My 2000 XKR cost the second owner $14,000 USD to replace the engine due to the 4.0 liter plastic timing chain tensioners at 54,000 miles. I bought it at 85,000 miles and now have 125,000 miles. It's been relatively reliable. In the past 9 years, I've been through two sets of convertible top/hood hydraulic hoses, two sets of front suspension bits, and, of course, the very expensive coolant hoses under the supercharger (the hoses are cheap, the labour, NOT!). If you want bulletproof reliability, get at 240 HP Honda S2000. But if you want the pace, space, and grace of a 400 HP Jag-u-ar, the XKR is a dream car at Miata prices.
I have a 2001 Jaguar XKR convertable. the very best thing about it is looking at it in the garage Second best is the whine when the supercharger kicks in. I drive it 8 miles once a week. It is beautiful inside and out.
I drove a XK8 for a couple of years. It was reliable, elegant and lovely to drive, comfortable and you have all the power if needed. But above all, it’s a Jaguar and driving a Jaguar, like a XK8, makes you feel special. So don’t bother too much about the MPG and changing sparkplugs. Just enjoy the ride and waft away in your own time capsule when enjoying your XK8 because Jaguar (again) made a truly extraordinary car with the X100.
My 99' XKR is my daily car during April til October 😃 I've had 4 people in my car. So it's a good idea to have a small frame to fit back there. The Brembo brakes fit over the 18" Hydra and BBS Winter. Also those brakes fit over all the 19" options. You do not need to fit 20" necessarily. I would not recommend buying the cheapest one you can find. Buy a maintained one that is more expensive!
I can tell you've genuinely fell in love with it! I feel the same every time I get into mine. I'm glad it's an underrated car otherwise I'd never be able to of afford. This car is a very good car and brilliant bang for buck. With its intelligent learner computers it really does adapt to the driver. Astonishing cars! I'm going out in mine right now 😂 great video mate 👍
@Grizzy_-zo3xb Depends what is wrong with it. I bought mine for under 5k (around 130,000 miles) but it had/has a minor wheel wobble (used to be worse, a few alignments got rid of the worst of it). Also the dude had his mechanic friend wipe the codes (And judging by the report from the garage about the wheel tread depth at some point he turned of traction control more than once and did a few burnouts, ragging it before he got rid of it). It's had a new battery, it has a warning light for catalytic efficiency (both banks, and isn't major) and now there is some ABS electrics gremlin. I still love the car, just wishing I'd bought literally any of the others I saw for 5.5k as they had a lot less wrong with them. In short, do your research, these are just the major issues, trim coming loose and rust are common across all of them. I still don't really regret buying an XKR, just not buying one where I don't have to worry about it and could actually take it on grand tours with confidence.
I test drove the 01 xkr and remember at the time I wasn't impressed with performance but loved the ride and styling..a week later after researching xkr I learned of its kickdown and sport mode I took for another spin and was very impressed...I have never been this addicted to sports car, 7 years later shes my favorite ride
I used a 2000 XKR coupe as a daily commuter for about 9 years. It currently has 183k miles on and needs a bit of suspension work due to the lousy roads here.
LOL - You did what you should have done from day one.................. BOUGHT A JAAAAAAAAAAAAG. I. bought an XF and am still in love with it - beautiful from every angle!!.
Owned my xkr for almost a year now, got a 99 reg 56k miles for under 10 grand. All I can say is get one, get one now! I reckon they're gonna go up substantially in price over the next 5 years, following the other 90s SC's in they're category. It's beautiful, reliable, great as an every day, and for what it is not that pricey to fix. :)
I hope you’re right but I fear you aren’t. People have been saying this for years and as far as I can see, prices are on the slide. It’s the XJS that’s on the up right now. Maybe in 10 or 12 years x100 prices will start to rise.
Ideal for a family with two small kids. At least for my family when I got my XKR back in the day. And still have it, love it, ideal for a family where kids had moved out. Cheers!
a TomTom Go fits exactly behind the centre dash panel to replace the never updated nav system, cost under 100. works perfectly, just blank the holes where push button where with loudspeaker material
Did you end up getting one? I thought they were a bad idea too, but after my youngest son bought one, I ended up with one a few months back. Thirsty as hell but great fun!
Just a warning I have the xkr and if your windows start to drop for no apparent reason normally means your battery is beginning to fail and everything runs from your battery if it’s not running right the car does alsorts of strange things even misfires
Great review! Enjoyed watching it! The idea of gaining the boot space and loosing the back seat can be applied to the saloons of that era as well. X400 and X200 also couldn't boast of too many space in the back row.
Greetings from chilly New England, USA, where a recent snowfall has my X100 XKR trapped in its garage. Can't wait until it melts and the road salt is washed away so I can properly wake it up and give it much-needed exercise. Great video!
