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Tiptronic's not it, i like a clutch. I'd like stiffer suspension to i can toss it into corners harder. Cell phone: Leave it alone. Drive.  ( pet peeve ). Irishfest was ok. Small. Milwaukee one is loads better. |
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Replying to: dhanley (Nov 07, 2005 5:34 pm) Sounds like the red Jag is not for you. It is a good deal for someone out there.  I think Irishfest was the first attempt - perhaps next year will be better. Are you looking to replace your BMW (which, I must add the owners of these using a cell phone are in the high percentage, you must be a rare BMW driver  ) Or, is the Jag in addition? The Jag sounds like it would be WONDERFUL in Chicago snow, how is the BMW?
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Replying to: janetlacrosse (Nov 07, 2005 5:49 pm)
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Replying to: dhanley (Nov 08, 2005 12:20 pm) 
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Replying to: dhanley (Nov 08, 2005 12:20 pm) Dave, your email is marked private. Mine is janetlacrosse  yahoo.com
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Well, chicago isn't so bad, the streets are plowed pretty often. I put snows on my car because i do drive to wisconsin so often. I do ok in the ice & snow with the snows, as long as i don't floor the car during turns or anything silly like that. My personal opinion is that if you want to be safe in snow, you need snow tires no matter if you have FWD, AWD, or RWD. Drivetrain won't help you stop faster or turn more safely. There _is_ an audi dealer in LAX. There's a 2001 certified(warrantied) A4 1.8T quattro, light silver, heated seats for $17,900. There's also a lease special on an a4Q 3.2L for $0 dn and 399/mo. If i lived in LAX, i'd probably have an audi, even though it's not my first choice here in chicago. Also, ya know, if you had a jag under warranty, if something did go seriously wrong, i think they are under some obligation to fix it. However, driving to madison frequently might be a PITB. I'm looking forward to making both oktoberfest and irishfest next year. dave
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Replying to: dhanley (Nov 08, 2005 3:44 pm)
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Replying to: janetlacrosse (Nov 08, 2005 3:52 pm) Driving an AWD in Chicago in winter is awesome. Even with the original all-season tires on, I can plough through snowy side-streets (which sometimes don't get ploughed for days) with authority. My wife's FWD is not doing so well in similar conditions. Sure it makes no difference in stopping, but slowing down using your engine is more effective in AWD, as in FWD or RWD you run a greater risk of sliding if you apply too low of a gear for engine braking to one axle. Turns are easier in AWD, too, because you have all 4 wheels pulling through the turn instead of just two (or one if you don't have traction control or limited slip differential). A friend of mine who drives a BMW 545 said that the car was doing poorly in winter time on the original tires, but it made a world of difference when he put winter tires on. Another advantage of the AWD is when I pull the car out of a garage after it snowed all night. Sometimes I don't have the time to move the snow from my driveway in the morning, but the X-Type just goes through it with ease. The X-Type AWD is great not only in winter, but also in rain, when FWDs spin wheels on start at the green light and RWDs fishtail, while I get propelled forward as if driving on dry pavement. Now, if only Jaguar could pefect this AWD system to make it run quiet, that would be awesome!
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Replying to: axiomlover (Nov 09, 2005 7:41 am) My glitch is the dealer is more than 90 miles away. 
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Replying to: janetlacrosse (Nov 09, 2005 10:56 am)
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