Again; to each thier own. The Jag is a toy for me and I don't remember the last time I drove it with the top up. Though I love the look of the coupe, I wouldn't even consider a sportscar without a removable top......to me the top down motoring is at least half the fun. Strangely I've never had an issue on the many 'verts I've owned

Cheers,
Dave

 

Thanks Dave, and for sure to each their own. A bit one sided on my disdain for the verts. But I also don't own a boat for the same reasons and my hot tub is always giving me trouble. Can't be much crime in BC so that's likely a nonissue too.

 

Depends where you are in BC, but yeah, not much of an issue here....particularly in the areas I tend to frequent.

....I also have a boat, two hot tubs and a pool so I'm a sucker for punishment! LOL


Cheers,
Dave

 

What's your address? The entire Internet wants to party at your house.

 

I won't call the Jag a toy for me, but I won't ever have a main car without it being a convertible again. I tried it once and was miserable (my one stupid attempt to be a "grown up" and got a Volvo). I also like the look of the coupe, but absolutely love mine and unless it's actively raining or below 50 degrees (although now I do have heated seats and steering wheel so will most likely test that come winter), that top is down. I may have swamp butt by the time I get somewhere, but idgaf, I want that top down! I've not had any mechanical issues (yes, I'm knocking on wood at the moment) with any of mine, and while I did have to replace the top of my Mustang twice, I'll take it - that's about 15+ years of driving one, so not too bad considering I live in the city, work downtown and before this house, most of the time didn't even have a driveway for off street parking.

 

I keep getting vetoed on either a hot tub or pool (we don't have room where we live now anyway for the pool), and we sold our boat last year, but we do have plans to get one again at some point (for now we've moved to vintage motorcycles which might end up costing more in the long run, except at least we don't have to pay slip fees for these).

 

Oh, and I'm laughing at the descriptions of the women driving (or refusing to drive) your cars. My husband rarely (twice I think now) rides with me, but I'll admit after he made me angry while I was driving this weekend, I did get a bit more spirited than usual (with someone in the car at least) and made him grab hold. Everyone agrees that it is probably best that I went with the V6S over the V8S I was originally looking at. If it tells you anything about my driving style, other than the long, boring drive home when I got the car and got good mileage, I'm usually averaging about 12mpg these days. That's also the reason my husband is insisting I keep riding the little Honda Rebel 250 he got me as a starter bike for quite a while longer, because he knows me well enough to know I'll want to go too fast too soon. I'm already eyeing what I want next.

Basically, all that to say, that I obviously belong in here with y'all.

 

 

Congratulations!!! Drive safe

 

SWMBO she who must be obeyed....

 

sheesh....I must have been the only one watching Chinese movies " where the lips don't match up to the words " at the time. Rumpole is something I never saw...lol

 

 

IMHO "Rumpole of the Bailey" is the best television series ever made, never mind Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones or Westworld etc (all of which I have seen every episode). It was made back in the day (1975 - 1992) when special effects and CGU were undreamed of. The scripts were brilliant (John Mortimer) and the acting, if a bit hammy at times was first class, particularly by the star of the show Leo McKern (an Aussie!).
My only regret is that they never made an episode of Rumpole's most famous case, the Penge Bungalow Murders, as Leo McKern passed away before they could do so and only Leo could play Rumpole properly. I bought and read the book only a couple of months ago.
I have every episode ever made - 43 - on a hard drive and I think I have watched them all about six times now!

 

Magical, SWMBO is She Who Must Be Obeyed, but I don't know what a Hoon is?

 

16fnrbrg, so far the only people I know whom can answer that is Oz, Mbourne, and Sparks. As Oz explained it comes from a tv show. This is Oz's fault....lol

 

A hoon, in Australia and New Zealand, is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner, generally in order to provoke a reaction from onlookers.

Hoon activities (or hooning) can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, or screeching tyres.[1] Those commonly identified as being involved in hooning are young and predominantly male drivers in the age range of 17 and 35 years.[2]

Hoon control laws are beginning to be extended to dangerous hoon behaviour using boats and other vessels, particularly jet skis. The State of Victoria, Australia passed legislation in late 2009 to control hoon activities using recreational vessels.[3]

 

The "speed kills" industry (and yes, it is an industry) in Oz have corrupted the original and true meaning of the word hoon, and even put it into legislation.
It originally meant someone doing burnouts or donuts etc (eg the boys doing some circle work), but now it does not need to be reckless or dangerous at all, it only needs to be "faster than the sheeple" these days to attract the hoon moniker.
Which makes me a hoon although I haven't had a prang for 37.5 years!