(Edited: comments below already state rim sizes for Bembos - apologies for the next few lines) At 4 min you say if you want Brembo brakes you will have to have 20-inch wheels - incorrect, I have a 2004 XKR (2004.5 actually) and my car has 18 inch standard rims that came with Brembo brakes, some silver colour calipers as in this video, so 18's will quite happily suffice and also are much cheaper to buy tyres for. Sadly after 6 years of ownership, I'm looking to sell. Just as these are begining to creep up in value I'm slowly seeing - BUT there are many cheaper cars still around here in New Zealand. When bought mine needed front upper shock mounts, as pretty much all of these do at some point because they crumble to dust. After a couple of years of ownership, I realised I had been sold a car with a different colour key to all the cars I had seen online, they were Black keys, I had a Green key - I finally learned this green thing was a Valet Key! Yep, thankfully I never needed to get into the boot with a dead battery (these have the battery located in the boot or 'trunk' for those viewers from the US) and after reading many articles online discovered the valet key will NOT open the boot if you have a dead battery, it won't even begin to rotate in the lock mechanism (I recently tried it as an exercise only) it's pretty much impossible with a Valet key only. Interesting side note is to make this valet a real key all you need to do is file around 2mm off the tip in a special way to round it off, not that special really just accurately! I never tried this as I only had the one key and did not want to perhaps file too much off etc. It's such a small amount it would be easy to make a botch job. I've had a new key with a fancy all-in-one fob created (only recently...yeah took me 6 yrs! lol) and as I'd never had a 'real' key I thought I would test it out in the boot lock - it unlocked perfectly! This was the first time the boot had been unlocked manually in at least 6 yrs! My mechanism hadn't been used for many years and it never even hinted it needed to be freed up with WD40 or CRC etc - this car has NO RUST...yep none anywhere that I can find. The only other real issue after buying it was the trans - yes it had another 'typical' issue there, when slowing for like an intersection it would bang into 1st gear when really it should have stayed in 2nd coasting fwd still - plus another relative issue, it would 'squawk' as they call it into 4th, or 5th, I never really knew which of those. This would only really be apparent under like half throttle at around 100kph /60mph. Both faults were repaired by myself by a trans pan/filter service that included new seals within the mechatronic unit of the ZF6HP26 trans. This was quite tricky to do even under a mate's mechanics hoist, more involved than just a pan swap that's for sure, just the fluid refill is a pain in the neck....I broke some crappy tools (torx bit holder on impact drill) along the way and had trouble removing a couple of pan bolts - again common. Cold chisel knock helped release those...this part was helped by a mechanic working in that shop thankfully. (There were 4 hoists and I was borrowing a 2 post one.) So now after 6 years I have a fresh shifting trans - I had developed a couple of driving techniques to lesson the impact of these faults, basically very gingerly slowing and going...and either floor it or slow to avoid the squawk. Even now, the learned technique is so ingrained I still drive to those faults - when I can simply drive normally...the muscle memory over 6yrs, it's a pain actually because I want to experience the "real" repair and the lovely shifting that these transmissions are generally known for, but the damn muscle memory gets me subconsciously lol. I did not intend to write a memoir sorry... 🤣 Jags - you know there are more issues, some strange faults that clear on a restart - knocking the steering column getting in the car sometimes triggers a DSC suspension fault LOL....I know I know, it's the accelerometer within the column isn't it? Need to do more research on this one, RUclips has been my teacher for this car that's for sure, I'm not too worried about this but will need to fix it before a sale. I had the brake pedal switch failure when first bought - no cruise control symptom, I could not live without cruise control in this beauty, so after a couple of goes at it I found I needed to take the drivers seat out, lay on my back with feet up in the back seat, head almost under the brake pedal, remove small switch behind the brake pedal, replace and hold in position to engage pin on switch to back of pedal while poking the securing screws up through the dash to tighten the screws from within the engine bay! - I HATED that job, I could not locate the damn screw holes for a day at least - 🙃 Question: Can you drive one of these daily? Of course you can, but be prepared to repair a few issues along the journey, I would still consider my car very reliable - well I try to tell myself that...again . My faults were all pretty much there when I first bought the car...I still need to do a couple of fixes like the steering column thing above. Forgot I needed to replace one fuel injector after about year one, left that job to Auto Electrician, my mechanic won't touch Euro cars! - I bought an injector on eBay, so with me supplying just one injector, they apparently had to purchase new supercharger gasket/s from the UK (I could have gotten cheaper deals but they never told me about it till I saw the invoice - they said SC gasket was NZD600!) anyway, I never got a chance to supply the gasket set, NZD1600 later one injector was done and my SC had a new gasket. I wasn't happy but that's how things play out sometimes I suppose. I hope this comment may be of service to someone, so I feel ok it being so long. An owner may appreciate some of what I've written. My faults are common I certainly know that. edit: hmmm, I may not sell now lol. I love her too much!
I have a 2000 XKR convertible, USA CANADA spec, a great daily driver and you just don't get tired even after 730 km, its a pleasure to drive. just make sure you have the latest timing chains and tensioners fitted, replace all 8 ignition coils and your suspension bushings. then you get SMILES PER GALLON.
