I got the news yesterday, when I took the Beemer in to the shop for an alignment - a zillion dollars to fix parts of the suspension.

I dropped it off this morning, and, while waiting for a ride to the office, saw this out front:

 
               

I'm not sure how well the picture shows it, but this is a Jaguar 2-seater convertible with a JACKED UP REAR END and mag wheels : )

"I ordered up a beer and sat down at the bar
When some guy walked in and said, "Who owns this car
With the peace sign, the mag wheels and the four on the floor?"  -- Uneasy Rider, Charlie Daniels

I looked in the window to see if this had a Hurst shifter with a big 8Ball handle - no such luck.

All this car needs to be Bama-bound is some flames painted on the hood and big chrome sidepipes - although a General Lee paint job would really raise the street price....

(....now, did you hear that - that thing that just happened in my head? Just that quick, I started thinking that my NEXT car should be a jacked-up Jag with a General Lee paint job - right up to the big 01 on the side and a Confederate flag on the roof. Ethel! Christmas idea!)

I suppose I should put a disclaimer here - I don't think that I ever actually watched an entire episode of The Dukes Of Hazzard, although I certainly saw parts of episodes over and over again - enough to know that they boys were Bo and Luke, and that Roscoe P. Coaltrain liked to say  "Ewwww.....I'm gonna git those Duke boys!" in a voice that seemed to betray severe constipation. I don't know why I never saw a whole episode - I reckon just a few minutes of watching was enough to let me know that there wasn't really going to be any real plot.

And it's not necessary to know anything about the show, anyway, in order to drive a General Lee Jag - except I might find myself in the embarrassing situation of being expected to know something about the show. Just skimming the Wikipedia article on the General Lee shows me that there is a lot more to know about The Dukes Of Hazzard than I have any desire to know (321 General Lees built, and destroyed, during the show's history?) - but, again, driving around Scottsdale, it might be much more embarrassing for the person who asks me about the show than it would be for me to admit that I don't know anything : )

I have to admit, from the simple perspective of driving a car that would turn heads, a General Lee Jag would probably be about as extreme an example as one is likely to come across. The only real problem is, of course, that the Jag would be a Jag, and thus wouldn't last very long or be very reliable as a commuter vehicle.

Now, a General Lee Lexus....wait a minute. Why am I even thinking along those lines? "Work with what you have..."

A General Lee Z3! Time to call the auto-paint shop....