What do you drive and why?

Lots of Porsche and Subaru love around here. Many owners or prospective owners.

Does anyone notice that this may be one of the friendlier threads on Audiogon? No fighting, no insults, really pleasant. Thank you 2psyop.

ei001h,

"Next car will definitely be a stick."

If you want a stick, you’d better be quick. Soon, you will have two brands left, or something like that.

For me, the best car stereo has been Meridian in Jaguar XJ. Burmester in S-class coupe comes second (which was a surprise to me).

I only drive others bonkers.

.....For me, the best car stereo has been Meridian in Jaguar XJ. Burmester in S-class coupe comes second (which was a surprise to me)......


I cant agree more. My next car is going to be an XJR, and of course it will have the  Meridian sound. My wife is getting a 2019 Subaru Outback limited this summer. Having built these cars on the assembly line in Lafayette, I can say they never leave the line with an assembly defect. If there is a recal or failure, it comes from parts vendors, but never from the guys on the line. I wish I could say t(e same form my Dodge Demon I waited an entire year for, only to find out the manufacturer crashed the car before they even shipped it to the dealer, but that would be another long discussion.

2006 F150 with 119K. Love my trusty hard working truck. Gets me to camp. Hauls all my gear. It's the one indispensable vehicle I have. 2002 Jeep Liberty with 62K. Great little vehicle with a four cylinder that gets good mileage, sits higher up and maneuvers easily. Great to run around town in and not afraid of getting some dings in it. 2007 Jaguar XK convertible with 41K. A work of art & a dream to drive. Mental floss when you put the top down and just want to clear your head. Mostly sits in garage on a trickle charger. Repairs are never fun, but it's a weekend car on nice days. Wife's car. 2018 Jaguar XK 35i Portfolio edition. 3 weeks old with less than 400 miles on it. A nightmare. One problem after another. Has been back to dealer twice already. Last night it had to be flat-bedded to dealer... again. Total battery failure. How does a brand new vehicle (left over 2018) end up with a completely dead battery? Numerous computer glitches. I am sitting here now with buyers remorse knowing this isn't the last time. Wished we had kept her trusty 2011 BMW 328i. Now Herbie's gone and I want him back. Atleast the Germans knew how to build a modern sport sedan that worked. The new Jag built by Tata Motors is proving to be a over-designed technological nightmare. Sorry people. I saw this discussion forum on here and you posted it at the perfect time for me to vent.     

Correction. 2018 Jaguar XE 35i Portfolio, not XK. To the gentleman who posted prior to mine thinking about a new Jaguar XJR. Take a peek at the positive battery post before buying it, even if it's brand new. If it looks like someone jumped it with a pair of gator clips (you will know if the white paint is scratched off the positive post where the clips dug in), think long and hard about your decision. Ours was brand new with 1.3 miles on it when we bought it. Last night before it was flat-bedded, I looked at the manual and popped the red protective cover off the positive terminal. It was scratched up pretty good. So, this vehicle was probably DOA when it was brought into port and offloaded onto the semi and had to be jumped. Something in these Jags is eating batteries or they are designed with inept alternator incapable of charging them. Just a warning. The car is beautiful. The Meridian sound system is nice. But the computer systems are typical Jaguar and ours has been nothing but trouble.