So the new owners of Jaguar rang me and said "John (they call me that because its my name) we have a problem. All our new cars are fine but we have a warehouse full of these old ones. Can you come up to our test track and show us how to drive them?" "Look" I said for a small fee "I would even drive an elephant up the strand in my underwear" So that's what I did. Not drive the elephant but go up to the test track and fall in old Jag heaven.
John Connolly Cars — johnconnollycars.com
Originally published in The Weekend Australian
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