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Since buying my 2004 X-type, I have completed 2100km taking the kilometerage to 81220km. The car has a full Jaguar service history, the last full service completed by Jaguar Lisbon in August 2013 when I bought the car. Prior to the service the car had not been driven for seven months and has now developed a knocking sound from the front suspension when I drive over an uneven road. A friend who owns a Volvo said that it sounded like the dampers were worn but that unless it really bothered me, not to worry about it. I live a five hour drive from the dealer, so does his diagnosis sound correct and is he correct that it is something that can wait until the next service which may be a 10 months away?

Thanks Geoff for the response, unfortunately there is no reference number or letters where you indicated, as you say, hopefully an X-type will see the post and have the answer. Best regards Graham

Hi Keith, Thanks for the welcome. I am enjoying driving my Cat, I wish I'd bought one years ago and as its a fairly rare car where I live (have only seen one in six years!) it gets quite a lot of admiring glances from other drivers. Annoyingly, when it was parked in the Supermarket carpark, some moron has scraped their trolley along the rear bumper and I now have a nice two inch scratch. Do you know how I identify the colour, is there a paint number somewhere under the bonnet so that I can buy the right touch-up? KInd regards Graham

Thank you Dave for your welcome, I collect the car on Tuesday from Lisboa Jaguar who have maintained the car from new which is rare here because once the Manufactures guarantee has expired, servicing can be rather spasmodic, so I am grateful to the previous owner for maintaining the service schedules. Motoring here is a real pleasuere as there is very little traffic and the motorways are now deserted since the introduction of tolls.

Boa tarde, I have just purchased my first Jaguar, a 2004 X-type which is like a new car having only completed 79.000km with a full service history from Jaguar Portugal where I live. You might be interested to know that for the price I paid here,13.500€, I could probably have bought 10 cars in the UK as I see on The UK's Autotrader a 2004 X-type can be bought for £1000. That is one of the downsides of living in a country that has very high car purchase taxes, but the upside is that there isn't a spot of rust anywhere and the depreciation from now on will be minimal and anyway when you get to my age its worth paying out a few extra Euros for real driving pleasure and I will save a few Euros because it's a diesel and diesel here is some 20 cents cheaper a litre than petrol!