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Selling my 95 XJS and am thinking of buying an 07 XKR with 40,000 miles. I'm in CT and the car is in Florida. I'm a bit scared buying a supercharged car cause I've never owned one before. Should I be worried? Car fax shows it's been maintained. Not an issue but Just curious what kind of gas mileage do you guys get. Is the maintenance much greater than one without a supercharger? Thanks for any info you can share.
About the ONLY reason the Supercharged cars get lower fuel mileage is because "fun". Yep, once you mash the skinny pedal, you will ALWAYS want to do it. Therefore, poorer mileage. A normal 'average' is probably about 18-19 mpg.
The 4.2 engines in the 07 are pretty much bulletproof, supercharged or not. Other than routine maintenance (and maybe a thermostat) I'd be surprised if you had ANY engine problem whatsoever.
Super-reliable, and not expensive IF something happens, which is rare.
I own 3 supercharged Jaguar V8 cars and honestly, on some, the car itself is MORE reliable than the base model (very true on 4.0 cars; where you get a better thermostat housing, and the massively superior Mercedes transmission versus the 5sp ZF). If you can handle running an XJS, even the later 6 cylinder variants, you can handle the X150 very easily.
20-20.2 mpg running 80+ mph 20 miles to and from work week after week. Read my build thread about what I've fixed on mine that was a run down example of the herd. Definitely easier to work on because little fails.
N/A cars are slow, mundanely slow. Blower cars are both quick and fast. Kind of like driving a 2 ton big block 70's caddy. Torque for days and rolls along the blacktop like a champ. XKR also handles like it's on rails. Early cars get a real shifter you can rest you forearm on and not some little hockey puck thing.
Up until recently I had a 96 XK8 which I'd gotten just under 40mpg in (after a few mods) then I converted it to run on LPG/propane and in cost comparison on a 400 mile trip (June 18) it returned 55mpg. I owned the car for over 13yrs and apart from tyres (or tires) there was no real expense as serviced it myself. A complete polybush change in 2009 & I never had a bush fail in 9yrs and only got through 2 sets of brake discs/rotors and pads despite putting 130k miles on it
I also have a Toyota C-HR hybrid that has averaged 68mpg over 12k miles
Am about to buy an X150 2010 portfolio coupe in Spectrum Blue
Oh hell, I average 14. It's a lot of stop and gogogogo...but if fuel economy is a real concern there are better choices. However if you average the combined mileage of your Toyota
and the prospective R, as I do with my wife's Prius (bless her), my XKr achieves a stunning 35mpg! Problem solved. Buy it.
Even taking into account the USA's 20% smaller gallon than imperial, you pay around $3.80 per US Gallon and we pay $4.85 for same amount, so if it costs you 25% less your car can be 25% less economic....but that's not why we buy them!
I found that I monitor my economy simply as a health heartbeat item, but I don't really care. It runs low on gas, I put more in. Same for all my Jaguars. I feel though like the tank in my newer XKR is smaller than my X308 XJR and X100 XKR.
I went from a 1996 XJS to a 2008 XKR. Both grand touring cars but yet very different. The 2008 has 63,000 miles and has not given me any problems. Much more fun and comfortable to drive and being newer, you can drive it on longer trips with confidence. I'm getting mileage in the low 20's under normal driving.
Go for it!
I just picked up a 2012 XKR and have owned an 07 XK since last Sept (both convertibles). I've taken the 07 to Florida on 2 occasions and would get 25/MPG (mostly highway), whereas the XKR, I only was getting 20MPG driving it home from GA.
I haven't had an ounce of trouble with my XK and hate to think about selling it (I can't justify owning 4 cars right now - ugh)
I have an '07 XK and am very happy with its performance and gas mileage. I'm a geezer who has owned a fair amount of fast cars; and am now in my "mellow years". The 300hp in the XK works well, on balance. Enough for passing power on 2 lane roads. Good gas mileage on highway - routinely get 30mpg at 70mph, level and no wind. At high altitude, say 7,500+ft, it is a little wheezy. Both the XKR and XK are great daily drivers and touring cars.
I sold my ‘95 XJS convertible and bought a ‘14 XKR convertible. My XJS had about 90k miles and my XKR had around 14k miles and now has around 25k. I’ve had it more than two years. I loved my XJS. Such a beautiful car. But I was constantly having to fix things and I got tired of the expense. My XKR hasn’t been perfect reliability-wise but there’s no comparison to what I experienced with the XJS. I know, I’m comparing a 20+ year old car to a relatively new car and that isn’t fair. However, it is what it is and it just wasn’t fun to own a car I stopped trusting. Also, I’ve owned several XJS’s over the years while they were still being produced and none of them were ever reliable.
As as far as the driving experience, an XJR is as good as it gets. It’s super fast, handles like a slot car, and at the same time has little road noise and has a good ride. It is truly an amazing car. If a car can approach perfection, the XKR is certainly a candidate.
If you buy buy an XKR you will LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! Do it! :-)
08-24-2018, 12:23 PM
Thinking of buying an XKR
