by "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
Published 12/09/2017 at 14:43
by "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
Published 12/09/2017 at 14:43
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It’s a cat. To be more specific, it’s a black 2005 Jaguar X-Type 3.0 Sportwagon. It’s my brother’s first car, and the seventh car my family has purchased in the past 12 months (as there are seven of us with licenses, everyone but one has gotten a new car this year and I’ve gotten two). It’s black over black with 98k miles on the clock, and we paid $3,250 for it. It needs a bit of work, but at that price it’s nothing that isn’t worth sorting out. My brother wanted a unique car that could carry him and all his guitars/amps/other band shit. With just 1,600 of these sold in the states, it’s certainly unique. Also, my family now has two 2005 AWD station wagons which were made by a normal company and then had interesting European luxury badges slapped on.
Not his actual car pictured, I’ll take pictures of it/hopefully drive it when I get home on Monday. His has black wheels and the Leaper.
"Sovande" (sovande)
12/09/2017 at 15:01, STARS: 1
Just saw one of these the other day for the first time, also black. Cool car!!
"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla)
12/09/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 0
Rebadged as being european?
"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/09/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 2
awesome mondeo wagon!
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 0
Ok, so the Mondeo was a European Ford. Maybe I should reword that.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 0
Hopefully that means there will be fewer catastrophic malfunctions.
"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla)
12/09/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 0
No worries. One of my grandfathers used to own a Ford 17M Wagon many years ago. I shall from now on refer to it as a Lincoln Continental Wagon that they made smaller, put a Saab engine in (or maybe it had the 1.8 V6, I only know it was a 17M), built 500 miles away from a communist country and slapped an uninteresting badge on.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 15:13, STARS: 0
Whatever you say dear.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
12/09/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 2
He is now the proud owner of half an Aston V12
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 16:25, STARS: 1
He’s also the proud owner of the car which the Queen herself drives when she isn’t in the mood to be chauffeured.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
12/09/2017 at 16:46, STARS: 1
Cooooooooooool!
"EL_ULY" (uly)
12/09/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 0
Some DB7 Vantage of that time had 6 cyl engines
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
12/09/2017 at 17:27, STARS: 1
Is that 3.0 also Ford’s Duratec?
"R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana)
12/09/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 0
How did I not know that they brought these over?
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 0
Yup
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 18:38, STARS: 0
Because you never see them.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
12/09/2017 at 18:41, STARS: 1
What out for disentigrating cooling hoses. Other than that, it’s flawless.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/09/2017 at 19:28, STARS: 0
That’s good to know. Thanks!
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
12/09/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 0
True, but those were straight sixes, and unrelated to the V12. I’ve wanted one of those DB7s with the straight six for a while, that would be an interesting thing
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
12/10/2017 at 11:45, STARS: 1
You mean he also owns a LWB Landie?
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
12/10/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0
Maybe you were just joking (in that case, disregard the comment) but Ford’s
Köln
V4 appeared first in the Taunus and only later was it fitted to Saabs...
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/10/2017 at 13:38, STARS: 0
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
12/10/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 1
Yup, I’d seen those pics of Lilibeth! However:
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By the way, I quite liked the X-Type at the time (which, irrespective whether it should be considered “a real Jaguar” has fewer Mondeo parts than people think).
Never tried the estate though.