April 15, 2006

Saturday Car Blogging

Noted in the comments section over at Oleg's regarding British vehicles...

I was a parts manager for a BMC dealership in Orange County, California back in the dark ages.

Then there is the tale of the gentleman who purchased an Jag XK-120 convertible (circa 1957)from the newly opened Jaguar dealership in Hollywood. He drove off the lot into one of the famous Southern California downpours and the ragtop leaked! He returned to the dealer. They attempted to fix the problem to no avail and finally wrote to the factory.

The response was so very typically British:

"A gentleman does not drive his Jaguar in the rain."

I'll have to say though...a gentlemen doesn't drive any British sports car in the rain. I can attest to that personally.

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We're not going to have windshield wipers or a top of any kind for the bugeye... =]

Posted by: Mary at April 15, 2006 06:42 AM

I didn't have a top for the A for the first couple of years after restoring it. Tennessee weather, however, provided for the occassional pop-up rain storms which I had to drive through several times. Just get a hat, pull it down low, hunker down, and drive. What else could you do? :)

Posted by: Blake at April 15, 2006 06:47 AM