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There's an old truism that states the reason why second hand Jaguars are so cheap is because if you can afford to feed one, you can afford to buy it new....
Gas isn't as bad as upkeep with the Jaguar.
There's an old truism that states the reason why second hand Jaguars are so cheap is because if you can afford to feed one, you can afford to buy it new....
upkeep with the Jaguar.
The younger daughter of my wife's business partner was almost killed in a head-on collision last night with one of these *idiots. She was driving home from work on one of these two-lane twisty back roads (a favorite shortcut among the locals of that area) at around 9:00 p.m. when two of these *idiots who thought it would be a good idea to use this road as a race track came around a curve in the opposite direction, one of them in her lane. I don't know all of the specifics, but at the very least she suffered a broken wrist, a fractured sternum, a puncture wound to the abdomen, and internal injuries. Her father (my wife's business partner) said every air bag in the car had inflated and that, needless to say, the car was totaled. Fortunately for her there were witnesses who stayed to help (as much as they could) and give the police their account of what had happened. She's expected to make a full recovery, but it's going to take some time.The people who need to be poleaxed are the ones who open up those mighty high-HP high speed engines on narrow, two-lane twisty back roads. The sides of such roads are pocked with mangled trees as a result of such people meeting their fate.
*I used the word "idiots" to describe the drivers of the vehicles who were responsible for the accident only because this is a polite, civil, and respectful forum; the expletives I'd truly like to have used would have been far more accurate. :rage: :censored:
Isn't Carol a girl's name?
There's an old truism that states the reason why second hand Jaguars are so cheap is because if you can afford to feed one, you can afford to buy it new....
1994?! The one with a fuse box in each corner of the car?! The one with Lucas The Prince of Darkness electrical system?! The one that has five miles of electrical wiring running through it instead of 300 feet?!I bought a second hand '94 XJS Jaguar from a reputable dealer knowing that its India 6 engine would only deliver 15 miles per gallon.
A blast to drive with reasonable maintenance and upkeep.
1994?!
Yeah upkeep and maintenance is an understatement. :rofl:
Self Check-out Registers, I feel they take jobs away and when ever I use them (yes i'm a hypocrite) they mess up half the time and I have to wait for someone to come and fix it.
If there's one thing in society today that will eventually move me to an act of public physical violence, it's that chirping voice from the self-service register. "Please place item in bagging area." Please place sledgehammer in the middle of device.
That is what the sledgehammer is for.And if you don't have anything but crisp, newly minted bills you're SOL.
Self Check-out Registers, I feel they take jobs away and when ever I use them (yes i'm a hypocrite) they mess up half the time and I have to wait for someone to come and fix it.
I'm going to attack the next person who says they're "reaching out to me," usually to try to recruit me for some job I don't have any interest in doing or to sell me something I have no desire to own. Tell me you're calling me or writing me or wiring me or emailing me or sending me smoke signals, fine. But "reach out" to me and I'll slap you till your eyes rattle.
I'm going to attack the next person who says they're "reaching out to me," usually to try to recruit me for some job I don't have any interest in doing or to sell me something I have no desire to own. Tell me you're calling me or writing me or wiring me or emailing me or sending me smoke signals, fine. But "reach out" to me and I'll slap you till your eyes rattle.
I work with someone that makes the exact same statement quite often.I have about the same sentiments when this phrase is used & there is no thought put into it !
"Sorry-bout-that"...