For sale: Jaguar convertible, no accidents (sort of)

February 18, 2006 7:08 AM

eBay hilarity:"THIS VEHICLE HAS COME TO US VIA AN INSURANCE COMPANY, IT HAS TRAVELLED 32,000 MILES AND IS ONE NOT VERY HAPPY OWNER FROM NEW. MUST TELL STORY:" (via)
posted by NekulturnY (40 comments total)

J.A.G.U.A.R.

Just Another Gearbox Under Annual Rebuild
posted by roguescout at 7:15 AM on February 18, 2006

(MUST TELL THE STORY)

Other eBay hilarity here.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:18 AM on February 18, 2006

Other eBay hilarity here.

Heh. That's good.
posted by 327.ca at 7:26 AM on February 18, 2006

What the fuck ? Is it that hard to remove a car door without destroying it ? It's not like the car was crashed and distorted.

Plus if they were to get the person outside they had to lift him/her anyway ?
posted by elpapacito at 7:27 AM on February 18, 2006

What the fuck? Is it that hard to remove a car door without destroying it?

Manifestation of the class struggle. It was a Jag.
posted by 327.ca at 7:29 AM on February 18, 2006

I didn't find this to be "hilarious," more like "sad."
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:33 AM on February 18, 2006

327.ca

Oh well ! If you wanna go class struggling paint a dick on it or something. Dick being the owner :)
posted by elpapacito at 7:35 AM on February 18, 2006

Yeah, it's not really a sidesplittingly funny story.
posted by fixedgear at 7:37 AM on February 18, 2006

I quite like this eBay 'RHD' converted Jeep (check out the pictures).
posted by Edame at 7:42 AM on February 18, 2006

What use is a right hand drive Jeep in America?
posted by cillit bang at 7:48 AM on February 18, 2006

cillit bang, rural mail delivery people use them, since mailboxes are on the right hand side of the road. They're quite popular. Non-rural delivery cars are also right hand drive, but are custom manufacturered for the postal service, and actually used to be converted Jeeps.

We had a rural carrier when I was growing up, and the delivery person simply sat in the passenger seat and reached over to operate the steering wheel and pedals. It was pretty funny. My parents' house now has one of the RHD jeeps.
posted by zsazsa at 8:01 AM on February 18, 2006

Do you think that conversion could actually be road-legal then? It looks like a death-trap to me.
posted by Edame at 8:06 AM on February 18, 2006

Jebus. If that's true about the firebrigade jumping in and just cutting the roof off, will the owner be eligable for insurance? I mean, it's not like he was in the accident....
posted by dabitch at 8:14 AM on February 18, 2006

My parents' house now has one of the RHD jeeps.

I didn't know that your parents house even had a license...
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:35 AM on February 18, 2006

My favorite part was "PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE BIDDING TO BUY THIS VEHICLE AND NOT TO JUST COME AND SIT IN IT."
posted by brownpau at 8:36 AM on February 18, 2006

My drummer bought a decommissioned postal jeep in the early 90s. I opted out, finding the brakes a little hard to press. (okay, nearly impossible for me to work). It was really cool, until he lost control on the highway and tipped it into the median. Nobody got hurt, but that cured my curiosity for them. We later got a decommissioned ambulance, and it rocked the fucking house. I still miss Unit 7.

On topic, though, I would be flabbergasted if someone cut off the top of my car (and I've never owned a new ve-hicle, let alone a jag-uar.
posted by Busithoth at 8:52 AM on February 18, 2006

Is one able to insure in the UK, for that sort of value, a "totaled" vehicle?
posted by onegreeneye at 9:01 AM on February 18, 2006

anyone notice that the pictures seem to be of two different cars? One has a top and one doesn't.
posted by shmegegge at 9:06 AM on February 18, 2006

Both of my grandparents were rural carriers, and both of their cars were right hand conversions.... One was a Ford Truck, and the other was a Buick. Two steering wheels! cool!

Okay, it was cool when I was 12.
posted by bradth27 at 9:12 AM on February 18, 2006

More eBay hilarity: An auction for a race card.
posted by Frank Grimes at 9:14 AM on February 18, 2006

[THERE] IS OBVIOUSLY WIRING THAT NEEDS RE[P]AIRING

This would be true even the fire brigade hadn't cut the top off, it's a Jaguar after all.
posted by kindall at 9:38 AM on February 18, 2006

More eBay hilarity: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedbackMemberLeft&memberid=store_ok2010&items=-1&item=-1&de=off
posted by onegreeneye at 9:44 AM on February 18, 2006

Rainbows are pretty. I don't know why I shoot at them.
heh
posted by peacay at 9:46 AM on February 18, 2006

