Sold my Jag...
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Sold my Jag...
TL;DR: I lost my job, and while I'm not desperate for money, this was the easiest way to pad my nest egg, just in case things drag on.
It's rather bittersweet...I'm still smitten with the car, no doubt, but the realities of life had been pushing me toward selling it for a while now.
When I first purchased the car, the only thing on my mind was having fun, pushing the Jag at the canyons, maybe get a few panties wet. I was washing it every two weeks on the dot, putting in all my effort into keeping the car as clean as possible.
Fast forward 8 years, and...things are markedly different. My mid-life crisis is kicking in, I never got anyone's panties wet (my girlfriend actually hates how impractical it is), I have a motorcycle that provides just as much thrills, I realize the importance of reclining seats (to sleep on), I adopted snowboarding, traveling a lot...and the Jag's practically useless trunk, heavy insurance premiums, the random aircon problem I never figured out, the exhaust rattle getting worse and worse, and general impracticality had been creeping on me like a growing shadow. It's still incredibly fun to drive, especially with the top down. I took it to a few track days, and while it shows weakness in tracks with a lot of technical turns, it was still loads of fun pushing it to the limit. That said, I guess you can say I've sort of outgrown it...and the fact I just lost my job didn't help. It was the plentiful time and the reflection of owning it that drove me to selling it, in the end.
I've always kept it around, with the hope that it become a collectors' item one day. It depreciated 20k in my time of ownership...but over 8 years? That's actually not so bad, for a supercharged V8 convertible. Given the circumstances, I just did what was sensible, and lowered my financial exposure. The car's value actually went up a bit, apparently because used car prices went up a bit during this season. So I just went with it.
It's been fun, but yeah...life happens. With Jaguar itself being super confused right now, I doubt I'll buy another Jag in my lifetime. I still have a set of super performance brake calipers for sale, and will probably be okay dumping it for cheap, if anyone's interested.
It's rather bittersweet...I'm still smitten with the car, no doubt, but the realities of life had been pushing me toward selling it for a while now.
When I first purchased the car, the only thing on my mind was having fun, pushing the Jag at the canyons, maybe get a few panties wet. I was washing it every two weeks on the dot, putting in all my effort into keeping the car as clean as possible.
Fast forward 8 years, and...things are markedly different. My mid-life crisis is kicking in, I never got anyone's panties wet (my girlfriend actually hates how impractical it is), I have a motorcycle that provides just as much thrills, I realize the importance of reclining seats (to sleep on), I adopted snowboarding, traveling a lot...and the Jag's practically useless trunk, heavy insurance premiums, the random aircon problem I never figured out, the exhaust rattle getting worse and worse, and general impracticality had been creeping on me like a growing shadow. It's still incredibly fun to drive, especially with the top down. I took it to a few track days, and while it shows weakness in tracks with a lot of technical turns, it was still loads of fun pushing it to the limit. That said, I guess you can say I've sort of outgrown it...and the fact I just lost my job didn't help. It was the plentiful time and the reflection of owning it that drove me to selling it, in the end.
I've always kept it around, with the hope that it become a collectors' item one day. It depreciated 20k in my time of ownership...but over 8 years? That's actually not so bad, for a supercharged V8 convertible. Given the circumstances, I just did what was sensible, and lowered my financial exposure. The car's value actually went up a bit, apparently because used car prices went up a bit during this season. So I just went with it.
It's been fun, but yeah...life happens. With Jaguar itself being super confused right now, I doubt I'll buy another Jag in my lifetime. I still have a set of super performance brake calipers for sale, and will probably be okay dumping it for cheap, if anyone's interested.
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TL;DR: I lost my job, and while I'm not desperate for money, this was the easiest way to pad my nest egg, just in case things drag on.
It's rather bittersweet...I'm still smitten with the car, no doubt, but the realities of life had been pushing me toward selling it for a while now.
When I first purchased the car, the only thing on my mind was having fun, pushing the Jag at the canyons, maybe get a few panties wet. I was washing it every two weeks on the dot, putting in all my effort into keeping the car as clean as possible.
Fast forward 8 years, and...things are markedly different. My mid-life crisis is kicking in, I never got anyone's panties wet (my girlfriend actually hates how impractical it is), I have a motorcycle that provides just as much thrills, I realize the importance of reclining seats (to sleep on), I adopted snowboarding, traveling a lot...and the Jag's practically useless trunk, heavy insurance premiums, the random aircon problem I never figured out, the exhaust rattle getting worse and worse, and general impracticality had been creeping on me like a growing shadow. It's still incredibly fun to drive, especially with the top down. I took it to a few track days, and while it shows weakness in tracks with a lot of technical turns, it was still loads of fun pushing it to the limit. That said, I guess you can say I've sort of outgrown it...and the fact I just lost my job didn't help. It was the plentiful time and the reflection of owning it that drove me to selling it, in the end.
I've always kept it around, with the hope that it become a collectors' item one day. It depreciated 20k in my time of ownership...but over 8 years? That's actually not so bad, for a supercharged V8 convertible. Given the circumstances, I just did what was sensible, and lowered my financial exposure. The car's value actually went up a bit, apparently because used car prices went up a bit during this season. So I just went with it.
It's been fun, but yeah...life happens. With Jaguar itself being super confused right now, I doubt I'll buy another Jag in my lifetime. I still have a set of super performance brake calipers for sale, and will probably be okay dumping it for cheap, if anyone's interested.
It's rather bittersweet...I'm still smitten with the car, no doubt, but the realities of life had been pushing me toward selling it for a while now.
When I first purchased the car, the only thing on my mind was having fun, pushing the Jag at the canyons, maybe get a few panties wet. I was washing it every two weeks on the dot, putting in all my effort into keeping the car as clean as possible.
Fast forward 8 years, and...things are markedly different. My mid-life crisis is kicking in, I never got anyone's panties wet (my girlfriend actually hates how impractical it is), I have a motorcycle that provides just as much thrills, I realize the importance of reclining seats (to sleep on), I adopted snowboarding, traveling a lot...and the Jag's practically useless trunk, heavy insurance premiums, the random aircon problem I never figured out, the exhaust rattle getting worse and worse, and general impracticality had been creeping on me like a growing shadow. It's still incredibly fun to drive, especially with the top down. I took it to a few track days, and while it shows weakness in tracks with a lot of technical turns, it was still loads of fun pushing it to the limit. That said, I guess you can say I've sort of outgrown it...and the fact I just lost my job didn't help. It was the plentiful time and the reflection of owning it that drove me to selling it, in the end.
I've always kept it around, with the hope that it become a collectors' item one day. It depreciated 20k in my time of ownership...but over 8 years? That's actually not so bad, for a supercharged V8 convertible. Given the circumstances, I just did what was sensible, and lowered my financial exposure. The car's value actually went up a bit, apparently because used car prices went up a bit during this season. So I just went with it.
It's been fun, but yeah...life happens. With Jaguar itself being super confused right now, I doubt I'll buy another Jag in my lifetime. I still have a set of super performance brake calipers for sale, and will probably be okay dumping it for cheap, if anyone's interested.
All the best in your next chapter.
Cheers
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