Originally Posted by
alexdc
I would buy a base 04-05 so you get the less complex airbag system and no rear speakers to deal with. I would get a clean title free of accidents. Mine is an 07 salvage title car but that has absolutely no rust (rare for Canadian cars).
I've put an atiwe airbag steering wheel in mine and I had to wire in a resistor on one of the wires to remove the air bag light and retrofit the plug for the dual stage system on the other wire. An 04-05 would have made that installation bolt on/plud and play.
People on the forum have been suggesting that the cloth seats are more supportive.
There was no base XF in 2004, there was only one model which was basically the car called a limited in 2005.