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Now it makes some sense



    I normally wouldn't take cheap shots at other people's cars...oh, horse
s**t, of course I would :)  There was an article in the paper up here
criticizing the submarines Canada just bought from England a couple years back,
the headline was "Ever own a British sports car?  Don't!"

Cheers,
Colin


On 12-Mar-2002 Warren R. Price wrote:
> Ok, that search system seemed awfully slick and the parts list seemed a
> little too comprehensive for some guy specializing in Jaguar parts. 
> Incidentally, when I become frustrated with the Scirocco, I just ask my
> friend Mike how his Jag's are running.  Those damn things are a nightmare. 
> Step one in the shop manual for most repairs is, "Remove engine and
> transmission."  I keep telling him to collect real cars (of course I mean
> Sciroccos).  He's also on a Jaguar e-mail list.  Now, I don't contribute a who
> le lot to our list, but I do read it every day.  Our list is generally
> good-natured and pretty entertaining.  The Jag list?  Flatliners.  That's all
> I can say.  These guys get real uppity and don't dare talk about after-market
> parts of modifications.  Their list is more like a soap-opera.  Anyway, there
> are plenty of cars more troublesome than ours (especially when you take into
> account the mileage most of our Sciroccos have accumulated).  Maybe I'll join
> the jag list and spam them with Scirocco propoganda.  Yeah, put that in your
> British pipe and smoke it...  My Scirocco does something your Jaguars
> don't...  It runs (most of the time).
>