Hi, guys thanks for allowing me to sign up for the forum. I am new to the Jaguar brand, I bought a 2013 XF 2.2 DT , from Queensland at the start of the month. It had all the Jaguar service records from Jaguar dealerships around Brisbane from New and one owner with 104,000 klms on the clock. The first diesel I have ever owned and the first-second hand car since I was 21 now at 65 years old I am surprising my self buying second hand lol. I had the car checked out all the brakes and so on were fine with around 80% life left in the pads and rotors. I did change the air filter and cabin pollen filter. I then got the A/C service only to find out that the Compressor was gone, the dealership where I bought the car from agreed to pay for a new compressor without any issues. I also bought a set of F Type Propella wheels that are staggered 19x8.5 on the front with 245/40x19 Pirelli tyres then the rears are 19x9.5 with 275/35x19 Pirelli Tyres. I put them on today along with painting the callipers and Hubs Red to match the colour of the car. Funny I had a set of 18x 8.5 wheels with 245/40x19 tyres, but the car seems to be more comfortable with the wider wheels. The only thing I had to do when I bought the car was clean up all the switches and buttons as they were all sticky and gooey if that's a word lol. I squeezed 3 lemons and used that to clean them along with a small about of eucalyptus oil then a bit of rubbing with a microfiber cloth and then look and feel like new.

I did join the British forum but thought this forum was more relevant to Australia etc. I think that will be enough for an introduction and look forward to gaining any information etc for being a member here. Also some photos of the car.

Anyway,

 

Nice, but question for you guys over the pond...
How common are XFs in particular and Jaguars in general over there?
I watch a lot of Brit detective shows and I rarely see either the good guys for bad driving one. The seem to favor BMWs on the telly
How many do you see on the road. I see new XJs and F-types and F-pace but not a lot. I never see a new XF and rarely see an X250.
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Jaguar: Grace, Pace, and Space - Sir William Lyons
Current: '15 XF (X250) Portfolio AWD 3.0 (it's aubergine)
Past B: '08 S-Type 4.2 "Satin Edition" (250.06 whp / 259.67 torque)
Past A: '05 X-Type 3.0/AWD Jaguar Racing Green

 

Reasonably common, they have about 2% market share which is reasonably high for a marque that is only aimed at supplying premium brand vehicles. You'll usually see a number of them on any given day. If we coordinated ourselves we could fill a row at the station car park most mornings. XF seem to be fairly common, the F-type is less so, XEs seem to be everywhere, along with a smattering of XJ's.

I guess BMW pay for their product placements more, plus they have a wide range of cheaper cars to trash.