This would be true even the fire brigade hadn't cut the top off, it's a Jaguar after all
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Well, actually this particular type of Jag, along with the S type is based on the Ford Mondeo or in the case of the S type, the Lincoln Continental MkVII.
The only thing Jag is the suspension bits and a bit of chassis reinforcement, interior treatments, etc.
If you get the chance, check out the headlight switches, the interior temp controls, other bits and pieces and you'll see the Ford sameness there. Even the engine is Ford, which these days means a car that will run forever and ever and ever without any problems (providing, of course that one does the proper servicing and maintenance.)
posted by mk1gti at 9:49 AM on February 18, 2006

anyone notice that the pictures seem to be of two different cars? One has a top and one doesn't.

Is my sarcasm detector broken? Look at the pictures, and you can plainly see where they cut to take the top off: halfway up the A pillars (front of the car), right through the middle of the windshield, down near the bottom of the B pillars (between the front and rear doors), and halfway through the C pillars (back of the car). The back window is missing because it's not laminated, so it shattered away.
posted by zsazsa at 10:03 AM on February 18, 2006

As they say, no good deed goes unpunished. You can't really blame people for not wanting to get involved in accidents when there's stuff like this about to remind them why they shouldn't.
posted by clevershark at 10:26 AM on February 18, 2006

Even the engine is Ford, which these days means a car that will run forever and ever and ever without any problems

Ford UK must be vastly different from Ford US, then.
posted by mrbill at 11:01 AM on February 18, 2006

Well, actually this particular type of Jag, along with the S type is based on the Ford Mondeo

... yeah, yeah, but you can't say "This would be true even if the fire brigade hadn't cut the top off, it's a Ford after all."

My experience with Fords is that their transmissions need rebuilding twice before they're paid off, and that doesn't really work well as a joke about wiring.
posted by kindall at 11:07 AM on February 18, 2006

Very polite, but I never spoke to him. Quick seller, yet I never bought. Hmmm.

First eBay hilarity link in the comments has effectively taken my morning from me. A+++++!
posted by rollbiz at 11:25 AM on February 18, 2006

Also:

Why do the English drink warm beer?

Because they have Lucas refrigerators.
posted by rollbiz at 11:29 AM on February 18, 2006

I reduced my font size 3 times and I still couldn't read it. Anyone want to translate into non-CAPSese?
posted by Eideteker at 11:53 AM on February 18, 2006

I totally sympathize with the helpful fellow and his totaled Jag but if you're gonna help in an accident you should know how to help (to avoid both exacerbating potential problems and liability as well).

Neck and back injuries are not uncommon in car accidents and emergency responders will always take the safest approach if confronted with any hint of such. Just because the victim didn't complain of any problems at first doesn't mean there isn't still the possibility of them. Putting someone in your car may seem like a good idea but it isn't. They're gonna have to get out eventually and if there is any hint of a problem, you've put them in a very inaccessible position. There is nothing wrong with the ground.

/don't mean to put a damper on the hilarity
posted by effwerd at 12:16 PM on February 18, 2006

zsazsa: you're right. I didn't look closely enough to see that the roof had been placed back on in some pictures.
posted by shmegegge at 1:29 PM on February 18, 2006

Why did the Germans never bomb the Lucas Electrics factory during WWII?

They considered Lucas an ally in the German war effort [rimshot].
posted by clevershark at 2:43 PM on February 18, 2006

Ouch, good thing insurance paid for that one.
posted by rainman84 at 3:55 PM on February 18, 2006

Don't think of it as totalled, think of it as a good opportunity to build one of these.
posted by arto at 4:41 PM on February 18, 2006

I was thinking that the condition it's in would be a good opportunity to build the first Jaguar Pick up truck. A'hm jus' sayin' is all . . .
posted by mk1gti at 6:07 PM on February 18, 2006

I had the fun experience of dealing with a car accident victim in a Jaguar last week. We didn't need to cut the roof off of the Jag, but man, it would have made things a lot easier. There's not a whole lot of room for EMS personnel to move around inside of one while trying to get the patient onto a backboard.

If it was a Geo Metro, the FD probably would have sawed the roof right off.

Dunno why this guy decided to take the injured driver out and put them in the back of his *own* car, though.
posted by drstein at 6:45 PM on February 18, 2006

More eBay hilarity: An auction for a race card.

I looked at that auction and thought to myself - "this looks like something from cockeyed - I totally picked it :) Rob is brilliant.
posted by sycophant at 4:21 PM on February 19, 2006

I love how they call a roof that is completely sheared off and no longer connected to the car "removable"
posted by Suparnova at 11:42 PM on February 19, 2006