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[749er]

Originally posted by everton

What utter rubbish ....

Jaguar has consistently beaten Mercedes, BMW & Audi in the reliability stakes for the last 7 years - look at the JDP surveys and the Top Gear feedback survey.

It cracks me up these people in their <b>censored</b> mini panzers, always in the garage with this or that problem - Mercedes being the worst admittedly

They're ugly and they're not built in the UK. I'm happy that I'm keeping some British nationals in work in our rapidly declining manufacturing sector

I had an XJ8 (98 to 02) and now an XJR (02 & continuing) and the only fault - two bulbs and a wiper relay in 8 years.

I read a quote in a car magazine which was attributed to Mercedes,which said they were aiming for Toyota reliability.

[the phantom pieman]

Jags can only have got better than they were, say 6 years ago. the one on our fleet had a multitude of problems ... mainly electrical and gearbox .....

[the phantom pieman]

Originally posted by Rossman_999


I dont agree that the touring is any lounder than the saloon and its a great motorway workhorse returning over 40mpg.

I do however think that the rides provided by the runflats (19 inch) is poor and loud.

I have read that the 17 inch wheel is much better than the 18 incher, and don't touch the 19inch because it makes the ride horrible ....

the 330i I had was on 18 inch 245, and christ it was ahard ride .... really fun when you wanted to play, but not great for a 400 mile journey

[Nattyboy]

Audi..like a few here I dont like BM's and I certainly dont like the look of the 5 series. The i-drive is a bunch of arse too if you ask me..(actually dont ask me coz i'm bit simple when it comes to technical stuff..!)

Nat

[Rossman_999]

Im certainly not a BM fan, but as i do circa 38K pa and run my own car for tax reasons I tend to buy cars with my head not my heart.

Look at the depretiation for a 4 year old car with over 100k miles on the clock and you will understand why I run a BM. The depreciation on all cars is horrific but some are truely silly,

[Rick]

VOLVO V70 is my next car, but then I live in SWEDEN :P

[uncle porry]

just make sure that the one you choose has a little hook on the passenger grab rail for your suit jacket....oh..and a cup holder.....

[Nattyboy]

Originally posted by Rossman_999
Im certainly not a BM fan, but as i do circa 38K pa and run my own car for tax reasons I tend to buy cars with my head not my heart.

Look at the depretiation for a 4 year old car with over 100k miles on the clock and you will understand why I run a BM. The depreciation on all cars is horrific but some are truely silly,

Nicely put...my CLK's a lovely car but it deffo isnt a 'sports' car' and it just lacks soul.. I really want an alfa brera, but I know i'll get mullered on the resale after 3 years

[the phantom pieman]

Originally posted by uncle porry
just make sure that the one you choose has a little hook on the passenger grab rail for your suit jacket....oh..and a cup holder.....

Nothing quite like making assumptions , are there ...

I presume when you buy a helmet, you make sure it matches your bike, and has ****er written on it ?

[antonye]

Originally posted by the phantom pieman
Nothing quite like making assumptions , are there ...

It's funny to watch all the Ducati owners (well, some of them are ) start ****ging off others for owning BMWs ...