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maddog1982

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Hi all, after a cheeky favour. Could anyone get any info? And then let me know where I can send the beer to?! I initially discounted this as it has the chrome and the standard seats and wheels.. However, jag have offered to add the black pack for free if I want the car and can powder coat the alloys for 100 plus vat each. I can live with the seats and wheel as its got a few nice options like the pan roof, nav and a reverse camera I think! Seems in good shape, 1 owner and I'm sure she said full jag history. Just wondered if someone could confirm the options and anything else us mere mortals can't get hold of. They offered a great part x on my mustang too.
 
Wow. The black pack is something like £2.5k in parts alone. I wrapped the chrome on my V6 for £200, so it's not necessarily a stopper

The standard seats are fine. I did plenty of long journeys in them Pan roof is something everyone prefers and the rear camera is pretty much essential. Wheels can be changed more easily than the other items. I don't think the wheels are standard being 20" Gyrodyne as is the power tailgate and heated screen.


1 owner sounds like it might have been a cherished car. 👍
 
Doesn't have an MOT - expired in March, so I assume has been on the forecourt for 5-6 months or more. If it's been around a while it makes sense why they would offer to do some work on it. Worth pressing hard as they will be keen to sell

Dealer photographed on 16 June so been off road and around somewhere for a few months. Likely passed on from another trader
 
mickjaguar said:
Wow. The black pack is something like £2.5k in parts alone. I wrapped the chrome on my V6 for £200, so it's not necessarily a stopper

The standard seats are fine. I did plenty of long journeys in them Pan roof is something everyone prefers and the rear camera is pretty much essential. Wheels can be changed more easily than the other items. I don't think the wheels are standard being 20" Gyrodyne as is the power tailgate and heated screen.


1 owner sounds like it might have been a cherished car. 👍
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Are you saying this has a heated front screen and the power boot is also an option? Man alive I would have assumed those were standard. Is there anywhere I can get a list of what's been added?
 
One thing I noticed were the brakes were wooden in feeling and didn't really give more force compared to my car so will check that out. Possibly glazed I guess. The handling is terrific, the gearbox and throttle felt dead leggy at first but seemed to improve the more I drove it.
 
Jaguar system is offline. So cannot retrieve the VIN and service history etc.

It has been off the road for 160 days as v5c passed to motor trade on 28th Feb.

The engine serial number seems odd as it comes back as a 400ps serial on car check and it is not a 400 sport (wrong colour, wheels and interior). I would ask a few questions about why it has been off the road for 100+ days and whether it is on original engine.
 
System back online.

It is car 49255 originally privately owned in Stockton-on-sea but it hasn't been seen by Jaguar since 30th May 2019 when it had a second service to schedule, so shows on history as 798 days overdue service. MOT and service times are different so hope it comes with some paperwork.

It has also been on another reg previously (cherished plate) and based on that it would appear one of the previous owners now has a 400 sport which might explain the oddity of engine codes.

It is showing as trade sale so worth lots of questions on where it has been for 160+ days and why. I would check v5c engine number Vs physical engine number as well.
 
Thanks so much, it's at a jag main dealers so I'd assume the car is legit? I'll ask about the service history today!
 
It's shows as a Pendragon PLC trade sales being sold by Stratstone Nottingham.

All because it's at a Jaguar dealer doesn't mean the history is ok. You won't be able to drive it without an MOT anyway.
Unfortunately seen all sorts. And do report back on whether the v5c engine number matches the one installed.
I don't think it will but interested as it's a difficult one to check online especially when it's been on a private plate.
 
I would not buy anything from there again bought a convertible from there and ended up getting my money back no v5 and a mileage discrepancy which they did not tell me about double check everything before parting with any money cheers Tony
 
OK guys many thanks.

It was serviced at jag in Jan 2022 so it meets the criteria of approved sale. It's 1 owner.

They want to paint the trim rather than replace as they said you can't get the black pack any more?
They will powder coat the alloys gloss back half price for me. I pushed them on tyres as they are the original p zeros and were low at the back. The car drove and handles great but the brakes were terrible. Assume the should be really powerful ? My car has ds2500 in it and I touch them it wants to put me through the screen.

How do I go about checking the engine number?

They offered me 2k more on my car so I'm happy with that. All in all it looks to be a 1 owner car low mileage with car few nice options. Getting g the silver trim and wheels done black I Hinksey would just finish it off nicely. Has 12 months jag warranty. Anything else anyone can tell me about it?
 
They won't do anything with the trees unless they are 3mm or lower. I did say at 5 years old they need replacing. It drove well though had a ton of grip. To be honest I'd replace with ps5s instead of the pzeros anyway so not a deal breaker.

Assume they run better on Michelin vs pirelli ? I've only ever used supersports and ps4s for my cars
 
For the car to meet Jaguar used approved status a minimum of 3.96mm tread must be left on the tyre otherwise they should be replaced. Based on V6 AWD MY18 this should be AMS rear and J front P-Zero.
 
So done a hpi, the previous plate was e12 jag and the time it was swapped all ties in together when it was sold. Put the vin number in and that came back OK too , says it has outstanding finance which I don't belive and mileage checks out too. Not got the v5 serial or date of v5 to complete the check. Also 0 previous owners, looks to me he sold it in Feb to buy a 5litre one and it's been for sale since.
 
Quite a few alarm bells on this car but seems your keen.
Good luck with the purchase.
 
Speak to HPI if the report has red flags. They will investigate the outstanding finance and get it cleared if it's just sloppy admin. When I phoned them about mine, which also had plate changes, they called me with updates each day and provided a new clean report after 3 days. All within the original price. Very impressive service from them.
 
The black pack no longer being available is a bit cheeky. Some parts, the window trims being one of them, have delays. So they probably couldn't get hold of the the parts for weeks.

I had the chrome wrapped on my V6, others have gone down the painting route (there's a YouTube on that), even plastidip has been done successfully.
 
simpleR said:
Quite a few alarm bells on this car but seems your keen.
Good luck with the purchase.
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A couple of comments - Brakes are over servo assisted on most modern cars, so they do feel powerful and to your point face plant the unwary. Sports and performance tend to need more pressure which assists you in modulating the brake performance, so doubt they are faulty. MOT test will check it out
Expect black paint to chip off the trim in time. Very hard to get it to stick well to chrome. Surprised a dealer would do this

Agreed - so many alarm bells on this car, but if you're really keen then good luck
 
Hi Maddog,

I remember viewing this car back at the end of June.
It was being advertised with the following options

Heated Front Screen

Lane Departure Warning

Traffic Sign Recognition

Keyless Entry

On Stratstone's own web page was also being advertised as having Apple carplay, which clearly it hasn't got either as you only get this with the later 10" screen.
None of which it has. I pointed this out and up until last weekend the car was still being advertised this way....

The sales person even tried to convince me that the "Max" switch was the heated front screen.

So, if you haven't pulled the trigger yet make sure that none of these options matter to you.

Good luck.
 
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