RE: IML: Is it a Old Man's car or Prestiage driving?

[Carl F. <moonstruck1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll have to agree with Frank re: the Jaguar. I own a 2002 XJ-8 that I won't trade for love or money. Cadillac & lincoln nowadays just don't seem to have the panache that Jaguar, Lexus etc have; certainly not the style or handling. On those occasions when I 'punch it', I'm absolutely GONE! As for MPG, I average 18 & 25 with a 4.0 V-8.
 
Also, I have yet to see ANY Jaguar converted to a low-rider with 20+ inch rims!
 
Carl in Las Vegas, NV

> From: fc3subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: Is it a Old Man's car or Prestiage driving?
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:31:01 -0500
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Lack of performance, mostly handling. Plus a healthy helping of euro-
> snobbery. It's also a lot of marketing. Mom, Dad, Grandparents, etc
> drove Lincolns, Cadillacs, and Imperials. Those who came of age in
> the 60s, once they were able to afford a luxury car, could not go the
> same way as their parents did, They never outgrew their childishness
> about avoiding anything of their parent's generation. They were
> perpetual 2-year-olds.
>
> I was greatly surprised when I drive a friends 1990 BMW 735. That
> thing was a DOG that couldn't get out of it's own way. It was so
> underpowered that it turned over 3,000 RPM on the highways at 80, and
> you heard the engine working that hard. My 1990 Town Car, on the
> other hand, out accelerated and was whisper quiet at 80. The 5.0 V8
> was just ticking over at 2,200 RPM at 80 MPH.
>
> I bought my first non-US car last year, A new Jaguar Vanden Plas. The
> Town Car is still an 80's/90s vehicle. The ride is still quietness is
> still good, but the suspension doesn't ride as well as the Jag with
> it's 21st century engineering. I won't touch a FWD caddy. The STS is
> nice, but in order to get the good stuff, you have to order a lot of
> crap, so the car ends up costing as much as the Jag. With the Jag I
> got a decent audio system (Alpine instead of crummy bose) Sirius,
> instead of XM, I prefer the Sirius programming. And there's no
> Imperial anymore. The 300 isn't a luxury car.
>
> Best regards,
> Frank
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 6:59 AM, <mamrom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > My Question: When, exactly, did Cadillacs, Lincolns and our beloved
> > IMPERIALS go from being a prestige car to an "old people" car, at
> > least in the eyes of reviewers. Surely the prestigious people that
> > bought them as late as 1974 could not all have reached old age by
> > 1987!?! I cannot believe fuel economy is the cause either, after
> > all the 1980s Broughams can get 20 mpg on the highway, not too
> > shabby for the 1980s! When did successful people switch from
> > Cadillacs to BMWs and Lexuses, and what was it that did it? Because
> > surely a successful 40 year old in 1975 would buy a CaddyImperial
> > or Lincoln , not a BMW. What made him decide that by age 50 Caddies/
> > Imperials were too "old man?"
> >
> > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com -----------------
> > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please
> > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be
> > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the
> > Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx
> > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm
> >
>
>
> ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com -----------------
> This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please
> reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be
> shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the
> Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx
> To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm
>

---

Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Connect now!