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stickshift steve

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Well it looks like I am going to have to change my forum name as I have now given up on trying to find a manual F type in the spec I want.
So I am now looking at a couple of auto cars . one is reg ou19xaa and the other is wf68vls . Both are a couple of hundred miles from me in opposite directions and have vastly different prices .
The 19 plate one is about £5 to 6 thousand overpriced for a private sale according to hpi but I may have to give him a call and try to get him to be sensible .
The dealer one is pretty much priced where it should be.
I know that the 19 plate will have the quieter exhaust but am not sure of the chassis number of the 68 plate to see if that has pp filters fitted or not (apparently after chassis 59207 )
Still in the early stages of deciding which one would be better for me so if simple r could do his magic and do some checks it would be appreciated.
Thanks. Steve.
 
stickshift steve said:
Well it looks like I am going to have to change my forum name as I have now given up on trying to find a manual F type in the spec I want.
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No need for a name change - put it in S and use the stick like a sequential gearbox (forward to shift down, back for upshift, back and hold to reenter auto mode) instead of the paddles!

Good luck with the search and enjoy the test drives!
 
ou19xaa
MY20 - Car 64257
Not a Paragon Car! Privately owned in London for 3 years presumably on PCP before moving onto Hertfordshire and last seen by Jaguar in 2022. So check for missing paperwork for 2nd and 5th services and note rear diff oil not done.

wf68vls
MY19 - Car 58682
Started life in Exeter before moving onto Warwickhire.
Should have had 5 services but only had three, all late, probably one due to COVID so again check for paperwork.

Can no one service an £70-£85k car on time and to manufacture requirements lol.

What is this manual spec required?
 
Also. 59207 applies to V8's.

I don't have a definite car number when GPF filters were added to V6's but car 59043 definitely has them.

I am working on the assumption that any MY19 specification car would have been tamed by Brussels however 58682 would be quite early. Check the V5C to see whether it says Euro 6 or Euro 6a. There was another topic which suggested the V5C emissions might indicate 6a is with GPF.
 
Thanks simpleR
The 19 plate is currently in Scotland and overpriced .It looks nice though . I am planning on the Jag being my final blow out car to be kept for many years as there is no other car out there that I have really been interested in for years now.
This is why I have been holding out for a manual 380 in red or carpathian grey but I know they are very rare.
I realised that I am not getting any younger and tried the auto last year using the gear-lever,rather than the flappies and thought I will have to learn to live with it.
The 68 plate car has been looked after by a Land Rover specialist for the last few services (they are the ones that are selling it.) so I will have to ask what they have actually done to the car to see if it has had the jag stuff done or just general oil changes etc.
I am a truck mechanic and do my own servicing unless specialist tools or training are needed and go by mileage than time for services unless it is something like a timing belt.
I will see what other work has been carried out to see if it has had any of the known things that can go wrong done .
Thanks again , I will have a look into both cars and have a think.
 
Shame you're giving up on finding a manual. I didn't get everything I wanted spec wise with mine (i.e pano roof and a light coloured interior) but the stick makes up for it big time. And the black interior with the nice aluminium accents on my MY18 R-Dynamic has definitely grown on me. Upgrading the interior lights helped a bit. I've also tinted the rear windows, new puddle lights and fitted a rear camera since picking it up last month.

I appreciate that Jaguar came up with the R-Dynamic trim for the base model as the body kit makes it stand out. I will look into tuning it to 400Hp/470nm at some point but I'm not in a rush as the car drives really well stock in dynamic mode.

Good luck in your search!
 
There are 214 manuals out there somewhere. Of which only 68 are the (possibly more desired) S 380PS.

I don't know how many are red or grey from the 68 though.

This is the only one for sale.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202401145547025?sort=relevance&advertising-location=at_cars&make=Jaguar&model=F-Type&postcode=DE74%202JL&transmission=Manual&fromsra

Car 18442. A Jaguar press/demo car from factory until recovered by COPART and placed onto storage before it went through closed auction and into the used approved programme. Limited service history and not seen by Jaguar for 4 years but you said service history is not important to you.

In Italian Racing Red which every option fitted included carbon roof as it was a Jaguar car, it might of had a hard start to life but appears to have a new clutch and flywheel in 2023. 4 previous owners.
 
