ongoing XK8 discussion

[john bertsche <103136.3056@CompuServe.COM>]

Sometimes I think that the same people that are putting down the XK8 now will be
driving them in ten or twelve years, when they can afford them. It's a kind of
reverse snobbery (I recall the post describing the woman driving one as a kind
of surgically-enhanced middle-aged bimbo...but she WAS driving it, and maybe she
even bought it with her own money, even if she might not know how to port and
polish the heads). 

In spite of my comment the other day about the James Bond anti-snob sludge
sprayer, I think if someone can afford an eighty thousand dollar car, more power
to them. Maybe she didn't even recognize the car flashing it's lights as a
Jaguar, or maybe she just thought it was wierd that someone in a ten or fifteen
year old car of the same marque as hers was flashing it's lights at her. Not
everybody feels that Jaguars are imbued with mystical forces, and a lot of
people that drive them couldn't care less that Jaguar built the D-type, or the
E-type, or any other type. They just want a luxurious car that  makes them feel
special, successful, whatever. 

I can remember guys who were into E-types being horrified at the XJ-S when it
appeared, and frankly, even though I will probably buy one this year, I have to
agree that it's a bizarre looking car from many angles. It's just  that today an
older  XJ-S is the most affordable V-12 car around. But if I could spend
unlimited amounts on a car, I don't think I would choose to buy an old  XJ-S and
then imagine I was cooler than someone with something brand new, very expensive,
rarely seen, etc. That's just jealosy and self-deception.

						jb

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