My father told me once that he'd driven Jags until he realised that every cowboy in the county wanted to race him. So, as a Family Man, he really ought to give them up and buy Fords or Austins. Nobody wanted to race them. I think he still pined for Jags.
Well I will say that my 2001 S-Type V-8 is still going strong after 213k miles with never any serious problems, though we do only use it for short runs now. Every once in a while I take it somewhere where I can floor it just to get the revs up high, she can still comfortably get to 120+ mph, which is the most I can try for, briefly, in our part of South Carolina. John Turnbull
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How did Jaguar do that? And there was no one at the wheel too!
Tammly - maybe they filmed them while blowing them up then ran the film backwards :)
My father told me once that he'd driven Jags until he realised that every cowboy in the county wanted to race him. So, as a Family Man, he really ought to give them up and buy Fords or Austins. Nobody wanted to race them. I think he still pined for Jags.
dearieme - I wonder what they drove to race him? Sporty MGs or Sunbeams perhaps.
Well I will say that my 2001 S-Type V-8 is still going strong after 213k miles with never any serious problems, though we do only use it for short runs now. Every once in a while I take it somewhere where I can floor it just to get the revs up high, she can still comfortably get to 120+ mph, which is the most I can try for, briefly, in our part of South Carolina. John Turnbull
John - nice car. I have the impression that vintage Brit cars last well in the US, maybe the climate has something to do with it.
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