What is the coldest temperature you have EVER driven your XJ in?


For me its about 8 degrees. Super cold for me since I'm from Texas and I was driving out of state. My thermostat being stuck open did not help the heater at all.

 

4 degrees F about an hour ago in western New York.

 

-14c works fine.. only takes time for antifreese to warm up, so it takes like 10 to 15 minutes for heater to start blowing warm air..

 

I've seen the outside temp gauge say its been -8C, and deep snow all around. However, this seemed to affect my car very little and I was driving over a mountain road.

 

-21 deg F with only one blower motor sorta working....

 

Living in western montana I've driven my Jags at -30 and even colder.

 

+ 38 deg F in the SW USA. I was FREEZING and had the heater on full blast!

 

How did they handle -30 degrees? I think the XJ was tested by Jaguar down to -40 degrees

 

They are pretty much the same as any other car in the cold. Although the traction control can be irritating when starting at intersections when slippery. It keeps braking the spinning wheel and slowing the starts. I shut it off to get moving faster. Would rather have positraction. Tom.

 

Being up here in Canada, just this morning was -32 when i started the car

 

It was -2 F this morning when I pulled out.

Thats as cold as its been here in a very long time. She started right up !

 

wow, I live in calif., so I'm happy that all of you have seat warmers ;-)
45F is the coldest I've driven the car but glad to hear it handles much, much colder temps.

 

Most of the vehicle programs I was part of tested to -40 degrees F. I would expect the XJ was also.

Personally I've run mine in -20 degrees F.

Today it was +80 Degrees F. I definitely prefer the warmer climates but am still stuck in Detroit.

 

I have had my car in for 4 years in Texas heat and then 3 years in cold Boston. In Texas I drove in 105 degree weather and in Boston the coldest was about -6 deg F.

What I think were the casualities of these temperature extremes on a 11 year old car are: sagging headliner (repaired years ago), cracks in wood veneer, and possibly my 2nd set of valve cover gaskets failing prematurely (maybe?). My thermostat housing failed the same day I drove in -6 degree weather.

 

Highly unlikely, otherwise owners and dealers in Canada would be howling right next to those in WI, MI, OH, IL, NH and upstate NY.

 

I'm just thinking the rubber gaskets on my car may have gotten more brittle going from years of 100+ degrees and extreme humidity and direct sun to years of cold while my car is getting older at 11 yrs old. My car is parked outside all the time.

I do know the heat def made my headliner sag and the wood trim crack however.

 

So, heat not cold.Maybe.But. headliner sags are also sometimes attributed to sunroof drainage problems.

 

I can say the headliner sag was caused by heat with reasonable certainty b/c I had a very small bubble for months in the spring/winter, but within 2 days of record highs (20 degrees hotter), that bubble became the entire back seat section of the headliner. The heat def. made it worse BC the car was even parked the whole time in the sun. There was no rain, for it was a drought, hence the record highs.