Re: 95 540ia finally sold

[The Jacobs <cajun-kiwi@xxxxxxxx>]

Oh crap...I mean, I'm glad for you Steve! I had just figured since you were dropping the price
by $500. a day I could afford to give my wife a nice used 540 for Christmas. I guess I have to go
to the mall now....dammit, only 20 more days to go.

Jacob...gone shopping!

> Subject: 95 540ia finally sold - Thanks Digest members!
>
> Someone got one hell of a bargain - we finally sold her 95 540ia for $15500
> today to a nice gent from Sterling, Va. who saw it on Classifieds 2000.  He
> was happy as a clam, and it was for his wife.
>
> The wife's newish 99 Jag XK8 Convertible came 3 hours later (3 hours late!)
> from Pennsylvania and is beyond gorgeous.  We were both a bit heartsick to
> be selling this beloved beautiful green 540i, but the new car will serve her
> well, I'm sure.  For all of you that think "Jags - yeesh!  Talk about repair
> bills and stodgy handling...", just go out and drive an XK8.  It's the most
> thilling car I've driven in a long time, maybe ever!  Yeah, it's no M
> Roadster in the speed department, it's no Z8 in the wow dept, it's no 99
> 540ia in the back seat room dept, but for exhilerating driving, 290 hp, top
> down fun, and the prettiest looker this side of a Ferrari, it ain't bad!
> And for $45k, we couldn't come up with a better 2 door coupe.  I really
> wanted to see her in a 2001 Mercedes CL500 coupe but we didn't have an extra
> $116,000 sitting around.  BMW doesn't even build a 2 door coupe like the
> 850i anymore, and after her last experience with a 91 850i, she never would
> have went for it.

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