How much could one look to spend with replacing the timing kit alone ? The tune up and suspension work I would imagine would be cheaper than the timing job
I drove my 1999 XKR to Poland from the UK. When I was on the unrestricted autobahn, the range kept going up while cruising at 130 mph. As a GT car, you could not ask for more.
Don’t risk using E10 fuel as we don’t yet know what horrors await long term. There’s no point anyway. Use E5 and you get better MPG which offsets the difference in price per litre.
Had 5 XJ Jags over the decades. When buying, my best advice is check very carefully for corrosion to underside. Arrange to have the car on a ramp. You wont find all of the corrosion (some will lurk behind plastic liners/components) but a competent mechanic will find most of the corrosion. I have seen (& owned) immaculate Jags which are rusted away to the underside!! The XK Jags are actually worse than XJ models for corrosion.
These are lovely cars. I have driven my XKR to Switzerland many times in the last 10 years. The only issue is the road tax is extortionate for the XKR. Quite ridiculous. I still love the car, but now Im retired it will be on SORN for most of the year.
Thankfully only on the pre-2002 cars; the later 4.0s and all 4.2s have the all-metal timing chain tensioners that are the same as modern replacement parts.
Sadly, they are a tad more expensive here in The Netherlands, where you can buy an XK8 or XKR starting from 12000 and 17000 euros respectively. Insurance and road taxes are definitely something to take note of too! Here, the tax is calculated based on the weight of the car and its emissions. For 1600-1700 kilo cars like these jaaags, that would net you 240 euros every 3 months (without necessarily driving it mind you). That said, I still want one of these later, but they are a little out of my price range atm. I just cannot help myself to watch videos about it like these from Classics World.
Interesting, my yearly tax in Sweden for my 99 XKR is 260 euros. This is only obligatory to pay when the car is in traffic. So during the winter months I do not pay tax.
@@Exemplifiera That is something we can request from the government too if you don't use your car or it's older than 40 years. Costs you a couple tens of euros per year, but it's way cheaper than road taxes. The Netherlands is a fine country, but sometimes I feel like it's a terrible country to have multiple cars. We pay taxes for everything (import, road, fuel, insurance, maintenance) and it often seems more expensive than what I hear from e.g. Britain. I made the silly decision to drive a Jaguar X-type and while I don't regret it, it's way more expensive than the Citroen C1 I had. Buying an XK8/XKR would result in similar monthly expense increases from the X-type as from the C1 to the X-type. Would you say Sweden is a good country to have cars as a hobby? Genuinely interested.
@TyphloRanitar Well, after 30 years old cars here become yearly tax exempt. In addition the yearly inspection goes to every two years. Insurance costs are subjective to where you live and how old you are and statistics. In Stockholm and Gothenburg we have congestion charges to enter and leave the city limits. They hit the car commuters the worst, doesn't affect me alot.
@TyphloRanitar When a car or vehicle becomes 50 years old they even get inspection exempt, providing the last inspection before was approved ofcourse. So any vehicle from the 60s or even early 70s are both inspection and tax exempt. Its interesting to think that in only two years the first batch of X300s will be tax exempt and my 1975 XJC will be inspection exempt.
@TyphloRanitar I think the car prices are around 20% higher in Sweden than in Germany for example. I'd like to buy an F-Type and the prices seems to be a bit lower abroad. As you know the UK prices are not even comparable to the EU. There is next to no demand for RHD cars, it's funny to watch all the UK RUclips channels when they talk about prices.
I had an XKR Convertable from 2002 till 2019. Regret selling it. About the 2+2: Was fine as my kids were young when I got it, even later one on the passenger seat, one in the back. Perfect. Had a second car though. Wife too.
@@liverpoolscottish6430 Greenstuff are the lowest grade and not suitable for me, I’ve had red stuff which were good and hoping upgrade to Yellowstuff is a success 🤞
Not keen on that interior colour combination. It looks as though the owner went to the breaker's yard for some interior bits ! IMO, the XK8 is a better proposition than the XKR. It's a GT car anyway, so outright performance isn't _that_ important and you still get ~300bhp. You also get to hear the V8 better as there is no annoying supercharger whine. It'll be easier to work on. Tyres/brakes etc. probably a little cheap. Even a 3.2 V8 XJ gives youa. feel-good feeling when driving it.
I recently bought a LWB Daimler V8 and I’m actually trying to decide that very issue. Should I keep my reasonably fast, higher spec, more comfortable Daimler or my faster XJR? What a predicament!
Agree about the V8 NA engine. I had XJR6 and XJR8 and after the novelty of the supercharger the noise ends up as an annoyance. In addition my current V8 NA 4L revs far cleaner and easier to 6700 rpm. Whilst it doesn't have the clout of the XJR8 particularly beyond 70/80 mph nonetheless it pulls very cleanly and sounds better. Keep the inlet tract, MAF and throttle body meticulously clean and you may be pleasantly surprised at the performance!
