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John H. wrote: On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:42:53 -0500, " *JimH*" wrote: John H http://www.jdpa.com/news/releases/pr...asp?ID=2005088 http://www.toyota-europe.com/about/n...dNews_2005.asp http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print...20050520a3.htm Go figure. Edit links I'm surprised at how few problems Jaguar had reported. After owning an MGB-GT, I thought British cars were little more than maintenance hobbies. Jaguar is owned by FORD. And Saab is owned by GM. What's your point, Kevin? Neither build boats. |
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thunder wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:21:29 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote: A friend's got a 5 yr old Jag. Loves to drive it, but his wife's had to talk him out of shooting it a few times. The latest bull****: The car's got sensors to tell the driver when parking & headlights are burned out. The sensors or the method of installation are defective (which confirms was any real mechanic will tell you about Brit cars and electrical nightmares). If it's the sensors that are bad, they're a couple hundred bucks each. Ridiculous. You do know, Jaguar is owned by Ford. http://www.ford.com/en/company/about/brands/jaguar.htm Ownership is meaningless in this OT thread. |
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Dan Krueger wrote:
thunder wrote: On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:21:29 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote: A friend's got a 5 yr old Jag. Loves to drive it, but his wife's had to talk him out of shooting it a few times. The latest bull****: The car's got sensors to tell the driver when parking & headlights are burned out. The sensors or the method of installation are defective (which confirms was any real mechanic will tell you about Brit cars and electrical nightmares). If it's the sensors that are bad, they're a couple hundred bucks each. Ridiculous. You do know, Jaguar is owned by Ford. http://www.ford.com/en/company/about/brands/jaguar.htm Ownership is meaningless in this OT thread. Ah, but what a car to drive! I didn't buy one, after shopping used for a Sovereign for about two months, because of the moral obligation to keep such a magnificent machine in tune, at horrendous cost. Most of the ones I tried had erroneous lamp alarms, and had the air suspension removed, and suffered rust behind the front "wings", being engineered for absolute minimum weight of sheet metal. Ah, but what a car to drive! When I backed toward the pump to mistakenly put some regular "petrol" in one beautiful maroon green beauty, the person using the pump looked at the car, and then at me, and then moved his truck out of my way before going in to pay! It was a long line-up, and he was still waiting, last in line when I came in to pay, as I put in only 20 bucks for a short test drive. Who said I got no class? So help me, he tugged at his forelock, stepped back and motioned me to go ahead of him! I couldn't do it, but he insisted, as his wife wasn't finished shopping. I paid in cash and the cashier said "Thank you sir!" I said "Don't call me sir, my parents were married." Nobody even cracked a smile, except this fellow who was being SO courteous, who visibly blushed, and choked off a massive guffaw. My wife said the car made her feel like a queen, but she was afraid to drive it. What a flat out gorgeous machine! Too bad GM can't figure out what car buyers really want: economy, simplicity, reliability, price. Same as sailors, eh? Terry K |
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:25:44 -0500, "Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my
knighthood. wrote: JohnH, You have noticed the messages Harry ignores. There seems to be a pattern here. Damn, I have to put you back in my filter so I won't see your messages. Maybe Harry can tell me how the filter system operates. Set up your filter so that anything with any truth to it will be filtered. Read *all* the messages when you sit down at your computer, or, in Harry's case, every 5 minutes all day long whether on vacation or at home. Now hit the filter button. Go copy all the 'filtered' message headers from the messages you just read. Paste all those message headers on the board, and tell everyone you didn't read them! Simple. [Then go look in the mirror and tell yourself how lovely and well-liked you are!] |
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:15:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: Get him here before Lake Ontario freezes over. Why? Headlines: "Mysterious Diving Accident -- Man Crushes Skull Off End of Pier" or "Drunken Ice Fisherman Attaches 200 lbs of Lead Sinkers to Own Leg" Happy Thanksgiving... -- Q |
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Q wrote:
Get him here before Lake Ontario freezes over. Why? Headlines: "Mysterious Diving Accident -- Man Crushes Skull Off End of Pier" or "Drunken Ice Fisherman Attaches 200 lbs of Lead Sinkers to Own Leg" We sail the ocean blue, And our saucy ship's a beauty; We're sober men and true, And attentive to our duty. When the balls whistle free O'er the bright blue sea, We stand to our guns all day; When at anchor we ride On the Portsmouth tide, We have plenty of time to play. -- Skipper |
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:34:12 -0600, Skipper wrote:
Q wrote: Get him here before Lake Ontario freezes over. Why? Headlines: "Mysterious Diving Accident -- Man Crushes Skull Off End of Pier" or "Drunken Ice Fisherman Attaches 200 lbs of Lead Sinkers to Own Leg" We sail the ocean blue, And our saucy ship's a beauty; We're sober men and true, And attentive to our duty. When the balls whistle free O'er the bright blue sea, We stand to our guns all day; When at anchor we ride On the Portsmouth tide, We have plenty of time to play. For he is an Englishman... For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit, and etc. I was in the "HMS Pinafore" in high school. Loved it. |
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JohnH,
Are you obsessed with me? I thought I had you filtered. ; ) "John H." wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:25:44 -0500, "Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my knighthood. wrote: JohnH, You have noticed the messages Harry ignores. There seems to be a pattern here. Damn, I have to put you back in my filter so I won't see your messages. Maybe Harry can tell me how the filter system operates. Set up your filter so that anything with any truth to it will be filtered. Read *all* the messages when you sit down at your computer, or, in Harry's case, every 5 minutes all day long whether on vacation or at home. Now hit the filter button. Go copy all the 'filtered' message headers from the messages you just read. Paste all those message headers on the board, and tell everyone you didn't read them! Simple. [Then go look in the mirror and tell yourself how lovely and well-liked you are!] |
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