I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but where do you get this info?
All lovely cars Steve, I'm sure you're going to enjoy it whichever you choose. I got mine last week and I've put 1000 miles on it!
 
cwilks said:
I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but where do you get this info?
All lovely cars Steve, I'm sure you're going to enjoy it whichever you choose. I got mine last week and I've put 1000 miles on it!
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That’s like asking Paul Daniel’s how he chopped Debbie in half…
 
DaddyDarren said:
cwilks said:
I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but where do you get this info?
All lovely cars Steve, I'm sure you're going to enjoy it whichever you choose. I got mine last week and I've put 1000 miles on it!
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That’s like asking Paul Daniel’s how he chopped Debbie in half…

Poor Debbies gone from being chopped in half to being regulary bent Double :lol:
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stickshift steve said:
Thanks simpleR
The 19 plate is currently in Scotland and overpriced .It looks nice though . I am planning on the Jag being my final blow out car to be kept for many years as there is no other car out there that I have really been interested in for years now.
This is why I have been holding out for a manual 380 in red or carpathian grey but I know they are very rare.
I realised that I am not getting any younger and tried the auto last year using the gear-lever,rather than the flappies and thought I will have to learn to live with it.
The 68 plate car has been looked after by a Land Rover specialist for the last few services (they are the ones that are selling it.) so I will have to ask what they have actually done to the car to see if it has had the jag stuff done or just general oil changes etc.
I am a truck mechanic and do my own servicing unless specialist tools or training are needed and go by mileage than time for services unless it is something like a timing belt.
I will see what other work has been carried out to see if it has had any of the known things that can go wrong done .
Thanks again , I will have a look into both cars and have a think.
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Did you check this one? Virtually the same car as mine, similar mileage, same wheel design but black and has the upgraded head unit.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402016117935

You can map it and take it to past stock P380 capability. Not that I think it needs any more power and it sounds glorious.
 
Yes but too far away from spec I would like.. no pan roof ,wrong size wheels ,no sport seats, no lsd , no dynamic suspension and modifying the engine bhp opens up a special insurance pricing algorithm that whacks the price through the roof , especially when you mention that you are in the motor trade.
Thanks for the heads up though . I was watching the one that you bought for almost a year in advertisements but it was too far from the spec I wanted .
I will get one ... Honest!
 
Good luck with your search. I waited for about a year to make the decision and I don't regret compromising on the specs but I appreciate everyone's different. A 2016 S model came up for sale and had most if not all the specs you want including factory fitted fixed spoiler around the 22nd December in Reading (Jaguar Jardine) and I was considering it despite the distance. It sold the next day! So I went ahead and bought mine on the 27th.

Here's an interesting video by Jaguar touting the manual transmission that I hadn't seen before to keep you on the right path 😊

https://youtu.be/5a7dzpXHj0Q?si=ck-u8rXvVShsoqGo
 
Nice but there is no way on this earth that I am going to pay nearly £700 per year for road tax to run on these pothole ridden roads . That is why I am after April 2017 onwards car for the £190 road tax.
 
stickshift steve said:
Nice but there is no way on this earth that I am going to pay nearly £700 per year for road tax to run on these pothole ridden roads . That is why I am after April 2017 onwards car for the £190 road tax.
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I'm new to all this differences between road tax depending on year. I thought the older the F-type gets (5 years+) the lower the tax 🤷
 
No, post 2017 the "luxury" car tax supplement is removed after 6 years, so they're considerably cheaper to tax than the earlier cars. Hence my decision to go for MY18. :)
 
The road tax works like this ... if the vehicle was registered after 31/3/2017 and cost more than £40000 when bought new.
so saying that the car was first registered on 01/04/2017
01/04/2017 year 1 the original buyer pays the ridiculous purchase tax based on the vehicle emissions , I believe the highest tax band for the first year was over £2500 !!!
01/04/2018 £180 plus £395 (this is only approximate as all road tax seems to go up by about 10% each year )
01/04/2019 as above
01/04/2020 as above
01/04/2021 as above
01/04/2022 as above
01/04/2023 i.e 5 years of paying the £395 premium . The £395 magically stops becoming payable and you only pay the latest general road tax price which I think is now £180 ish . I am generalising on the latest price but it is very near to this price.
So if you bought a car registered before 01/04/2017 you will have to pay the £395 plus £180 for 40 years !! (not including annual price rises.)
 
In the final year the premium is pro-rated to accommodate registrations that didn't happen at the start of the year. I got a small discount two years ago (£460.63 compared to £490 the previous year) and made a major saving subsequently! To show how insane it all is, last year I paid £180 for my 5000cc 2017 F-Type and £240 for my 1500cc 2001 Almera. Crazy.
 
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