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Hi Donald and welcome to the club. You could get one from eBay. There are several. I have a Leaper that was put one using an adhesive attached to it. You don't need a template as far as I know but placing it needs to be correct. Just have a look at my s Type 07 pate.As you can see is positioned with he head of the leaper on the end of the bonnet. Regards, Peter.

Hi As above CTEK every time, but the basic mxs 5.0 or mxs 3.6 are also fine the original Jaguar CTEK charger is only a 3.3 amp and does the job superbly, have had one on mine for many years and still has the Jaguar battery, it only trickle charges as required, once up to voltage the charger knock off and monitors the voltage and restarts the charging sequence once the battery voltage drops. so a large charger is not required your just paying extra for something your not using. also recommend the convenience kits, so you conect the kit to the battery and you fit a charging socket close to the battery, so you dont have to expose the battery to charge it cheers Joe

Welcome to the forum. Get yourself a CTEK 7 or CTEK 10, simple plug and play and will keep your battery on the top line.

Well, I can now confirm that a spare wheel can indeed be fitted and this is what is required. Jaguar offer a spare wheel kit, part number T2H15711 which consists of the 18” spare wheel (a bright orange/red space saver) without a tyre but with the securing screw which screws into the bracket above the battery, together with a polystyrene tool tray that sits to the right hand side of the spare wheel well and which holds the included jack, wheel brace, chocks and screw-in towing eye. The cost of the kit is around £260 plus VAT. My dealer had one in stock that had been ordered for a customer but not used and they offered it to me at a discount price which I was happy to accept. However, the items could probably be sourced on eBay at less cost, particularly if you weren’t too fussed about having the polystyrene tool holder. However, take care to ensure that the tyre is the correct size, namely 135/80 R18. Many of the ones for sale are either unspecified or else are the smaller 115/85 R18 which is incorrect for the XF - this is the one for the XE which uses tyres with a smaller diameter than those on the XF. For example, my XF has 225/55 R17 tyres, the equivalent tyre for the XE is 225/50 R17, and the difference in diameter is about 20mm. The diameter of the 135/80 R18 tyre matches that of the XF tyre to within a mm or two but is also 20mm larger than that of the 115/85 R18 tyre. Theres a lot of nonsense to be found on the internet about the use of these skinny tyres, suggesting that they’re for 'emergency use' only and shouldn’t be driven for more than 50 miles. The law governing their use can be found in Articles 26 and 27 of the 1986 Construction and Use Regulations and there is no reference to the term 'emergency use' nor to any mileage limit. There is no constraint on their use other than if you exceed 50 mph you lose the derogation that allows the use in the first place of tyres different in construction or speed rating from the normal tyres on the vehicle. The Pirelli tyre I had fitted has a speed rating if M (81 mph) and a load rating of 104 (900 kg). The only issue I’ve still to resolve is whether or not to replace the load floor. The one supplied when there is no spare wheel does not fit very well once the extra depth of the spare wheel comes into play. While it’s supported by the wheel in the middle and the tool tray on the right, the left hand side has nothing to support it and it’s inclined to wobble a bit. However the correct load floor costs an eye watering amount of over £300 plus VAT. Should you want it, the part number is GX63-47022-AE. I’ve yet to find one on eBay!

Hi Dakota, Your model is the same as mine, although mine's a 2014 '64' plate. I regularly do 20 or 30 mile commutes, the longer ones including 10 miles or so of the M5. I get around early 50s for these trips. If I head off to the Midlands to see family I can easily see 58+ with the best trip (filling up a mile before the motorway and stopping a mile off at the other end) managing to get 62 mpg indicated on the screen. Mine's had a Bluefin remap and I use Cruise Control for these types of trip. Around town I'm looking at early 40s and very high 40s cross-country on 'A' roads. It's a very economical vehicle for it's size! Best regards, Rich.