Disappointment - "Heritage" Driving Days

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There has been a lot of publicity about Jaguar allowing paying members of the public to drive their historic cars, and after a soul searching day thinking about the cost - £2000 - I decided I would book the "Grace and Pace" day which gave me 15/20 minutes on their test track in a C type and D type. It seemed worth the money to be able to drive these two, and the other cars would come as a bonus - XK150, E type, Mk2, and a couple of moderns.
Phoned up to book, only to find the C & D types were replicas!

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I hadn't thought of it like that. £2k seemed a lot, although I've no idea how the relationship between value and the price of driving them for twenty minutes should be calculated. It just seemed like a once in a lifetime opportunity to drive a couple of cars that have been etched into my soul since childhood in the 1950's. A replica might be indistinguishable in feel, appearence and performance, but just would not have been the same.