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One of the last 2009 Diesel 2.2 autos with many features including electric sunroof, sat-nav, heated seats and Jaguar Valencia wheels (including the spare). Last serviced by Jaguar at 93,000 miles, the car was delivered at 96,000 miles with two keys and all the handbooks and documentation. No tow bar had been fitted – it had been very well looked after and always serviced by Jaguar on time by the previous owner.

The first job was to renew the pollen filter – so windscreen wiper puller to remove the wipers and the front fullwidth scuttle was detached to replace the filter in its push-fit box with a new one, fitted the correct way round. Some time was needed to clean out ten years of

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