THEYRE great cars and few problems, get a carfax and make sure that tires arent worn unevenly, alignment done, brakes in good condition etc. we do alot more on our preowned cars than most cause last thing we want is a customer being told they need brakes, tires alignment etc on their first oil change after buying the car from us

 

ITs not hard but dealing with the engine diaper to change oil in your driveway is fun as is the mess the v6 oil filters make all over the power steering lines when removed if its a v6. if your getting it from that dealer make sure tires are good as i stated above, we have our standards, but we have had peowned managers here before that would fix, or do anything maintenance wise. Also the spec for the alignments for 03 and up stype was changed years ago and alot of shops never got that info(independants) and aligning stype to those specs will wear out the inside of the front tires since the toe spec is wrong(not enough toe in). I always prefere to align like mercedes wants by installing a pressor bar, actually I just push out on front tires from underneath to simulate what the tires and suspension does driving down the road. The same problem with newer 04 and up xj8 also, but Jaguar never admitted nor changed those. Like on CSI I look at what the tires say not the alignment machine. If you have inside tire wear and the spec for alignment says it fine, the tire wear says otherwise...sorry to go on so much. Just remember all dealers are different and since theyre so far get and make sure everything is already done so you dont have to worry about it

 

Brutal, it sounds like you work for a Jag dealer? If so can you please get mea part number or the name of the tranny fluid oil used in the 2003+ S-types? I'dhave PMedyou but they never seem to go through..