Can anyone recommend the best battery for a late X250 2015 XF 3.0S and the best way to fit it without encountering any problems? I keep reading about owners who have had nightmares with the central locking on facelift XFs after changing the battery. I understand the logic in keeping the power supply going whilst changing the battery with a OBDll battery saver but this type of work is not exactly my forte so would I be better taking the car to a Jaguar specialist? I'd greatly appreciate any advice from someone who has successfully changed the battery on their facelift X250 XF.

The car still has it's original JLR 7 year old battery. I charged it up with a CTEK charger and it was fully charged up to number 7 on Monday. However today, when I started the car it was extremely cold and the low battery warning came on and when I put the CTEK charger on it stayed on light number 1 on the charger for hours so it seems as though the battery needs replacing.

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Evening guys. As headline says, can't turn them off using stalk. Normal & fast wiper work, intermittent does not. The only way they go off is when ignition key is removed (takes about 10 secs to stop) Any ideas? Read more

SUV are often claimed to provide two key advantages over lesser (priced) vehicles. First comes the "safe and commanding feel behind the wheel", claimed by this very website (www.honestjohn.co.uk/guides/best-suv). I have yet to see any empirical evidence of such a claim - a driver's gut feeling may say one thing but many reports say otherwise (e.g. tiny.cc/0s62vz ).
Alleged "safety" considerations aside, and without wishing to dispute the undoubted accessibility considerations of less able-bodied folk and those ferrying passengers in child seats, I am curious about the actual height "advantage". Exactly how many car lengths of visibility advantage is gained by driving a taller variant of a typical family hatchback? If the proliferation of similar vehicles is factored in, is there any advantage at all? Just wondering... Read more

Yesterday I backed my wife’s Mazda 2 out of the garage as she was late leaving for work. The engine, push button start with keyless start, was still running when she jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off. 20 minutes later she rang me saying there was a red warning light on the dash in the shape of a key. I suddenly realised that I still had her car key in my pocket!! I told her not to switch off the engine until she got to the office. Fortunately, I had disabled the stop/start function not long after she bought the car new in 2020.

it’s a shock to me that a keyless start car will keep running for miles without the key present. I would have thought that with technology these days that the computer would shut down the engine or apply the brakes in such circumstances. My Hyundai i30 flashes up a message on the dash that the key isn’t present when I get out to deice the windscreen. I find the notion of keyless start so disconcerting when my wife can drive for over 20 miles without the key present with the risk that stalling the engine could have left her stranded in the middle of rush hour traffic. Would the stop/start function have had a similar effect? ... Read more

Saw a bloke on you tube who de iced his screen with a plastic bag with warm water in it. Just worked the bag up and down and the ice went. Just needed warm water as too hot may crack the screen, tried it today and it's a good method. Read more