"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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"Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:
> "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>
> > It's a Jaguar XK8. �And yes, it is my midlife crisis mobile. � But I
> > love it. �It is the greatest car ever made IMO.
>
> It is really nice looking. If it's a Jag it's probably fast. Eons ago my
> mother had a Jag sedan. She got rid of it real fast. It was always in the
> shop. How is the maintenance and repairs on it?
>
> In high school I had a Triumph TR7 and a year later a TR8. Great cars if
> you knew how to do your own maintenance and repairs, which I didn't. That
> is the extent of my roadster experience because I don't think my 1970
> Pontiac GTO convertible counted in that category.

My first brand new car was a '66 Tr4A, red of course.. back then fully
loaded with every option including the deck lid luggage rack and
Michelin X radials you could drive one off the dealer's lot for just
under $2,800. I really didn't have any mechanical problems once I
learned how to tinker with dual Strombergs.

Stromberg's or SU'S?


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Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)