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One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)SOme people like gardening and some like tinkering with cars. British auto's are perfect if you are in the latter.
brush
(53,833 posts)unless you're a certified mechanic all by design of course to you have to go to the dealer to get it fixed, and to get overcharged as well.
lostnfound
(16,189 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)I have no problem boycotting them.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Even if you're the sort of tinkerer who doesn't mind that kind of thing, the parts are hellishly expensive and anything you have to farm out to a mechanic is extortionate. And the *#&% electrical is always complete garbage, which is just frustrating because diagnosing that kind of thing is a nightmare.
The only Jaguar owners I know are upper middle class verging on wealthy semi-retirees who need *something* to do with their copious spare time and went against type by not taking up golf.
lancer78
(1,495 posts)My first car was a 77 MGB. I replaced all the lucas electronic systems. And I replaced the dual SU carborator for a single weber