@@superchargedxjr I used to get to drive a lot of development Jags some years ago. One of the cars I found most pleasing was the 3.2 XJ8. As it wasn't as powerful as the others, you could enjoy revving it more to get the performance that you wanted and the ride quality was wonderul. Such a stylish car too. The XKR (4.2) supercharger whine really annoyed me. The sound is so irritating.
@@ivanfernyhough3851 Each to their own but I hated it. It's not the whistle that you get from a turbocharger (I had a Saab 900 Turbo some years ago and loved that) it's some mechanical whine that's hard to describe. It really grated on me.
Get a car with the regular brakes, not the Brembo ones. I've read that there's not that much difference in brake performance in everyday use (haven't tried myself), but the parts cost is much lower (have tried myself). I'd say about regular car prices. New shocks on the other hand ... ugh
I have been living with and driving my Jaguar 2001 XK8 Convertible daily..... Maybe I can't put my top-down now, but I can certainly get in it and go from point a to point b with no problems....👍👌✌️
@@Suprahampton I am too, and some adults who are 5'4" and shorter can sit behind me in my X100 coupe. It definitely depends on how much height is in the torso vs. legs; someone with lots of torso will meet the headliner with their head.
I have my 8y old daughter in her child seat in the rear. No problems, as long as I pull the passenger seat forward. Plenty of leg room for her. But no one can sit in the passenger seat at the same time :) So it sure is a two person car. But a child seat is perfectly fine in the rear!
The red leather is just awful, who thought that was a good idea 🤢😂 and those alley pedal covers are proper chav spec😂. Other than that i absolutely love these cars
The rear seats are for the double amputees wanting a lift, I don't see the issue TBH. For any passenger taller than 3 foot, they get in the boot, one person and a large suitcase or just two people lying side by side (no suitcase). Jaguar were clearly thinking ergonomics ahead of the curve. Harsh review.
I always hate to see near 7 foot youtubers doing the Doug Demuro thing and climb into the back seat of a coupe and then complain about their size 15 feet won't fit. A bit much? Not! 😂😅😂😅😂😅
I would concur with another here, do not use E10 fuel. Whilst it will run on it, that rubbish wasn't around when this was designed and the ethanol is nasty stuff, it will damage plastic, rubber and metal components, not to mention it being hygroscopic and absorbing moisture from the atmosphere. And why would you want to run a 400hp engine low quality fuel anyway, just pay the extra 5p per litre, about an extra £3.00 per fill. Oh and yes that interior is awful.
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My 2000 XKR cost the second owner $14,000 USD to replace the engine due to the 4.0 liter plastic timing chain tensioners at 54,000 miles. I bought it at 85,000 miles and now have 125,000 miles. It's been relatively reliable. In the past 9 years, I've been through two sets of convertible top/hood hydraulic hoses, two sets of front suspension bits, and, of course, the very expensive coolant hoses under the supercharger (the hoses are cheap, the labour, NOT!). If you want bulletproof reliability, get at 240 HP Honda S2000. But if you want the pace, space, and grace of a 400 HP Jag-u-ar, the XKR is a dream car at Miata prices.
Isn't there an upgrade to the coolant pipes? 40k miles in 9yrs haha that's the key, weekend car
I have a 2001 Jaguar XKR convertable. the very best thing about it is looking at it in the garage Second best is the whine when the supercharger kicks in. I drive it 8 miles once a week. It is beautiful inside and out.
UK is another planet for used car. Looking for one in France, 20k is a minimum for a decent XKR. XK8 4.0 starts about 15k.
4.2 models are above 25k.
I drove a XK8 for a couple of years. It was reliable, elegant and lovely to drive, comfortable and you have all the power if needed. But above all, it’s a Jaguar and driving a Jaguar, like a XK8, makes you feel special. So don’t bother too much about the MPG and changing sparkplugs. Just enjoy the ride and waft away in your own time capsule when enjoying your XK8 because Jaguar (again) made a truly extraordinary car with the X100.
As the owner of an 03 XKR, I approve of this message.
My 99' XKR is my daily car during April til October 😃 I've had 4 people in my car. So it's a good idea to have a small frame to fit back there.
The Brembo brakes fit over the 18" Hydra and BBS Winter. Also those brakes fit over all the 19" options. You do not need to fit 20" necessarily.
I would not recommend buying the cheapest one you can find. Buy a maintained one that is more expensive!
Just over 2 years into ownership of my XKR and I think I will keep it forever. Thanks for the great video!
I can tell you've genuinely fell in love with it! I feel the same every time I get into mine. I'm glad it's an underrated car otherwise I'd never be able to of afford. This car is a very good car and brilliant bang for buck. With its intelligent learner computers it really does adapt to the driver. Astonishing cars! I'm going out in mine right now 😂 great video mate 👍
Hey I know this guy! I totally agree 💯😂
@Grizzy_-zo3xb Depends what is wrong with it. I bought mine for under 5k (around 130,000 miles) but it had/has a minor wheel wobble (used to be worse, a few alignments got rid of the worst of it). Also the dude had his mechanic friend wipe the codes (And judging by the report from the garage about the wheel tread depth at some point he turned of traction control more than once and did a few burnouts, ragging it before he got rid of it).
