Miata Mailing List: January 2000, Message #45

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Everyone,

thanks for the overwhealming support...  I finally got the cat home.
AAA tried to jump start- no luc message dated 1/1/00 11:07:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
gspray@cjnetworks.com writes:

<< At 01:33 AM 1/1/2000 -0500, Scott wrote:
 
 
 > >62 Jag XKE
 >
 >
 >I've never heard of an XKE. Now, an E-Type? Sure. Great cars. :^)
 >
 >Scott and Woody
 
 Wow, you must be too young. In spite of what the late Ms Sonja proclaimed, 
 the car WAS known in the United States as an XKE. When I walked into a 
 Jaguar dealership in 1963 to look at them they were calling it an XKE. As 
 far as I can surmise it was only called the "E-Type" in Europe and by a few 
 elitist bastards in the US.
 
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 Gary Spray
 Topeka, Kansas
 Crystal White '90 A (with white Mazda alloys)
 M Club #43
 Miata Club Of America
 Kansas Region SCCA
 gspray@miata.net
 
 ** WAX? I bought it to DRIVE! **
 
 
  >>
Hey, this is another car like I had back in the 60's.  I had a later XKE, 
(E-Type for you elitest bastards!  I LIKE that!).  Yours must have been the 
3.8?  As with the other English sports cars I've had, I had trouble keeping 
it running after I put 30k (,000 not kilolmetres!)  My Miata has about 800 
miles on it, and I am fervently hoping that the Japanese have figured out how 
to more than keep the top from leaking.

Jim Peters
10AE #5428 aka "Frankenstein"
PACE Miata Club