Just a month ago I showed you the CC House with its multiple old cars, including the latest addition, this sleek Jaguar XJ6. The Jag even became the new daily driver, as seen at the Adams School parking lot. But it didn’t last. The old blue Cavalier has been pressed back into service.
That’s not to say the Jag necessarily crapped out. Maybe the owner is just trying to minimize wear and tear on it. Or maybe not.
Good question. I sometimes wonder the same about my neighbors vehicles (especially ones with tarps on them) and the random car that only pops up a few days a month.
As a steady stream of various foreign cars (Fiat, Alfa, Jag, Benz, BMW, Porsche) came and went from my designated family driveway parking space; my parents would often ask me when I was going to sell the Buick (my long term “back up car”, a ’71 Buick Riviera GS).
The Buick outlasted all the “replacements”.
That switch would be enough to make a grown man cry.
It’s good to have a Jaguar just in case your Cavalier needs some fixing.
Wow, two extremes. This would make a good QOTD – would you rather alternate days or weeks in these two or just take the average of them in the form of a Camry?
I dunno. If you averaged them wouldn’t you get a boring looking midsize car with below average reliability?
Sometimes you just have to wait a few days for that part to arrive.
More like weeks. And then a few more weeks for an available service loaner vehicle. 🙂
A Cavalier wagon will still be running to pick up parts for your Jag when all the other cars have stopped running. And what better car to take to the auto parts store to pick up oil and filter for your Cavalier than a Jaguar XJ6? The right tools for the job.
I know I am not supposed to, but for some crazy reason I like the styling of this version of the Cavalier, better than the generation that replaced it. The grilleless front and clean lines appeal to me. The Tesla model 3 with the grilleless front looks awkward, but for some reason it works on the Cavalier.
Sometime I wonder the percentage of XJ6’s problems were drive train related. There are swap kit to replace the old XK engine with some SBC, would the transplant solve most of the problems?
Reality continues to f* ck up my best laid out plans too.
I wonder if in BizarroWorld KerbsideKlassik in, oh, let’s say Exeter, UK, the guy drove a Jaguar normally, then everyone got all excited when he got a Vauxhall Cavalier wagon but then a few weeks later the Jaguar was back…
Maybe he found how much gas it uses on short round town runs.