Just picked up a 92,000 mile XJR on Thursday.
Drove it from Denver to Tulsa the first day, and
the Jag ate up the miles and has passing power
that is irresistible! In fact, I averaged 73mph including
stops. The 700+ mi trip only took 9.5 hours!

On the downside, I got fuel which I am sure is of a
very poor quality, which leeched my fuel economy.
averages dropped to around 19 mpg over 700
miles, but I tried several speeds to optimise MPG.

Before filling it up, though, I saw figures around 23.5.

The car is in storage out of town, but I am going to
have some of the fuel system cleaned, as maintenance/
confirmation of my contaminated fuel theory.

There is also a slamming sound over bumps, coming from
the rear, which I suspect to be a ruptured shock absorber
or something. There are a few squeaks and rattles that
the XJ Sport didn't have, but I'm sure a little grease can
sort them out.

The Rubber is 255-40-ZR18 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric
All-Season, which are the noisiest things I have ever head.
It also makes the car feel and handle like a 100,000 mile
car. I just found out that those tyres were recalled due to
excessive noise a couple years ago. Goodyear offered to
replace them with another goodyear tyre, + a $100 allowance
for mounting and balancing. So, hopefully a new set of zero-
cost tyres is on the horizon. They don't have more than 15k
on them, so I hope that they qualify for replacement.

The stereo is excellent. I was impressed by the base 160w,
but this is a whole other level. Much nicer.

The torque is amazing! Feels wonderful to have so much
punch around town, and the supercharger sounds great.

I was wondering if this car is too high of mileage to switch
to Mobil 1 full synthetic? I want long term protection, but
I don't want to risk a permanent leak, or a new oil-burning
habit.

Also, the diaphragm that clicks with the turn signals, and
beeps when the door is open, etc, is not working. Is there
a chance that it was merely disconnected by the previous
owner? It is silent at all times. No bonging, turn signal sound,
anything.



Thanks,

Ian

 

Very nice!

 

congrats, awesome color, I've never seen a dark blue X308 XJR for sale, nice find

 

Thanks XJR02,

I jumped on the car once I saw that blue.

It has a wood overhead console, which
leads me to believe that this car is a complete
custom order. The colour code is JHE in
the door, but having owned a sapphire
Jag I can say this is much darker, and has
much more metallic flake.

Ian

 

That is Gorgeous! Good for you

Welcome to the R club

 

 

Love the colour, very special. And it's so clean! Well done!

 

Welcome to the dark side

How about a picture of that overhead console?

 

Congrats on the car, looks sapphire to me, popular scheme in the UK. My old man's V12 E Type roadster is exactly the same colour.

*The rear knock could be lower shock bushes - also look at rear sway bushes and front end bushes for wear.

*The speaker under the steering wheel either needs replacing or re-soldering for the bong/beep

* I'd recommend against fully synth, go with what Jaguar recommend, Shell Helix Semi-synth 5w30, it's more sympathetic to an engine with those miles, also look at a trans flush and fill along with diff, coolant and brakes.

 

Congrats, you picked up a great car , love the color as well
Happy safe driving

 

Nice XJR ,love that color .

 

Love the colour combination. Beautiful car!

 

Thanks very much for the kind comments guys.
I am so excited about the new ride!

Sean, I will look into the bushings when
I get back into the car. The part will
probably be 1/10th the cost of the labour of
course.

I will get a pic of the overhead console
as soon as I see the car again (a few weeks)
I always wanted to retrofit one to the normal
XJ Sport!

 

Very nice Ian, and also love the colour combo...........congrats buddy