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Today marks one year since I traded even with Shift, my 2012 Jaguar XK with 20k miles, for my 2018 GT convertible with 30K miles. I miss the refinement of the Jaguar, particularly the quality of the leather interior (which is to be expected in a $109K car), but I'm so much happier, and relaxed...

I had to keep moving with the sun...

That I love the looks, and don’t want anything else, but I’m not a fan of the Coyote motor.

Gen III Coyote motors are annoyingly noisy up front

I use a Griots G9 Random Orbital Polisher and Meguiars Ultimate Compound followed by Ultimate Polish (and Gold Class Carnuba wax). I have other compounds, polishes and glazes as well, but the Ultimate products are fool-proof and really safe. For light spotting, the Polish alone will work. An...

Polished out stubborn water spots on my glass today...

Thanks for the comments! I have tried to keep my mods to what would look factory and not go overboard. With the hood and rocker stripes, the two obvious choices for me were white and silver. I think white is more high-contrast and retro... Better for an '05-'14... Silver more subdued and...

There's a lot of different Floridas, and they're very different. As a 60-year-old native Floridian who has lived everywhere in the state, I nominate my car as an example of a true Florida edition...

I've had a lot of cool cars that have gotten a lot of comments. This one is right up there... Maybe the most commented on. It definitely has broader appeal across age-groups...

Its not bad. top up, some drone around 1700-2000 rpm just at throttle tip-in, like going up a steep hill and lugging a bit. Easily remedied with the A10. Top down it's not loud to me. Either way, you can have a conversation at most any time except those moments of drone. I don't have a go pro...

It’s a bit loud to me, by my 20-year-old doesn’t think so… Some clips here:

Since you asked... Being 60 and "old School", I like white letters, but not on modern low-profile tires. Also, doesn't help an all-black wheel.

I've been working on the sound and have a recent post elsewhere here with the latest iteration. Magnaflow resonated X-Pipe and C&L Sport Axle back. I think it's about as good as it gets tone-wise... Deep, not raspy, but drone from 1.5K-2K is pretty bad. I'm not willing to spend thousands on...

Gotta say... Love my car, but I'm not a fan of how the Coyote engine sounds, both in the stock exhaust (active or not) and the firing order. Exhaust is too raspy/blatty, and firing order makes it sound almost like a jumbo-WRX. The 4.6 and pushrod 5.0s sound way better. I like mine better now...

DCT trans in VW is a positive factor for that car... And it sounds to me like the Ecoboost was shifting too early. I haven't come across any road tests that show the GLI being as quick as the Ecoboost. 0-60 or in the 1/4. Maybe not the best example of an Ecoboost...

I guess I'm a senior at 60... But I won't join AARP and don't ask for senior discounts! My wife thinks my car is a kid's car though... (and this is my 20-year old borrowing my car)

I had a great experience in buying my '18 GT Vert from Shift. No hassles and they gave me great money for my very low mile '12 Jaguar XK Vert. The car was local, they delivered it for a (long) test drive and appraisal for my car. Literally, a two-hour transaction on a tablet.

Not totally black, of course. They look fine. You’ll remember in the ‘70s, when we could not afford mags, we’d paint our wheels black (if they weren’t already) and put on chrome trim rings, lug nuts and center caps. Just need a little something to define the wheel:

Black wheels look like crap to me but I'm 60. My 20-year old would disagree, so what do I know? (I know the black wheel fad will go away) (none too soon IMO) (and he likes to borrow my car)(and all his friends like my car) 🤔 I wonder if they all think about how much better it'd look with black...