Potential owner seeking advice

[Matoakwell]

Hello everyone. 

I am currently looking at replacing my peugeot 407 diesel estate as my daily commute has changed and I no longer require a diesel. I am wanting a v6 and despite looking at various cars, I keep returning to s types.

My main concern is the size of the boot. We have a newborn so the boot needs to be big enough to take pushchair etc. Now I admit I've not viewed any cars so have not personally seen the size of the boot and would appreciate some owners comments on the same.

Kind regards

Mat

[Guest]

Hey Mat,

Welcome to the club. To cut a long story short I bought my first S Type new in 2001 and parted with it 8 years later having done 120,000 miles or thereabouts. Recently I decided to get re-acqauinted with the marque as my first was the only car I have ever regretted getting rid of and so I got myself a new old one, so to speak. That aside, access to the boot space is a little tight but there is plenty of room once you have negotiated the entry point. I am not well acquainted with baby buggies but have seen some monsters out there, the buggies not the kids, well ok them too. Most of the ones I have seen however will fit provided they fold reasonably flat, say 25cm, and around a meter long.

To give you some re-assurance I just traveled back from the out-laws in Bath to our home in Ludlow with the following tucked in the boot: -

1. Three veg boxes (the kind you can sometimes pick up in supermarkets = approx 90cm x 50cm x 20cm) full of apples - cider for the production of.

2. Around 20 oak floorboards (short lengths obviously).

3. Half of my wife shoe collection (don't ask - we had been to Cornwall for a brief break)

4. An assortment of wet wether gear including Wax Coats, Boots, et al.

5. A further assortment of shopping bags - of the bags for life type that seem to accumulate in so many cards.

8. Sundry bits and pieces I carry around just in case I have a need for the AA and they do not show up.

All without dropping the rear seat backs.

If I think on I'll get a photo of my boot, sans junk, and will post it here if no-one else beats me to it.

Good luck and hopefully you will soon be joining this happy bunch as a fellow Jaguar traveller.

Steve

[Lazlo Woodbine]

31 minutes ago, cubist said:

3. Half of my wife shoe collection (don't ask - we had been to Cornwall for a brief break)

A pair of wellies should have sufficed..

 

The boot is long front to back but I find it's a bit shallow floor to boot-lid. The best bet would be to post the dimensions of the buggy and someone's sure to take the time to run a tape over their boot.