High mileage big cars

[DimPrawn]

You can get that engine in the Citroen C6 for about £5-7K. Ok its not as nice as the Jag inside, but reliability is about the same.

Did your Islington Architect friends tell you that?

Were you on public transport at the time, whilst the Citroen was in for repairs?

[sasguru]

Did your Islington Architect friends tell you that?

Were you on public transport at the time, whilst the Citroen was in for repairs?

And you think an Indian Jag is reliable? TBH if you service your cars at the main dealer or specialist who knows what they are doing, most of them will be fine.

[bobspud]

And you think an Indian Jag is reliable? TBH if you service your cars at the main dealer or specialist who knows what they are doing, most of them will be fine.

Electronics failures are the new rust. We tend to buy old Range Rovers or Landies for family cars these days because we have two large dogs and I can state that while the v8 engines are fantastic and the bodywork never rusts, every piece of electronics you can think of will die miserably and randomly from about year 4 onwards. Its just like owning a senile old grandparent all over again. I always favour specialists over dealerships because I got sick of being told I should spend £800 on getting new disks and pads fitted because they only have 10,000 miles left on them and might wear out before the next service is due Same for tyres that have 4mm left on them...

[sasguru]

Electronics failures are the new rust. We tend to buy old Range Rovers or Landies for family cars these days because we have two large dogs and I can state that while the v8 engines are fantastic and the bodywork never rusts, every piece of electronics you can think of will die miserably and randomly from about year 4 onwards. Its just like owning a senile old grandparent all over again. I always favour specialists over dealerships because I got sick of being told I should spend £800 on getting new disks and pads fitted because they only have 10,000 miles left on them and might wear out before the next service is due Same for tyres that have 4mm left on them...

It seems that to make good cars, you need non-British managers.
Land Rover - Jaguar are consistently at the bottom of the stats table which given that you're paying for a so-called "premium" product is a piss-take.
If I was Mr Tata, I'd keep the British designers/boffins and factory workers, but sack the management and replace with Japanese/Koreans/Germans (like at Aston Martin)

[eek]

And you think an Indian Jag is reliable? TBH if you service your cars at the main dealer or specialist who knows what they are doing, most of them will be fine.

There are so few Citroen C6s on the road I doubt you could run a 1 man business as a specialist on them.

[bobspud]

It seems that to make good cars, you need non-British managers.
Land Rover - Jaguar are consistently at the bottom of the stats table which given that you're paying for a so-called "premium" product is a piss-take.
If I was Mr Tata, I'd keep the British designers/boffins and factory workers, but sack the management and replace with Japanese/Koreans/Germans (like at Aston Martin)

Actually the Jags have been top of the JD Power survey for a couple of years now and Landy are following up the charts.

Jaguar tops JD Power Dealer Satisfaction Survey for second year running

Still don't expect the electrics to work after more than a few years...

[sasguru]

Actually the Jags have been top of the JD Power survey for a couple of years now and Landy are following up the charts.

Jaguar tops JD Power Dealer Satisfaction Survey for second year running

Still don't expect the electrics to work after more than a few years...

That's rating the dealer network not the cars ...
You probably see them so often they become mates

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

What's your decision after all this then NLUK?

[Antman]

Another focus but blue this time.

[bobspud]

That's rating the dealer network not the cars ...
You probably see them so often they become mates

No as long as the lights are not engine, transmission or braking related I just ignore the problem till it fixes itself The worst part is it normally does.