine to kilometres per gallon but I'll check in a bit.

To give you a relative reference figure. My previous daily car was a 2 litre zetec petrol Mondeo Ghia-x saloon with auto box. The average fuel consumption was 23.4 mpg and using sports mode was not an option. It was bad enough at 23.4.

 

We can switch between mpg and that other thing I never use involving l.

I cross-check it via brim-to-brim fills.