Re: Yet Another Possible New XF Owner
I have owned my roadster since April 2005 and the SRT6 since January 2008. They are both daily drivers from May thru Nov (live in Michigan). I have the luxury of keeping the top down all summer because it is garaged (and covered). It was a conscious decision not to drive them in the winter with salt and other careless idiots on the road. I had a 74 TR6 that I drove year round for six years until it started to rot away under me. The paint prep is much better in newer cars, but why take a chance. Only issues in 40k on the roadster was the fan recall and on the SRT6 (20k) was the intercooler. Otherwise I change the oil in the fall and keep them on a float charger all winter. PS - The winter beater is a 2003 Audi A6 2.7T MT6 with 206k miles -- it is the best vehicle ever for high speed comfort and safety in bad weather driving.