Hello, everyone! Newbie here - I'm looking at purchasing a 2007 XKR that is everything I've been searching for in many ways. The challenge is this: this particular car is 500 miles away from me - I found it online and although it's just about perfect, I won't be able to travel to drive it for at least a week.

I've driven the 2007/2008 XK and XKRs at my local dealership but the ones they have there all 19" tires. This one online has 20" tires, and I'm wondering if that makes a significant difference when it comes to road feel. It's not an enormous sidewall difference, but I still wonder about it. It feels like a crazy thing to buy a car without having driven it. On the other hand, I've loved every one of these cars I've driven thus far. I'm wondering if it's worth chancing that it might sell in the next week and just wait until I can, or whether I should just go for it and snap it up.

Any thoughts on the difference I'm likely to get in road feel between the 19 and 20 inch wheels? Thanks in advance for the shared wisdom!
Kath

 

I, Like Armando201, have a '07 XKR with 20" wheels. Love the look but have had all 4 wheels (after 60,000 miles) bent because of pot holes. Didn't replace them but had them repaired (re-shaped?). As far as the ride, I find it as smooth as I would expect from a "sports" car. I also have '08 Corvette with 18" and 19" and still find the Jag to be smoother.

 

I have 20" Montreal wheels on my 02 XKR. For some reason it seems to be *much* easier to steer around curbs and such with the 19" wheels on my 07 XKR.

As for the ride, the 02 seems to have a smoother ride than the 07, but I think the stiffer suspension on the 07 has a little to do with that...