Greetings Jaggers. I am new to the forum as I'm now the new owner of an awesome 2011 "Naturally Aspirated" 5.0L V8 Jaguar XF Premium. I flew from central North Carolina down to Fort Lauderdale to pick it up last week, and drove it 800+ miles back home. This is my 2nd Jag. In 2003 I flew to New Orleans to pick up and drive back a creampuff 2000 XJ VDP, which became my wife's car for the next 5 years. She and I were both previously divorced and that Jag was a bit of a statement to her prior husband. She drove it around for 5 years with the license plate "2BAD4MYX" and got ALOT of attention! It was phenomonal, flawless, and beautiful til the day I sold it. Still miss that car. (She drives an Audi A5 now and still gets alot of attention!)

In all honesty, I've been a BMW 5-Series guy myself since 1998 (had 3 or them) but the time came to replace my current '06 530xi (Manual xmission and Loaded to the max) and I just wasn't interested in BMW's next (F10) generation of 5'er anymore. So it came down to the XF or an "E" or "CL" Class Benz. I live in an area where EVERYBODY drives BMWs and Mercedes and wanted something a little more "individual", so I settled on this XF. Very happy so far. I just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I'll be hanging around more. Here's a pic of my new "Claret Red" XF Prem. My first impression is the engine is PHENOMENAL. I'll report more later.

 

Congratulations and welcome!

 

Congrats! And now for the accessories and upgrades.


LED driving lights, chrome mirrors, chrome front grille, etc.

 

Hello Jerinold, I can totally relate...I just got out of a BMW and purchased an 2011 XF Premium last month! Can I tell you that I've never been happier with a car! The XF is an amazing automobile and I am now hooked on Jaguars! This is an amazingly responsive car more so than my BMW and I cannot be more satisfied with my car! Congratulations on your Jaguar purchase....I'm certain you are enjoying it as much as I am with mine!

 

From Grant...
That gear lever issue is probably "junk" in the T Bar gizmo. Lots of moving parts in there to go wrong.
My S2 had a Female metal nail file in there, and that reeked havoc.
Failing that, the cable, and/or the lever arrangement inside the trans.

PO - said he had a second hand box fitted 2-3000 km ago, so my guess is cable / lever inside trans.. But I have no idea.
Goes from P - 1st easy as, and on the way back stops at R... a little force and in to P it goes. Other than that Gbox works as it should.
Should I be worried?