XJS vs XK8
#21
"You could buy a brand new house with triple-glazed windows and all mod cons. Or you could go for a 17th century manor: cost you a fortune to heat, you bang your head on the beams and the plumbing would be from the dark ages. But me? I'd take the manor house... in the WORLD!"
#22
In my case, I've lusted after the XJS since well before the XK8 came out, so it was a no-brainer. Mostly. The XK8 is a very good-looking car and I was seriously tempted a number of times. That first iteration dash, with the massive curve of wood and all those circular dials, is wonderful. But, aside from the need to fulfil a childhood dream, the clincher for me was when I saw an XK8 driving along and didn't immediately recognise it. The XJS looks like nothing else on the road today--and probably ever.
Not that anybody here really seems to even notice it, mind....
Not that anybody here really seems to even notice it, mind....