tried a 2.8T elite.... familiar territory for equipment, knew what everything did, and how to use it all, but hated it..... like being dragged about by a jack russell on a tiled floor chasing a cat.... , and felt every little bump in the road like it was a personal assault on my spine. but decided i probably would have learned to live with the 3.0CDTI Elite for the fuel cost savings...if i could find one..... at the right price, without having been to the moon and back.... ....
learning how stuff works in the jag is a STEEP learning curve.... haven't as yet put it through the voice control training.... (yes it's fitted !) but the sat nav is okay, as is the phone, but i'm still looking for a way to get my contacts list (iphone, so a bit of a bugger) on to the sim card to transfer it (the nav/stereo apparently just predates the bluetooth version.... i can get the module etc and retrofit, but it's about £500 secondhand (with aerial module etc) .... it's about as rare as hens teeth , bit like a teletronics. )
there's a few little niggles, as would be expected, right hand side luggage cover clip is broken, but found a replacement for about 3 quid.... , it's missing it's tool kit, but at least it has a jack ! a few bubbles of corrosion on window trims (will be replaceable i think) , but none on the body work... brake disks are okay, but a bit thin , so will replace them in the not massively distant future... but masses of meat on the pads....
stupid bloody space saver spare..... haven;t measured up yet, but pretty damn sure i won;t get an 18x7.5 inch full size spare wearing 225/40 in there.....
it was also missing the locking wheel nut key..... ARGHHHH
went to Jag..... they charged me....... get this.... £9.71 inc vat to remove the locking wheel nuts, supply and fit 4 new std ones, and gave me posh tea and biscuits while i waited. (and will order me a new set of locking ones as they cannot supply the new key, apparently the manufacturer doesn't allow it.... to be fair it's a type i've never seen before... ....so i don;t know the score, i've had replacement keys from other manufacturers in the past, but frankly the cost was about the same as Jag talked about for the whole set. ITRO £65 )
and the price of a full main service..... ? all fluids and filters etc etc..... £299 inc vat.
that's £80 LESS than i was quoted by VX main stealer recently on the omega.
Minor service is £199. which doesn't seem so great....
one irritation is the speedo, it's all there, and works etc, but the small diameter means it's all a bit squashed up, there's not a helluva lot of distance between the 10's , trying to drive in a 30 limit is somewhat variable ..... mostly because i'm damned if i can tell if i'm doing 28 or 32.
Stereo sounds WAY BETTER than the omega .....
which is nice for me.... I was happy with Bose rig, but the bog std NCDC was a bit pants.... but this is much nicer than the Bose rig, never mind the std NCDC.
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