The X(Type)Files.The truth is in here.

[cpjitservices]

1 minute ago, Forty45 said:

Ouch!

its about £34 per month. Same as the Espace and Audi.

Yes the Espace is £415 as well... work that out!

[Dobloseven]

Yes,just checked,ours is £210.

9 minutes ago, cpjitservices said:

any. interest in Roffle for mine tickets I think will be about 38 each.

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You sure you don't mean £18?

[cpjitservices]

1 minute ago, Dobloseven said:

Yes,just checked,ours is £210.

You sure you don't mean £18?

LOL sorry got my numbers wrong.

£20 per ticket.

[cpjitservices]

8 minutes ago, Dobloseven said:

Yes,just checked,ours is £210.

You sure you don't mean £18?

[Dobloseven]

To save starting another thread,do any of our tame experts know if this model would have a DPF?The reg no should be on the photos I posted.TIA.

 

 

[Jazoli]

13 minutes ago, Dobloseven said:

To save starting another thread,do any of our tame experts know if this model would have a DPF?The reg no should be on the photos I posted.TIA.

 

 

Yes of course anything post 2009 has to have a DPF.

[Dobloseven]

17 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Yes of course anything post 2009 has to have a DPF.

But the car is 2006 and the X Type was finished by 2009.I had a 2005 Fiat that didn't,a2007 one that did,a 2007 Honda that didn't, and a 2010 Renault that didn't either.In the case of the Fiat and Renault, different versions of the same engine, didn't and did respectively.Hence asking.

[cpjitservices]

I think and don't quote me on this, the 2 litre doesn't have one. but the 2.2 does.

Might be best asking on the social media groups. Or if you can find a VIN decoder.

 

[Jazoli]

9 minutes ago, Dobloseven said:

But the car is 2006 and the X Type was finished by 2009.I had a 2005 Fiat that didn't,a2007 one that did,a 2007 Honda that didn't, and a 2010 Renault that didn't either.In the case of the Fiat and Renault, different versions of the same engine, didn't and did respectively.Hence asking.

Yes you are correct, I thought it was a 2016 for some reason 😂

[Dobloseven]

9 minutes ago, cpjitservices said:

I think and don't quote me on this, the 2 litre doesn't have one. but the 2.2 does.

Might be best asking on the social media groups. Or if you can find a VIN decoder.

 

That's what I was thinking.About the 2 litre,I mean.

[Bren]

5 hours ago, Dobloseven said:

How much is the VED?I think "ours" is £210,but might be wrong.

Low reserve?

[Dobloseven]

Took it for a good thrash tonight and the clutch seems fine and it seems quite lively now.Son's taxed it and hopefully picking it up tomorrow, leaving the BMW for me to coax through its MOT.

[Homersimpson]

My 55 plate 2006 x type 2.0 diesel didn't have a dpf.  Not sure if any did?

[Dobloseven]

Anyway,son came and collected it and took it to Derby,leaving the BMW at ours for me to look at and decide it's future.Messaged him to see what he thinks,and says he loves it.Aaah....

[purplebargeken]

Good that he loves it, they are very underrated things. Plenty of good forums on fb.  An ICarsoft diagnostic kit for JLR stuff is very, very useful.

[Dobloseven]

Passed MOT today.He'd bought some new bonnet struts for it when I told him they were a failure.Well,if it fell on the testers head,it might be! Anyway, another useable car for 500 quid.

[Dobloseven]

Fitted it with a towbar today so the lad can tow the Combi Camp trailer tent.Bought a complete Tow Trust kit from PF Jones,which had arrived very quickly.Didn't go quite as planned.Found out it had had one fitted in the past as the bumper had been cut and the wiring cut out.Couldn't get the bumper off due to rusted up fixings,but managed to ease it on by bending the plastic out the way.Cost 175 quid which is over a third of the cost of the car.Bet the original one is languishing in the original owners garage in Cleckheaton or somewhere,waiting for him to die and his family to ask what the silly old fool saved it for,before putting it out for the scrap man!

[Dobloseven]

IDue to a change in son's circumstances,the poor thing has languished on our front since August.He's working in Berlin for A couple of years.If he comes home for work,Rolls Royce hire a car for him,so he's not needed it,but he'll need it over Christmas.Before he left ,the rear discs and pads plus the fluid were changed along with the oil and filter.New front discs and pads were left in the boot when time ran out.We'd noticed the auxiliary belt was past it's best too.Thought I'd better take a look at it.First job was to get it started.Battery was well flat and difficult to charge.Ended up buying a new Yuasa from GSF.Got the belt off and changed the crank pulley as well.Putting it all back was a challenge and ended up making three special tools.The top one is to lock the pulley while the bolts are tightened.The middle one is to undo the tensioner mounting pivot enough to slip the belt behind.The bottom one to take the tension off the tensioner whilst fitting the belt,which was fecking tight and caused much swearing.Why didn't they put the engine the proper way round?Fitted the pads and discs and a new battery in the key,inflated the tyres and hopefully it's ready to go.Sounds better now.Still well aware it's an old school diesel though.He's coming home on the 21st and will need it to go over to his girlfriend in Shropshire for Christmas.

[Dobloseven]

Ooops!Driving back to ours on Boxing Day morning,a Jaguar/hedge interface occurred.Cut the broken bumper half off and drove the few miles back to his girlfriends place and came to ours in her car.Car was on temporary insurance with 750 quid excess,so not getting them involved.No damage to hedge as such.Odd"you can't park there,mate",comments from passers by! Initial thoughts,just scrap it.Car Take Back came up with 180 quid,based on location.But a bit sad,as we'd spent a bit of time and money recently and he doesn't seem inclined to spend much on a replacement that'll get very little use anyway for the next few years.So a plot is hatched to repair it ,on the basis it's worth no more than scrap value dead or alive and can't really make it any worse.We did a simple repair to make it look a bit better for driving it the 70 odd miles home.I sat in the car with him for the homeward journey and car drives fine.As we drove along the country lane where the accident happened,noticed several bits of broken bumper plastic from different cars.What happened,he doesn't know.He's been driving for 8 or 9 years and this was his first accident.Plan is to source a used bumper,ideally in the correct colour,and wheel arch liners and pull the wing out to the best of my (dis ?) ability and lots of filler,aerosols etc.Like I say, there's not much I can do to make it worse.

[Schaefft]

For a car like this a bumper in the right color and a few tactical kicks from inside the boot will be all that's needed to fix this.

[Dobloseven]

What's happened to the X Type,I don't hear anyone ask.Well,decided to do the minimum to get it MOTable and see how test goes before spending too much time and money on body repairs.Since son is abroad and doesn't need it yet,let the test lapse.Had done a quickish repair a while back,with a used bumper and wheel arch liner,so thought I'd better see how the land lies.Passed OK with advisories for binding rear caliper and rear anti roll bar bushes which look easy enough to do.Tester said it looks solid underneath and it does drive quite nicely so where there's life, there's hope.

[Madman Of The People]

I like an X-Type.  I even took a test drive in a rather clean-looking secondhand one many years ago.  But when I got back to the dealer and tried to open the driver’s door, I discovered the inner door handle didn’t work.  It appeared something had broken inside the door.  I had to crawl over the centre console and escape through the passenger side.

Needless to say, that put me off the car.  Pity, as it seemed pretty nice otherwise.

 

[Dobloseven]

There was a buyers guide in Practical Classics magazine,a few months back! Can't quite believe it's 25 years since the first ones appeared.