Jaguar XKR-S 1000km Road Trip

A road trip special; all the way down to Land's End and then back to Hampshire in my 2012 Jaguar XKR-S. We drove just under 700 miles (a little over 1000km) to review the XK and decide whether it's the perfect road trip car, or if it's a little bit flawed as a result of the lowering, increased power and stiffening of damping and suspension. Spoiler alert - it's extremely thirsty!
As always thank you very much for watching, videos coming soon of the Apple CarPlay install and hopefully a track day will be imminent also.
0:00 Intro
0:58 Sandbanks to Langham Vineyard
2:50 Langham Vineyard to Isle of Portland
4:53 Isle of Portland to West Bay
6:40 West Bay to Dillington House
8:50 Dillington House to Lyme Regis
09:58 Lyme Regis to Dartmouth
11:48 Dartmouth to Plymouth
13:14 Plymouth to Looe
15:35 Looe - Polperro
18:14 Polperro - Charlestown
19:38 Charlestown - Polurrian on the Lizard
22:15 Polurrian on the Lizard to Lizard Point
24:17 Porthcurno
25:10 Lands End
26:41 Lands End to St Michaels Mount
27:18 St Michaels Mount to Padstow to Dartington Hall
29:19 Dartington Hall to Corfe Castle
30:29 Homebound & McLaren
31:15 Was the XKR-S a good road trip car?

[@larrysimon1]

Great memories of visiting Looe and Polperro 35 yrs ago, it hasn't changed one bit by the looks of it !

[@lothar52]

Really enjoying the channel mate. Xkrs looks great. Tender to buy for this Jag is the CTEK 3300. Jag uses the same one and puts a jag decal on it but it’s the same thing. Soon as you park it trap it on ❤️❤️

[@TiffLangham]

Thanks! More content coming soon, just very busy with work at the moment.

[@Jeffybonbon]

This is what XKs are all about enjoy the car dont lay them up there not an investment for another 25 years make memories

[@TiffLangham]

Absolutely, bought it with a little over 25k miles on it; almost at 27k now in

[@bigmatt2896]

Really enjoyed this video mate well done, i took my XFR around cornwall in july and i couldnt think of a better car to do it in, yes it was expensive and maybe a little big for some of the really tiny roads but for comfort and power it was perfect. i have the 8 speed box in my xfr and it was great for motorway travel. if your 6 speed is sluggish give it a good service by a zf gearbox specialist and ask if there are any software updates you need. my car has just ticked 60k so ive just had the gearbox serviced by E & E jag specialists in milton keynes, it wasnt sluggish or anything i just wanted it done for peace of mind. kudos for the music aswell...........had a nice 80's retro vibe to it. keep up the good work

[@TiffLangham]

Thanks! Yes it was almost perfect, apart from feeling a tad wide. Gearbox in Manual + Sport + Dynamic was great; it's only in regular 'drive' / dynamic off where I find it's a tad slow to shift.

[@schunkelperser1794]

Decent!

[@markharnett9389]

Great road trip Chris, we were only on Porthcurno beach on Thursday!

[@TiffLangham]

Small world! Very nice, I hope you enjoyed it and didn't have to wrestle too much for beach space like everyone seemed to over the bank hol weekend!

[@markharnett9389]

@@TiffLangham No, thankfully it was much quieter.

[@Simon_PieMan]

Great video and car! Slow the panning a bit though - making me giddy.

[@TiffLangham]

I did only realise when I got back that I had fewer still shots than I thought 😅 thanks for watching!

[@jimspace]

Great video and stunning Jag. Will you upload about apple CarPlay?

[@TiffLangham]

Thanks! Yes I’m just putting together some more content and that will be included 👍🏼

[@TiffLangham]

Jaguar XK Carplay Retrofit kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqnCfZhrbLmrfMU

[@jimspace]

@@TiffLangham you the man!!

[@BOSS3ayed89]

I have one in Italian racing red and I’m considering selling it. It has more than 120KM on it, most of which is daily use. The car is a sleeper now though.

[@TiffLangham]

Italian Racing Red is a great colour 👌🏼 if petrol was cheaper, I’d love to daily mine too!

[@andrewmitchell8859]

Now turn around and drive the NC 500 !

[@TiffLangham]

We have plans for the NC500 in 2023, would be in a very different car though!

[@Jeffybonbon]

I can never understand why XK owners are so into the mileage its a V8 Its not going to be economical if you want good MPG dont buy a V8

[@TiffLangham]

I'm really not too fussed - just while we were on a long road trip it seemed like something good to include in the video for prospective owners