Hello, coming over from the X-Type list where I've been participating for the last couple of years while owning, and loving, an '05 3.0l auto.

This past weekend I traveled down to northern NJ to pick up an '08 4.2l with 48k miles and 9 months left on its Jaguar Select warranty.

I'd been looking to upgrade to an S-Type for a couple of years and when I found this one I had to jump. They gave me $4.6k for my X-Type (too low but hey, they just made it easy and eliminated what would have been a big issue...) off the $22.8k price of the S-Type. Felt the price was fair for a beautiful car that still had factory warranty coverage!

But I'm very happy and glad to be here! I'm looking forward to participating with all you other S-Type and STR owners.

Cheers
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Welcome to the S section pab.

That must be one of the last S Types.

 

Welcome Pab!

 

Beautiful Car Congrats!

 

Wow, that must be one of the fairly close to last! What's the VIN please?

 

Yup, it is a Satin Edition VIN: SAJWA01B28HN89185
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You have the chromed Vulcan wheels? I have not seen them on a non-STR before. Lots of variation in the last cars.

Yes the 2008 is a rare cat, we think? No production numbers that I know of.
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08 is definitely a sweet pick up, congrats man!

 

Cool - very late car. Specs PDF shows Final VIN of N91220.

Lots of good stuff added, too.

 

>You have the chromed Vulcan wheels?

Yup, but the chrome is in kind of poor shape on the rims inside of the spokes. Did road salt damage it do you think?
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V8 Satin Edition = Very nice car... R Steering Wheel, R Shifter, Satin Wood, Piped Leather Seats, Chrome Mirrors, Non-Staggered R Wheels.

Now, Since it is a 2008, it actually has the R front fascia..If it does not have fog lights, find them. They made a set that bolts in the fascia and they are plenty rare... you can get them where the R owners can't because of the oil coolers.

Actually, do an auto trader search on just 2008 S Types.. While there aren't many, all the V8's had the non-staggered R wheels. The 3.0's got the 18" Tritons.

 

Welcome!

 

Just had the mud flaps I found on eBay installed by my local wrench (could'a done it, but thought I'd ask him to do it but also put the car up on the lift and take a good look at the bottom) and he found that both my front fender liners were all cracked and split. Has that happened with anyone else's S-Type. Funny that it was both of them and the were split at the bottom both ahead and behind the wheel on both sides.

Perplexed, I am...
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Yes very common. There is a small lip or spoiler in front of the tire that is part of the wheel well liner. When you hit a curb it breaks this tab off. They are sometimes called Aero-Tabs.

I have front parking sensors and both of mine were broken when I got the car. Too expensive to replace. I think the wheel well liners were $200 each?

This is what they look like. This is a LS but about the same.


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Well those are pretty stupid...

Also mine are cracked behind the wheel, too. Going to the dealer next Monday to get the auto-leveling of one headlamp fixed. I'll be asking them about the liners. Perhaps they'll be covered under Jaguar Select (along with the ****-poor chrome on the wheels where all four wheels are badly pitted...)

Lov'n my new 4.2l, just thought it would have more low-RPM ommph. Haven't really probed it's performance (much... ;-) but was surprised how fast it finds taller gears forcing multi-down-shifts when I boot it on the highway. Get'n better mileage than my X-Type though :-)
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I wonder if the low end stuff points to a slight fault. I'd get a cheap OBD tool with live data such as elm327 about $15 and get LTFTs at idle and 2500rpm (in P or N). If out of desired range it affects what the car can do but won't trigger codes till much worse.

 

Congrats on your purchase...welcome to the family.

 

I could not get Jaguar to replace them when my 2005 STR was under factory warranty.
Since they were broken by hitting something it's like asking them to fix a dent caused when you backed into a tree.

The reason for the tabs is fuel mileage. The idea is to try and force as much air as possible around the tires instead of it hitting the rolling tire to create even more turbulence. They are on almost all cars now but were kind of a new idea back in 2000 when the car came out. Every little bit helps when it comes to fuel economy!
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Nice car, Good Luck with it.
You mentioned headlight auto leveling, be sure to check out this
Forum thread to understand what you might be up against:
How to headlight repair stype FAQ
I did the fix there with great success and saved $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Best Regards

 

>You mentioned headlight auto leveling

Just heard from the dealer:

"The passenger side headlamp assembly is broken internally, this is not covered by select edition warranty..$1660.00 to replace the assembly,…,"

Not happy about this at all. I did look at that thread and understand the fix using the screw. But I just got this car and I want it to be right, at least at this point. So, I guess I'm going to have to face up to the bill and have the dealer do the job.

But if it happens again, or to the other side, then "screw-fix" it'll be!!!
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