Hello Jag Owners:
I will be one some day I hope. I have several questions for you. If you are buying a used xkr, what would be the things that you fixed after buying. I know I would have to fix the brakes, change oil, check all bushings, align front end, check supercharger belt, etc. A list of the general things to fix. I would want to fix everything on the car but that is just me. Does the list make a difference on what year that you bought. Compare maybe a 2013 to 2010. Does how many miles on the car add to the list. What would you do at 30K, 50K, 100K miles on the car. Sorry to bother ya'll but I see so many jags with different miles and years. I want to be able to look at say a 2010 with 80K miles and know what I have to do to feel comfortable nothing is going to break while I drive it. Is there some thing I need to pay attention to in the earlier jags (2010 for me) that I don't need to look at in say (2014). Last question- can I change out the wheel size on earlier jags. Changing a 19 inch rim for a 20 inch rim. Any help would be great. I am looking for a 2012-14 Jag xkr convertible black with black interior if anyone has one to sell. Thanks for all your help.

JDog

 

I’ll pick the low hanging fruit on this one...
20” wheels were available for all X150 model years, so yes you can go from 19” to 20”, no problem.
Just be careful about the rear wheel offset, as the 4.2L and 5.0L cars use different offsets.

 

Search is your friend...

 

JDog,

If you can't find the answers to your questions using the Advanced Search function, then go to Google and begin your search with "Jaguar X150 Forums" followed by 3 or 4 key words that describe your search. The resulting links will take you to the answers.

Although you ask reasonable questions, they're hypothetical, time-consuming to answer, and unnecessary. A better approach would be to find "The One" that floats your boat and pay a Jaguar new car dealer to do a Pre-Purchase Inspection to the Jaguar Select Certified Pre-Owned checklist standards. That way, you'll have a completed checklist that details items that need repair with an estimate of the cost of parts and labor. The cost of that PPI inspection probably won't exceed $300, and you can use it to negotiate a lower price that's far more than the $300 cost of that inspection.

Good luck with your search!

Stuart

 

In my opinion, if you get serious about a particular car. Take it to your local Jaguar dealer and have them perform a Pre-Purchase Inspection (PPI). Just as they would do for a certified used vehicle. Then take the car to a Jaguar approved body shop for an inspection there. You will probably invest about $500-600. What that investment will provide you with is bargaining leverage over the price and knowledge as to what has to be done to your new-to-you XK/XKR. Another thing to try to do is to get the service records for the prospective purchase. Finally at the upper right corner of this page is a search box where you can probably successfully search for answers to all of your questions. Good hunting and good luck.

 

others are all more knowledgeable than me but it's my impression that at 70K you will probably need all service items done except spark plugs. if true, this removes all ambiguity from car to car and you can shop for everything 60-65K and higher with equal confidence that you will very soon have to spend an additional few thousand dollars.

 

You really can't generalize about what repairs to expect with any 11-year-old used car with 80,000 miles. Age takes its toll on rubber parts and you don't know how previous owners drove and maintained it.

But, if you really want to dig into all the things that could be a problem, you need to be fit and up to the task. Here's a recommended exercise:

 

The infamous valley hose almost certainly needs to be visited at 80K. By the time you can see it, you might as well replace it. Bushes will be easy to inspect. All fluids need to be visited, regardless of what the dealer says.

 

+1 on Stuarts input. Aside from the facelifts to the 2010 onward from the 2007-2009, 2010 also introduced the 5.0 liter engine with the dial a stitch (knob) gear selector.

I think you'll get better feedback if you point to a specific car you're serious about.

 

I wouldn't be more concerned on wear items on a 5.0 XK than I would with any other Euro V8 car of similar age.

 

I'd be far MORE concerned about wear items on OTHER Euro V4/V6/V8/V10/V12 car than on Jaguars. Those others will be MUCH more costly to repair/replace parts, and undoubtedly more difficult.
Our lovely XKs are great to work on, and therefore also cheaper to pay others to work on them.

