I Finally Did it - Took the Plunge
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Here is my new dream come true...
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Well, it is not actually here right now... It is at the Jaguar dealership having a full service, new brakes installed front and back, a new relay installed for the climate control blower, new weatherstripping around all the doors and convertible top, and a new keyless remote being programmed (only came with one).
Now, to pay for it all, if I can just get someone to buy one of my unemployed sedentary teenaged children. I am offering 10% off...
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Well, it is not actually here right now... It is at the Jaguar dealership having a full service, new brakes installed front and back, a new relay installed for the climate control blower, new weatherstripping around all the doors and convertible top, and a new keyless remote being programmed (only came with one).
Now, to pay for it all, if I can just get someone to buy one of my unemployed sedentary teenaged children. I am offering 10% off...
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Friends took us to dinner a month ago in a XJ8L and my wife and I were sold.
Super smooth ride and and beautiful interior. We now have our own 2007 Radiant red XJ8 Vanden Plas. MY wife Ann has an 07 Solstice GXP for summer and the Jag will be the winter car althou the weather here in Connecticut has been so bad I take her everywhere in my Chevy S-10 which is completely equiped with (Nothing) Last time it had heated seats is when I spilled my hot coffee. We are both delighted with her Jaguar.
Super smooth ride and and beautiful interior. We now have our own 2007 Radiant red XJ8 Vanden Plas. MY wife Ann has an 07 Solstice GXP for summer and the Jag will be the winter car althou the weather here in Connecticut has been so bad I take her everywhere in my Chevy S-10 which is completely equiped with (Nothing) Last time it had heated seats is when I spilled my hot coffee. We are both delighted with her Jaguar.
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Friends took us to dinner a month ago in a XJ8L and my wife and I were sold.
Super smooth ride and and beautiful interior. We now have our own 2007 Radiant red XJ8 Vanden Plas. MY wife Ann has an 07 Solstice GXP for summer and the Jag will be the winter car althou the weather here in Connecticut has been so bad I take her everywhere in my Chevy S-10 which is completely equiped with (Nothing) Last time it had heated seats is when I spilled my hot coffee. We are both delighted with her Jaguar.![Icon Wink](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Super smooth ride and and beautiful interior. We now have our own 2007 Radiant red XJ8 Vanden Plas. MY wife Ann has an 07 Solstice GXP for summer and the Jag will be the winter car althou the weather here in Connecticut has been so bad I take her everywhere in my Chevy S-10 which is completely equiped with (Nothing) Last time it had heated seats is when I spilled my hot coffee. We are both delighted with her Jaguar.
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My wife drives a Land Rover LR3 we bought new in 2006. Like the Jaguar, the LRs have a poor maintanence reputation but it turns out that our LR3 is the most reliable vehicle we have ever owned. It has had exactly two minor service issues since the day we drove it out of the showroom. More importantly, in the snow storm we just had down here, the LR3 was AMAZING! I have driven all sorts of vehicles in the snow (originally from NY), but nothing touches the LR for plowing through anything.
Third vehicle is a 2007 F-150 Supercrew. Nothing special, just a nice truck that rides like a limo. Seriously, it is actually the most comfortable vehicle I own and has the tourque of an Abrams tank...
But the XK is my dream car. It is pure sex on wheels, my guilty pleasure, my dark, brooding mistress....I love this car...
Thanks to all for your good wishes...
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Last edited by Stillwaters; 01-27-2011 at 11:33 AM.
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Well, I actually DO go out to the garage almost every night. I stand there and just admire this car. The lines of this machine are simply breathtaking to me.
I drove this jewel with the top down for the first time yesterday. I felt as if every driver at every traffic light was checking the car out. I could actually feel the stares. Little weird at first, but very, very cool...
I have wanted one of these since the original XKEs of the 60s and 70s and now I possess one of my very own. I still can't beleive it.
My "bucket list" is now complete....
I drove this jewel with the top down for the first time yesterday. I felt as if every driver at every traffic light was checking the car out. I could actually feel the stares. Little weird at first, but very, very cool...
I have wanted one of these since the original XKEs of the 60s and 70s and now I possess one of my very own. I still can't beleive it.
My "bucket list" is now complete....
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Click New Reply instead of Quick Reply. There is a box below that says Additional Options. You can Manage Attachments. Browse your computer for your picture and upload it. It should show up on your post. At least, that's how I remember it. If my car is showing, I got it right.
Alright, not sure what I was thinking. Response belonged somewhere else on a different thread. Sorry!! Must be getting old.
Alright, not sure what I was thinking. Response belonged somewhere else on a different thread. Sorry!! Must be getting old.
Last edited by phlueger; 02-16-2011 at 05:26 PM. Reason: Wrong thread response.
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