Concourse de Elegance Amelia Island
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Concourse de Elegance Amelia Island
I posted this in another thread but thought it deserved a thread of it's own:
I've just returned home from the Concourse de Elegance at Amelia Island. Jaguar was one of the sponsors and was giving test drives on some of it's cars. There were 4 F-Types, 3 XFR's and 3 XKR verts. Since I'm an XKR owner I was very interested in what kind of attention the XKR'S were getting. Although it appeared Jaguar reps were clearly interested in promoting the F-Type our cars were getting as much if not more of the attention. The XKR was always being test driven with a waiting line.
It was being held at the Ritz Carlton and was packed. I had to park about a 1/4 of mile away. When I was leaving yesterday I noticed a guy who turned out to be 22 making the 1/4 trek to the event. I had to drive back to the entrance to pick up my friend who didn't want to walk that far! So on the way back I pulled over and asked the guy if he wanted a ride. He was on the phone talking to one of his friends and he stopped looked over and his mouth fell open and screamed yes and jumped in the car while still talking on the phone. He said you won't believe this but this dude just asked me if I wanted a ride and he's driving a JAGUAR XKR! I didn't have to tell him what he was driving in. He knew! He gushed the whole way
back to the entrance. And on a side note when I was checking in to my hotel (The Villas at Amelia Island) the valet parked the car, without me asking, in the VIP section next to an Aston Martin and Ferrari California.
Our cars are real head turners no matter what age you are. Unfortunately most people can't afford them until a little later in life.
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I've just returned home from the Concourse de Elegance at Amelia Island. Jaguar was one of the sponsors and was giving test drives on some of it's cars. There were 4 F-Types, 3 XFR's and 3 XKR verts. Since I'm an XKR owner I was very interested in what kind of attention the XKR'S were getting. Although it appeared Jaguar reps were clearly interested in promoting the F-Type our cars were getting as much if not more of the attention. The XKR was always being test driven with a waiting line.
It was being held at the Ritz Carlton and was packed. I had to park about a 1/4 of mile away. When I was leaving yesterday I noticed a guy who turned out to be 22 making the 1/4 trek to the event. I had to drive back to the entrance to pick up my friend who didn't want to walk that far! So on the way back I pulled over and asked the guy if he wanted a ride. He was on the phone talking to one of his friends and he stopped looked over and his mouth fell open and screamed yes and jumped in the car while still talking on the phone. He said you won't believe this but this dude just asked me if I wanted a ride and he's driving a JAGUAR XKR! I didn't have to tell him what he was driving in. He knew! He gushed the whole way
back to the entrance. And on a side note when I was checking in to my hotel (The Villas at Amelia Island) the valet parked the car, without me asking, in the VIP section next to an Aston Martin and Ferrari California.
Our cars are real head turners no matter what age you are. Unfortunately most people can't afford them until a little later in life.
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Hahaha, great story!!
Usually I get nice comments about the car, but a few weekends ago I got called "******!!!" twice in the same day in the XKR! Must've been the lipstick and wig I was wearing!
Usually I get nice comments about the car, but a few weekends ago I got called "******!!!" twice in the same day in the XKR! Must've been the lipstick and wig I was wearing!
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Maybe the guy fell in love with the car and "wanted" you too.
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I posted this in another thread but thought it deserved a thread of it's own:
I've just returned home from the Concourse de Elegance at Amelia Island. Jaguar was one of the sponsors and was giving test drives on some of it's cars. There were 4 F-Types, 3 XFR's and 3 XKR verts. Since I'm an XKR owner I was very interested in what kind of attention the XKR'S were getting. Although it appeared Jaguar reps were clearly interested in promoting the F-Type our cars were getting as much if not more of the attention. The XKR was always being test driven with a waiting line.
It was being held at the Ritz Carlton and was packed. I had to park about a 1/4 of mile away. When I was leaving yesterday I noticed a guy who turned out to be 22 making the 1/4 trek to the event. I had to drive back to the entrance to pick up my friend who didn't want to walk that far! So on the way back I pulled over and asked the guy if he wanted a ride. He was on the phone talking to one of his friends and he stopped looked over and his mouth fell open and screamed yes and jumped in the car while still talking on the phone. He said you won't believe this but this dude just asked me if I wanted a ride and he's driving a JAGUAR XKR! I didn't have to tell him what he was driving in. He knew! He gushed the whole way
back to the entrance. And on a side note when I was checking in to my hotel (The Villas at Amelia Island) the valet parked the car, without me asking, in the VIP section next to an Aston Martin and Ferrari California.
Our cars are real head turners no matter what age you are. Unfortunately most people can't afford them until a little later in life.
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I've just returned home from the Concourse de Elegance at Amelia Island. Jaguar was one of the sponsors and was giving test drives on some of it's cars. There were 4 F-Types, 3 XFR's and 3 XKR verts. Since I'm an XKR owner I was very interested in what kind of attention the XKR'S were getting. Although it appeared Jaguar reps were clearly interested in promoting the F-Type our cars were getting as much if not more of the attention. The XKR was always being test driven with a waiting line.
It was being held at the Ritz Carlton and was packed. I had to park about a 1/4 of mile away. When I was leaving yesterday I noticed a guy who turned out to be 22 making the 1/4 trek to the event. I had to drive back to the entrance to pick up my friend who didn't want to walk that far! So on the way back I pulled over and asked the guy if he wanted a ride. He was on the phone talking to one of his friends and he stopped looked over and his mouth fell open and screamed yes and jumped in the car while still talking on the phone. He said you won't believe this but this dude just asked me if I wanted a ride and he's driving a JAGUAR XKR! I didn't have to tell him what he was driving in. He knew! He gushed the whole way
back to the entrance. And on a side note when I was checking in to my hotel (The Villas at Amelia Island) the valet parked the car, without me asking, in the VIP section next to an Aston Martin and Ferrari California.
Our cars are real head turners no matter what age you are. Unfortunately most people can't afford them until a little later in life.
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That's so not cool. They are just very jealous and envious I was guess...
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I'd just bought the 75, and pulled out of Guy Salmon Jaguar in Coventry to head back to London. I got to the first set of lights, and an Audi with 3 guys in it pulled up alongside. The driver honked the horn & made 'wind down window' motions. Thinking I might be trailing or leaking something, I cracked the passenger window, and one of the guys yelled. "Give it a rev, mate!". So I put it in neutral, and gave 'em a blast - they cheered. Someone asked, "How long you had it?" - "About 10 minutes" - "Brilliant mate, great car, don't bend it!". Then the lights changed, and we went our separate ways...
That was my intro to XKR ownership.
That was my intro to XKR ownership.
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