Nothing wrong with NAPA Gold filters; they are made by WIX a high quality product.
I use them for all my vehicles; 2 jaguars, an Acura, a Winnebago .................

Cheers, Adrian

 

I don't have a Jag yet but my experience with Infiniti and Lexus CPO warranties was just great. They cover the car bumper to bumper, just like the original, for 3 years and/or 100K miles. That would be 100K miles minus whats on the odo. It is just as good as the original warranty but is only applied to cars that have been checked from stem to stern. It's not necessarity an added fee but cars with a CPO do cost more than those without. The cost is built into the price....meaning you can't buy the car without the warranty unless you purchase before it goes through the dealer does their inspection.
I don't know how Jag CPO's work but I assume its something similar.

Bottom line is there is less reason to do extensive service history research on a car with a CPO warranty. Just like you wouldn't research a new car, it's covered.

I would still take a quick look at the history for any unresolved issues or issues that took 10 trips to correct.

 

I agree. On my Venza I have the oil changed every 3k miles or 6mo, whichever comes first. At 8mo my XKR has 2k miles on it. Personally I don't like oil sitting this long in the engine (water condensation, etc.). I'm wondering if I should just bring it to the dealer for an oil change on my nickel. Thoughts?

Mike

 

There's no credible evidence that changing oil sooner than the OEM recommended interval has any benefit. 3K miles is a left over habit from the '50s, times change.

 

Especially if you use a synthetic blend.

 

Nope sorry- no credible evidence of that either.

 

What about wear on the filter?

 

[thats great here in maryland cant find for less than 185.00 all dealers same no specials just 15.00 off sometimes

 

Dealer Certified cars and their chargeable warranties are a marketing scam to get you to pay: 1) a premium for the Car. 2) a premium for extra warranty.


Certified cars are no better or worse than cars on Auctions. A certified car only means it was traded at the manufacture dealer. Dealers get to charge a premium for this so called "certification" which is all BS. I bought my 2013 XKR from a Bentley dealer with the car having only 300 miles on it. The previous owner bought the car twice. Yes, twice and never even set in it. It was originally bought new by a 78 year old billionaire in West Palm Beach who buys 2-3 cars a month. My car now has 4,500 miles on it and I would put it up against any so called Jaguar (dealer) certified car for condition inspection. When I bought my car I called West Palm Beach Jaguar to check on the car and they told me about the ownership. The Bentley the previous owner traded my car in on was on the Bentley lot for sale again when my car was picked up. West Palm Beach Jaguar told me my car could not be certified because it was sold through a non manufacture dealer. "Certification" is a euphemism so dealers can charge more. If an abused 2013 XKR or other manufacture car, never detailed properly, raced, etc., were to be traded in at a manufacture dealer they would label it certified so they could charge more for one of their cars. It's how the industry works--"certification" does not make the car any better or worse.


I would do the oil change myself if I had to drive over 30 miles. You would know what was put into your car and that it was done right. If you don't have access to a garage go to a reputable service center with the proper oil and filter and have them do it for you. Sorry about the certification part. I just don't like an industry taking advantage of customers.

 

DGL I somewhat agree as I bought my 2012 XKR from a dealer with 6600 miles on it. It was a trade in for an F-Type and sold to me as a CPO car. Now this was the 1st time in my life I bought a car sight unseen but the CPO documentation gave me a warm and fuzzy "feeling" that the car was in new condition. I know I am not naive to believe this car is new but I expected it to be inspected and verified that there weren't any issues with it. When the car arrived it was in "almost " perfect condition and as I familiarized myself with the car it was apparent that there wasn't a "full" inspection of the car. An example was as small as it was that the phone contacts and nav. memory were not deleted. Although minor it made me wonder if they just went through the checklist or did they do the full inspection. I guess time will tell and I got what I got. By the way I paid the average market value for the car so I can't tell how much the CPO affected that.

 

That is exactly their intention. No value added just a better opportunity to sell you a car and take more money out of your pocket.