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I have this message come up often. I only use the car once a week and the car is fitted with the original JLR battery (4 years old). I had the battery tested and it reports 67% healthy. The engine turns over with no problems but the auto stop/start needs the battery charge to be at least 80 per cent. I will hold off from getting a new battery until late Autumn (before the cold weather strikes).

Hi all, new to this site, when I was a kid, my mum told my dad that he couldn't have a Jaguar until he was at least 50, so when I pulled onto her drive in mine at 32, I got quite the brow bashing, from both mum and dad haha, mine is a great car, I have the 2010 XF V6S portfolio, has quite high milage, and the odd age related scuffs here and there, but she runs a dream, and since buying her I've spent plenty keeping her running well, full service, new wishbones, new tyres, hunter wheel alignment, stage 1 remap, ebc discs and pads, and have just a few more niggles that I'm looking to get sorted, and will probably have some questions about in the right topic group, I think I've waffled on enough for a hello! Take it easy, Billy 👍

I came to the MoT links above from a different angle. In theory an MoT tester can give your post-1986 car an automatic fail if it's fitted with LED lights, but if you bring a motorcycle fitted with LEDs, it's not an automatic fail. Why not? I emailed the question to the MoT people and was told I needed to refer the anomaly to my MP. I haven't the time or commitment to do so, but I did ask the owner of the garage where I've been taking assorted cars and bikes for testing over the years. In short, his position is that, if the headlamp beam pattern is good and without dazzle, it's a pass, whatever bulbs are fitted. We didn't discuss HID lights, which should only be fitted to cars with self- levelling an with headlamp washers. I decided to fit LED dips to my '04 petrol SE. These are the useful compact H7s from Twenty20 and seem to have a good cut-off and little stray light. I've used them in a fair bit of night driving and not been flashed yet. The beams are good to drive behind with no noticeable dark spots. However, the experience of driving with combined LED dips and halogen mains made me feel so uncomfortable that I ordered the compact HB3s. I chose the compacts because they don't have fans on the bulbs and they fit nicely in the headlamp casings with covers on. That's my two penn'orth.