Jagdeo, cheap as right now, why buy Ford when you can tell the peasent next door driving his Micra that the he adores is a Camero hearse, and he should go see a Proton dealer for forgiveness.

at this time of the morning ive had quite a few "lemon sherberts " and i still dont have a clue what you just tried to say

Jagdeo

X-Type?

Jagdeo, cheap as right now, why buy Ford when you can tell the peasent next door driving his Micra that the he adores is a Camero hearse, and he should go see a Proton dealer for forgiveness.

But you are buying a Ford....

I'd not buy a Jaguar after reading the Car Mechanics magazine project story for an XJ40 a few years ago: it was one of those cars with lots of expensive common failures that broke as fast as they could fix it. I'd rather have the Mondeo, which is saying a lot.

I had an X-Type, the 2.0D in Sport Spec on an 03 plate, the first Jag Diesel ever.

It was a very nice car and I still miss it in many way's. 20k miles of trouble free motoring and people with Mondeo's telling me it was just a Mondeo

I was seriously considering an S type before buying the Octy - the used prices have plummeted and it's a hell of a lot of car for the money, especially if you can get one of the later and more efficient 2.5s or a diesel and dodge the high tax bracket. Of course, that's less of an immediate issue now the prices have been set back - had this happened 6 months ago that may have sealed the deal.

Still intend to own a Jag at some point though

Not enough legroom in the back for the job so no thanks!

Not enough legroom in the back for the job so no thanks!

That's what puts me off tbh Mark, but as a daily drive the kudos of having a Jag sat outside rather than a Ford has to be worth considering, sorry about the gobbledy **** way the original reads, I was elephants trunk at the time.

For the size of the car the rear legroom is definitely low, but then coming from the cars I was used to it was like sitting in a concert hall I'm also most comfortable with the Italian-a-like 'short legs, long arms' driving position, so I can free up a bit of rear seat space that way - people are amazed at how much room they have in my Octy behind the drivers seat

My mates just bought a 3.0 SE Auto in Black with Ivory Leather , sat nav , 6 cd (even has a tape player!). He gave me a shot in it , and funnily enough it reminded me of my 280 Capri , must have been the smell of the leather and the sound of the V6....I like it , and I wouldnt mind one myself!