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Some progress ! Revised offer of £10,600 from the independent valuers, glad I stood my ground, the original offer was £7000 ! I think this is more realistic and have accepted the offer, funds in my account within 24 hours. Now waiting for the salvage company to contact me to arrange collection, pretty sure I will get emotional when it goes. Still having an ongoing battle with the insurer though, regarding the provisions of the 'legal protection' policy that they sold me. I quote from their email dated 7th March 2023: We have recently been advised of an incident involving your vehicle. We are writing to remind you that you opted for the following Policy Upgrades when you bought your motor insurance and may be eligible to claim off one or more of them: Motor Legal Protection - covers you for £100,000 of legal expenses to recover compensation for personal injury and other uninsured losses (such as your excess) in the event of an incident that is not your fault, as long as there's a reasonable chance your claim will succeed. It also covers you for a £500 payment if you're hit by an uninsured or untraced driver. If you are looking to make a claim on your Motor Legal Protection please call ------------- The wording appears unambiguous to me, the driver fled the scene, we have no registration number, the police have been unable to secure a vehicle identification from CCTV footage, therefore, he (or she) is 'untraceable' I have politely requested my £500, they have then attempted to pass the responsibility to a third party company that underwrites the policy and tell me that my request has been declined because there is no 'third party' to claim from. I less politely pointed out that, surely, this is the textbook definition of an 'untraceable driver' and that their own email alerted me to the fact that I can claim in these circumstance, furthermore, I was sold the policy by them (my motor insurance provider) and that any dispute regarding the payout is between them and the company they have chosen to farm the policy out to, rather than an issue that involves me. Every time I call the insurer, I get someone different, invariably 'working from home', who then tells me that this particular bit of motor insurance claims is not within their field of expertise. Can't help myself and then have to ask 'why are you answering the phone for the claims department then ?' Now waiting for 'a manager' to call me on Monday, having had to forward them their own email to reveiw the content ! Only £500 but for me, it's the principle. My personal theory is that this email is a generic one that goes out to anyone who makes a claim and has legal protection 'flagged' on the system, and has probably not been amended for years. I am betting that in the past the policy did cover 'untraced drivers', but the current provider does not offer this benefit ? Just a minor bit of mopping up really, I consider that I have already won the war. Now to decide what to do next ? Another X350 XJR ? X150 XKR (4.2) ? XFR ? or............................. Audi RS6 Avant 4.2 V8 Bi-turbo (a fast wagon would be handy and the only Jaguar equivalent is the XFR-S Sportbrake, very rare and way above my budget)

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I have for sale a 2018 XJ Portfolio in British Racing Green. This has the 3 litre petrol supercharged engine with an auto 8 speed auto. Having nearly reached 24k miles, flew through it's MOT in March, plus had a service at the same time. Black leather interior with al of the Portfolio comforts and toys. Really need 28k plus if anyone is interested

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It's funny you mention this, my S Type does this too. Thinking it was just the way the suspension is, i ignored it until your post and then started thinking back, firstly to my Series III 4.2 Jag Sovereign (one of the first Jag Sovereigns) followed by my XJ40 3.6 and they both did it. Then i thought about other cars i've had with IRS and RWD, only ones i can bring to mind instantly are Nissan 300C and a Datsun 240KGT Skyline (3 of those!) and they all did it too - twichy on the back end up to 30-50mph depending on model then above that, settled down and felt supreglued to the road while absorbing bumps and ripples seamlessly. Even my Rover 827 Sterling did similar on the back end and that was FWD but overall handled more like a RWD car. I would hazard a guess it's a characteristic of RWD with IRS as my Volvo 700 series (all estates) didn't do it, or at least not so obviously, presumably the live axle damped it although sometimes in the last one, a 760GLE V6, if i was giving it the beans it could be a bit twitchy but never lost traction - again it settled down above city speeds. With that in mind i would still suggest you get the tyres (especially the back ones) checked as sometimes they can distort, saw one once on an Astra that was a distic=nctive S shape! 😮 If all is good and the bushes etc are good then i would say it's a characteristic and adopt it as a means of telling you if you're within certain speed limits.

Hi Peter, You can do this yourself, using the car's WiFi connection. I checked mine soon after I got the WiFi in my 2017 X260 up & running. There weren't any updates available at the time - thanks for your post - I'll be checking again now! Here's a link to the guide for doing it... Software Updates | InControl | Jaguar UK Good luck, Jon

Need help with an issue with our 2023 Jaquar XF. I have not contacted the dealer yet, but thought I would put on the forum for help. Every time we go to the car wash, the engine shuts off at the end of the car wash. We have to put it back in Park and re-start the car. I almost had an accident today with car behind almost running into me. HOW DO I DISABLE THAT FEATURE WITH THE CAR. I have had three jaquars already that did not have this feature or it wasn't engaged. I need to get rid of this feature !!!! Please advise anyone on how to disengage. Many thanks !