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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1440 on: July 31, 2015, 10:13:45 AM »
Quote from: maverickronin on July 20, 2015, 10:22:07 PM
I wonder if that's a sign of the apocalypse.  I think it was just after the armored locusts.  I need to check Revelation again.   :&

I thought locusts were already on the diet. We have to consult a dead apostle on the future of cars by your logic.

Are you like Phil Collins in that you talk to Jesus and Co. directly? If so become a televangelist and go Mercedes S-Class.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1441 on: July 31, 2015, 02:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Deep Funk on July 31, 2015, 10:13:45 AM
Are you like Phil Collins in that you talk to Jesus and Co. directly? If so become a televangelist and go Mercedes S-Class.

I just fake the voice of God.

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1442 on: July 31, 2015, 03:01:36 PM »
This might be your thing then, a Knight XV  :)p8



P.S. You can also take a Morgan but that would be British, too British.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1443 on: July 31, 2015, 06:27:46 PM »
Quote from: maverickronin on July 31, 2015, 02:36:56 PM
I just fake the voice of God.
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Reminds me of John Edwards who was found to be planting mics in the audience. How people (e.g.-The View, Dr. Phil) still give them the time of day boggles my mind.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1444 on: August 03, 2015, 02:03:19 PM »
Drove two big luxury cars this weekend, BMW 750il and a Jag XJ, the super charged version. 

The BMW - Quick on the straights, but in reality it's a lumbering tank.  You find that out once you go into your first turn at speed, you feel the entire car's weight shift noticeably, and you slow down to avoid understeering.  It's 700ish lbs more than the Jag, and sits wide on the road, just like the Jag, but is way less fun to drive.  Maybe the COG is much higher than the XJ?  Or maybe I was just feeling the difference between a RWD & AWD.  (Jag was AWD)

The XJ is really nimble for a car that big, and makes me curious to drive more aluminum/lighter cars, like the Lotus Elise (2,000ish lbs!).   Super responsive in supercharged + sports mode, called "dynamic mode".  The whole dash lights up in a red racing theme once you turn it on, which is simultaneously tacky and cool.  It sticks to the road, and you can go into quick curves at 70 plus without feeling held back by anything but your stomach. 
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1445 on: August 03, 2015, 02:37:20 PM »
When you have a Jaguar XJ V8 Supercharged you have the ultimate British muscle car for gentlemen.

People might have all kinds of automotive exotica. You have "the Jag" and that makes you cool.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1446 on: August 03, 2015, 04:26:09 PM »
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1447 on: August 03, 2015, 04:58:25 PM »
Quote from: Sphinxvc on August 03, 2015, 02:03:19 PM
It's 700ish lbs more than the Jag,

That's pretty much all of it right there, 700lbs. is really hard to make up, even for the "ultimate driving machine" brand, though in truth BMW hasn't much cared about the 7 series driving experience for at least two decades. It's long been simply the BMW S-class. The other one in the traditional super lux class that has any sort of handling ability is the Audi S8.

If you stretch the definition of that class then you can also include cars like the Panamera and Maserati QP, both of which are also a lot more entertaining than the 7 series.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1448 on: August 03, 2015, 05:40:45 PM »
Quote from: Sphinxvc on August 03, 2015, 02:03:19 PM
makes me curious to drive more aluminum/lighter cars, like the Lotus Elise (2,000ish lbs!). 

Do it! Once you experience a chassis instantaneous telepathic response to your will, all the big straightline power numbers will mean next to nothing to you.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1449 on: August 15, 2015, 09:13:55 PM »
Quote from: Sphinxvc on August 03, 2015, 02:03:19 PM
Drove two big luxury cars this weekend, BMW 750il and a Jag XJ, the super charged version. 

The BMW - Quick on the straights, but in reality it's a lumbering tank.  You find that out once you go into your first turn at speed, you feel the entire car's weight shift noticeably, and you slow down to avoid understeering.  It's 700ish lbs more than the Jag, and sits wide on the road, just like the Jag, but is way less fun to drive.

yes, the L versions are very fine cars, but quite phat. the better 7 series experience is in the sporty shorty (especially the e38 model years through 2001).
I had a 740 with sport transmission until earlier this year, very different handling from the 535 I drive now, and from the long versions.
and though I hate to admit it, the 5 I drive now really makes me miss the 7...

but I would never own a jag. ask around about their reliability... when you step on the gas pedal it feels like flushing the toilet.
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