Newbie Q's.
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:07 pm
Afternoon...
Bought my F type a month ago now and working through the odd foible..
The speakers ( non meridian),are absolutely crap and sound like they have ripped to bits in the door cards. Is there any audio upgrade speakers that people generally go for ?
First start in the morning... Car fires up and barks into life,sets a high idle of about 1800rpm for 20 seconds or so. Do you have to wait for this RPM to drop to normal level before selecting gear ? In mine,if i select gear before the RPM's dissipate then there is a thump as the car selects gear (no suprising with high RPMS's) ,funnily enough its fine in reverse.
Just a note for futire reference.. My car was badly wandering at the front when i bought it,i never particularly noticed it until a couple of weeks driving then it annoyed me to death.
I sent the car for 4 wheel alignment at an independent tyre specialist,it felt the same and the mechanic agreed that it didnt feel "right" but we couldnt put our finger on it.
Sent it to Jaguar,aligned again and Jaguar mechanic didnt like the feel either,said it felt as though it had huge "toe in".... Car has done 21k and had original P zero's on that had 4/5mm but were lightly chamfered to the inside,not unusual i am informed.
Anyway,car has got worse and worse and would tramline badly and pull to kerb,then to centre of road without warning.
Long story short,i bit the bullet and fitted a new set of P zero PZ4's on the front and the car is now a revelation,drives superbly and straight as a dye.
I did look around the net for others that may have experienced this,but found nothing so hopefully it may help someone in the future. For info,the old P Zero's felt like the tyre carcass had collapsed internally,they were very very soft and likened to a push bike tyre in rigidity...lol..
So hopefully i can now start to fall in love with my car....
Bought my F type a month ago now and working through the odd foible..
The speakers ( non meridian),are absolutely crap and sound like they have ripped to bits in the door cards. Is there any audio upgrade speakers that people generally go for ?
First start in the morning... Car fires up and barks into life,sets a high idle of about 1800rpm for 20 seconds or so. Do you have to wait for this RPM to drop to normal level before selecting gear ? In mine,if i select gear before the RPM's dissipate then there is a thump as the car selects gear (no suprising with high RPMS's) ,funnily enough its fine in reverse.
Just a note for futire reference.. My car was badly wandering at the front when i bought it,i never particularly noticed it until a couple of weeks driving then it annoyed me to death.
I sent the car for 4 wheel alignment at an independent tyre specialist,it felt the same and the mechanic agreed that it didnt feel "right" but we couldnt put our finger on it.
Sent it to Jaguar,aligned again and Jaguar mechanic didnt like the feel either,said it felt as though it had huge "toe in".... Car has done 21k and had original P zero's on that had 4/5mm but were lightly chamfered to the inside,not unusual i am informed.
Anyway,car has got worse and worse and would tramline badly and pull to kerb,then to centre of road without warning.
Long story short,i bit the bullet and fitted a new set of P zero PZ4's on the front and the car is now a revelation,drives superbly and straight as a dye.
I did look around the net for others that may have experienced this,but found nothing so hopefully it may help someone in the future. For info,the old P Zero's felt like the tyre carcass had collapsed internally,they were very very soft and likened to a push bike tyre in rigidity...lol..
So hopefully i can now start to fall in love with my car....