It's had a new battery, it has a warning light for catalytic efficiency (both banks, and isn't major) and now there is some ABS electrics gremlin.
I still love the car, just wishing I'd bought literally any of the others I saw for 5.5k as they had a lot less wrong with them.
In short, do your research, these are just the major issues, trim coming loose and rust are common across all of them. I still don't really regret buying an XKR, just not buying one where I don't have to worry about it and could actually take it on grand tours with confidence.
Had mine a year, high teens to low 20's MPG is the reality, but loved the pull and super charger whine.
Same here, never get above 20 even on long highway stretches.
AND..there's always the XJR if passenger space is the priority..
I test drove the 01 xkr and remember at the time I wasn't impressed with performance but loved the ride and styling..a week later after researching xkr I learned of its kickdown and sport mode I took for another spin and was very impressed...I have never been this addicted to sports car, 7 years later shes my favorite ride
I used a 2000 XKR coupe as a daily commuter for about 9 years. It currently has 183k miles on and needs a bit of suspension work due to the lousy roads here.
Parking sensors on front would be very useful. It has a very long nose!
Had one for four years so far. Excellent.
Good man, Geoff!
Mine had them installed retrospectively. They work and function very well.
LOL - You did what you should have done from day one.................. BOUGHT A JAAAAAAAAAAAAG. I. bought an XF and am still in love with it - beautiful from every angle!!.
Owned my xkr for almost a year now, got a 99 reg 56k miles for under 10 grand. All I can say is get one, get one now! I reckon they're gonna go up substantially in price over the next 5 years, following the other 90s SC's in they're category. It's beautiful, reliable, great as an every day, and for what it is not that pricey to fix. :)
I hope you’re right but I fear you aren’t. People have been saying this for years and as far as I can see, prices are on the slide. It’s the XJS that’s on the up right now. Maybe in 10 or 12 years x100 prices will start to rise.
Ideal for a family with two small kids. At least for my family when I got my XKR back in the day. And still have it, love it, ideal for a family where kids had moved out. Cheers!
a TomTom Go fits exactly behind the centre dash panel to replace the never updated nav system, cost under 100. works perfectly, just blank the holes where push button where with loudspeaker material
I have a 2009 XKR Portfolio Edition, fantastic car, the 425 h.p. is more than enough.
Great informative video. I'm flipping between getting one and thinking it'd be a stupid idea. But i really want one.
You should, they're a completely liveable car if you keep maintenance costs in mind and few cars feel so special!
Did you end up getting one? I thought they were a bad idea too, but after my youngest son bought one, I ended up with one a few months back. Thirsty as hell but great fun!
@darrenball4620 No. I ended up getting an Audi TT 3.2 Roadster instead. I might get a Jag at some point in the future though.
Just a warning I have the xkr and if your windows start to drop for no apparent reason normally means your battery is beginning to fail and everything runs from your battery if it’s not running right the car does alsorts of strange things even misfires
Great review! Enjoyed watching it! The idea of gaining the boot space and loosing the back seat can be applied to the saloons of that era as well. X400 and X200 also couldn't boast of too many space in the back row.
Greetings from chilly New England, USA, where a recent snowfall has my X100 XKR trapped in its garage. Can't wait until it melts and the road salt is washed away so I can properly wake it up and give it much-needed exercise. Great video!
The 19” Atlas wheel are a good compromise. I have them on my 2004 XKR with the performance brake package.
(Edited: comments below already state rim sizes for Bembos - apologies for the next few lines)
At 4 min you say if you want Brembo brakes you will have to have 20-inch wheels - incorrect, I have a 2004 XKR (2004.5 actually) and my car has 18 inch standard rims that came with Brembo brakes, some silver colour calipers as in this video, so 18's will quite happily suffice and also are much cheaper to buy tyres for. Sadly after 6 years of ownership, I'm looking to sell. Just as these are begining to creep up in value I'm slowly seeing - BUT there are many cheaper cars still around here in New Zealand. When bought mine needed front upper shock mounts, as pretty much all of these do at some point because they crumble to dust. After a couple of years of ownership, I realised I had been sold a car with a different colour key to all the cars I had seen online, they were Black keys, I had a Green key - I finally learned this green thing was a Valet Key! Yep, thankfully I never needed to get into the boot with a dead battery (these have the battery located in the boot or 'trunk' for those viewers from the US) and after reading many articles online discovered the valet key will NOT open the boot if you have a dead battery, it won't even begin to rotate in the lock mechanism (I recently tried it as an exercise only) it's pretty much impossible with a Valet key only. Interesting side note is to make this valet a real key all you need to do is file around 2mm off the tip in a special way to round it off, not that special really just accurately! I never tried this as I only had the one key and did not want to perhaps file too much off etc. It's such a small amount it would be easy to make a botch job. I've had a new key with a fancy all-in-one fob created (only recently...yeah took me 6 yrs! lol) and as I'd never had a 'real' key I thought I would test it out in the boot lock - it unlocked perfectly! This was the first time the boot had been unlocked manually in at least 6 yrs! My mechanism hadn't been used for many years and it never even hinted it needed to be freed up with WD40 or CRC etc - this car has NO RUST...yep none anywhere that I can find. The only other real issue after buying it was the trans - yes it had another 'typical' issue there, when slowing for like an intersection it would bang into 1st gear when really it should have stayed in 2nd coasting fwd still - plus another relative issue, it would 'squawk' as they call it into 4th, or 5th, I never really knew which of those. This would only really be apparent under like half throttle at around 100kph /60mph. Both faults were repaired by myself by a trans pan/filter service that included new seals within the mechatronic unit of the ZF6HP26 trans. This was quite tricky to do even under a mate's mechanics hoist, more involved than just a pan swap that's for sure, just the fluid refill is a pain in the neck....I broke some crappy tools (torx bit holder on impact drill) along the way and had trouble removing a couple of pan bolts - again common. Cold chisel knock helped release those...this part was helped by a mechanic working in that shop thankfully. (There were 4 hoists and I was borrowing a 2 post one.)
