What the heck happened here?
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When I see something like this I remind myself of the relatively low production numbers and the normal rate of attrition. I then remind myself to be very cautious with any mods and the thankful position someone may find themselves in 13 years from now when, with any luck, the car is 23 years old and has aged into a collector/classic
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You know when you keep looking at her after a couple beers she starts looking kinda cute
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The hood scoops have some charm... I still like the Speed Racer cartoon ![Wink](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Makes me appreciate even more my recent lucky find (see signature below). Near mint gem. Will keep it original (save, perhaps for some fully reversible radio tweaks). Agree about potential classic car element. As I posted in my thread about finding my new Jag
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...so-fast-70772/
... the car is 12 years old. It seems just about 5000 XKR (pre 07) coupes made it to the USA, in 7 years (2000-2007). Mine is a first year (in USA) XKR. I watch Velocity and at the auctions 'better' old cars appear in this number (or more) from single year production. Yeah, i know old collectables weren't hoarded as much as today's would-be-collectables, but I still have a suspicion that in ten or twenty years, intact superb original XKR coupes will have collector demand. And, yeah, attrition rate. We see parts-out cars even on this forum. Who knows how many are not mentioned here.
I know... I'm unduly fond of me wee Growler...![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Makes me appreciate even more my recent lucky find (see signature below). Near mint gem. Will keep it original (save, perhaps for some fully reversible radio tweaks). Agree about potential classic car element. As I posted in my thread about finding my new Jag
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...so-fast-70772/
... the car is 12 years old. It seems just about 5000 XKR (pre 07) coupes made it to the USA, in 7 years (2000-2007). Mine is a first year (in USA) XKR. I watch Velocity and at the auctions 'better' old cars appear in this number (or more) from single year production. Yeah, i know old collectables weren't hoarded as much as today's would-be-collectables, but I still have a suspicion that in ten or twenty years, intact superb original XKR coupes will have collector demand. And, yeah, attrition rate. We see parts-out cars even on this forum. Who knows how many are not mentioned here.
I know... I'm unduly fond of me wee Growler...
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