"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
03/16/2018 at 00:45 • Filed to: Jaguar XJ, X351
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"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
03/16/2018 at 00:45 • Filed to: Jaguar XJ, X351 | 6
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There’s falling dihydrogen monoxide right now, which I heard is dangerous. So, what better to do than stay inside and talk about the weird features of my new cat.
Although the XJL is a long car, it isn’t particularly tall. The Fiat 500 is more than five feet shorter, but significantly taller and with more ground clearance.
Illuminated door sills are no big deal in this segment, but apparently it’s not standard on the XJ. The Illumination Package was originally a $1700 option. It also includes mood lighting on the climate vents, door handles, door bins, etc.
The reverse camera is awkwardly located down on the lower bumper. This presents two problems: First, the view is far too low to judge walls and bushes—the only things it can portray somewhat accurately are low kerbs.
The second problem is that in cooler temperatures the view is mostly clouded by the car’s own exhaust water vapour. This is actually frustrating enough to be amusing.
Many flagship luxury sedans have power rear lids. I’m not sure if this is normal, but Jag’s interior release button only opens. To close, you must press the button on the inner boot lid. Even the exterior release button at the rear serves only to open it.
The dome lights are all touch-sensitive, with no physical button.
I thought only the Italians used questionable sticky finishes. Every single button control is finished in gummy plastic that has not aged well through 3 Arizona years. Oddly, the knob surfaces are finished in normal rubber that has not turned sticky.
The front grilles are lined with nice-looking “wire” finish, but upon closer inspection it’s just plasti-chrome. Tapping it with my fingers confirms that I did not buy a Bentley.
The most questionable styling cue is the blacked-out C-pillar. The intent was to visually widen the rear window, and with my car’s insanely deep tint it actually works.
BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 00:51 |
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Never would I have imagined that a Jaguar would be the most reliable in a picture.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 01:07 |
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Much want.
CompactLuxuryFan
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 01:17 |
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The rearview camera being fogged up by the exhaust is such a Jaguar/Italian quirk.
Amoore100
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 02:08 |
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The trunk thing is typical—the ‘12 XC70 I’m in only allows opening from the dash/fob/exterior buttons and the only one that closes is the one inside the tailgate; it’s mainly a safety/liability thing although I’ve heard for the XC70 someone’s made a module to override those “features” and enable closing from any button, though I’m too cheap and lazy to go find and install it.
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Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
03/16/2018 at 03:21 |
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There’s a Tundra and an old ES300 photobombing us back there.
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Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Amoore100
03/16/2018 at 03:28 |
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So people think it’s safe to have power open/close from anywhere on SUVs and MPVs, but not sedans and wagons.
Spanfeller is a twat
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 07:29 |
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It rains in Arizona?
Strange days we live in...
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 08:25 |
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Ok, but how big is the trunk and do passengers in the rear need an intercom to communicate with the driver?
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Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/16/2018 at 10:53 |
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Meow is now in CA, but close enough. It also rained in NM when the car was waiting for shipment.
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Amoore100
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
03/16/2018 at 12:08 |
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You see, on MPV’s and SUV’s they have a loud, annoying beep to warn when it’s closing that wouldn’t fit on a civilized, refined sedan or wagon.
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Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
03/16/2018 at 13:46 |
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The trunk is not that large, I believe 15 ft3.
What did you say? I can’t hear you, the seat massage made me lose my train of thought.