Greetings all,

I have an opportunity to buy a 2018 Jag XJR (RWD) with 33K miles V6 Supercharged with Petrol. Its not a portfolio. I think I would be able to get it for 24K USD. Provided the car checks out, do you guys think this is a good deal at the price suggested above?

The seller is claiming that the dealer can install apple carplay via a software update, which I will have the seller do prior to purchasing, any thoughts on this?

If the car has been taken care of (I will be asking for the various maintenance records), what would I generally expect to fix in the car over the next 50K miles (around 85K miles total)? I expect to put around 6K miles per year, as this would not be my primary vehicle.

Is there anything specific I should be looking at when getting the car inspected?

I am very excited to about this, but would value your opinion!

Thank you kindly!

Rambax

 

The price that you are getting is going to be about the going price. It might be slightly high, but not that much. So, I would say to take it.

As for things to look out for, the big one is any sort of leakage from the coolant system. If there is an achielles heal to the car, it is that. A lot of the tubing is plastic. So, as it gets heated up and cools off, it gets brittle. Then over time, it will just out and fail, resulting in a massive coolant system failure. Running the engine for time afterwards WILL!!!! result in engine damage (all aluminum motor) that may very well result in needing to get a new motor ($40Kish repair bill). Now, with this being said, you can spend about $1000 and get an upgrade kit for the car that will replace a lot of the major plastic tubing with cast aluminum which will make the motor almost bullet proof.

Another thing I would do is look at the condition of the battery. Being a 2018, it may have the factory battery still in it. If so, you may find that the car is going to "cough up a bunch of hairballs" in the way of random error codes and issues. Most can be solved by simply getting a new battery (needs to be an AGM battery).

Something to ask as this can greatly affect the cost of ownership is how much maintenance do you plan on doing yourself? Something as simple as an oil change can be costly. You go to the dealership, that is going to be a $250-300. Doing it yourself, you are looking at $65. On that note, you should not take it to just any "quick service oil change" station. This car requires very specific oil that I would say 99.9% of them is not going to have and putting in the wrong oil can lead to major engine issues. If you want to read up on this, just do a search on oil inside the XJ section and you will find all sorts of info and whatnot. Granted, some members have even caught their local Jaguar dealership not using the correct oil. But, that is a different story altogether. Doing an oil change yourself is really easy. You do not even have to drop to a knee to do it. Simply requires a vacuum pump and a 5 gallon gas can to catch the oil you pump out. Again, tons of posts about doing this sort of thing yourself.

As far as things that are going to go wrong on you, for the mileage you are looking at, those are going to be far between and few. Plan on a set of tires and brakes, normal wear items. Then there are oil changes. Much beyond that, you should be good. These cars can easily make it out to 300K miles with proper maintenance.

 

I will emphasize the cooling system as being the major failure item. See if the coolant pump has been replaced. If not, it will need to be in the future. Check for its leaks at the front. See if any of the plastic cooling pipes Thermo referred to have been replaced on warrantee or otherwise. The two pipes upfront on top of the engine are notorious. Worry about a strong coolant smell without raising the hood. If you suffer a major coolant system failure by noticing the coolant on the ground, or get a warning on the dash, or a temp gauge past its normal center point, immediately shut down the engine and get the car towed. Do not think that you can drive that one more mile to get home on an overheated engine. Its not like the old days with a cast iron engine. You will do irreparable damage costing very big bucks as Thermo has highlighted. When inspection has the car on the lift, check the wear on the front lower forward control arms. They seem to go early and you'll notice it in the steering wheel when braking. Oil changes are easy, but getting that very special oil that adheres to the very special Jaguar/Land Rover oil spec can be a pain sometimes. Just make sure the oil container states the JLR specification on it. Spec oil is important for these engines. Other than that, I love my V6 RWD. Its quick and gets great mileage.

 

V6 would be XJ R-Sport, very different than XJR

still not a bad price for year and mileage

 

Yes no XJR (X351) ever came with a 6 cylinder. Jaguar really screwed up on this with the R-Sport label. Degraded the XJR by confusing people with the XJ-R sport thing.
Completely different cars.
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Curious to know what makes this model qualify for the "R" badging and what does "Sport" mean? Looking at pics of what's on line, it seems to be much the same as my 3 liter model.
You're right, I never would think anything less than a 5 liter would get an "R" in the nomenclature.

 

R-Sport is just what they named the base SWB model from 2016-2019, 3.0L with most of the Portfolio features

 

Here's a comparable that just sold today on an online retail auction:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...omments-anchor