Wallington..1st big meet of the year..pics - Page 3

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All of the models until now have been retro designed with the look of jaguar the xk doesn't look like a jaguar so yeah a leaper doesn't look right on it...To me all other models look better with a leaper than without...to me that is the trademark of the jaguar and they don't look right without it...kind of like how most people don't like the new jags because they don't look like jags...not that they don't like the looks of the car itself but because it says jag and doesn't look like a jag...

You just opened up a big can of worms, but let's just agree to disagree
 
I don't won't this to turn into a big argument.
 
My one point will be, the first generation of  xk8s are styled just like a jag, they are the recreation of an E-type. 
 
That's all I'm going to say.

The E-type never had a leaper from the factory.  In fact, the Mark 2 and 420G or the 1960's was the last to have a factory leaper.  Jaguar re-introduced them on the sedans only in 1995.  No leapers from the factory on the XKE, XJS, nor XK8 variants.  Jaguars ads for the XK8 superimposed the car over an XKE with the slogan "The cat is back."

When you think of a Jaguar what do you think of first?  Probably not a jaguar....???

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When you think of a Jaguar what do you think of first?  Probably not a jaguar....???

 
Empty wallet from paying for expensive repairs and filling up every five minutes?
 
JC

Yeah no doubt the fixing expenses!

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All you guys in the USA.Take a couple of days off on the sick fly over here (book return to Leeds/Bradford airport as its just 30 mins from Harewood House) on Sat and by the time you arrive we will collect you, take you to Harewood House for the meet with 4500 other Jags on Sunday.After tea and scones we will drop you back off at the airport where you can fly back and recover from the jetlag on the day that you are off sick....there Jim, how did I do?

 
Wish i could take you up on that offer. I wouldnt mind taking a trip back to the homeland for a nice cup of earl grey and a scone with jam.  Just currious however, i do see a few astons and rolls royce in their if i am not mistaken is that a DB7 in one of those pics?

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New Series of Top Gear??
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I thought TOP Gear was off the air? Atleast according to their website?  Those fellas are very funny and i get a good laugh from that program. I especially like when they were in norway and the stig drove that snowmobile off the jump...made me wonder if he had a set of chestnuts after that one.  The one thing i dont like about that show is that they really dont like American cars. Hammond appears to be the only one.

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Don't talk about topgear on here man, makes me so jealous.

The closest thing I have to top gear in US is horsepower TV.  If anyone knowssomething better please tell me.

SORRY the closest thing we have is watching 5 minute clips of top gear on youtube

I thought it was available on the BBC?  I wish PBS would show it God forbid. It would save my cable bill.

they showed topgear here for about half a season on the disscovery channel, other then that i dont think we get it here. I usually just have to download when i get a chance, and when someone posts it. gotta love torrents

I thought it was on bbc or bbc2???  Don't have satellite so I'll never know!

I don't think it is, i'll look it up on bbc.com I guess.
 
They don't like American cars for good reasons, they usually suck.
 
They give certain cars props, like the Ford FT40, the new corvette, Rousch Mustang, and I think he liked the Bullitt mustang somewhat.
 
But they are a British show with a british audience, so they give the people what they want. 

here on the wesk coast we dont get BBC or BBC2, we only get the american BBC version that shows some english shows, but no topgear

 
BBC2
 
Jim

Yae I get american BBC here, never watch it tho, thats why i thought maybe I was missing something, but  went on the Top Gear website and BBC.com/america and there was no topgear scheduled.
 
I was reading some of JC's articles on topgear's website, and he can really piss me off alot.  All he does in some of the articles is insult American's, it;s not like we do that very much here. 

 

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I was reading some of JC's articles on topgear's website, and he can really piss me off alot.  All he does in some of the articles is insult American's, it;s not like we do that very much here. 

 
Yeah 93, gotta give you that bud...he does tend to have a go at the yanks more than most. Dunno why, just his thing.
Sometimes I even think he goes to far. I keep sayin to myself , its only in fun, but then I wonder how I would feel if I were American
 
Please, do yourself a favour and try ( hard I know!) to not let that put you off the show, cos its otherwise a great showcase for cars / car lovers.
 
Jim

Hey jim u sure he wasnt talking about you when he says "JC" lol.

Good one 04....rofl.........Its possible I guess
Hey Buck....If you got any more pics of other meets etc, why not open a new thread.
 
Jim

JC