Jaguar XF V6s

larkone

Agreed on the mileage - better a high miler that has been well serviced and spent most of its life in top gear on the motorway than the low mileage school taxi that never got out of third and never gets warmed up properly. Bought my first Lexus GS300 with a 100K on the clock, now 6 years on sold to friends with 205K (mostly motorway) and running absolutely perfectly. Just bought a 2008 MB CLS 320CDI with 120K on the clock and previously it was a company car and then an owner who mostly used it for trips to Kosovo - runs like a dream, no error codes and feels like a new car still.

mikes48

As far as stone chips is concerned - and I say is rather than are  because my late 2009 3.0D has just a single chip on the bonnet, and the mileage rolled over to 80,000 last week - mostly motorway miles.

However, on changing a number plate bulb the other week I was horrified to see a line of rust on the boot lid, breaking through the paint in parts, where the top edge of the wide chrome strip adjoins the boot lid. Pointed it out to the main dealer a week or two back when it was in for an air-con service (which worked brilliantly, btw) and, sadly, it's outside the 6 year paint warranty . Been quoted about £250 to repair it from an independent .

As to spec, I've been looking at changing it for the facelift model from about July 2011 on, 3 litre again, and I agree that there isn't much to distinguish the Portfolio over and above the Premium Luxury - although it's a couple or more insurance groups higher. I'd settle for the premium luxury myself, but definitely the S engine.

Just my two penn'orth

soupdragon

Doesn't the portfolio have the bowers and wilkens sound system? I would love that

Don Dadda

Yep, and also on the PL but thinks that's optional.

Iain42

Depends on the age, they are Meridian now.

Greg Hook

It was standard on the portfolio on the pre face lift model. My PL doesn't have it unfortunately.

DVD-Man

That bootlid rust issue is a common one.

Don Dadda

Thanks for the input larkone. Nice to see you other than in the audio section


Cheers Mike. Another for the check list.
I also call up my insurance to see how much it cost and the quote the for S Portfolio came back slightly cheaper than the S Premium Luxury by £10. Go figure

larkone

Yeah - starting to get bored with the audio area as it seems to be endless questions on how do I connect some 20 year speakers I got in a car boot to my £50 Asda mini system or arguing the merits of how selectively intelligent copper can be if you pay thousands a metre for it.

Don Dadda

I hear that.