love it!

any recommendations?

fuel economy?

upgrades?

updates?
I can you my iPhone 7, but no music...
nav System is map outdated..

thank you all!

 

Nice car. I have its big brother, the Super V8 Portfolio. The last "official" nav map is 2012. The one in your car is likely the previous map from 2006. I tried buying this disc on the cheap online and it didn't work, brought up an updated map but couldn't do route calculations. If you're happy with circa 2012 roads, you can buy the disc from Jaguar for $199. The Bluetooth is probably my greatest frustration--ultimately you need to be happy with intermittent connectivity and your phone list in the car. No advanced features and can only mate to one phone at a time. For all that, this has been my favorite car of all time. I've never kept any vehicle this long. Mine has 65,000 miles on it. My only advice is if you live in a place with bad roads swap out those wheels and put them away. I went through a full set--I swear you can dent them by just looking at a pothole (and they cost $1000 apiece). I have Coventry replacements on mine and have put the original equipment in storage for eventual restoration. Other than that it's a pleasure to drive. In mixed driving I get about 16.5 mpg--but mine will be a bit heavier as it is long wheelbase. Good luck with it.

 

Hi sweitznr,

Thank you for your advices!

 

Hi
Your car is the last year of the X350 series, after that there was a minor restyle front and rear, then the model ceased production in 2008. I had a 2003 3 litre V6 model and took it from 30k miles to 115k miles. I now have a 2007 restyled Sovereign, but same engine, so I suppose I could say I like them !

Fuel economy is not its strong selling point, but better than you'd think for a 4.2 litre supercharged. Best economy is on long runs on cruise control. Around town, find another car to use !

Last nav disc is 2012 as sweitzner said, and you can buy these on the internet like I did. I don't think it cost me too much.

As for upgrades, there's not much you can do, although some people fit a smaller supercharger pulley wheel to make the SC spin quicker. My car never had Bluetooth, it had an in-car phone and I had to buy a pay-as-you-go SIM card for it.

Your main expense will probably be suspension components as they are notoriously short-life, especially if you throw the car around a lot. Engine and tranny is pretty well bullet proof.

 

Thank you Fraser.

 

Not sure what you mean by no music. If you're referring to connecting your iPhone to the car wirelessly, you need the Veffremov kit. Look him up on this forum.

OEM is wired and referred to as ACM (Audio Control Module) but the ACM is iPod connectivity, not bluetooth. I think folks that have the Veff kit love it.

As Fraser indicated, you can find the 2012 Nav Maps on eBay. They are the most current. You're better off relying on your iPhone maps.

 

thank you all!

Here in Portugal we have 3 kinds of petrol - from the more cheap to more expensive.

95 Ron - basics EU Standard

95 Ron - with aditivos

and 98 Ron


Also, do you know if we can use mp3 cd's?

thanks