I still don’t get why we’re still going along with the Jaguar = instant financial ruin when the warranty runs out, but never seem say the same about *all the other* luxury brands out there. I’ve owned two, they were more reliable than any of the big German brands I’ve owned and actually cheaper to fix when things did…

I owned a 2010 XF, it was the 5.0 but it was naturally aspirated. The ZF6 in these were solid, but could be clunky, and the supercharger has parts that will need to be replaced (easy and cheap enough to do if you do your own wrenching, but can be daunting for first timers). With 5000mi oil changes and basic…

Seems asking for or expecting a single overall shot is too much to ask for.

Funny, both of these are GM concepts. It is criminal that none of these were ever close to production, yet we got Celestiq.

Buick Avista:

I never thought these were pretty cars, and honestly the fact they still command prices up this high for a very fancy W140 is kind of insane.

Personally if I have to have a v12 Benz I’d be looking at one under the S guise, or save some pennies and pick up a much newer S650 Maybach for not much more money:

I think the current generation Charger and Challenger have held their own extremely well in the looks department, despite being on sale for as long as they have.

These don’t have the same presence, they seem watered down, frumpy, phoned in if you will. The interior looks good, but it’s likely going take at least until…

These Jag’s aren’t that unreliable, however the 2.0D is abysmally slow, dangerously even.

I had one as a loaner and while I loved everything else about it, it would take days to build what little power it had, and would leave me worried about pulling out into traffic. If you want an F-Pace, go for the gas variants.

I’ve…

The RAV4 was not the first unibody SUV, that title likely belongs to the Russians (1955, 1977). The first truly commercial success of a unibody SUV in the west however, was the Jeep Cherokee, which debuted a decade before the RAV4.

Right before I got the sports car I ended up going with (in 2020) medium to higher mileage examples (50-80k.mi) were going for as low as $55k in good condition. Then, Covid’s car market exploded and you couldn’t touch them for under $80k. Had they remained at that price point when I got my car, it would have been…

I am very much a broken record, but I can’t help myself:

Jaguar F-Type S, Manual

RWD: Check
Manual 6 Speed: Check
Non-American: Check
Under $50k: Check
Rare?: V6S manual? Yes, quite.

With proper maintenance these will not murder you, physically or financially, despite what people will claim. They also make an ungodly…

I’ll drop one more in here, though there are tons of fantastic car ads out there, many of which are below. Mercedes Reincarnation ad is from a line of Benz ads that celebrated their history and the classics. This one is particularly sweet.

The aesthetic, the sound, the feeling, the music. You have to be a bit dead inside not to feel something from this ad. Dodge, love or hate them, and Chrysler/FCA/Stellantis know how to make good commericals:

Going against the norm here but I think he absolutely nailed the role, and his casting of the Penguin was spot on. Yes he’s buried in his makeup, but he even he admits that his “transformation” got him into better headspace for the character and even the director (Matt Reeves) was sad to see the shoot end, as he’d…

My best experiences have both been at Jaguar dealers. One when I bought my XF and later when I got my F-Type. Both experiences were no-nonsense, no stress, yes sir, no sir, and without gimmicks or up-sales.

The salesperson had no issue showing me the vehicle I came to look at, despite the fact I had driven my…

If you absolutely need a truck and have no other options then it would be fine. I owned a near identical 1999 version of this with the 5.4L and while it was “okay” it did have its issues, and with the 4.6L you wouldn’t be much towing.

They rattle like crazy with an interior that would give Fischer Price a run for…

An automatic, silver, C5 Corvette of course.

Two time Jaguar owner here. XK’s with the NA 5.0L are actually quite reliable, even with the clunky ZF6 transmission, however they share a few traits with other Jaguar’s of the era that should be noted. Bubbling leather on the dash is very common, expensive to fix (Usually far from $300) and ugly. This car has that in…

Kirkbride plan hospitals were designed that way as an early attempt at treatment-via-archiecture. The structures themselves weren’t issues of mental health treatment of the day, but the practices and policies that took place within them were.

Kirkbride campuses during their heyday were actually stunning, inside and…

My entry:

I had a 5.0NA XF and a now a F-Type S. Both have been very reliable. Cost wise parts are on par with any luxury European vehicle, which isn’t to say the cheapest.

From my experiences, my friends with equiv. German “rivals” generally had more frequent and costlier repairs, which did surprise me. Now with JLR moving away…