That is a true Jaguar owner move. Well played!

I too keep getting compliments on the car and get nothing but appreciative glances. Especially from the MB and BMW drivers who seem to take longer glances for some reason. The best is watching younger car enthusiasts light up a bit when they see the car roll by, top down. Lots of 'Whoa! Cool car!' reactions. Which can't help but put a grin on your face.

Have to keep reminding my inflating ego that the car is the star, not me!

 

Yes. *points at Jag*

No. *points at Jag*

Evidently more than you think...since I own a Jag.

Depreciation is my friend.

Sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eWIrBOc3zE

 

From now on, I'm calling you "slick *****". Great come-back!

 

You are the star too. You're the one with enough class and refinement to choose to own such a remarkably gorgeous automobile.

 

I live in the silicon valley and here, XKs are considered very nice but not necessarily exotic or over the top in any way.

It's kind of like- nice car; good for you!

 

Well, I live here in the Annapolis area of Maryland. My XK-R still gets the "NOD" from many of the Porsches, Ferrari and Lambo guys at our Sunday morn coffee gatherings.

 

amcdonal86

Here...I'm 31 years old and I owned my first Jag (2011 XKR) at the age of 28. I love it sooo much that the following year at the age of 29 I bought myself another Jag (2011 XJL S/C) I love it even more. So two cats at the age of 29. You want to know how? I'm the Captain of a ship.

 

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, I was actually searching for 'Hard reset/reboot' and this came up??

Anyway been in Jag ownership for just over 14yrs, so was 39 when I got my first, weirdly the XK8 didn't get any negative comments only positive (usually fro 70+ men)

The 2014 XKR owned for 8 weeks however gets quite a lot of negative, granted the XK8 was more 'elegant' where the R is more GTA and brute force an ignorance

1) At work the usual 'we're paying you too much' grrr

2) Was in a fast fit place getting my air-con re-gassed chatting to a 67yr old who was having new tyres on his Outlander, he built miniature steam locomotives and said he could get the engine and 3 carriages in the back. I didn't say which car was mine only that I was having a re-gas.

When they pulled mine up outside of reception the conversation went like this

Him: Is that yours?
Me: Yes
Him: What type of MPG do you get?
Me: 30 on a run, but it more 'smiles to the gallon'.
Him: Hmmph, well if you ask me it's pretentious and ostentatious!
Me: Firstly, I didn't ask you, second, and this will probably come with age & experience, other peoples choices are just that, their choice and it has absolutely nothing to do with you
Him: Hmmph and he left the reception, trying REALLY hard not to look at my car...defo a lol moment

Pics of both

 

Thanks for sharing that story, made me laugh.

Jaguar is a choice less taken, and it WILL result in people noticing that; for good or evil.

My advice to the original post is find some other place to work!

It isn't about the money, it is about the perception of being different.

You could pick some other car that is even more expensive, yet not "different" and not see the same result.

Back when I only had Porsches if in conversation people asked me what I drove, I would reply that I had a glorified Volkswagen.

I haven't been very social in the period about a year before I got my Jaguar to present day.

Ultimately, if someone doesn't like it then that is a good thing as it lets me know who not to spend my time around.

It is my observation that my Porsche 944's are often perceived similar to some one showing up at the flight line with an open cockpit bi-plane.

The Jaguar on the other hand conveys something entirely different, it is the first thing I have owned that has led me to understand what "status symbol" means.

 

One the better looking XKR's I have seen a long time. Great wheels and color combo!

 

 

I bought my first Jaguar, a 2000 XKR Convertible at 23 and have added 2 more Jaguars, a 98 XJR at 27 and a 07 XKR Coupe at 31 a few months ago. That combined with owning other cars and motorcycles all at the same time, especially as a woman since car collecting is not common, is usually what gets the comments.

The comments are overwhelmingly positive. Usually if something isn't positive, it's a neutral one and it's comments about how much they cost to run, which leads to me saying I do all my own work. Usually that leads to them asking car questions about what kind of car to buy, or repair questions.

I haven't encountered someone really jealous to my face, but at a bar with friends, my 2000 got keyed along with a Maserati Gran Turismo and a 911.I'm one of those people who is more or less quiet in a bar and polite even if rejecting a stranger; and the 3 of us who got keyed were completely unrelated to each other, so we think it was jealousy towards the cars. The joke was on them since I was pricing out repaints at the time!

 

People loved my XK and still talk about it. I try not to mention anything to anyone on the Rapide. It's just too pretentious... I was at the gym this morning and showed the car to someone in the parking lot who was eyeing it. Showed him the engine. He bought some fancy high end pick up truck. I bet it was like 70k+ new? He thought it was the around the same price as the Rapide... I did not want to correct him on that, but mentioned I get nervous some times driving around in a "rolling house".

 

Him: Hmmph, well if you ask me it's pretentious and ostentatious!

You: And you being a kind gentleman saw it fit to rob me of my joy. You sir are an inconsiderate C. The difference between me and you is: I have spent money for my delusions and could care less to rob others of theirs.

 

THAT was priceless, appreciate though mine was a spur of the moment response, and, as I work with old (average age 81) people now, I don't get much opportunity to exercise the repartee.

Did you mean 'couldn't'?

 

I did have a sort of a positive comment a couple of couple of weeks back when I stopped to pick up a parcel in a less than affluent area.

Yoof: Is that a Maserati??
Me: No it's a Jaguar
Yoof: Well I'd not drive or park it round ere!
Me: Dropping into Ray Winstone/Bob Hoskins mode/voice (was raised in the East End of London so easy)
"WHY SON.... DO YOU THINK YOU COULD TAKE IT OFF ME!!???
Yoof: Nada

 

Haters be haters, you just happen to be in their cross hairs at the time. Nothing personal.

 

This really should be a sticky

No technical merit but a lovely read

 

In that case
You: Yes, I am making the most of it while I can spend money to elevate myself, I am sure I will have to resort to condescension at some point.

I dont know if proper grammar is 'I could care less' or ' I couldn't care less' I transcended being proper a long time ago- thats what boarding school was for.

 

I had parked in an open parking space WAY away from other cars (literally more than ten free spots to the next vehicle) and got out. Here comes Mr Chevrolet and parked RIGHT FLIPPIN NEXT to my XKR. I stopped walking and waited for dude to get out.
"Thanks for that" I say gently to the guy as I walk back to my Driver Door.
Dude says something like "What's the problem? I didn't hit anything!" Then he takes a longer look at my car... "Oh, I see, you're exactly like your car then".
As I get back in the XKR to move it to a different spot; "Yep, rich and powerful".
Dude flipped me off the entire time I reparked.

Yes, I kept an eye out towards the parking lot the whole meal.