Would like to attend, but my son is getting married and I will be in Long Island, maybe next time.

 

We have 11 confirmed Jaguars so far, for the event being held 05/19/13, from 8:00AM to 10:00AM at Fair Lakes, with almost that many 'maybes'. Let's bring out our Jaguars! Brunch to follow at The Blue Iguana. Be part of the biggest showing of Jaguars at the Fair Lakes Cars & Coffee...

--Bob Collum

 

Still aiming for 20??

Looks like the weather should be nice. So far, it looks like high of around 80 and cloudy.

 

Yes, having gotten 22 Lotus out for an event at Fair Lakes in April, I'd like to do at least as well with Jaguars. Based on the response I'm seeing so far, we have our work cut out for us! (But I'm not finished yet.)

--Bob Collum

 

Have fun this weekend, guys. Be sure and post lots of pictures!

 

Hi Yall, I want to go! I live in Maryland and know a little about the area. I will bring my hubby. It would be great to meet other Jag owners.

I forgot to add.. I have a 08 XKR supercharged

Nikki

 

Here's what I have so far. I'll keep adding to this list, as people confirm.
13 cars confirmed, with at least 8 more possibles, so far! It will be the biggest Jag showing at the Fair Lakes location so far...
I'd like to see 20! Please let your Jaguar friends know...

You'll kick yourself if you miss this, when you see the pictures afterwards!

Bob Collum - '07 XK Coupe
Thermo - '03 X
White XKR - '01 XKR convertible
'07 XK convertible
Bobert - '05 XKR Coupe
Kiddhan625 - '12 XFR
GoBlue90 - '04 S-Type R
Gus - S-Type
ACMcDonal86 - '07 XKR convertible
Brian M. - '86 XJ-6 series III VDP
TomTom614 - '09 XF
Nikki - '08 XKR
Paul S. - ??

Possibles:
XJSC - XJ Supercharged
Clint - XJS/XJ8?
Mick - ??
Rob C. - ??
Bob W. - Lister Jaguar replica
Paul B. - ??
Mike P. - XKE Coupe
Ben L. - '67 E-Type 2 + 2


If you are planning on being there, and do not see your name above, please let me know. I will reserve parking spaces at the event based on responses I get. Those who want to, can go over to the Blue Iguana for brunch afterwards - we've reserved a table.

--Bob Collum

 

OK, folks - we're coming up on our Jaguar event, A Pride of Jaguars. Not only will we have a good selection of Jaguars (13 confirmed Jaguars in attendance, as of right now), but the weekly Cars & Coffee at this location regularly has over 100 cars of all types - imports, exotics, muscle cars, and hot rods. If you like cars, you should be there. If you like Jaguars, this is the place to be.

Sunday, May 19th, 8:00AM - 10:00AM. East Market Shopping Center at Fair Lakes (Kohl's & Dick's Sporting Goods).

Please respond if you will be there, or you hope to be there. I will use these responses in estimating reserved parking spaces for Jaguars.

--Bob Collum

 

As of 7:20AM today, we have 1444 views of this thread. I know you're reading this, so let's get our confirmed numbers up! I want to cordon off the correct amount of parking for the Jaguars. I'll be there plenty early, so when folks start showing up around 8AM, we'll be set to go.

Any questions, contact me:

robert(underscore)collum(at)hotmail(dot)com

Below are some pictures I have taken over the past year at Fair Lakes. This should give you some idea of the quality and variety of cars at the weekly Cars & Coffee events: (click on thumbnails to see a larger picture)

 

Bah! It looks like the weather is going to suck. I will probably still wash the car before leaving, but I'm going to look stupid washing a car in the rain.

 

The forecast I see is for cloudy, low 70's. I'm predicting a great morning; it might rain in the afternoon.

Here are some more pictures of cars from Fair Lakes, all taken in the last year.

Please RSVP! Hope to see you there!

--Bob Collum

 

I hope you are right! Were those photos taken this last weekend?

 

No - some of those go back to May of '12, some are more recent. We haven't had many Jaguars in recent weeks. I'm hoping to rectify that this Sunday.

I went over and talked to Paul, the manager at Rosenthal Jaguar. He will be sending a rep over with a car from the dealership.

B E
T H E R E!

--Bob Collum

 

I expect Sunday to be cloudy, but hope that the rain will be holding off until the afternoon. I will be at the East Market at Fair Lakes parking lot, rain or shine. (They are English cars, after all...)

You can put the address of Kohl's into MapQuest or your NAV system -

12551 Fair Lakes Circle
Fairfax, VA 22033

--Bob Collum

 

Just a word of advice.

In the Regional sections, the first word of any new thread should be 'the Region', e.g. Mid Atlantic, .... then followed by the event or other title.

Otherwise it all becomes a little vague.

"A Pride of Jaguars", could be anywhere! From how things are displayed on the forum.

 

Was told some bad news today. Dealership said they won't been done with my car until Monday, instead of today as expected..stuck with a rental. =( Might still show up n support..soo bummed out

 

Please do show up - you won't be disappointed!

--Bob Collum

 

I got confirmation this morning from Rosenthal Jaguar at Tyson's - they will be bringing a new F-Type to this event. Come on out to Fair Lakes and see it!

--Bob Collum

 

wish this was a little closer as I would love to attend. Hope the turn out is better than anticipated and look forward to pics of the event.

 

We had our first scheduled Pride of Jaguars this morning, at the East Market at Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax, VA. Despite the iffy weather - it was foggy early, though it never really rained - we had 14 Jaguars show up.

The event was helped greatly by the generosity of Rosenthal Jaguar of Tysons Corner. When I asked manager Paul Bavely of Rosenthal, he agreed to send over a car for the event. As it turned out, timing worked out for us, as the new F-Types arrived this Friday, and Craig Faunce of Rosenthal brought over a navy blue V6 F-type, for display... and drives!
Thanks, guys!

We had a very good mix of models - my XK Coupe, plus XKR Coupes and convertibles, X- and S-Types, an XF and even an XF-R!

An added attraction today was our own 'Jag Wrangler', WhiteXKR, who demonstrated his remote top retraction mod on his XKR convertible.

I'll leave it to the other attendees to tell you if they enjoyed themselves; I know I did. Several of us went over to The Blue Iguana afterwards for brunch.

If people enjoyed this event, we can certainly being long-range planning for another - probably in the fall. I'd rather not do a big outing like this too often, but everyone is more than welcome to bring their Jags and other cars to the 'normal' Cars & Coffee event at Fair Lakes, which happens every Sunday, year-round.

Thanks to all who participated!

--Bob Collum