Handsome bastard, fighting me all the way...

[eddyramrod]

Where's the Cadillac?

                                                      The what?

Come on man, the Cadillac, the Bluesmobile, where is it?

                                                     I traded it.

You traded a Cadillac for this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually no, I traded a Cadillac for this...

Be honest, how many of you saw it coming?  The reality is, it takes something like this to get me to part with Huggy.    We met up and did the deed at Charnock Richard services on the M6.  HMC - Matthew - is positively heroic, setting off at silly o'clock this morning in order to get there at almost exactly the same time I did.  Now I'm home, but I bet he isn't yet.  I hope he's having a comfy trip.  Well I know he's comfy, it's not possible to be anything less on Huggy's seats, but you know what I mean.

It feels very strange.  No Cadillac!  What's the matter with me?  Well basically, decrepitude.  I can't maintain a near-50-year-old car now.  How good I am at maintaining an 18-year-old car remains to be seen.

The Jag, which I'm naming Handsome (YVH = You're Very Handsome) is a lovely thing to drive.  It's quite easy to get up to silly speeds though!  I'll have to be careful with that.

Even MrsR likes it.

[loserone]

2 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

naming Handsome

Don't listen to @barefoot.

 

I think this can only be a good thing for you Eddy.  Enjoy!

[Crackers]

A Jaaaaaaag* is effectively a Midlands Cadillac so I'd wager you're onto a winner.

[cort1977]

Top woolarding there, good to see standards maintained.

Sounds like a good swap for you, best 9f luck with the Jag.

[eddyramrod]

This is what the M6 looked like...

Funny how, when I see something old on the motorway, it's usually a 205.

Huggy's interior looked like this...

Provisions on the seat, documents and coat on the floor.  And pretty much the same layout on the Jag on the way back.

 

[ProgRocker]

Lovely looking Jag! 

[danthecapriman]

Well done chaps! Looks a cracking Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaag and a great trade for both sides.

Dont worry though Eddy, you can pilot my Mercury anytime your getting withdrawal symptoms!!😆

[eddyramrod]

I might take you up on that!

[sutty2006]

I hope you were listening to that 8 track all the way there! My love for American cars will never die. I’ll have one again soon enough. 

[HMC]

Was great to meet you Eddie, hope I can to the Cadillac Justice as for me it’s one of THE vehicles of the forum. 

[Jim Bell]

I wondered why BP had run out of petrol. 

[eddyramrod]

4 minutes ago, HMC said:

Was great to meet you Eddie, hope I can to the Cadillac Justice as for me it’s one of THE vehicles of the forum. 

I'm sure you will!  I think he's in good hands with you.  Best of luck

[Dobloseven]

Well done Eddy, for keeping Huggy alive and in the public eye for so long. And passing him on to a new owner as a living, working thing. So sad to see old cars left to die, the owners convinced they're worth a lot of money and they'll get round to doing them up one day. The Jaguar looks  a lovely thing. Forgive my ignorance, but is it one of the aluminium bodied ones? 

[eddyramrod]

Thank you kind sir; my feelings exactly.  And yes, this is the aluminium model that was launched in 2002, when I had my first one (4.2 Daimler Sovereign S2 LWB, 1978).

[Pieman]

Oh my goodness, Eddy's finally got rid of Huggy - I think you've been trying to move him on since I joined the forum!

Good luck with the Jag.

[Dobloseven]

Designed under the auspices of Geoff Lawson who grew up in Leicester, a few streets from where I live. Apparently he wasn't actually that keen on Jaguars, preferring American cars, and would turn up for work in a Corvette. 

[St.Jude]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Was great to meet you Eddie, hope I can to the Cadillac Justice as for me it’s one of THE vehicles of the forum. 

Tell me you invested in BP without showing me the paperwork...

[purplebargeken]

Oh fabulous, both fantastic cars for different reasons. Yayy.

[eddyramrod]

Exactly Ken!  The Jag does feel very much like a car I should be driving.  So does Huggy, but in different ways.  Next month I would have had him six years, which is longer than I've had any other car.  I can't see reaching the same point with the Jag, but who knows?  It is lovely.

It was a delight to finally meet HMC too, he seems like the right man for the next stage in Huggy's life.

[Bren]

A good result for both of you.

What are the plans for the caddy ?

[eddyramrod]

15 hours ago, Pieman said:

Oh my goodness, Eddy's finally got rid of Huggy - I think you've been trying to move him on since I joined the forum!

Good luck with the Jag.

Thanks. 

Huggy broke down on a long trip four years ago, I got my orders back then, he had to go.  I've deliberately not put a great deal of effort into moving him on; posting him on other people's threads became a running joke.  I love/d having a Cadillac!  I didn't seriously expect HMC to take the bait, even though he's done Detroit before, but fortunately the car he was offering was appropriate as a replacement.  So when he messaged me, I thought I'd better stand by my offer.  So yesterday was the culmination of that process.

[eddyramrod]

And here we are in my little street.

[Dobloseven]

14 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

And here we are in my little street.

You're going to have to start paying Road Tax and getting it Motd!Lovely thing though. What engine? 

[eddyramrod]

Spoilsport!

You're not wrong though.  3.5V8.

[eddyramrod]

Yesterday I had a blast round some local village roads that don't even qualify for a B number.  Suspension: a bit on the firm side, but totally unflappable.  Power: more than adequate   I'm still feeling the loss of Huggy but the more I drive this, the more I warm to it.

And it plays cassettes!  I've resurrected the boxes of them that were in my lockup, along with a load of CDs because it has a changer in the trunk.  I need to load that up, because I got a new Puppini Sisters CD for my birthday and haven't played it yet.

[tooSavvy]

On 18/04/2022 at 14:39, eddyramrod said:

And here we are in my little street.

Nice to see a bit 'just parked in the Back to Backs'... Like my street 👍

Never enough Ooommph in the world... So, I gave up 🤣

GR8 m8 👌

[Spiny Norman]

As birthday presents to yourself go, a Jag is about as good as it gets and a worthy replacement for Huggy. 😎
 

[eddyramrod]

Well I'm getting used to having Handsome around, although I'm still feeling pangs for Huggy.  I've tried the casette player now, it works!  Woo-hoo!  Still need to try the CD changer though.

[vulgalour]

Moving Huggy on, painful though it is right now, is probably the best decision.  Time for another adventure for both of you.  I hope Handsome serves you as well as Huggy ever did.

[eddyramrod]

And today I put some CDs in the changer.  Yup, that's working fine too.