I took the 65E out for a short drive today. The weather has been dry enough for the past few days to clear the roads. The sun was out for a short bit this morning, but replaced by high overcast by midday. It has been three months since the Jaguar has moved so I figured it was time to limber up the XK and give it some exercise. I ran into town, top down of course, gloved and hatted and teeth chattering. Went about 5 miles out, then back home. Everything worked fine, and it was a joy to hear Sir William’s Sixth Symphony once again!
When I sat back down at my desk my RSS feed in Safari told me I had a bunch of reading to catch up on. Autoblog, being its usual prolific self had several new articles up. One of them was nominations for the “Reader Ride of the Year“.. and there was my Jaguar!
I read the comments and was humbled by the praise for the car. I really am a lucky guy to be its current caretaker.
We’ll see if it gets picked. Go vote now!
BTW I managed to get connected via Autoblog, with a local Seattle Lotus Elise owner, and we’ve agreed to swap drives in each other’s cars come spring. I can’t wait.
Um, will you fit in an Elise?
Comment by Dan O'Donnell — December 30, 2006 @ 10:45 pm
Yes.. been in a couple already, just never while underway.
They are roomier inside by far than the Jaguar!
Comment by cg — December 31, 2006 @ 9:48 am