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Hi all. I'm new here. This is a tough one. I loved my aunt so much and she had this beautiful blue Jag that she let me drive once after she got it back in 2008. I didn't ever think about wanting that specific car, to be honest, but I have always loved roadsters and since I worked on my company's UK business back in the late 2000's, I tend to be partial to all things British. And that only made worse the fascination I always had as a kid for MGs, Triumphs, anything small and fun, quick, well engineered. A Morgan would be a dream for instance. Astons and the sporty Jaguars too, they are lovely, but those are way pricey, so maybe just a nice pipedream for Someday when I retire? I also like Porsches, but there's definitely a preference for British cars, so I drove a cooper S for 8 years and loved that for the driving experience. I had to move on from it unfortunately. My aunt's Jaguar though, yeah that was fun - still the nicest car I've ever driven. Just a great memory there of her telling us to take the keys and have fun.
Sigh. We lost my aunt a few months ago, which is still hard to take, and so like the rest of the family I am still grieving and we're all just trying to take care of my uncle and their immediate family. I surely didn't think about details like that car, as I figured that was so long ago that she had probably traded up once or twice by now, and they have kids and some young grandkids, so I'm sure someone would want it anyway if they did still have it. Well, during a talk between me, my dad and my uncle a month later, somehow the two brothers put that 2 and 2 together since he was going to trade it in, and he did not know I liked that car that much. It had almost already been dealt actually, but as it turns out, he would really enjoy knowing it was still in the family if I would like it, and offered it to me for a very, very reasonable price. I'm honored, to sum all this up in a word.
So, it's a bittersweet joy to get this car. I hate that it was available at all, but I also know my aunt would love for me to have it, and I will enjoy taking care of something that brought her joy too. It has a garage spot waiting for it and I'm reading manuals and watching videos since I like DIY stuff and knowing how things work. It's a 2008 XK convertible with very low miles (25k). We'll see when I get it if it needs anything at all, or if I just need to get into caretaker mode, but either way I'm excited and trying to focus on the happy part of this and not the sadness. I know I could have just told you, like my friends and family that I'm getting a Jaguar and it was fortuitous timing, but I want everyone to know why it means a lot to me already.
Sigh. We lost my aunt a few months ago, which is still hard to take, and so like the rest of the family I am still grieving and we're all just trying to take care of my uncle and their immediate family. I surely didn't think about details like that car, as I figured that was so long ago that she had probably traded up once or twice by now, and they have kids and some young grandkids, so I'm sure someone would want it anyway if they did still have it. Well, during a talk between me, my dad and my uncle a month later, somehow the two brothers put that 2 and 2 together since he was going to trade it in, and he did not know I liked that car that much. It had almost already been dealt actually, but as it turns out, he would really enjoy knowing it was still in the family if I would like it, and offered it to me for a very, very reasonable price. I'm honored, to sum all this up in a word.
So, it's a bittersweet joy to get this car. I hate that it was available at all, but I also know my aunt would love for me to have it, and I will enjoy taking care of something that brought her joy too. It has a garage spot waiting for it and I'm reading manuals and watching videos since I like DIY stuff and knowing how things work. It's a 2008 XK convertible with very low miles (25k). We'll see when I get it if it needs anything at all, or if I just need to get into caretaker mode, but either way I'm excited and trying to focus on the happy part of this and not the sadness. I know I could have just told you, like my friends and family that I'm getting a Jaguar and it was fortuitous timing, but I want everyone to know why it means a lot to me already.