So now after 6 years I have a fresh shifting trans - I had developed a couple of driving techniques to lesson the impact of these faults, basically very gingerly slowing and going...and either floor it or slow to avoid the squawk. Even now, the learned technique is so ingrained I still drive to those faults - when I can simply drive normally...the muscle memory over 6yrs, it's a pain actually because I want to experience the "real" repair and the lovely shifting that these transmissions are generally known for, but the damn muscle memory gets me subconsciously lol.
I did not intend to write a memoir sorry... 🤣 Jags - you know there are more issues, some strange faults that clear on a restart - knocking the steering column getting in the car sometimes triggers a DSC suspension fault LOL....I know I know, it's the accelerometer within the column isn't it? Need to do more research on this one, RUclips has been my teacher for this car that's for sure, I'm not too worried about this but will need to fix it before a sale.
I had the brake pedal switch failure when first bought - no cruise control symptom, I could not live without cruise control in this beauty, so after a couple of goes at it I found I needed to take the drivers seat out, lay on my back with feet up in the back seat, head almost under the brake pedal, remove small switch behind the brake pedal, replace and hold in position to engage pin on switch to back of pedal while poking the securing screws up through the dash to tighten the screws from within the engine bay! - I HATED that job, I could not locate the damn screw holes for a day at least - 🙃
Question: Can you drive one of these daily? Of course you can, but be prepared to repair a few issues along the journey, I would still consider my car very reliable - well I try to tell myself that...again . My faults were all pretty much there when I first bought the car...I still need to do a couple of fixes like the steering column thing above. Forgot I needed to replace one fuel injector after about year one, left that job to Auto Electrician, my mechanic won't touch Euro cars! - I bought an injector on eBay, so with me supplying just one injector, they apparently had to purchase new supercharger gasket/s from the UK (I could have gotten cheaper deals but they never told me about it till I saw the invoice - they said SC gasket was NZD600!) anyway, I never got a chance to supply the gasket set, NZD1600 later one injector was done and my SC had a new gasket. I wasn't happy but that's how things play out sometimes I suppose.
I hope this comment may be of service to someone, so I feel ok it being so long. An owner may appreciate some of what I've written. My faults are common I certainly know that.
edit: hmmm, I may not sell now lol. I love her too much!
I have a 2000 XKR convertible, USA CANADA spec, a great daily driver and you just don't get tired even after 730 km, its a pleasure to drive. just make sure you have the latest timing chains and tensioners fitted, replace all 8 ignition coils and your suspension bushings.
then you get SMILES PER GALLON.
How much could one look to spend with replacing the timing kit alone ? The tune up and suspension work I would imagine would be cheaper than the timing job
I drove my 1999 XKR to Poland from the UK.
When I was on the unrestricted autobahn, the range kept going up while cruising at 130 mph.
As a GT car, you could not ask for more.
130. Is that all? You must have been holding the brake. 😂😅😂😅😂
what was the top speed? A no go in Canada
@@leinad5243 Restricted to 155MPH
The smile on Joe’s face says it all 😃
It certainly does! 😁 -Joe
Don’t risk using E10 fuel as we don’t yet know what horrors await long term. There’s no point anyway. Use E5 and you get better MPG which offsets the difference in price per litre.
Great review, even greater car 🥳😃👍
Had 5 XJ Jags over the decades. When buying, my best advice is check very carefully for corrosion to underside. Arrange to have the car on a ramp. You wont find all of the corrosion (some will lurk behind plastic liners/components) but a competent mechanic will find most of the corrosion. I have seen (& owned) immaculate Jags which are rusted away to the underside!! The XK Jags are actually worse than XJ models for corrosion.
1 year 2000 xkr convertible owner and I love it ! I
i own an XKR and this vid is on point so earned a Sub plus i live near maidstone not far from the places you listed lol mine is 2000 reg XKR
You can actually have 18" wheels with the Brembo brakes. The only one that fits is the Hydra style 18" wheels.
