View Poll Results: How often per week do you get asked about your F Type?
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How often (and when) do you get asked about your F Type by random strangers?
#22
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On the way home from the dealership after picking up my new (to me) F V6 S, I was almost rear ended by a tradesman in a ute (pickup) who was too busy pointing and gesturing about my car to his make in the ute in the lane beside him to notice I had stopped in the traffic. Was squealing of tyres and sling rubber.
I hope this doesn't become a regular occurrence.
I hope this doesn't become a regular occurrence.
#23
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On the way home from the dealership after picking up my new (to me) F V6 S, I was almost rear ended by a tradesman in a ute (pickup) who was too busy pointing and gesturing about my car to his make in the ute in the lane beside him to notice I had stopped in the traffic. Was squealing of tyres and sling rubber.
I hope this doesn't become a regular occurrence.
I hope this doesn't become a regular occurrence.
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When I was getting tint I had one of the workers come up and ask me about the car. He then insisted that it was based on the Saturn Sky platform that Jaguar bought from them when they went under. ![Icon Really](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_really.gif)
I just nodded and went along. However I've never found any data that supported that Jaguar bought the platform the Sky/Solstice were built on, nor that the F-Type used anything from those vehicles.
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I just nodded and went along. However I've never found any data that supported that Jaguar bought the platform the Sky/Solstice were built on, nor that the F-Type used anything from those vehicles.
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Feel free to tell him he's an idiot. Did the Sky have an aluminum frame? And Saturn didn't go out of business per se, as they were a division of GM. (True, GM went through bankruptcy...)
GM Kappa platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The son of a friend thought mine looked like a Sky. His dad was horrified, but I was amused. Actually, I don't think the Sky/Solstice look bad for a cheap roadster.
GM Kappa platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The son of a friend thought mine looked like a Sky. His dad was horrified, but I was amused. Actually, I don't think the Sky/Solstice look bad for a cheap roadster.
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Ha yes, also was having a little mild but loud play in a few industrial back streets when a SRT Chrysler 300c clamped itself to my back bumper and was trying to get me to race. I gave him a couple of squirts and could get away from him briefly from a turn but wasn't going to risk Licence or crash to really play with him properly. He seemed disappointed.
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I actually was looking at getting a Sky at one point. It was a sharp little roadster for the price. The Saturn badge is what hurt it the most.
Back on topic, I hand wash my Coupe on the weekend behind my building. I tend to get the same people walking by and had an older woman tell me that it looks better every week. Otherwise it is mostly thumbs up from people walking or driving by.
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Ha yes, also was having a little mild but loud play in a few industrial back streets when a SRT Chrysler 300c clamped itself to my back bumper and was trying to get me to race. I gave him a couple of squirts and could get away from him briefly from a turn but wasn't going to risk Licence or crash to really play with him properly. He seemed disappointed.
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OK, back on topic..., I'm batting about .500, with folks asking me questions every other fueling it seems. Just as I finished topping off the tank earlier in the week, the clerk left her cash register, coming over to check it out. After telling her it was the F-Type, she smiled and said, "Oh.... So that's what that is! You know, I've heard about those things."
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In one short trip yesterday, I went to an auto supplies shop and while. Was browsing the detailing section I was listening to all of the staff and several of the customers discussing my car and then they all came out to listen to it when I left.
Then several thumbs up along the road and a guy in a Subaru stuck his head out the window and asked me if it was fun, when I said "heaps" he grinned and said "sounds like it". Then an older guy at a service station where I stopped to get some Ice bailed me up and asked me all about it.
Then several thumbs up along the road and a guy in a Subaru stuck his head out the window and asked me if it was fun, when I said "heaps" he grinned and said "sounds like it". Then an older guy at a service station where I stopped to get some Ice bailed me up and asked me all about it.
Last edited by AnD3rew; 01-25-2015 at 03:29 AM.
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Nice one, AnD3rew! What did you pick up in the detailing section?
Gave the car a good wash, wax and polish yesterday. Have this fantastic spay on wax, but Made the mistake of doing the windows first, before applying the wax. Didn't think there was much breeze until I went out later to get petrol and saw the back spray of the wax all over the windows. So, repeat effort today on the windows with the glass cleaner! (Really important getting the glass right with the glass roof, or the car just doesn't look finished.)
Gave the car a good wash, wax and polish yesterday. Have this fantastic spay on wax, but Made the mistake of doing the windows first, before applying the wax. Didn't think there was much breeze until I went out later to get petrol and saw the back spray of the wax all over the windows. So, repeat effort today on the windows with the glass cleaner! (Really important getting the glass right with the glass roof, or the car just doesn't look finished.)
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Nice one, AnD3rew! What did you pick up in the detailing section?
Gave the car a good wash, wax and polish yesterday. Have this fantastic spay on wax, but Made the mistake of doing the windows first, before applying the wax. Didn't think there was much breeze until I went out later to get petrol and saw the back spray of the wax all over the windows. So, repeat effort today on the windows with the glass cleaner! (Really important getting the glass right with the glass roof, or the car just doesn't look finished.)
Gave the car a good wash, wax and polish yesterday. Have this fantastic spay on wax, but Made the mistake of doing the windows first, before applying the wax. Didn't think there was much breeze until I went out later to get petrol and saw the back spray of the wax all over the windows. So, repeat effort today on the windows with the glass cleaner! (Really important getting the glass right with the glass roof, or the car just doesn't look finished.)
What brand of spray wax are you using?
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Looking around for a good leather conditioner now for the interior.
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