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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).
>