Old Peter

Welcome to the club, Jon. I have had my 2007 s type for 7 years and am still very pleased. The ZF auto gearbox should give you no worry. It is the one used by Rolls Royce and Bentley after all. I have never had a serious problem with it, although it did get a bit annoyed with me for using the manual side too often! The electronic handbrake has been a bit awkward on a few occasions but the solution is to keep your battery well charged. The battery on the s type should be changed every 5 years. The car itself is a very good drive, and holds the road superbly in all conditions. Hope this helps. Peter.

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Welcome to the club, Jeff, The x type has quite few engines in its car, and a lot depends on what you want to do with an estate. I had an X Type saloon which had a 2.5 litre Petrol AWD engine with a manual gearbox. A very enjoyable and roomy car and held the road like glue. My son has a Jaguar estate with the 2,0 diesel engine which is very reliable although I do find it rather noisy. The 2.2 diesel engine is quieter. In these times of demonising diesels I would think about a petrol engine even though I have a remarkably quiet 2.7 diesel s type! Regards, Peter.

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Hi Barry, and welcome to the club. The sort answer is Yes. Have you put your battery on charge while you car is off the road? If not the battery has not got enough power. The solution is quite simple, but a bit of a pain. First you must have your radio code handy as you will need it. Then you have to disconnect your battery - just the negative terminal - and then wait for about a minute or two and then reconnect the battery. Start the engine. The alarm will go off and you should press the button on your key fob. The message should say Press Footbrake and handbrake at the same time and then release both. If the warning light goes off half the job is done. Let the engine idle. Switch on the radio and put the code in. You then will have to reset the clock, and then the volume. You will have to reset each windows. Just bring each window down wait two seconds [you will hear a quiet click] and then bring the window back up when the click comes you have got it done. Each window gets the same treatment. You should then charge your battery and do so every week when we are in lockdown. Let me know how you get on. Regards, Peter.

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I could have said "Brummagem" which is what the Black Country would say. Peter