I've had quite a bit of experience with maintenance on my Japanese car suspensions and brakes, etc., and it's pretty straightforward for the most part. For Jags, are many special tools required, and is everything really complicated to disassemble, etc.?

 

Well, a friend who is quite mechanically inclined, along with myself, did a plug change last week in my X350 and admittedly I was intimidated out of my shoes at the thought. He, on the other hand, looked at the project and said it would be quite a breeze and it was. A bit over an hour.

He did a once over of the entire car and we agreed most routine maintenance could be performed sans dealer visits. Standard tools can be used for the most part, but I surmise when you get into the sophistocated air suspension components along with many other Jaguar-specific elements of the car it would get quite complicated.

Overall, brakes, oil changes, belt changes, plug changes, etc, can be done by a savvy owner. The tranny flush, from what I've read is best left to the pros, at least on my end I would feel more comfortable doing so.

I do hope this helps somewhat. X350's are truly fun cars to own and so far, so good with mine!