Following this in another thread:
The XF has spent many days in the dealer with trivial faults, I worked out that the V70 in sevens years that I had it, had 8 visits to dealer, the one unexpected one was for new front bushes at 110,000 miles (you should have seen the shredded front tyres - scary)! The XF in 3 years so far is at 8 visits, in 20,000 miles! That's 4 x more frequent on age and 5 x on mileage!
Why go for the FPace? We'll there is no rational reason. It has the toys (Portfolio) and the load space I said I didn't need (but missed it so much!) The XF has been a joy to drive, the handling is brilliant, the ride superb but its not been as reliable as I hoped. I'm changing it at 3 years because I doubt it will get to the mileage of the V70, at least not without a lot of expensive dealer visits.
I hope the FPace changes my mind about the longevity of Jaguar cars, but its the driver experience that has made me a Jaguar convert. That says a lot about the cars, at 12 months into my XF ownership I thought seriously about chopping it in for another make... please Jaguar don't let me down with the FPace!
I can't wait until September, but this week I found my dealer has lost the Jaguar franchise and now my order has moved to the new franchise holder.... please Jaguar do not make September a non event! Some of us like your cars in spite of Jaguar client service that is best described as strange, but we don't like being messed around. This may not happen, the order may move seamlessly, but I'm a pessimist! Hope I'm wrong!
I thought I'd say why I wanted a Jaguar, specifically the FPace. Recently (and you may guess this from my online name) I had several Volvos. I've always liked big cars, not necessarily fast or sporty but big cars. I like the ride they generally give, the practicality they give and well, just big cars. I've had some weird ones in the past, anyone remember the Austin 3-litre ? My current car is an XF, I bought it because my V70 was quite old, I'd had it 7 years as a second owner car. It had all the toys, sat nav, cruise, self levelling suspension, TV, phone, leather electric memory seats, sunroof and mirrors a brilliant car and it could carry a load of stuff! The XF was the perfect replacement as I no longer needed the load carrying capacity (or so I thought). I don't like the sport brake XF (ugly as sin for my taste, but if you like it fair play to you, beauty is in the eye of the beholder) so the saloon was the choice, premium luxury to get close the V70 spec.FPTrevor said:In 1967 (age 17) I had a lift in a Jaguar ( I think it was a Mark1) driving from Newcastle to London, I was impressed and thought one day ill own a Jaguar.
I had looked several times at the marque but there was never a car that had the appeal till the FPace.
The XF has spent many days in the dealer with trivial faults, I worked out that the V70 in sevens years that I had it, had 8 visits to dealer, the one unexpected one was for new front bushes at 110,000 miles (you should have seen the shredded front tyres - scary)! The XF in 3 years so far is at 8 visits, in 20,000 miles! That's 4 x more frequent on age and 5 x on mileage!
Why go for the FPace? We'll there is no rational reason. It has the toys (Portfolio) and the load space I said I didn't need (but missed it so much!) The XF has been a joy to drive, the handling is brilliant, the ride superb but its not been as reliable as I hoped. I'm changing it at 3 years because I doubt it will get to the mileage of the V70, at least not without a lot of expensive dealer visits.
I hope the FPace changes my mind about the longevity of Jaguar cars, but its the driver experience that has made me a Jaguar convert. That says a lot about the cars, at 12 months into my XF ownership I thought seriously about chopping it in for another make... please Jaguar don't let me down with the FPace!
I can't wait until September, but this week I found my dealer has lost the Jaguar franchise and now my order has moved to the new franchise holder.... please Jaguar do not make September a non event! Some of us like your cars in spite of Jaguar client service that is best described as strange, but we don't like being messed around. This may not happen, the order may move seamlessly, but I'm a pessimist! Hope I'm wrong!