For reference purposes, here is a link to the 2017 Katie's Cars & Coffee thread:


https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/u...lls-va-174882/

 

I planned to drive the Elise to Katie's this morning... the Elise planned differently. I had a problem starting the car, several weeks ago, and discovered that I needed to use my CTEK charger on a different setting (the cold weather setting), since it is an 'AGM' type battery. It seems that the battery was at the end of its life, since that strategy worked, but only for a few more weeks. Now, I need to buy a new one. Oh, well.


A decent crowd at Katie's, even including one Jaguar - an F Pace. Oh, and my Subaru.


The last pic - the youngest photographer there this morning.


--Bob Collum

 

Today was a Katie's Perfect Storm, Winter Edition. Many people have stayed away the last few weeks, because of extreme cold, and salt, and some light rain & snow. It was reasonably warm this morning, it had rained away most of the salt earlier this week, and no chance of precipitation. As a result, people came out in good numbers - even with some Jaguars!

How about that Daytona!

--Bob Collum


P.S.: Some sad news - local Jaguar owner Al Hazard, owner of a red E-Type OTS and a gorgeous black XK-120, passed away last Sunday. Al was the winner of our local America's British Reliability Run this past October, and a great guy, who will be missed! Condolences to his friends and family.

 

Well, we've made it to February, though Punxutawney Phil says we have 6 more weeks of winter. It was 15F when I got to Katie's this morning, but at least there was no wind. A reasonable amount of cars showed up. Ralf brought his XJS, so there was Jaguar representation. There were a couple of Range Rovers there, too.

--Bob Collum

 

A late-ish arrival to Katie's this morning. A year from now, this might not make sense to most people. (It took me a few seconds to understand what this was supposed to be...)

--Bob Collum

 

We did have a few Jaguars there today...


--Bob Collum

 

And here I thought that wasn't supposed to return for about a billion years! LOL. Nice touch.

 

A Saturday morning trip to Katie's is worth it - even if it's a bit out of the way!


--Bob

 

Turnout was decent this morning, and, at least it wasn't ridiculously cold! Ralf drove his XJS, so we had Jaguar representation. The Triumph 'special' smoked enough to keep us mosquito-free thru July!


--Bob Collum

 

Not a huge turnout, because it was foggy out - but, it was mid-forties this morning, even really early! We had one Jaguar - a nice silver XK Coupe.
A friend just bought a Ferrari 599, and brought it out for the first time... A huge number of Porsches there, as there always seems to be when there's iffy weather... Ed drove his X 1/9. We had another Tesla Model 3 show up, too.

--Bob Collum

 

After being at Katie's early last week, but finding it closed because of the power outage, we (and a LOT of other people) decided today was the day for a drive to Katie's. We did have a few Jaguars there today!

We also saw our first Dodge Challenger Demon today. 840hp!

--Bob Collum

 

A special day at Katies; first, it's St. Patrick's Day, and that really means something at a place called The Old Brogue. Second, the many regulars who missed last week because they were at the Amelia Island Concours in Florida returned, with great stories of cars and car people. Of course, there are ALWAYS great cars at Katie's.


My favorites this week - the beautiful Mercedes Gullwing replica, built on a newer MB chassis, with a modern AMG engine. Bob Morris' unbelievable, fresh-from-restoration Allard. As beautiful a new car as there is: the Aston Martin DB11. Another all-time favorite of mine: the Alfa Montreal.


It was quite a good day for Jaguars, too!


--Bob Collum

 

The weather wasn't bad today - cold, but clear. However, this past week's snow meant we still had lots of salt on the roads, so it limited the attendees a bit. There were an abnormally large number of Aston Martins there, probably in support of the "007" charity event they were promoting. I only saw one Jaguar there today - a white F-Type convertible, but I did not get a picture - sorry!


--Bob Collum

 

Today was the last Saturday in March, it wasn't too cold, and FINALLY, the salt on the roads has been washed away! We even had several Jaguars show up.

--Bob Collum

 

We had been getting dire predictions of a big snow all week. That changed late this week to a snow/rain mix. The reality was, a very sparse, slight mist. While the turnout at Katie's was a bit light, we had some interesting stuff... I was the first car there!


--Bob Collum

 

Without a doubt, this was the largest day ever at Katie's. Cars were parked all the way around the Great Falls Village shopping center. While I am glad Katie's remains popular, the fact that we had overflow cars parking across Walker Road on the Safeway parking lot, and also parked unsafely along the side of Georgetown Pike. This will generate a lot of complaints, if this is not just a blip in attendance for the first gorgeous-weather day of the year.


The largest number of Jaguars yet, this year. I did not get pictures of all of them.


That MGB is a newly-manufactured car from a firm called British Motor Heritage in England. It runs Mazda MX-5 running gear.


--Bob Collum


P.S.: See everyone at Britain on the Green, on 04/29/18:


https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/u...2018-a-198109/

 

I forgot another Jag!!

 

No rain this morning - 47 degrees, with clear skies turning to fog in the early morning. A good turnout of cars & car people! We did have several Jaguars in attendance today!


--Bob Collum

 

Ah the Mach 1. Love it. Brings back a lot of childhood memories

 

Since it was raining lightly when I left my house, I drove the (gasp) Subaru this morning. I had really wanted to drive the Seven, but didn't want to deal with the rain. Luckily, some people braved the weather, which turned out to be a largely dry by the time we got to Great Falls.


We had a good selection of Jaguars, both old & new!


--Bob Collum