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So for the last while I've been trying to convince myself that cars are a waste of money, and that I should be paying off my mortgage, and I've been slumming it in an econobox 3 cylinder 1 litre thing, and constantly telling myself I'm doing the right thing. Then my old boss gives me a drive in his new XKR. I've owned and driven many fast vehicles, some extremely fast, but not in the last 6 months or so.
Is the new XKR shockingly, obscenely fast in a revolutionary way, or is it just that after some months in a 1 litre, I'm forgetting just how fast a fast car is.
It's the biggest surprise a car's ever given me. Race car speed with luxury like you can only get in a new Jag. I still can't get over it.
All my ranting and justification of economising in my motoring, and half an hour in this thing has me thinking I've got my priorities all wrong.
Am currently in awe of the car, and desparately fighting the urge to look at the classifieds.
So, please tell me, am I imagining it/have just forgotten the speed of a fast car, or is it really as magnificent a car as I felt?! (I know you get "used" to whatever power you have, and can always want more, but I can't imagine ever needing more than what this has)
Is the new XKR shockingly, obscenely fast in a revolutionary way, or is it just that after some months in a 1 litre, I'm forgetting just how fast a fast car is.
It's the biggest surprise a car's ever given me. Race car speed with luxury like you can only get in a new Jag. I still can't get over it.
All my ranting and justification of economising in my motoring, and half an hour in this thing has me thinking I've got my priorities all wrong.
Am currently in awe of the car, and desparately fighting the urge to look at the classifieds.
So, please tell me, am I imagining it/have just forgotten the speed of a fast car, or is it really as magnificent a car as I felt?! (I know you get "used" to whatever power you have, and can always want more, but I can't imagine ever needing more than what this has)
Having owned my XKR5 litre for over a year I can confirm they are great-very fast-very comfortable and do most things very well-I do not know of any car at the price that compares really there may be faster cars for money but I use mine for holidays-great-and weekends etc and it really is good and reasonable to run
AlexKing said:
Life is for enjoying. Not for paying off mortgages. Nobody ever lay on their deathbed remembering that happy day they received a zero statement from their mortgage provider.
You haven't been up to your nuts in debt with aggressive debt collectors on your case then, old boy.Gassing Station | Jaguar | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff