It will be quite a while before I can consider buying a newer Jaguar again. The possible upside to this may be the contraction of the market in addition to the atrocious new design style being promoted. I think I can predict that no former Jaguar owner would be interested in buying something that looks (at best) like a bar of soap. That much market contraction may compel Jaguar to reconsider its nouveau approach and return to its traditions.
This is far from over. If Trump succeeds in establishing External Revenue as the funding engine for government and abolishes Internal Revenue, our incomes will increase. If he manages to get us off fiat money into gold/silver-backed currency, our dollar will increase in value relative to foreign currency, bringing exchange prices down.
Unless you want an EV Jaguar you are running out of time. They are transitioning to ALL EVs starting this year. They will sell their current inventory while they fully ramp up to EVs but that won't take a long time.
That's what they say. It may not take a long time for their offerings to not sell well. I cant imagine what market research led them into this barren ground.
Meanwhile, they are continuing Land Rover as a gas-guzzling option, with engines over 600 hp. I can easily see myself in a Range Rover Velar if there are no more honest Jaguars.
It was the dark silver type seen in one of the pics on the wiki page, although it was a 1966. Dual gas tanks, push-button start, both inside and under the hood for the many times you had to work in the car, and of course the cool wooden dashboard.
I bought it from a guy that was leaving the next morning and he sold it to me for $500. I had to borrow the cash from my Director of Operations until the bank opened the next day (great guy).
The car had it's issues, but mostly it was the frame rusting off the body due to the ample amounts of salt air. I ended up selling it to a chaplain visiting from Germany for $1500. I offered it for $500 but he knew I was an E-2 and he was an O-6 and insisted on the $1500. I heard later that he completely restored it in Germany. I was happy for him - I couldn't have afforded the roughly $3k to ship it back home to the states but he of course could.
My replacement car was less "cool". I bought an old green Vauxhall Chevette for around $100 and a junk brown Vauxhall Chevette from the junkyard for 60 pounds. I used the junker to swap parts including engine/mechanical parts and doors/windows/hood/trunk and ended up with a quasi-camo car. I sold the junker back for 50 pounds. It sucked, but it worked.
Charming coincidence. My fraternity buddy (late '60s) had a '63 S-Type in fire engine red. We rammed around in it all the time. Had one interesting night on the freeway north of Seattle, coming home. We came alongside a GTO. Of course, chest hairs sprang forth and we both commenced to step on the gas. The GTO was starting to lead, then we came to a curve in the freeway, and while the Jag cruised around like it was on rails, the GTO was crabbing and braking to keep from departing the road. We had a great laugh. Not much later, we came alongside a Porsche 911 and challenged him. Then the Porsche turned on Warp Drive and its taillights suddenly appeared on the horizon. We were chastened.
It was a great car, but apparently too expensive to maintain, and he replaced it with a late model Ford Mustang. That one we took on a road trip to Colorado and back.
I’m a car connoisseur. That along with my degree in business makes me appreciate your response even more than I would minus those factors. I know if all plays out, this is how it will logically work and I can move on. We can afford the increase on the coffee, it’s just annoying to be seemingly absorbing all/most for this business (and I do very minimal shopping there to start). With the same occurring on the various groceries, it’s a mounting effort to stay on budget and keep savings growing. Thanks for the understanding response…I appreciate it.
I am more dismal about Biden's inflation and bad stock market. The "new normal" always seems more expensive. And I live in the state of Washington, whose benighted governor and foolish legislature are taxing gasoline to the price level of Canadian whiskey. (Well, it seems that way.)
I submit…Washington resident wins this discussion. You are correct about the tragic Biden years. We’re at that age of ‘too young to retire, too old to start over’; and it overwhelms me at times. Eternity is increasingly becoming my sole focus for every step earthside.
Well, I retired 9 years ago, so that ship has sailed. Not too old to get into "educational" arguments, however, with whatever fool crosses my path. A long life has gone wasted if one has not accumulated an armory of arguments, cases, and examples.
