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Them Ol’ Jaguars: Divorced Daddies, Dirty Roads & Pink Cadillacs

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    Now, gather ’round, y’all, ’cause I got myself a little story about some good ol’ British automobiles and a mighty peculiar piece of Norwegian television history! The Jaguar XJ40 , built from 1986 all the way up ’til 1994, made itself a few appearances in seasons 1 and 4 of the Norwegian TV series Asylet , which ran for four glorious seasons on NRK between 1995 and 1998. Now, I’ve already told y’all about that good ol’ Jeep Cherokee showin’ up in season 2, and the Mazda 323 makin’ its grand entrance in season 3. But the Jaguar XJ40? Well, that fancy British rascal rolled onto the scene in season 1, back in ’95, and I reckon it might’ve been one of the very last ’94 models they got their hands on. And who was behind the wheel, you ask? Well, sir, if my memory serves me right, it was some hard-drinkin’, divorced lawyer daddy, probably with more troubles than a three-legged dog at a horse race. Now, ain't that just the perfect kinda fella to be drivin’ a Jaguar? But lemme tel...
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Cadillacs, Ferraris & a Whole Lotta Horsepower!

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     Now, let me tell y’all a thing or two about them good ol’ Cadillac Eldorado MK11 and MK12 , and the Cadillac Seville MK3 . Them big American land yachts just kept on struttin’ around with that classic ’80s look well into the ’90s, like nobody ever bothered to tell ’em the decade had changed. And wouldn’t ya know it, them fancy ol’ Cadillacs were all over the silver screen! Movies, TV shows, you name it. Throughout the ’90s and early 2000s, them big ol’ cruisers were practically Hollywood royalty. Now, I’ve rambled on about the Lancia Thema before, but good Lord almighty, I ain't even gotten started on the Thema 8.32 Ferrari ! There’s been one of them Italian stallions sittin’ for sale on FINN.no for what feels like a hundred years, and somehow, nobody’s gone and bought the dang thing! Can y’all believe that? I mean, shoot, we're talkin’ about a proper Italian Lancia here. Already a fancy, luxurious piece of machinery, but then some crazy son of a gun decided to shov...
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Big Ol’ Buicks, Norwegian Dust & a Whole Lotta Trouble

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     Now, let me tell y’all a little somethin’ about the Buick Century . Quite a few of them ol’ American beauties made their way over to Norway back in the ’90s. But wouldn’t ya know it, a whole heap of ’em wound up sittin’ around at dealerships, collectin’ dust and rustin’ away well past the year 2000. Ain’t that a cryin’ shame? I remember seein’ several of them Buick Centurys just sittin’ there at dealerships around Bærum in the late ’90s and early 2000s, lookin’ like nobody in the whole dang country wanted to take ’em home. And get this, partner! Not too long ago, I knew a fella who told me his family actually owned one of them Buicks when he was just a young buck growin’ up in Bærum. Yep, right there in Norway, back in the late ’90s and early 2000s. How ’bout that! Now, the Buick LeSabre MK6 and MK7 , those were a slightly different breed of cattle. A little more modern, sure, but still sportin’ that good ol’ ’80s styling all the way through 1995, before somebody at ...
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