So, I've noticed an uptick in compliments on my car particularly from high school aged boys. I was waiting in a drive-through today when it happened again. The kid came out with my order and before leaving said "Cool car!" And these remarks are not coming from obviously eccentric or socially awkward (unlike myself, I suppose!) young people, rather normal looking kids who appear as if they probably know what "cool" is. Now, I wasn't that cool in high school, and I don't think I'm that cool now. I drive my Jag more for the sense of grace and space. And I've heard it again and again how Jags are supposed to 'old man' cars. But this has really got me thinking.

Is my car cool?

Scott

 

I know when I've been in Wisconsin with my Jaguar, it gets a lot of attention!

Time to stop thinking you're not cool -- you DO drive a Jaguar, after all!

 

Of course it's cool....it's a Jaaaaag

 

It's a Jag, its cool.
Dave

 

Probably in the MidWest sure, its a cool car. But these are also the same people that think Ohio State football isnt overrated...

 

I can see this is a bit of a sermon to the choir.

 

That's funny, The high school kid at the local McDaonalds here told me the same thing! I do get the occasional old people car joke, but since I'm 43, I don't care, or mind.

 

Hey Scott, I hail from Neenah, WI FYI

I have also had people randomly compliment my Jaguars. A teenage kid on a skateboard was riding by the other day and commented what a cool car I had.

 

But of course......chuckle

 

Dude, way cool, the kid at the Tim Hortons drive through always wipes my coffee cup twice to make sure it doesn't drip.

 

why did this make me laugh??

 

So what does that make us ? A bunch of middle-aged teenagers?

 

COOL !! with STYLE & shows the owner has TASTE.... 3 things that are sadly lacking in this modern world...

 

I suppose we must consider it as validation, Jim. Validation.

 

You were overtaken by a kid on a skateboard!

Graham

 

So last fall I pull into a large shopping plaza parking lot to hit the smoke shop for cigars with my 14yr old son in the passenger seat...I notice on the other end of the lot an entire row tuner cars with their teenage/early-twenties owners congregated around them "hanging out". My son is of course ooo-ing and ahhh-ing at the collection.

On the way out, I mention to him my intension to "cruise the row and take a look"...,"cool" he says. The full attention of almost every kid there was given to the Jag as we idled past. Through the open sunroof we hear words like "whoa", "what is that", "sweet", "that's the s**t", and even "cool"!

As I rolled out of the lot, I flipped the trac control off and lit the tires up for a second and went on my way. At the next light, four guys crammed into some tiny lime green something-or-another pulled up next to me and asked if they could see under the hood... We turned around and went back to the lot. Needleless to say they were all quite surprised! We spent a while asking questions and checking out each others cars. My son and the group of young men thought the experience was "cool", so did I.

 

At the first sight of it, my four year old exclaimed "Wow! Cool car!"

I consider him a paragon of good taste.

 

I bought my '91 the day we moved to a new city. I had to take the two middle children with me in the car, and while filling up at the gas station, my son (six at the time) says, "Dad, in this car everybody's going to think we're famous!"

 

You should know by now that The Ohio State is never over rated.

 

Often get 'nice ride mate' from younger peeps. Or 'I like the car' from older folk. Appears an X308 has no Generation Gap. So yep, Scott has a cool car here.