Recent content by Rivendell

My cherished F Type is up for sale as I am changing job. I’m OCD so I reckon this is about as good as it gets for a 2016 vehicle. I’ve owned the car from 1000 miles and am the second owner. Always garaged, the 46,200 miles have been clocked on the motorway between Devon and London. No track days...

I have a 340 F type, which is due a five year service although it has only done 21,000 miles. Looking online, a dealership service would cost around £600 plus extras I presume. Jaguar independents appear to start at around one third of this. The attraction of a decent independent (Jaguar trained...

When it became clear that we were leaving the EU, I decided to take my EU plates off and replace them with plates that showed the union flag, which is entirely legal. Now when I travel around, I notice nearly everybody has taken their EU plates off but I appear to be almost alone among thousands...

My 16 registration car has some corrosion on the door panel. It hasn’t broken the surface yet, but you can see it bubbling beneath. Does anyone have any experience of claiming on the anticorrosion warranty? On the face of it, this looks pretty black and white but you never know with these things .,,

Are there any recommends for a track day in the south of England where I can really enjoy the power and noise the British roads don’t quite allow?

I was pressure washing the walls of my house yesterday. I’d been at it for an hour or so when suddenly the motor started to scream at very high revs, but the water pressure fell to zero. Turned off the machine. With the motor stopped, water flows through the system and out of the hose nozzle...

Battery low. After a service in a dealership, my battery low caption illuminated. Jaguar Assist arrived quickly and fixed it: some software had to be re-loaded that had been keeping bits of the car ‘alive’ when it was shut down (apparently it’s not uncommon after a service?). Battery...

I have a high pitched squeak when travelling at slow speeds (10 - 30mph approx). It’s tricky to know exactly where it’s coming from, but seems more from the front than the rear. It only occurs when the engine has warmed up and I’ve been on the road for over, say, 50 miles. I never notice it on...

This is not my motor, but a stock one on line. However, it has scuffs in exactly the same place as mine (although these are far worse). I have tried to clean them with an internal detailer but it’s the colour that’s come off it seems.

I keep catching my foot on the dash (the black leather/leather look material) as I exit the car. I have scuffed the surface only (the colourant). Is it real leather? Anyone used a good product to recolour a dash scuff? Clearly I need to stop exiting like a flailing lunatic, but it would be good...

Have any owners discovered a tailored rubber boot liner for the F type coupe that isn’t as pricey as the OEM version?!

I’ve put a deposit down on a V6 340 base. Late 2015 (65 plate). Could I check my understanding that the engine will, as standard, come with an active sports exhaust. Jaguar’s current website is clear that all F Types have an active sports exhaust...

Never owned a proper sports car. Deposit paid on late 2015 standard V6 with 7000 miles in grey with black internal trim. Pick it up in a week. Scratch on door being fixed, other than that it looks immaculate. Very excited. Looking forward to learning lots from the forum.