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Today I took my BRG coupé up the highway to do some grocery shopping (rule #1: when it leaves the garage the trip always includes a highway portion)...I choose my parking spot carefully, always. In this case it was the end spot on a slight incline with a low curb in front. Front parking sensors ON. Yes, they did tell me when I was close to the curb (the incline helped because that made the curb relatively higher than otherwise). Did my shopping. As I approach the Jaguar I see a fellow getting out of his Mercedes SL-something....he walks over to me, asks if the Jaguar is mine, essentially tells me that it is the most beautiful car he has ever seen (it probably is because it is gorgeous - especially compared to the Mercedes), asks me lots of questions, looks at the interior, comments on the 20 inch wheels and the gigantic brake discs and calipers....asks if he can take photos (yes, of course)...thanks me and goes into the bank. I load the groceries in the trunk (plenty of room in the coupé regardless of what the pundits say) and as I am about to head off, the same man runs out of the bank to ask for my contact information in case I ever want to sell it (highly unlikely)...this sort of encounter is not rare with these cars (or any Jaguar, for that matter). I am sure that many of you have had similar experiences becaue the XK coupé is the second-best-looking Jaguar
Ok, so the guy robs the bank, gets your contact info, so he can come in the middle of the night and steal your Jag, and make a speedy get-away...
Yep, I read that cringing the whole time. I imagine Victoria Canada is a lovely place.
You can bet that an encounter like that around our neck of the woods ends in an unexpected visit, if not a polite car jacking on the spot.
Gregory, as I was reading your post the thought never crossed my mind that sharing information would be anything other than perfectly natural. I've done so myself more than once, and made some friends in the process.
I remember seeing your F-Type at Van Dusen. It certainly did its part in beautifying the grounds.
[QUOTE=tkoschinsky;2021374]Gregory, as I was reading your post the thought never crossed my mind that sharing information would be anything other than perfectly natural. I've done so myself more than once, and made some friends in the process.
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Tony:
Agreed. Happily, we live in a country in which life is still relatively safe and normal and generally we do not immediately fear the motives of others. I am thinking, though, that we should consider building a wall on our southern border, which our neighbour to the south will pay for.
I spend a lot of time talking about and showing the features of my Jags to interested people. I have never, ever, had an unpleasant experience...except a borderline case (which I may have shared before): I was filling the fuel tank of this same F-Type. A woman in a new BMW SUV pulled up to the other side of the fuel island. After looking at the F-Type she told me how beautiful it was (I knew that, but I thanked her). She then asked me what kind of car it was. "A Jaguar F-Type." "Oh...I love the way Jaguars look but I hear that (the following is verbatim)* they break down in the middle of nowhere for no reason."*
Hmmm....my response : "That is a myth propagated by BMW owners." (this is just about as rude as Canadians should be, and I probably should have been kinder; after all, she was just repeating what she had heard from people who in all likelihood had never owned nor driven a Jaguar.
And that ended our conversation.
Beware of fake news about the Arctic air from Canada. Parts of Canada have a temperate climate all year long. Today, where I live, the camellias are in bloom, the daffodils are just about to bloom, the snowdrops are almost finished blooming, the grass is green (it is always green and the weeds grow 24/365...); the temperature this afternoon was 10 C. You can drive your Jaguar all year long with no fear of road salt...But all this comes at the price of living in an earthquake zone. The (true description) of the climate here must be especially irritating to those to the east in both this country and the US suffering through really awful winter conditions right now. In compensation, remember that we have the Damoclesian threat of earthquake to deal with, all year long.
I can remember the days of innocence, I do miss them.
Not as much as me. Its the world we were promised and prepped for, but we never saw it.
When I was a kid I left a carton of cigarettes in the phone booth at Heathrow, it was there when I returned 2 days later.
Fast forward to teens, got kicked in the phone booth for taking longer than 2 minutes.
Beware of fake news about the Arctic air from Canada. Parts of Canada have a temperate climate all year long. Today, where I live, the camellias are in bloom, the daffodils are just about to bloom, the snowdrops are almost finished blooming, the grass is green (it is always green and the weeds grow 24/365...); the temperature this afternoon was 10 C. You can drive your Jaguar all year long with no fear of road salt...But all this comes at the price of living in an earthquake zone. The (true description) of the climate here must be especially irritating to those to the east in both this country and the US suffering through really awful winter conditions right now. In compensation, remember that we have the Damoclesian threat of earthquake to deal with, all year long.
Tell me about it. I live about a dozen miles from the (in)famous San Andreas quake zone
[QUOTE=tkoschinsky;2021374]Gregory, as I was reading your post the thought never crossed my mind that sharing information would be anything other than perfectly natural. I've done so myself more than once, and made some friends in the process.
Tony:
Agreed. Happily, we live in a country in which life is still relatively safe and normal and generally we do not immediately fear the motives of others. I am thinking, though, that we should consider building a wall on our southern border, which our neighbour to the south will pay for.
I spend a lot of time talking about and showing the features of my Jags to interested people. I have never, ever, had an unpleasant experience...except a borderline case (which I may have shared before): I was filling the fuel tank of this same F-Type. A woman in a new BMW SUV pulled up to the other side of the fuel island. After looking at the F-Type she told me how beautiful it was (I knew that, but I thanked her). She then asked me what kind of car it was. "A Jaguar F-Type." "Oh...I love the way Jaguars look but I hear that (the following is verbatim)* they break down in the middle of nowhere for no reason."*
Hmmm....my response : "That is a myth propagated by BMW owners." (this is just about as rude as Canadians should be, and I probably should have been kinder; after all, she was just repeating what she had heard from people who in all likelihood had never owned nor driven a Jaguar.
And that ended our conversation.
Gregory, I LOVE the subtle dig! You Canadians... such trouble-makers!
01-30-2019, 04:43 PM
The F-Type at the mall
