Re: Advice / Opinions Needed Please
Perhaps not a great person to answer since I tend to keep cars I like for decades and only rarely have "just one". That said, what do you like/don't like about the XF ? Does it fit your life ? What do you want in a car that it does not have ?
Personally had to make some extreme modifications to the interior of the XF involving a sawzall and a grinder to get enough legroom & took some knives to the seat foam for hip room. Beyond that the engine is from the last century and the ratios in the manual gearbox are abby-surd. However when the time comes I can fix all of those, it makes a very nice runabout in a Florida summer, & is recent enough to work well as an electronics testbed.
So the question comes down to what do you want in a car & what image do you want to project ? It sounds like you are in the UK so have many choices that do not exist here. OTOH if you like a car that is a bit out of the norm but has more creature comforts than a Morgan & is easier to park than a Facel Vega then you might want to keep the XF.
ps since the fuel tank is in the bulkhead between the seats you might want to check for a bad hose causing the smell. I would address quickly.
Last edited by Padgett; Jun 18, 2014 at 08:27 AM.