Anyone else glad it’s FINALLY over?

tonyb wrote: »

westmassguy wrote: »

Didn't we fight two wars over here, so we wouldn't have to care who got married over there?

LOL...yep, nor care what they thought about what happens here. I know it's their tradition and all, but the Monarchy is long gone and really there for the show. An expensive show, as the people still fund some of that crap.

I don't wish ill will on the newlyweds, but the elitist "stink" still hovers. Personally, I thought her dress was horrible too. My niece had a better wedding dress. and the royals have a lot more cash than her.

Her dress kind of got to me too...Imagine the unmitigated gall that gal had to wear white concidering all the mileage on her odometer....

Tony M wrote: »

I guess I don't know crap either. I didn't know Jag made a 6 cylinder! Relax.

If I had had the money to buy one, I'd have done some research into the models that were available and found out if 6 cyl. were more or less than the 12 cyl. models. Anybody else willing to chime in on their ignorance of Jag having a 6 cyl. model in that body style?

All Jaguar cars prior to 1971 were fitted with a variant of the XK-6 inline 6 cylinder engine. The 12 cylinder did not see production until 1971 in the E-type, and 1972 for other models.

The early 6 cylinder cars, in roadster form are far mor desirable to a collector than the later V-12’s due to the latter cars being quite nose heavy, which resulted in handling characteristics that were not as good as the earlier cars.

The car featured during the wedding is called the Concept Zero, and was built by Jaguar to showcase their ability to introduce a fully electric drivetrain into their classic designs. This particular car is a 1968 model.

If you don’t know... well now you do, and my job is done.

And yes, I used google to learn about the Concept Zero...

Jaguar has a fascinating history, and arguably more so than The Ferrari/Lamborghini story, which is worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. William Lyons started the company while building sidecars for motorcycles....
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So they will change any Jag from that long-lived series to an electric if you want them to. But you have to have deep pockets I would imagine. They even change the dash to digital! Cool. Headlights to LED.





If I hit the Lottery, getting my hands on an electric Jag would be on my bucket list near the top for sure. Maybe getting the new Tesla sports car that does 0-60 in 3.3 secs. also.

Just a bit more on the Jaguar V12.... it was developed for this car.




The XJ-13 was supposed to return Jaguar to racing in the mid sixties, but the car was wrecked pretty badly during testing and was deemed at the time a total loss, and no further work was done. I have seen the restored car in person, and there is no doubt that the 12 cylinder Jag was far more advanced than the Ferrari of the same era, and would have been the car to take on the GT40 Fords that came to dominate in the 1960’s.

The engine, in a vastly de-tuned version was resurrected and found its way to production in the 1971 E-type.

dromunds wrote: »

I'd rather look at cracks in the sidewalk than that wedding crap!

This thread is about a wedding? I thought it was about Jaguar Cars.

Did Major Hewitt attend?

Yeah, but they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

My wife laughed pretty hard when she saw this. They have these where she works every so often. So she could relate.

That's the full facebook picture post. LOL.