 

This is a question that has come up before and while there are certain parts specific to these cars that are the mostly likely to fail, the answer is the really same regardless of the marque.. as any car ages, time and use increase the odds in favour of something failing or breaking and there is really no good way to know when, time or distance, that will happen.

 

I bought my 2010 XK middle of last October, I only had about 3 weeks to drive it before I put it in the barn for 6 month. It had a clean CarFAX and I was the 3rd owner, 53K on the odometer.
But before I put it way I took it to the local Jag dealer for it's 50K check-up, they recommended I do the 10 year maintenance vs. the 50K, so I had all fluids changed along with a new battery (old one tested out at 60%) This spring I'll get the transmission fluid and filter changed along with replacing the plastic parts on the radiator. They did do a review of the entire car but not a PPI, their comment was it is a very clean car, that looked like it was well taken care of.
The 3 weeks I had it I did both in town driving along with a 400 mile expressway trip, what a great car.
I was going to buy a 4 year old Vett, but found the XK convert., cost about 50% of what the Vett was listed at so I have a nice cushion for preventive maint.
Haven't had it long enough to say that many good things or bad things yet, but look forward to enjoying it come spring.
Don't think every Jag is a maintenance nightmare, you read a lot of problems about them on here, but what you don't see is all the owners who have had little of no problems with their Jag's that don't post here. Enjoy your new toy !!!

 

Sounds like your concurrent project will be “The book of Jaguar Refurbishments”.
Words of wisdom: treat the project as “an expensive hobby”, not as “an investment”.

 

Forums are just for nightmare stories. Go to a Honda CRV or Toyota Camry forum. You'll freightened how many issues those cars appear to have.

 

Where's the OP?

 

Look at his previous posts. He's been here a little while and is doing homework.

 

Thanks everyone for their input. No I don't own one yet But it will happen. I am looking at all used XKRs listed on several sites. I know this sounds stupid but I can use the search tab. I had one picked out but it sold in 2 days. 2014 convertible XKR 23K miles. It was in a city (Corpus Christi)where I had to drive to a Jag dealership(Austin) 200 miles to get it checked out. While I was getting started setting things up, it sold. So all was not lost. What I have notice that several new are listed daily nationwide. I just don't want to fly to CA from Texas, get the car inspected, and wait several days for the transaction to go down sitting in a hotel room. I was just thinking ahead before purchase for this post.

 

On both my "nationally" purchased Jaguars, I first requested and received full maintenance/repair histories. I requested and got full sets of high def pics, including the chassis with the under scuttles removed. I also got videos. Once I had those, I arranged for PPI with the local Jaguar dealer (well one was Palm beach jaguar so it was quick and they are reputable) and one of the videos was done by the master tech after his PPI.

I did all of this before purchase and in both instances, I didn't view the car in person. I bought them and had them shipped. In both cases, I got what I paid for.

This is the approach I would recommend, regardless of whether you go somewhere to view it in person or pick it up in person.

FWIW, I would never recommend purchasing a car nationally with the mind to drive it home long distance. I say that regardless of brand. Short distances of 500 miles or less, sure.

I've noticed recently, and its anecdotal, that the X150 appears to be appreciating a bit and sales, where 1 year unsold was not uncommon, are now selling in weeks or even days.
With that, you will have fewer sellers motivated enough to do all of those tasks for you. My two cents, but if it's me, I push for the history first. Once I have that, then I call and talk with the seller.

The only ones up here that have taken more than a month to sell are two 07 base models, with low miles - both white convertibles. Verts are not big sellers in these parts.

 

I bought mine remotely at DFW from Utah, but I had help. My Brother-in-law lives in Arlington so he took a look at it although he's fairly clueless on vehicles. The car seemed okay so I got my BiL to drive it to me and I paid his airfare back.
Everything worked out great!