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Those that know me or those that have followed this thread from its very first post know I like parkade photos even when she’s not always that clean. I think there’s something about Carnival Red in parkade settings with parkade lighting that makes them pop.
Our cars are so perfectly proportioned overall and they photograph so well - even when they’re not as clean as they deserve - that it’s easy to overlook the details.
She’s clean and presentable at the moment so I thought I would try and capture some of the exterior compound curves and details that make up the whole.
Ken, have you no compassion? This is just torture. But not only is the X308 one of the most beautiful, dignified, elegantly curvaceous bodies in the automotive world, the fact that a 23 year old car can look like this is proof that true beauty never fades.
Somebody is....VERY proud of their Jag. However, I pretty sure
that most of here...are.
I’m pretty sure you’re right Randy!
The XJR is my fourth Jag and I still have one of the other three (all Series 3 VDP’s). I have been lucky enough that each one of them exceeded expectations that were high to begin with which makes it easy to be VERY proud.
I have heard those who speak of waxing a car too much. However,
I have never seen a car in that state. I wax the Duchess fairly often
with no ill effects.
Ouch, I think I'd die in that. I don't do heat well.
We had to replace our furnaces last year and added a pair of heat pumps to the system so that lets us cool the house down if it gets too hot but I do better in hot than cold so it's not too bad.
All I have to do is think about what it's like when it's minus 39 C (-38.2 Fahrenheit) and things aren't so bad after all when it's plus 39.
Last edited by Ken Cantor; Jul 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM.
A picture of a clean XJR taken from a building across the street through a not very clean window. It started to rain shortly after this so the XJR is now also not very clean albeit just as pretty.
Eye candy on the street as well as in the windows.
Last edited by Ken Cantor; Jul 25, 2024 at 07:57 PM.
We have some friends who live about 100 km/62.5 miles east of Edmonton on their family homestead farm that was first settled in 1901. There was a “family gathering” This afternoon to which I had the honour of being invited to.
Which of course means the XJR was a country squire this afternoon, a task she performed admirably travelling 216 km/134 miles at an average speed of 80 kph/50 mph and consuming 13.2 litres per 100 km/21.4 mpg.
Once you get out of town it’s a 4 lane divided highway for about 80 km/50 miles, then about 12 km/8 miles of two lane straight as an arrow paved county road and then 2.5 km/1.5 km of straight as an arrow gravel.
Highway speed limits were 80-110 kph/50-70-mph and traffic moved steadily at 10-15 kph greater than that. There was no traffic in either direction on the country road and most of it is completely uninhabited with no cross roads so 130-140 kph/80-90 mph was in order with a brief run up to 200 kph/125 mph “just to see” that was steady as a rock (the XJR had lots more, I did not ).
Destination roadsign with the memorial garden being designated in the background. Another view of the memorial garden with an original implement. Some recognition signage at the main entrance. A prime parking stall beside a working ‘60’s era Canadian manufactured Cockshutt 570 tractor. The newly gravelled country road on the way home with a typical prairie horizon. The photo is actually pretty clear but there’s still quite a bit of forest fire smoke/haze hanging around.
Last edited by Ken Cantor; Aug 18, 2024 at 09:55 AM.
We had a downtown meeting with a solicitor this morning so parked the XJR in their underground parking in a stall right near the exit payment booth that was marked “2 hours maximum”.
As luck would have it, we were a little over three hours so I apologized to the attendant for overstaying. She said not to worry about it as a number of people had stopped to admire it, several of them had actually talked to her about it, and she wanted to confirm what year it was.
Pretty sure that doesn't happen with a Tesla or an F-150.
I had the same effect on passerby's while valet parking my 2003 base Saturday night (no where near as lovely as Ken's): "Everybody stopped and admired it and wanted to know what it was . . .one couple even wanted to look inside; so opened it, I hope you don't mind?" I guess folks here in the lower colonies are just tired of looking at look-alike SUVs and huge-*** pickups . . .
She was a pretty pristine “west coast car” when we picked her up 2 1/2 years ago so one of the first things that was done before her first Edmonton winter was rust proofing and undercoating. She was in this morning for her annual warranteed inspection and touch up as needed.
She still looks pretty good under there for a 24 year old car:
And they washed her up top as well so that got taken off this afternoon’s to-do list. Also looking pretty good for a 24 year old car:
Last edited by Ken Cantor; Sep 17, 2024 at 11:51 PM.
