Re: ongoing XK8 discussion

[Tom Seng <tomseng@gate.net>]

At 07:42 PM 2/13/97 -0800, you wrote:
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>> 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). 
>     
>     Well said, John.  The shaddy personal value systems unearthed by this 
>     thread make me less than proud to be part of what I thought once to be 
>     an august gathering.  Come on, lads un lasses!  Don't mire yourselves 
>     in this covetous nonsense.
>     
           Even better said Michael... I've always thought most older model Jag
           owners suffer from VPF. (Virtual Prestige Facade)

>> 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 weird 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. 
>     
>     Exactly.  Jaguars are great... FOR US!!  But we should have no need to 
>     force our views and feelings on others who do not naturally share 
>     them.  
>     
>> 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 jealousy and self-deception.
>     
>     Yep, -- although I'm not sure I fully agree with your characterization 
>     of the quintessentially beautiful XJ-S, but at least you phrase it in 
>     the nicest possible taste.  
>     
>     Michael Kenrick
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