Nah, that's no fun
A well proportioned car though, and bigger in the flesh than you might think
Did well to find a suitable one in the same colour as your Omega, only seen silver and red around here
Yep. I parked it near a BMW 4 series the other day, so 2 recent cars trying to be practically the same thing. I think the BMW looks like something out of the 90's in comparison. So many fussy little folds and lumps and bumps whereas the Jag has nice clean lines.
It's practically the same footprint as the Omega, IIRC. Maybe slightly shorter and the wheelbase pushed into the corners a little more. Quite a lot of that is bonnet, though, so not as much space inside.
Access under the bonnet looks good, though. Not too cluttered, so should be an easy car to work on when the time comes..
Steering lock is not quite as good as the Omega's. I've been spoilt in that regard. Keep thinking I can make turns when I can't.
Still miles better than your average FWD shitbox, though.
Embarrassingly, every car I've ever owned has been blue.
I was actually up for pretty much any of the colours they do in the XE. First one I test drive was white, which I'd normally avoid like the plague, but it looked fantastic, and I'd quite happily have had it but for the folding rear seats. This one came up in blue and it was the right car, and the 240 PS engine rather than the 200 as well, so there we go... It's actually a lovely colour. Looks like quite a flat, dark blue from a distance but it has some subtle flakes in it which catch the sun when up close.
Have you looked?
Currently 28,630 petrol rwd cars on Auto trader, of which 5, 339 are saloons...
Yep, it's not so bad if you don't mind tractors but finding something with a decent petrol engine does limit things a little.