Thinking of buying this Jag

[Bagpuss]

This little beaut seems relatively cheap for the mileage, and I wondered if there might be a catch.

Maybe a 2.5 litre engine is underpowered for the weight.

Any resident car experts care to speculate?

Not a bad car but too much money for the age, should be able to get a low mileage 06 for that money.

Jaguar X-TYPE 2.5 V6 Auto Sport | eBay

[Paddy]

I drive an 06 plate X Type, mine's a diesel and does over 50MPG. manual gearbox can be a little stiff sometimes, but overall I'm very happy with it.

I presume it’s ZF gearbox. If the gearbox is stiff when cold; it is working as designed. The oil in the gearbox would be for long motorway journeys.

[DimPrawn]

I drive an 06 plate X Type, mine's a diesel and does over 50MPG. manual gearbox can be a little stiff sometimes, but overall I'm very happy with it.

All Jags should be automatic. A modern 6 or 7 speed auto is a joyous thing, especially when connected to a mega torquey engine.

[Paddy]

All Jags should be automatic. A modern 6 or 7 speed auto is a joyous thing, especially when connected to a mega torquey engine.

Yes, that's what I want.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I presume it’s ZF gearbox. If the gearbox is stiff when cold; it is working as designed. The oil in the gearbox would be for long motorway journeys.

Dunno why you presume that - the manual box is the MTX 75 used on loads of Fords. The auto boxes were Jatco.

[Paddy]

Dunno why you presume that - the manual box is the MTX 75 used on loads of Fords. The auto boxes were Jatco.

I though wrong then. My old Mondeo thing had a ZF.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

All Jags should be automatic. A modern 6 or 7 speed auto is a joyous thing, especially when connected to a mega torquey engine.

Yes and no. My XJ has the ZF 6 speed that it shares with the BMW 5 series. It has a number of known issues in both cars.

[OwlHoot]

All Jags should be automatic. A modern 6 or 7 speed auto is a joyous thing, especially when connected to a mega torquey engine.

WHS - A manual car is a perfect PITA for town driving, especially in London. I'd never go back to manual.

50 MPG for that diesel sounds impressive; but having always had petrol I'd hesitate to go for diesel, because I know I'd accidently fill it with petrol and knacker the engine!

[Churchill]

WHS - A manual car is a perfect PITA for town driving, especially in London. I'd never go back to manual.

50 MPG for that diesel sounds impressive; but having always had petrol I'd hesitate to go for diesel, because I know I'd accidently fill it with petrol and knacker the engine!

If you're going to have a fairly small engined car with an automatic box I'd deffo recommend diesel - drive using the engine's torque rather than revs.

[DaveB]

WHS - A manual car is a perfect PITA for town driving, especially in London. I'd never go back to manual.

50 MPG for that diesel sounds impressive; but having always had petrol I'd hesitate to go for diesel, because I know I'd accidently fill it with petrol and knacker the engine!

50+ mpg isn't hard to get with a modern diesel thse days, especially if you do a lot of motorway crusing. I regularly got 55+ from the 2.0 turbo unit in my old Saab and get 46-47 out of the Mondeo now despite only ever driving it 10 miles a day to station and back down the back lanes and A roads.

Of course if you drive like your hair is on fire (like most Audi drivers) you won't get that