Topic: Current Events

[8ullfrog]

Funny, that reminds me of driving a Toyota Yaris, a bless'ed egg car. I'd press the accelerator, and the computer would decide if I meant it.

The only thing I "like" about the Toyota Yaris is that it is one of the starter cars in Forza III, and it feels accurate in that simulation.

I liked driving my mom's Mazda in Forza II because I was familiar with how the vehicle handled and it felt good screwing the bot drivers over.

[smokester]

Jaguar drivers don't "drive", we "waft". And I have only wafted about 2000 miles in the last year.

I have flappy paddles and several extravagant driving modes for driving like a BMW/ Audi if required.

-- but I have the fattest tyres on the planet and only 300+ HP: I haven't got the car anywhere near losing grip. (... one of those modes is "driving on ice")

My parking brake is electronic, and comes on when it wants to, not when I do. I petition it with a request, and it decides.

You're really selling it to me, brother. I may have to put the Lexus F-Sport on hold.

[smokester]

"Lexus F-Sport"? Is that like the Yaris's uglier big brother? (Toyota were so embarrassed by it they had to sell it under a pseudonym!)

I could park three Yaris's behind one another alongside my car. And my bumpers would still show at the ends!

I am a big fan of this car:

https://lexusenthusiast.com/2017/04/12/the-2018-lexus-ls-f-sport-first-impressions/

But a bigger fan of getting my kids through university with minimal debt.

[dweez]

That car model started popping up everywhere I looked a few years ago. It does look nice but my brain could never justify the price (and I have no dependents to think of).

[goldshirt*9]

give it a few more years and no cars only pods on tracks.

[smokester]

Jesus! on a 16/17 plate. You really are rolling in it.

Literally.

Almost an ugly mug photo right there too.

[6pairsofshoes]

That's a nice car, but where do you drive it?  There's not so many long highways in the UK.  I think it would be great to take it somewhere like less patrolled parts of Nevada or Nebraska where there are long stretches where you can open it up and get some speed.  I'm sure it would be just great on a cross country trip.

[smokester]

I'm trying to figure out this "selfie" business.

Not far to go by the looks of it.

I was actually really surprised at how much you can buy a 17 plate XJ for. It's like you lose 50k by driving it out of the showroom. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Lexus as they don't bleed money quite that easily. Maybe I should give that idea up and get a Jag or 2.

That's a nice car, but where do you drive it?  There's not so many long highways in the UK.  I think it would be great to take it somewhere like less patrolled parts of Nevada or Nebraska where there are long stretches where you can open it up and get some speed.  I'm sure it would be just great on a cross country trip.

Down there, it's all the horse and carts that stop him driving.

[6pairsofshoes]

Ha!  I realize you don't buy a car like this to save on fuel, but how is it on gas mileage?

[goldshirt*9]

I was actually really surprised at how much you can buy a 17 plate XJ for. It's like you lose 50k by driving it out of the showroom

Ex boss bought one at a bargain of a price, till he needed tyres and then it went to a garage for 2 months to get a low pressure warning on engine fixed, or they tried to fix it numerous times.
I think in the end he gave up and resold it, not sure. Locally we had a Jaguar repair shop who couldnt fix it. The car just lost combustion and died straight away.
Lots of friends investing in the Chinese company producing a electric car (wont state which as cannot remember name) but making a bit of a killing on the stock marked atm.

When we all have to get electric cars and the multitude of garages are put out to pasture I will definitely be renting one, imagine the cost of repairing it  Tesla are a law unto themselves

[smokester]

I'm not really enamoured of speed, so that doesn't really bother me: I'm too old to appreciate the adrenaline, and I am never in that much of a hurry to get anywhere. (... although I am reliably informed that it can go really quite quickly if asked)

I used to drive it around the country for family holidays, in those far of days of yore when we were allowed to leave the town of our birth. It is designed for carrying passengers in comfort but with all the drivers toys in existence to stop me getting bored, and it does both of those jobs beautifully. It is an absolute delight to waft around the country in it, even if it is a little large for our prevalent wiggly-windy roads. (Wiggly-windy roads at 60 mph are much more enjoyable than straights at 120, in my opinion)

I get somewhere above 30 miles to each of my English gallons (five-fourths of your American gallons), but it does run on tractor fuel.

Jag depreciation is heartbreaking - particularly on the XJ (most new XJs are sold to company directors, and the company just writes off the depreciation against tax, so they don't care), but as I buy second hand it doesn't hurt my wallet. They stopped making them in 2019, and you can pick up a delivery mileage one from a dealer for about £30k off of the new price. Mine was about £85k new but cost me £30k. That's £30k the kids will never get their grubby paws on!

How's it for getting sheep off the windscreen?

[6pairsofshoes]

How's it for getting sheep off the windscreen?

 
And, more importantly, does it have heated leather seats?

[smokester]

And, more importantly, does it have heated leather seats?

And a built in masseuse.

[smokester]

I haven't had any sheep get stuck on the windscreen yet!

I s'pose with all that wool they must bounce quite well.

Of course - four of them (and a heated steering wheel)

A must without heated hands.

... and four of them too. (... although the gender af the massager is unspecified)

Huh, a typo? Cold day in heel when you seen one of those from me.

[6pairsofshoes]

I s'pose with all that wool they must bounce quite well.

A must without heated hands.  OR, if you happen to be a reptile.

Huh, a typo? Cold day in heel when you seen one of those from me.