These are lovely cars. I have driven my XKR to Switzerland many times in the last 10 years. The only issue is the road tax is extortionate for the XKR. Quite ridiculous.
I still love the car, but now Im retired it will be on SORN for most of the year.
Very unique interior spec on that one …..
Fun video and very nice car!
Timing chain guides can go on these engines, very costly to replace..
Thankfully only on the pre-2002 cars; the later 4.0s and all 4.2s have the all-metal timing chain tensioners that are the same as modern replacement parts.
About £700 to replace secondary tensioners on engines built before August 2001.
Awesome review love this car thanks for sharing buddy 👊
Thanks for watching! 😁
Sadly, they are a tad more expensive here in The Netherlands, where you can buy an XK8 or XKR starting from 12000 and 17000 euros respectively. Insurance and road taxes are definitely something to take note of too! Here, the tax is calculated based on the weight of the car and its emissions. For 1600-1700 kilo cars like these jaaags, that would net you 240 euros every 3 months (without necessarily driving it mind you).
That said, I still want one of these later, but they are a little out of my price range atm. I just cannot help myself to watch videos about it like these from Classics World.
Interesting, my yearly tax in Sweden for my 99 XKR is 260 euros. This is only obligatory to pay when the car is in traffic. So during the winter months I do not pay tax.
@@Exemplifiera That is something we can request from the government too if you don't use your car or it's older than 40 years. Costs you a couple tens of euros per year, but it's way cheaper than road taxes.
The Netherlands is a fine country, but sometimes I feel like it's a terrible country to have multiple cars. We pay taxes for everything (import, road, fuel, insurance, maintenance) and it often seems more expensive than what I hear from e.g. Britain.
I made the silly decision to drive a Jaguar X-type and while I don't regret it, it's way more expensive than the Citroen C1 I had. Buying an XK8/XKR would result in similar monthly expense increases from the X-type as from the C1 to the X-type.
Would you say Sweden is a good country to have cars as a hobby? Genuinely interested.
@TyphloRanitar Well, after 30 years old cars here become yearly tax exempt. In addition the yearly inspection goes to every two years. Insurance costs are subjective to where you live and how old you are and statistics. In Stockholm and Gothenburg we have congestion charges to enter and leave the city limits. They hit the car commuters the worst, doesn't affect me alot.
@TyphloRanitar When a car or vehicle becomes 50 years old they even get inspection exempt, providing the last inspection before was approved ofcourse.
So any vehicle from the 60s or even early 70s are both inspection and tax exempt. Its interesting to think that in only two years the first batch of X300s will be tax exempt and my 1975 XJC will be inspection exempt.
@TyphloRanitar I think the car prices are around 20% higher in Sweden than in Germany for example. I'd like to buy an F-Type and the prices seems to be a bit lower abroad. As you know the UK prices are not even comparable to the EU. There is next to no demand for RHD cars, it's funny to watch all the UK RUclips channels when they talk about prices.
Had a Xj x350 sport dark metallic gray with full oxblood red interior and regret selling her 😂 the red against the gray was a perfect contrast
looks like your boot floor is in the wrong position, you should find it will also locate lower
Another good video 🚗🚙🚘⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍👍
I had an XKR Convertable from 2002 till 2019. Regret selling it. About the 2+2: Was fine as my kids were young when I got it, even later one on the passenger seat, one in the back. Perfect. Had a second car though. Wife too.
Min 7:35 the badge "Jaguar Supercharged" - green? Should be RED! Something not quite right about that car.
Man math at it's best! 👍
I’ve just bought EBC Yellowstuff pads and new EBC discs all round for my XKR for under £500 with an EBC coupon
Prepare to be disappointed. I don't rate EBC pads at all. I've used Greenstuff in the past and they were woeful. I swopped them out for DS2500 pads.
@@liverpoolscottish6430 Greenstuff are the lowest grade and not suitable for me, I’ve had red stuff which were good and hoping upgrade to Yellowstuff is a success 🤞
I wouldn't have ordered that red interior
It's definitely Marmite!
@@ClassicsWorldUK I love marmite
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And wasn't the DB7 built on the XJS platform? Y'know; the car that preceded this one...
To be fair, the X100 XK8/R is also based on the XJS platform.
Yes, DB7 was an XJ-S underneath.
Not keen on that interior colour combination. It looks as though the owner went to the breaker's yard for some interior bits !
IMO, the XK8 is a better proposition than the XKR. It's a GT car anyway, so outright performance isn't _that_ important and you still get ~300bhp. You also get to hear the V8 better as there is no annoying supercharger whine.
It'll be easier to work on. Tyres/brakes etc. probably a little cheap.
Even a 3.2 V8 XJ gives youa. feel-good feeling when driving it.
I recently bought a LWB Daimler V8 and I’m actually trying to decide that very issue. Should I keep my reasonably fast, higher spec, more comfortable Daimler or my faster XJR? What a predicament!