It will be quite a while before I can consider buying a newer Jaguar again. The possible upside to this may be the contraction of the market in addition to the atrocious new design style being promoted. I think I can predict that no former Jaguar owner would be interested in buying something that looks (at best) like a bar of soap. That much market contraction may compel Jaguar to reconsider its nouveau approach and return to its traditions.
This is far from over. If Trump succeeds in establishing External Revenue as the funding engine for government and abolishes Internal Revenue, our incomes will increase. If he manages to get us off fiat money into gold/silver-backed currency, our dollar will increase in value relative to foreign currency, bringing exchange prices down.
Unless you want an EV Jaguar you are running out of time. They are transitioning to ALL EVs starting this year. They will sell their current inventory while they fully ramp up to EVs but that won't take a long time.
I just responded to KSR, and could not include a boost for hope on the designs of all our favorite styles of older model cars. It is sad indeed.
That's what they say. It may not take a long time for their offerings to not sell well. I cant imagine what market research led them into this barren ground.
Meanwhile, they are continuing Land Rover as a gas-guzzling option, with engines over 600 hp. I can easily see myself in a Range Rover Velar if there are no more honest Jaguars.
When I was stationed in England (USAF '88-'90) I lucked into one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_S-Type_(1963)
It was the dark silver type seen in one of the pics on the wiki page, although it was a 1966. Dual gas tanks, push-button start, both inside and under the hood for the many times you had to work in the car, and of course the cool wooden dashboard.
I bought it from a guy that was leaving the next morning and he sold it to me for $500. I had to borrow the cash from my Director of Operations until the bank opened the next day (great guy).
The car had it's issues, but mostly it was the frame rusting off the body due to the ample amounts of salt air. I ended up selling it to a chaplain visiting from Germany for $1500. I offered it for $500 but he knew I was an E-2 and he was an O-6 and insisted on the $1500. I heard later that he completely restored it in Germany. I was happy for him - I couldn't have afforded the roughly $3k to ship it back home to the states but he of course could.
My replacement car was less "cool". I bought an old green Vauxhall Chevette for around $100 and a junk brown Vauxhall Chevette from the junkyard for 60 pounds. I used the junker to swap parts including engine/mechanical parts and doors/windows/hood/trunk and ended up with a quasi-camo car. I sold the junker back for 50 pounds. It sucked, but it worked.
Charming coincidence. My fraternity buddy (late '60s) had a '63 S-Type in fire engine red. We rammed around in it all the time. Had one interesting night on the freeway north of Seattle, coming home. We came alongside a GTO. Of course, chest hairs sprang forth and we both commenced to step on the gas. The GTO was starting to lead, then we came to a curve in the freeway, and while the Jag cruised around like it was on rails, the GTO was crabbing and braking to keep from departing the road. We had a great laugh. Not much later, we came alongside a Porsche 911 and challenged him. Then the Porsche turned on Warp Drive and its taillights suddenly appeared on the horizon. We were chastened.
It was a great car, but apparently too expensive to maintain, and he replaced it with a late model Ford Mustang. That one we took on a road trip to Colorado and back.
I’m a car connoisseur. That along with my degree in business makes me appreciate your response even more than I would minus those factors. I know if all plays out, this is how it will logically work and I can move on. We can afford the increase on the coffee, it’s just annoying to be seemingly absorbing all/most for this business (and I do very minimal shopping there to start). With the same occurring on the various groceries, it’s a mounting effort to stay on budget and keep savings growing. Thanks for the understanding response…I appreciate it.
I am more dismal about Biden's inflation and bad stock market. The "new normal" always seems more expensive. And I live in the state of Washington, whose benighted governor and foolish legislature are taxing gasoline to the price level of Canadian whiskey. (Well, it seems that way.)
I submit…Washington resident wins this discussion. You are correct about the tragic Biden years. We’re at that age of ‘too young to retire, too old to start over’; and it overwhelms me at times. Eternity is increasingly becoming my sole focus for every step earthside.
Well, I retired 9 years ago, so that ship has sailed. Not too old to get into "educational" arguments, however, with whatever fool crosses my path. A long life has gone wasted if one has not accumulated an armory of arguments, cases, and examples.