2009 Jaguar XK
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Hey, I have kerbed one of those grey painted alloys, and, because they are painted grey, the kerbing really shows. Because Wazzock!
The gunmetal grey paint on the car remains super soft - just look at it in a slightly sharp way and it will scratch. It's the same on my 1980s Landy, to which a previous owner gave a coat of very posh metallic dark green to. That gets scratched when a cat sits on it.
The gunmetal grey paint on the car remains super soft - just look at it in a slightly sharp way and it will scratch. It's the same on my 1980s Landy, to which a previous owner gave a coat of very posh metallic dark green to. That gets scratched when a cat sits on it.
An electric thing like that can be plugged in, and therefore can probably be unplugged in some way. It doesn't, however, sound like a mega stupid thing to have in an age in which cars are designed to be hard to see out of and to have stupid touch screens that are designed to distract the driver, and in which pedestrians step into active roads whilst Instagramming.
One such pedestrian in Pimlico said many rude and shouty words at the back of the Jag the other day after I used the horn to encourage her not to die or at least get slightly squished under those grey alloy wheels, or to have the clasps on her fake Vuitton bag scratch the paint on the bonnet as she was rolled along it. None of those things happened to her, but she did not much like having her Instagramming interrupted.
One such pedestrian in Pimlico said many rude and shouty words at the back of the Jag the other day after I used the horn to encourage her not to die or at least get slightly squished under those grey alloy wheels, or to have the clasps on her fake Vuitton bag scratch the paint on the bonnet as she was rolled along it. None of those things happened to her, but she did not much like having her Instagramming interrupted.
I have just returned from a business trip to Jersey, on which I took my 1962 Lancia. That was fun, but this morning, setting off to London before dawn, temperature zero degrees C, I appreciated instant start, heated seat, heated steering wheel, rapid defrosting, and rear fog lights. On other threads, I usually refer to my Jaguar as "my boring modern car". I do it an injustice.
For the last two weeks I have used the XK to commute the two miles from my flat in Kennington to and from my chambers in Gray's Inn. Mostly 20 mph roads, not much traffic. 18 MPG from the five litre V8. Motorway driving: high 20s - as good as or sometimes better than my four cylinder sub two litre 1970s cars. How thinks have changed. The 6.3 litre V8 in my old Jensen Interceptor would be lucky to do 18 MPG on a cruisy motorway run, and in town the MPG was in single figures.
This Jag will be my last modern car with an internal combustion engine I will still buy petrol-engined classic cars, but my daily drivers will be electric once the Jag is sold or retired.
If someone would do a Series 1 or 2 XJ6 or an XJS with an electric motor I would be on it like a tramp on chips.
This Jag will be my last modern car with an internal combustion engine I will still buy petrol-engined classic cars, but my daily drivers will be electric once the Jag is sold or retired.
If someone would do a Series 1 or 2 XJ6 or an XJS with an electric motor I would be on it like a tramp on chips.
Jaguar XK brakes: Good.
Today I was heading along an A road in Suffolk when a bloke in a Range Rover coming the other way attempted to overtake two long lorries at once, choosing his spot very poorly. He just kept on coming. For only the second time in thirty two years of driving I had to brake to a complete stop to avoid a head on collision because of an unwise overtaking move by someone coming the other way. The guy in the Range Rover appeared to react late but he eventually dived in behind the leading lorry with not much distance to spare. He waved.
The only other time something like that happened to me, about twenty years ago when I was in a small 1970s sports car with a lorry barrelling towards me on my side of the road, I had actually got the car into reverse before the lorry driver rejoined his lane and carried serenely on.
Today I was heading along an A road in Suffolk when a bloke in a Range Rover coming the other way attempted to overtake two long lorries at once, choosing his spot very poorly. He just kept on coming. For only the second time in thirty two years of driving I had to brake to a complete stop to avoid a head on collision because of an unwise overtaking move by someone coming the other way. The guy in the Range Rover appeared to react late but he eventually dived in behind the leading lorry with not much distance to spare. He waved.
The only other time something like that happened to me, about twenty years ago when I was in a small 1970s sports car with a lorry barrelling towards me on my side of the road, I had actually got the car into reverse before the lorry driver rejoined his lane and carried serenely on.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 28th March 18:08
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