Jaguar is killing the three-pedal F-Type and it’s your fault
#61
Me too. Miami Vice was one of my favorite shows back then for the cars, the boats and also the music. I was devastated when they blew up the Daytona at the end of the second season (part of the deal with Ferrari supplying them with a real Testarossa for the third season). Of course back then I didn't know it wasn't a real Ferrari. I was just a high school kid in a blue collar neighborhood so what did I know. Fast forward 33 years, now being extremely familiar with the C3 Corvette, I figure it wouldn't be much of a stretch to own one of those replicas so that too is also on my extremely long wish list (or a real one if I win the lottery).
In Fish's defense tho, I haven't seen reruns in many years, but I think I remember there was a white Countach in one or more episodes driven by one of the bad guys. Now that WAS the classic teenage bedroom wall poster car.
In Fish's defense tho, I haven't seen reruns in many years, but I think I remember there was a white Countach in one or more episodes driven by one of the bad guys. Now that WAS the classic teenage bedroom wall poster car.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cars_in_Miami_Vice
#62
I am constantly augmenting, updating. It's usually something I see in Sports Car market... I like to take notes because I have zero bandwidth to memorize makes and model by year, let alone the minutia between model years. It's a pie in the sky thing, of course, but if the boomers all load their collections in the markets at once, I bet I can pick up one or two. =)
#63
I am constantly augmenting, updating. It's usually something I see in Sports Car market... I like to take notes because I have zero bandwidth to memorize makes and model by year, let alone the minutia between model years. It's a pie in the sky thing, of course, but if the boomers all load their collections in the markets at once, I bet I can pick up one or two. =)
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#64
Just wait for the next stock market crash. In 2009, collectors were unloading and I picked up a professionally restored 68 Mustang out of a large collection auction for peanuts. Enjoyed it for a few years and sold it for a nice profit. The only trouble is trying not to be a victim of the crash yourself.
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#66
Hate to return to the topic, but it isn't us that's killing the three pedal F-Type: it's the ZF8 transmission. If ya want to stir your gears, go ahead with paddles or sequential shifter. If not, leave in limousine mode. It's faster. It never misses a shift. It goes all the way to the red-line (wonder how close your average shift is to red-line).
I've been heel-and-toeing for about 60 years, and am proud of my skill (never even ground a gear, much less missed a shift, in 10 days in Formula Fords with un-synchronized gearboxes) , but I don't miss losing the skill, especially in the traffic I drive in - I live in the seventh largest city in the USA.
I've been heel-and-toeing for about 60 years, and am proud of my skill (never even ground a gear, much less missed a shift, in 10 days in Formula Fords with un-synchronized gearboxes) , but I don't miss losing the skill, especially in the traffic I drive in - I live in the seventh largest city in the USA.
#67
Hate to return to the topic, but it isn't us that's killing the three pedal F-Type: it's the ZF8 transmission. If ya want to stir your gears, go ahead with paddles or sequential shifter. If not, leave in limousine mode. It's faster. It never misses a shift. It goes all the way to the red-line (wonder how close your average shift is to red-line).
I've been heel-and-toeing for about 60 years, and am proud of my skill (never even ground a gear, much less missed a shift, in 10 days in Formula Fords with un-synchronized gearboxes) , but I don't miss losing the skill, especially in the traffic I drive in - I live in the seventh largest city in the USA.
I've been heel-and-toeing for about 60 years, and am proud of my skill (never even ground a gear, much less missed a shift, in 10 days in Formula Fords with un-synchronized gearboxes) , but I don't miss losing the skill, especially in the traffic I drive in - I live in the seventh largest city in the USA.
#68
AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaand... we've come full circle:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/o...hift-cars.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/o...hift-cars.html
#70
AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaand... we've come full circle:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/o...hift-cars.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/o...hift-cars.html
#71
I turned off the lane keep / auto steer feature after it tried to swerve into a left turn lane (I was going straight through). I turned off the collision avoidance after it (twice) braked rather sharply when it was all clear up ahead.
To cap it off, the hatch tried to close on me while I was leaning in grabbing the groceries - it tried to eat me!
#72
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#73
I agree that the manual is unfortunately almost a thing of the past.
After deciding on the F-Type, I began my search for one (a 2018) in dealer inventories across the COUNTRY. There were a grand total of 6 available.
One dealership in Southern CA (four dealerships under one masthead) had over 150 F-Types in inventory. ZERO manuals.
So I factory-ordered my car (BRG P340 w 6 spd). Took almost 7 months to get the car. (2 of them the car sat at Baltimore Port while JLR decided on pricing and obtained new model year certification).
A recent article in Road & Track, covering the new F Type I-4 model, stated that JLR put the take rate for manuals at "under 2%".
Sad.
After deciding on the F-Type, I began my search for one (a 2018) in dealer inventories across the COUNTRY. There were a grand total of 6 available.
One dealership in Southern CA (four dealerships under one masthead) had over 150 F-Types in inventory. ZERO manuals.
So I factory-ordered my car (BRG P340 w 6 spd). Took almost 7 months to get the car. (2 of them the car sat at Baltimore Port while JLR decided on pricing and obtained new model year certification).
A recent article in Road & Track, covering the new F Type I-4 model, stated that JLR put the take rate for manuals at "under 2%".
Sad.
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#77
I had not heard about MT reliability issues, but I am new to the forum and this is my first Jaguar (even tho I have recently entered my 7th decade).
Knowing that Jaguar has left the model essentially unchanged for so many years, and that the take rate for MT's is so small, I decided to lease it, and let Chase Bank
worry about the RV and resale at the end of the 39 month term!
Meanwhile - have any of you experienced issues with your temperature gauges? Mine is a 2019. V6 P340. It has about 700 miles on it. I just got it out of storage a couple weeks ago. Runs fine, but the temperature gauge 'barely' registers a reading...…...just a very small bit of blue at the bottom of the band.
Knowing that Jaguar has left the model essentially unchanged for so many years, and that the take rate for MT's is so small, I decided to lease it, and let Chase Bank
worry about the RV and resale at the end of the 39 month term!
Meanwhile - have any of you experienced issues with your temperature gauges? Mine is a 2019. V6 P340. It has about 700 miles on it. I just got it out of storage a couple weeks ago. Runs fine, but the temperature gauge 'barely' registers a reading...…...just a very small bit of blue at the bottom of the band.
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#79
I've been driving a Discovery Sport courtesy car for a month. I swear it's trying to kill me.
I turned off the lane keep / auto steer feature after it tried to swerve into a left turn lane (I was going straight through). I turned off the collision avoidance after it (twice) braked rather sharply when it was all clear up ahead.
To cap it off, the hatch tried to close on me while I was leaning in grabbing the groceries - it tried to eat me!
I turned off the lane keep / auto steer feature after it tried to swerve into a left turn lane (I was going straight through). I turned off the collision avoidance after it (twice) braked rather sharply when it was all clear up ahead.
To cap it off, the hatch tried to close on me while I was leaning in grabbing the groceries - it tried to eat me!
#80
I do not have collision avoidance, but the lane departure is WILD... it's really surreal to be fighting against your steering wheel's own perception of the situation. AI is weird. And not there yet.