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Should I hesitate on buying this car?

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Old 08-04-2018, 08:49 AM
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Pics below, as requested.

I've been able to take the car out for a few spirited drives and I am definitely in the honeymoon phase. It was also fun on my daily 50-mile commute (each way) and less annoying than my manual transmission when I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic. No complaints here.

My 4-year old fits great in the back with a ridesafer travel vest. The negative so far is that he now sits too low to see out of the windows, so he gets a view of the tops of trees, bridges, and the sky. But he still asks to go for a ride every day, so it can't be all that bad! And I might try that vest in conjunction with the booster seat they sell.

Tonight I pulled fuse 19, installed the CTEK MUS 4.3 and the BOVEE WMA1000 and have the phone and streaming audio connect concurrently on my Android.

For maintenance, I ordered some 303 fabric protector/cleaner for the roof. I think I'm going to order this RaggTopp brush, but haven't yet. I also ordered some carpet retainer clips for the floormats from SNG Barratt, which is luckily local to me.

There are some random sticky pieces of rubber or plastic, like the MODE button on the steering wheel and the luggage protector that a baby wipe hasn't fixed yet. I'll break out some heavy duty cleaners later, but will read first on the forum if there are any preferred cleaners for the non-leather pieces of interior.

That's it for now. Thanks again.




 
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Old 08-07-2018, 10:56 PM
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Absolutely a knockout!!! Enjoy.
 
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Old 08-08-2018, 01:42 AM
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Looks really nice, like the rims!:-)
 
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Old 08-08-2018, 06:58 AM
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Just a great looking combo all the way round!
Don't use cleaners on the sticky buttons just plain old hand lotion. There are plenty of threads on the subject but I've found the hand lotion suggestion to work best.
 
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Old 08-08-2018, 07:05 AM
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Beautiful XKR...but please get you a Windshield Sun Shade to protect that dash... OEM from Jag part # C2P23639

Cheers,

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Beautiful XKR...but please get you a Windshield Sun Shade to protect that dash... OEM from Jag part # C2P23639

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Thanks Dave, good idea. Just ordered one.

 
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Old 08-08-2018, 12:26 PM
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Love that Blue! Glad you stuck with it to see it through.
 
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Great color, don’t see many blues, or thise seats in a vert either, nicely done!
Put theJagWrangler.com remote control for your top and rear windows on your shopping list as well, you’ll love it.
 
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You have every imaginable upgrade, DRL, red calipers, best wheels (and they are wider than others) sport seats, some burl. Hope you got air conditioned seats as its the only air conditioning that makes sense in a convertible.
 
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I definitely want the jagwrangler remote control top functionality, but after reading the FAQ I'm a little scared off until I no longer have little ones touching my keys. Couple more years and I'll be ready for that.
 
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Originally Posted by extrabitter
I definitely want the jagwrangler remote control top functionality, but after reading the FAQ I'm a little scared off until I no longer have little ones touching my keys. Couple more years and I'll be ready for that.
Yeah, it's called "teaching".
 
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Originally Posted by Queen and Country
You have every imaginable upgrade, DRL, red calipers, best wheels (and they are wider than others) sport seats, some burl. Hope you got air conditioned seats as its the only air conditioning that makes sense in a convertible.
Unfortunately the sport seats only come heated . No cooling which was the downside for me. I do like the seats though.
 
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Originally Posted by extrabitter
I definitely want the jagwrangler remote control top functionality, but after reading the FAQ I'm a little scared off until I no longer have little ones touching my keys. Couple more years and I'll be ready for that.
I originally looked for this color blue with london tan interior but after 6 months settled for IRR . Great combo and enjoy the ride.
 
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Old 08-08-2018, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jagtoes
Unfortunately the sport seats only come heated . No cooling which was the downside for me. I do like the seats though.
First moronic mistake I have seen from JLR.

I think I know what happened, these seats were intended for the Ftype, which was never meant to have all the bells and whistles anyways.
 
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Love the wood on the dash!
 
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