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I spent today driving a Ford mundaneo for a colleague at work. Low spec example as well, it was. What a pleasure to get behind the wheel of The Princess for the drive home from the University. Nothing like driving a, frankly, grossly inferior car to make me appreciate the S-Type even more.

Hello again Gents. Thank you for all your points this week on the post! A 2nd s-type diesel appeared near me today. An 07 plate with 104k on the clock. My girlfriend's dad kindly helped me inspect it over and it drives beautifully, like many of you said the diesel would. The garage said they will do the cambelt change and service which it's now due and I'll be picking it up next week!

Very nice car make sure urge you read and understand the section of the handbook that refers to the pdf regen cycle.

Congratulations Brandon - It looks Great!

Hello from New Zealand

I would ask the dealer to clarify why there is no Satnav as the XF has it fitted as standard and should be there. Something isn't right?

I also get around 30 to 33 with mine, best was 37 mpg on the motorway.[emoji33]

Hi Adam, that Terraclean might be a good idea, low usage isn't great for these engines, I do less than 10 miles a day now in mine and that gives me about 20-22mpg, I am going on a 'long-run' on Sunday to Gatwick, I will see what it does on that run and report back. With the low mileage the DPF warning light comes on and I have to take it for a 'burn-up' to clear it, but with over 180,000 on the clock it does well :-)

Hi Adam, I think a Terraclean service - cost about £125 - would do your car a lot of good. I noticed a big difference in performance when I had my car done. Regards, Peter.

I have a automatic 55 plate diesel...the one with the down-turned exhaust pipes. I have had diesels for years now, a series of Vauxhauls, Citroens and Skodas and the S-Type beats them all into a cocked hat in terms of performance, smoothness and noise etc. You can barely tell it's a diesel and it has bags of grunt. Interesting to see the fuel economy people are getting. Maybe I have a right foot made of lead because I get around 33mpg on average with maybe 35 to 36 on a motorway run.