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11/19/09
That said, it is a jaaaaaaaag.
11/19/09
Every time I see a new Jag I think how much I'd love to have an old one - a Series II XJ12, especially. The company really did lose its soul sometime around 1990 and has never gotten it back.
11/18/09
I know it's not great, but it is charismatic and pretty, and if I had the money to buy a 2+2 in this class for a daily driver, I'd look long and hard at a XK8/XKR coupe, in British Racing Green.
11/18/09
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11/18/09
And the satin-finish plastic trim has to go, period. It doesn't even belong in a Rio; it's a surface reserved for dollar-store boomboxes made by companies you've never heard of.
Finally, if something isn't broke - like a goddamn automatic shifter - don't bloody fix it. Especially with a dial that according to C&D (fairly reputable journalists), often gets stuck between two modes, "leaving you with no gear selected at all." It's cute but utterly pointless (though not as pointless as retractable vents, which this doesn't seem to have, thank goodness.)
11/18/09
11/18/09
And I, for one, have no problem with that. I'm sure they'll get to the brakes in due course.
07/06/09
Considering the perfomance it might be worth taking to Macco.
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07/06/09
This wasn't meant to be classy, as Elhigh has stated, "This isn't your father's Jaguar."
No, this is meant for a greater purpose. This is what turns 11 year-old pubescent boys into full-on boner wielding, skirt chasing, ass grabbing, heathens.
Aaamen!
07/06/09
/sarcasm
Don't get me wrong, Jags are neat cars these days, but nothing worth that sort of idolizing.
07/06/09
Imagine being 11 again. Something in that color by itself would get you all giggly. Not to mention that if you knew anything about cars the specs would put you into a coma. Let's not forget how impressionable children are.
07/06/09
And more. Point being, I don't think a stodgy old Jaguar is going to influence the minds of me 11 year-olds.
07/06/09
"Now the price of petrol is so high, many people are thinking about "green" cars. Well, I've got a couple of them out there on the track..."
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