Great little video that captures exactly how I feel when I drive the XK and see all the electrics popping up. Luckily, my kids have been to the races a couple of times and appreciate the sound of engines roaring, but the guy in this video nails it when he laments the fact that the coming generation of kids will probably have almost no idea how a great internal combustion engine sounds.

 

"For many a car is just about getting from point A to B'
With $2 bucks in your pocket, thats all one can get.
And thats the heart of the matter... the weed smokers are trying to bring the world down to their level.

 

 

Watched that video, took my XK out for a ride. Listened to and FELT the motor during the ride. Absolutely exhilarating ... every dang time.

 

Not bad, not quite as good as the original, but then they were gods.

 

Nice videos. Makes me want to take my XKR out for a ride. I need to find roads like those though, long curvy and empty of traffic.

 

Change is often hard but it is inevitible. That be the case though, I'm happy living today and maybe in the past a litte too. I'm too old to worry about what the kids will have as that die is already set and they'll adjust as they need to. As for me its "what will I do when I wear out my XK"?

 

Get an F-Type!

 

Take heart, my friends. I lived through the late 1970s when gas prices were skyrocketing, there were supply shortages, and the predictions for the future of the V8 engine were all apocalyptic. That led to many of the crappy cars we drove in the 1980s (Google them, some were really bad). Guess what? We now have V8 engines, and even four cylinder engines, that are better in every way. I love driving my XKR, but am not too worried about the future. My grandson loves his Hot Wheels, and plays with them for hours, making V8 sounds. The future will be okay.

 

I do laugh when American's say things like this...here in the UK we're paying over $6 a gallon now...and that's even taking into account yours being 17% smaller.

Would America stand for that?

It of course means that we here in Europe must love our thunderous V8's more given we're paying twice the price to drive them around??

 

 

Clarkson's video is the #1 reason I bought my XKR. Being a Southern redneck, I had never given much thought to Astons or "Jag-Wires" but that video made me an instant believer. I'm lucky to live in Tennessee with relatively cheap gas, and hope I could be as loyal as you UK owners as our gas prices rise.

 

Lands End to John o'Groats=874 miles

Miami to Seattle=3,300 miles

Gas is twice as much in Britain but the distances are 75% less.

 

Key West, Florida to Homer, Alaska.......... 5, 384 miles.
There are places farther than Homer, but you'd need sled dogs to get you there.

 

There is no shortage of petroleum worldwide or in the United States. At present the greatest producer of petroleum is the United States. There are huge reserves of tar shale and other countries have large untapped petroleum deposits. Modern cars are much more fuel efficient than in the past. Average fuel economy of American cars has gone from 12-15 mpg. in the 1960s to over 30 mpg. today with much cleaner exhaust missions.Cars are not turning to electricity because of a scarcity of petroleum. It's all about carbon emissions. The internal combustion engine cannot escape from emitting CO2. However in the western US, electricity is chiefly produced by burning natural gas. Sure, there is some solar, atomic, wind, geothermal, hydo electric generation but it still comes down to natural gas. So your Tesla mostly runs on natural gas. The Zero Emissions labels are misleading as battery production produces plenty of harmful byproducts that have to be mitigated.

I'm not against progress and I think that there should be a rational mix of different vehicle propulsion technologies. The Tesla is probably the best electric car in production today but in my experience they mostly run on "smugness!"

 

The first part of this quote is spot-on.

Tesla owners have iPhone owner syndrome. Tesla forums are full of rants that conclude with "but I absolutely adore my Tesla". Electricity is the future-fortunately the future is not quite now.

 

"Clean, beautiful coal"
- - Blithering Idiot

 

THAT sir was mightily impressive/correct.

The reason I didn't get one...as am plenty smug enough already!

 

Nice cinematography but his message is pathetic. Fella seems puss whipped.

Nice warmer fall day, nothing but big manly rumbling V8's out and about.

Pity Jag is going the plugged in route. Guess Chebby swaps will come back into fashion.

 

Perhaps, but then one must factor in ALL the costs and effects of petroleum (and other required lubricants). From drilling to refining to distribution. It gets ugly and expensive fairly quickly. Diesel fuel trucks are notoriously dirty methods of transporting and refining is equally as bad. Then one must factor into the equation maintenance and materials for production (since we're including battery manufacturing), including the problematic catalytic converter. And one doesn't need the 6th Fleet to protect the shipment of batteries. Add not just the financial costs but the resulting pollution from a carrier fleet. And you would have to count every sortie of every fighter jet. It's a false equivalency.