Agree about the V8 NA engine. I had XJR6 and XJR8 and after the novelty of the supercharger the noise ends up as an annoyance. In addition my current V8 NA 4L revs far cleaner and easier to 6700 rpm. Whilst it doesn't have the clout of the XJR8 particularly beyond 70/80 mph nonetheless it pulls very cleanly and sounds better. Keep the inlet tract, MAF and throttle body meticulously clean and you may be pleasantly surprised at the performance!
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I used to get to drive a lot of development Jags some years ago.
One of the cars I found most pleasing was the 3.2 XJ8.
As it wasn't as powerful as the others, you could enjoy revving it more to get the performance that you wanted and the ride quality was wonderul.
Such a stylish car too.
The XKR (4.2) supercharger whine really annoyed me. The sound is so irritating.
@@lewis72 supercharger whine sounds awesome.i have the x350 super v8,absolutely love it and boy can it shift.
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Each to their own but I hated it.
It's not the whistle that you get from a turbocharger (I had a Saab 900 Turbo some years ago and loved that) it's some mechanical whine that's hard to describe.
It really grated on me.
Hi could I buy your xkr love the interior
Between a 2002 XKR X 100 and a 2007 XK which one to choose ?
XKR because it looks amazing. The XK is clearly a better car but doesn't look as good to me
Get a car with the regular brakes, not the Brembo ones. I've read that there's not that much difference in brake performance in everyday use (haven't tried myself), but the parts cost is much lower (have tried myself). I'd say about regular car prices. New shocks on the other hand ... ugh
Yep...£60k when new, in many ways still £60k car running costs!
I have been living with and driving my Jaguar 2001 XK8 Convertible daily..... Maybe I can't put my top-down now, but I can certainly get in it and go from point a to point b with no problems....👍👌✌️
I bet my 9yr old & 5yr old would be fine in the back
Not if they have legs! -Joe
@@ClassicsWorldUK i'm a 5ft 7 short ar$e so surely that'd give them room?
@@Suprahampton I am too, and some adults who are 5'4" and shorter can sit behind me in my X100 coupe. It definitely depends on how much height is in the torso vs. legs; someone with lots of torso will meet the headliner with their head.
Coupe is just about useable but no realistic chance in the convertible
I have my 8y old daughter in her child seat in the rear. No problems, as long as I pull the passenger seat forward. Plenty of leg room for her. But no one can sit in the passenger seat at the same time :) So it sure is a two person car. But a child seat is perfectly fine in the rear!
Back seat? Economy Class on BA.
Remember to change the super charger oil
2005 XKR very cheap to maintain...brake pads are not 500..the dealer rips you to pay for the marble floor..110 to plug a tire fu
Discs were £500 plus for decent ones...ouch!
The red leather is just awful, who thought that was a good idea 🤢😂 and those alley pedal covers are proper chav spec😂. Other than that i absolutely love these cars
I'm 6.3 will I fit
In the front comfortably, not so much in the back...
Moved the seat back 2 inches, drilled new holes. Is where it belongs.
@@Zgreasewood I think I could lower the seat also
The rear seats are for the double amputees wanting a lift, I don't see the issue TBH. For any passenger taller than 3 foot, they get in the boot, one person and a large suitcase or just two people lying side by side (no suitcase). Jaguar were clearly thinking ergonomics ahead of the curve. Harsh review.
I think that's a awful comment to make about double amputees
@@k144kev Why? It's not a deprecating remark, just a way of expressing a fact. Ever heard of virtue signalling?
Well it would be good for me!
My small kids fit g4eat in the back seats from school lol😂😂😂😂😂😊
I always hate to see near 7 foot youtubers doing the Doug Demuro thing and climb into the back seat of a coupe and then complain about their size 15 feet won't fit.
A bit much? Not! 😂😅😂😅😂😅
6ft and size 11s is certainly above average, but not much! 😅
I would concur with another here, do not use E10 fuel. Whilst it will run on it, that rubbish wasn't around when this was designed and the ethanol is nasty stuff, it will damage plastic, rubber and metal components, not to mention it being hygroscopic and absorbing moisture from the atmosphere. And why would you want to run a 400hp engine low quality fuel anyway, just pay the extra 5p per litre, about an extra £3.00 per fill. Oh and yes that interior is awful.
What a fannymagnet!
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You could at least have washed the thing first.
This car is no garage queen - we used it all year round!
@@ClassicsWorldUKit still wouldn’t have hurt you to have washed it.
No owner would get a classic car covered in mud. Its not a 4x4
We believe in using cars whatever the weather!
Counterpoint: any car with rally history. See: NUB120
Absolutely piles. You buy a Jaguar you’re buying a car with autism 😂
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So they charge you for all the leather rear seats that no one can park their arse in
It's a nicely trimmed shelf, though!
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This is a luxurious GT, not a luxury car.
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"6 feet tall"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's 6 foot tall!!!
It's 0.0045 acres, actually 😉
@@ClassicsWorldUK M0r0n!
That interior is awful
You could’ve washed the damn car. Just lazy 😒
You can use them all year round and in all weathers, so we did!
Bargain, what a car. Hurry up and leave home kids.