Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Dream Car
Do you have a dream car? Not one that you'd drive to work each day, or use for quick runs to Home Depot, but one that'd sit in the garage waiting for cool fall days and dry roads? It probably wouldn't be one you'd count on to not break down or have good mileage or cheap replacement parts. It wouldn't necessarily be expensive or cheap for that matter - price shouldn't pay a part in a dream car. I suppose it doesn't even matter how available it is. I suppose it could be a wild one-of-a-kind custom by Ed Roth or perhaps a staid and elegant sedan by August and Fred Duesenberg.
In my case, it's not so special or even rare from what I can gather. My car would be a 1969 Jaguar XKE FHC in British racing green. I've seen Jaguars in those years listed from about $10,000 to $40,000 and really, $40,000 is not that bad. You can spend that much of some gas guzzling pickup truck these days. I think the swoopy lines of the this car have never been equaled. Sure, there's quarter-million dollar Ferraris and Lamborghinis, which I'll admit have their appeal, but not to the extent of the Jaguar. And the new Jags - you might as well be driving a Ford.
Nope, give me a 1969 XKE FHC blasting down some twisty country road with golden leaved trees swaying in the wind and a cool fall sun dodging grey clouds scudding across the sky. The London Philharmonic playing Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries would be blasting from the radio and all would be well with the world.
