X-type great in snow/icy weather
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X-type great in snow/icy weather
I bought my X-Type February last year. I live in the Seattle area. Last winter was mild but yesterday it was snowing hard and temperatures were in the 20 to 30 degrees area. Snow and ice everywhere going home yesterday. The Jag was magnificent, didn't slip or slide once. I saw vans and truck spinning their wheels, going nowhere or sideways up hills. A VW Jetta locked his brakes and slide at a angle into the curb.
This morning I was going to take my 4X4 truck (my street always has a lot of tree branches on it after a storm. Don't like to take the Jag over them) but the drivers door wouldn't shut right.
So I took the Jag again and it was great. Inside temperture gauge had it 19 degrees outside. Very windy. I came up a hill, turned left, and saw the street was closed. I backed up to the intersection and started up a steep hill from a stop. No problem, made it up and down with ease.
I didn't buy the Jag because of the all-wheel drive but I sure love that feature now.
This morning I was going to take my 4X4 truck (my street always has a lot of tree branches on it after a storm. Don't like to take the Jag over them) but the drivers door wouldn't shut right.
So I took the Jag again and it was great. Inside temperture gauge had it 19 degrees outside. Very windy. I came up a hill, turned left, and saw the street was closed. I backed up to the intersection and started up a steep hill from a stop. No problem, made it up and down with ease.
I didn't buy the Jag because of the all-wheel drive but I sure love that feature now.
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Of course I only have driven a 05 and have heard that Jaguar took away some of the capabilities by then to save the transfer case. Maybe the 02s and 03s are more closely matched. All in all considering it was an adaptation from a forced marriage fwd platform they did a wonderful job for a first awd system. Another gen or two I'm sure it would have caught up. I can only hope that they explore another small awd car in the future and it bombs on the market so I can get one real cheap.
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We've got the Jag X-Type, a Ford F-350 4x4, and two Subaru Foresters. I only recently sold our Jeep Cherokee Sport.
Without ANY DOUBT the Jag (with 4 dedicated winter treads) performs the best of all of them in the snow and ice.
I've personally always chalked that up to it being much lower than the others. But for whatever reason, it's the vehicle everyone wants to use when the going is tough.
Without ANY DOUBT the Jag (with 4 dedicated winter treads) performs the best of all of them in the snow and ice.
I've personally always chalked that up to it being much lower than the others. But for whatever reason, it's the vehicle everyone wants to use when the going is tough.
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