Red Runner
Red Runner
Five year update: Go to post No 13
FONT=Arial]After owning a 94 Honda Del Sol Si AT for 12 years that I had planned to keep forever I ran across this 2004 Limited Coupe with 35K miles & had to have it. I have always liked the XF since they were new but couldn't afford one.[/FONT] My Blaze Red Crystal Pearl XF is in excellent condition with no mods. It does have chromed factory wheels. The car came with new tires, a new hood lift strut, new battery, car cover & bra. I purchased it from an independent car lot for under 10K out the door. Prior to the purchase I had an inspection at an independent MB garage where I received the best customer service that I have ever received at an auto repair facility.
I have been retired since 2007 & lived in Mesa, AZ east of Phoenix before moving to Fresno, CA. I have seen 4 other XFs in the area but haven't met any of the owners.
The Del Sol has been sold since we only have a 2 car garage & my wife's van shares the garage. We don't need 3 cars since we only drive each vehicle less then 3500 miles a year.
Check my gallery for pics.
FONT=Arial]After owning a 94 Honda Del Sol Si AT for 12 years that I had planned to keep forever I ran across this 2004 Limited Coupe with 35K miles & had to have it. I have always liked the XF since they were new but couldn't afford one.[/FONT] My Blaze Red Crystal Pearl XF is in excellent condition with no mods. It does have chromed factory wheels. The car came with new tires, a new hood lift strut, new battery, car cover & bra. I purchased it from an independent car lot for under 10K out the door. Prior to the purchase I had an inspection at an independent MB garage where I received the best customer service that I have ever received at an auto repair facility.
I have been retired since 2007 & lived in Mesa, AZ east of Phoenix before moving to Fresno, CA. I have seen 4 other XFs in the area but haven't met any of the owners.
The Del Sol has been sold since we only have a 2 car garage & my wife's van shares the garage. We don't need 3 cars since we only drive each vehicle less then 3500 miles a year.
Check my gallery for pics.
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2004 Coupe: I have now completed owning my XF for one year driving only 3012 miles. I have done the Sticky Key Fix, The RCM solder, Me so Horne & cleaned the Air Pump Relay contacts. Thanks to this forum owning my XF has been a really enjoyable experience. My battery is only a little more then a year old but with the XF electronics being sensitive I have been using a float charger & only tried to back out of the garage once with it connected. I have resolved a problem with my spoiler down limit switch. I have purchased a cabin filter, Bosch CPS, Mobil 1 & Mann Filter all with comments from the forum. Without this forum I would have a hard time affording such a great car or knowing what to take care of. It is the best car I have owned. Working on my XF is part of the enjoyment of owning it.
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2004 Coupe: I have now completed owning my XF for one year driving only 3012 miles. I have done the Sticky Key Fix, The RCM solder, Me so Horne & cleaned the Air Pump Relay contacts. Thanks to this forum owning my XF has been a really enjoyable experience. My battery is only a little more then a year old but with the XF electronics being sensitive I have been using a float charger & only tried to back out of the garage once with it connected. I am currently resolving a problem with my spoiler down limit switch. I have purchased a cabin filter, Bosch CPS, Mobil 1 & Mann Filter all with comments from the forum. Without this forum I would have a hard time affording such a great car or knowing what to take care of. It is the best car I have owned. Working on my XF is part of the enjoyment of owning it.....Stan
My roadster lives most of it's life in the garage with a trickle charger on it. I leave a note card on the drivers seat to remind me to disconnect the cable.
Re: Red Runner
2004 Coupe: I have now completed owning my XF for one year driving only 3012 miles. I have done the Sticky Key Fix, The RCM solder, Me so Horne & cleaned the Air Pump Relay contacts. Thanks to this forum owning my XF has been a really enjoyable experience. My battery is only a little more then a year old but with the XF electronics being sensitive I have been using a float charger & only tried to back out of the garage once with it connected. I am currently resolving a problem with my spoiler down limit switch. I have purchased a cabin filter, Bosch CPS, Mobil 1 & Mann Filter all with comments from the forum. Without this forum I would have a hard time affording such a great car or knowing what to take care of. It is the best car I have owned. Working on my XF is part of the enjoyment of owning it.....Stan
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I, too, have an AMG Crossfire but it looks quite different. I'm not finished with it yet but I can't post pics, I have 2 laptops, one won't download pictures, the other one won't upload pictures. LOL Guess I'll have to get one of them fixed.
Red Runner
2004 Limited Coupe: Second year of ownership has been completed adding another 3000 enjoyable miles to my XF. My major project has been upgrading my passenger seat from 4 way to 8 way by installing a seat pan from a SLK 320.
I did my own oil change & had the transmission serviced including replacing the electrical plug adapter that was leaking. Bling was added to the XF with ZunSport upper & lower grills plus a MB air cleaner, MB gear shift **** & a Japanese Cherry dash kit. It has been another great year here on the forum.
I did my own oil change & had the transmission serviced including replacing the electrical plug adapter that was leaking. Bling was added to the XF with ZunSport upper & lower grills plus a MB air cleaner, MB gear shift **** & a Japanese Cherry dash kit. It has been another great year here on the forum.
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I've now completed five years of ownership. I am now at 49,700 miles. Only 2,900 per year. Other then normal maintenance and custom touches the XF has been trouble free except for replacing a microswitch on the spoiler. Since my battery is 5 years old I am now finding the spoiler in the up position occasionally when starting the engine but so far I have been able to lower it with the switch. Time for a new battery.
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