After [another] 7 week absence from the SC it was ready to be returned by the garage today so back went the spanking new Jag XF in exchange for the RR.

Read a few posts lately on people looking at this car and that as potential replacements for the RR and have contemplated it myself due to the issues we've had with this one. For all that, as soon as you get in and set off, you are reminded exactly what "the pull" of these cars is, both literally and regarding the driving experience.

Castlemaine don't do 4x4 vehicles but if they did, they wouldn't give a XXXX about the competition!

Just had a call from a friend who read my last post. He said "Are you not getting confused with Carlsberg?"

Probably!

The one good thing about alzheimers is that you soon forget you have got it  2006 (56 Reg) 4.4 V8 Vogue In Bonatti Grey (Gorgeous!!)

Glad you got her back fella

So that's the XF off the list then  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Us too Craig, cheers.

Alan, the XF is a very good car, don't get me wrong. Given the choice between the two though? Apples and pears.

Anyway, it's Mrs pld's and she - rightly or wrongly - has the XF down as "an old man's car".

The feline LED headlight units on the later XF are very smart though