Well, its been ten years since I last asked.
Luxury Ride????
Been absolutely floating along in a 2000 Jaguar X308 like a speedboat on a glass-smooth lake for the last several years. I've fallen in love with a car only twice, the first time with the mk2 Supra and the second time it was a big cat. Only regret is I wish I'd bought the Jaguar earlier or bought the last year model 2003 just so I could have enjoyed it a few years longer. But just as with the Supra many years ago, the big cat is now 17 years old and every time I ask the dealership for a part, "No that's been discontinued." Its at the age and mileage where it needs a lot of seals and bushings and various rubber items replaced, plus electrical stuff will soon start to fail at the most inopportune places and times, so its time to retire it and get something newer.
This time around, I want something much, much newer and a modern body style. Plus I'm kind of jonesing for some modern technology like a backup camera (given my parking spot at work). I'm finally kind of starting to like some of the fastback sedans of the last few years even tho they still all look very similar. Actually some of the lower cost models look better than the most expensive but I'd kind of prefer not to get something that in two or three years will seem just common. In the previous thread Eric suggested the Chrysler 300, but there are now sixteen of them in our parking lot at work. Perhaps if there were some special edition that would set a mass market rental car apart, but I also don't want a full on sport edition with rock-hard suspension and rubber-band tires. A very smooth ride for the daily grind and road trips is my main goal, otherwise I'd buy a new Mustang GT.
Probably will spend $30,000 to $40,000 so looking at late model used sedan most likely. Plan to go test drive a Jaguar XF given my favorable experience with the brand. Given we all like mk2s and our tastes are probably similar, what do y'all like in the modern luxury sedan class?
Luxury Ride????
Been absolutely floating along in a 2000 Jaguar X308 like a speedboat on a glass-smooth lake for the last several years. I've fallen in love with a car only twice, the first time with the mk2 Supra and the second time it was a big cat. Only regret is I wish I'd bought the Jaguar earlier or bought the last year model 2003 just so I could have enjoyed it a few years longer. But just as with the Supra many years ago, the big cat is now 17 years old and every time I ask the dealership for a part, "No that's been discontinued." Its at the age and mileage where it needs a lot of seals and bushings and various rubber items replaced, plus electrical stuff will soon start to fail at the most inopportune places and times, so its time to retire it and get something newer.
This time around, I want something much, much newer and a modern body style. Plus I'm kind of jonesing for some modern technology like a backup camera (given my parking spot at work). I'm finally kind of starting to like some of the fastback sedans of the last few years even tho they still all look very similar. Actually some of the lower cost models look better than the most expensive but I'd kind of prefer not to get something that in two or three years will seem just common. In the previous thread Eric suggested the Chrysler 300, but there are now sixteen of them in our parking lot at work. Perhaps if there were some special edition that would set a mass market rental car apart, but I also don't want a full on sport edition with rock-hard suspension and rubber-band tires. A very smooth ride for the daily grind and road trips is my main goal, otherwise I'd buy a new Mustang GT.
Probably will spend $30,000 to $40,000 so looking at late model used sedan most likely. Plan to go test drive a Jaguar XF given my favorable experience with the brand. Given we all like mk2s and our tastes are probably similar, what do y'all like in the modern luxury sedan class?