From Herald948@aol.com Wed Sep 29 03:58:09 2004 From: Herald948@aol.com (Herald948@aol.com) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:58:09 EDT Subject: [Tr-gang] I've seen it all now.... Message-ID: -------------------------------1096426689 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I suspect most of you have, by now, encountered a Ford Taurus, or Toyota Camry or Buick Le Sabre or whatever with one of those truly horrid add-on vinyl roof treatments so "authentic" they include the bright strip and snaps! around the base of the rear window. Well, today I saw this treatment on black vinyl (ok, maybe imitation canvas; didn't get close enough to see) on....a brand-new silver S-Type Jaguar. Take me now; I've seen it all. ;-) --Andy Mace -------------------------------1096426689 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I suspect most of you have, by now, encountered a Ford Taurus, or Toyot= a=20 Camry or Buick Le Sabre or whatever with one of those truly horrid add-on vi= nyl=20 roof treatments so "authentic" they include the bright strip and snaps! arou= nd=20 the base of the rear window.

Well, today I saw this treatment on black vinyl (ok, maybe imitation=20 canvas; didn't get close enough to see) on....a brand-new=20 silver S-Type Jaguar.

Take me now; I've seen it all. ;-)

--Andy Mace

-------------------------------1096426689-- From mjb@utahblues.org Wed Sep 29 08:43:33 2004 From: mjb@utahblues.org (Mark J. Bradakis) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:43:33 -0600 Subject: [Tr-gang] I've seen it all now.... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <415A67A5.5030100@utahblues.org> Well gosh, I bet it looked pretty sharp. Unless the wheel covers didn't go with it. I wonder how many folks who buy Jaguars these days have any connection to the "British Car Experience" we all know? mjb. From Herald948@aol.com Wed Sep 29 14:44:36 2004 From: Herald948@aol.com (Herald948@aol.com) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:44:36 -0400 Subject: [Tr-gang] I've seen it all now.... Message-ID: <059951E8.4185B9B2.02469B6D@aol.com> In a message dated 9/29/2004 3:43:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Mark J. Bradakis" writes: >Well gosh, I bet it looked pretty sharp. Unless the wheel covers didn't go with it. ====== Well, the car was moving in the opposite direction, so I didn't get a good look at wheel covers. AFAIK, there was nothing "spinning" in the center of the wheel. ;-) ===== >I wonder how many folks who buy Jaguars these days have any connection to the "British >Car Experience" we all know? ===== ...and I wonder how it is that Ford took over, apparently brought Quality up to at least Job 4 if not 1, and still is losing over $600 million on their "Prestige Group"? Maybe they really DO need that Explorer-based Jaguar, perhaps in a true "shooting brake" version? --Andy Mace From cak@dimebank.com Wed Sep 29 19:25:41 2004 From: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Tr-gang] Re: Tr-gang digest, Vol 1 #42 - 3 msgs Message-ID: <200409291825.i8TIPfWv009329@moose.dimebank.com> > still is losing over $600 million on their "Prestig > e Group"? It's the unions' fault, just as it has been for 30 years. They took the British motor industry down once, and they can do it again! I was in Europe last week, and mostly got my news from the BBC. There's a huge hubbub because Jaguar want to shut down one of their three plants; unions on strike, sympathy stoppages, blah blah. Nothing has changed. From bownes@seiri.com Thu Sep 30 19:33:25 2004 From: bownes@seiri.com (bob bownes) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:33:25 -0400 Subject: [Tr-gang] Re: Tr-gang digest, Vol 1 #42 - 3 msgs In-Reply-To: <200409291825.i8TIPfWv009329@moose.dimebank.com> References: <200409291825.i8TIPfWv009329@moose.dimebank.com> Message-ID: <415C5175.8050705@seiri.com> It is incredibly sad to see and to watch. I was living in NI during the late 70's/early 80's when the unions brought down Triumph. Listening to Dad talk about negotiations with them was incredible. We were living in a country with a 35% unemployment rate, Dad was bringing in almost 1k jobs, and the union was still demanding incredibly silly things like "we must be paid in cash every Friday before noon". (which, as you might guess, does great things for Friday afternoon productivity/attendance) How he managed the place for 4 years (79-82) without either killing someone or a strike is beyond me. Chris Kantarjiev wrote: >>still is losing over $600 million on their "Prestig >>e Group"? > > > It's the unions' fault, just as it has been for 30 years. They took > the British motor industry down once, and they can do it again! > > I was in Europe last week, and mostly got my news from the BBC. > There's a huge hubbub because Jaguar want to shut down one > of their three plants; unions on strike, sympathy stoppages, > blah blah. Nothing has changed. > _______________________________________________ > Tr-gang mailing list > Tr-gang@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/tr-gang