British Cars

[Oversize]

Normally I'd say British cars are well, cr*p! But if I had the (considerable) spare cash, this is one of the cars that'd be sitting in my garage...

http://www.jaguarspeedster.com/

It doesn't get much better than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66owXqZaexs

 

[Michel]

An 'E' type (in any shape or condition) is the most luscious looking car ever designed...

 

[Tony66_au]

An 'E' type (in any shape or condition) is the most luscious looking car ever designed...

Yup!

Often copied, Never bettered.

 

[WiSeGuYY]

i'm too old for this and please vdon't start again i was cured from the love of E type Some 50 years ago , so MARK and MICHEL don't open this hatch again.

REGARDS

TAREK

 

[Michel]

i'm too old for this and please vdon't start again i was cured from the love of E type Some 50 years ago , so MARK and MICHEL don't open this hatch again.

REGARDS

TAREK

Not wishing to open an old wounds, but I am of the strong belief that no one gets cured from the love of an E-Type!

You might be in remission...

But once bitten by the E-Type bug, alas, you can never recover

 

[WiSeGuYY]

LOL @ MICHEL , correction to my last post -it was around 1970 when my parents get me a SHRINK to start counting the bad choice i would make if i kept insisting on buying an E TYPE , first no spare parts for this model so what a bad choice i would make by having car just sitting in the garage for lack of parts?
TWO - So expensive to maintane and keep running , etc ... i had to settle for the FIAT which was still sportive and less trouble ... still i suffer for a while but never had the chance to drive a JAG or own one.

REGARDS

TAREK

 

[BenzBoy]

Careful boys! Styria will read this and beat you mercilessly with a Rover floor mat.
Regards,
Brian

 

[260ebenz]

I do have a soft spot for the E-Type Jaguar a beautiful car the bodywork of the E-Type I am very impressed!

At the Hawks Nest Motorfest and the Hunter MG Car Club Euro Motorfest there has been a bright red E-Type on display well it is simply a stunning car!

 

[300SDude]

Love it!

When I was a kid, there was a guy up the road that had a fire engine red one with a white top. I have been in love with them ever since.

LOL, if it was diesel, I would be driving one on WVO like I do the W116.

I actually had tossed around the idea of getting a diesel Jag, but they don't really sell them here.

300SDude

 

[WiSeGuYY]

HUH DONNIE ?? DUDE i never know they sell JAGs with diesel engines, Do THEY??

Never follow that but guess the Proff BRIAN or MICHEL can answer that.

REGARDS
TAREK

 

[BenzBoy]

Jaguar does do a diesel car - http://www.jaguar.com/au/en/about_jaguar/news_and_pr/xf_wins_diesel_what_car_of_the_year
Regards,
Brian

 

[WiSeGuYY]

HeY PROFESSOR BRIAN , thanks for the info i never knew this before , XF is a very nice car and sold here too but never ever crossed my mind it comes also with diesel engine in some markerts. here it is imported so only few are here, not like MERCEDES and BMW which have assembly plants in here.
REGARDS

TAREK

 

[Michel]

careful boys! Styria will read this and beat you mercilessly with a rover floor mat. :d
regards,
brian

hahahahahaha

 

[BenzBoy]

hahahahahaha

And a wet Rover mat at that....
Regards,
Brian

 

[Michel]

And a wet Rover mat at that....
Regards,
Brian

It'd have to be a wet one...

Don't they all leak?

 

[BenzBoy]

It'd have to be a wet one...

Don't they all leak?

Oh boy - I want to be a fly on the wall when......
Regards,
Brian

 

[motec 6.9]

Rover Really Ordinary Vehicle Everyone Roten Lol

 

[Styria]

And a wet Rover mat at that....
Regards,
Brian

I'm not yet old enough to piddle myself............. Regards Styria:

 

[BenzBoy]

I'm not yet old enough to piddle myself............. Regards Styria:

The rain Styria - the rain. No-one mentioned an incontinence problem. It's not that kind of forum (?)
Regards,
Brian

 

[Styria]

The rain Styria - the rain. No-one mentioned an incontinence problem. It's not that kind of forum (?)
Regards,
Brian

Well, I didn't realize that you were talking about rain etc. anyway, whichever way it goes, I certainly wouldn't be offended by anyone wishing to comment on British cars in general, or Rovers in particular. It takes a lot more than that to offend me. However, if we must talk British, I am all for it.......

I've owned a couple of Jaguars, viz. a Mark V Convertible that required
, or should I say desrved, restoration. At the time, I envisaged ten grand and there was no way that I was ever going to have that amount readily at my disposal. If one only knew.....Anyway, the second was a !967 Jaguar 3.8S. I bought it with low mileage (48K. miles) and by 80K. the head had to come off due to a burned out exhaust valve. Even though I had a mechanic's assistance, in realty that level of work was really beyond what I was capable of fixing. We're talking about shims to adjust tappets, twin overhead camshafts etc. Well, I got it going - long enough for the bottom timing chain to rattle after I had lent the car to a friend. I can only assume he flogged it. Anyway, in due course I sold it, with some regret, but it did need a better home and certainly proved to be of some disappointment. Enough to realize that, really, I would never want another Jaguar. Incidentally, it did not leak water. So, I can talk a bit about Rovers. That's yet to come. Regards Styria