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Can you see the irony?

On the road today I saw a new Jaguar with a license plate that read "7 1776"

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Well, there are Korean cars called KIA, as in killed in action. One of their models is called the Soul.

I don’t imagine they are driven by too many Korean War Vets.

Waiting for Vietnam to start making a car called the MIA. First model named the Pow.
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Kind of like Chevy marketing in Mexico with the Nova. In Spanish "not going".
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Well, there are Korean cars called KIA, as in killed in action. One of their models is called the Soul.

I don’t imagine they are driven by too many Korean War Vets.

Waiting for Vietnam to start making a car called the MIA. First model named the Pow.
Or a Japanese company making a Tinian or Eniwetok model.
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On the road today I saw a new Jaguar with a license plate the read "7 1776"
Poor Brits...forever holding a grudge about a rag tag batch of "Colonial Rebels"...
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Poor Brits...forever holding a grudge about a rag tag batch of "Colonial Rebels"...
If you can't beat them, join them. That's what I did.
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On the road today I saw a new Jaguar with a license plate the read "7 1776"
I think the irony is an American who loves an English car yet brutally states our independence from them.

Let me explain. You see, these dudes from England came over in the 1600's and............
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I think the irony is an American who loves an English car yet brutally states our independence from them.

Let me explain. You see, these dudes from England came over in the 1600's and............
That's exactly what I was talking about.
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Depending on the year of the Jag it might have some Ford running gear and internals
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Considering the history of the British Empire I find that rather amusing. Pip pip, Carry On!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Motors
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On the road today I saw a new Jaguar with a license plate that read "7 1776"
Is that about one-half as ironic as some dude on an American based German automobile fanboy website posting such an observation?
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I suppose more accurately, it simply reflects the globalism that the world reflects today (or at least used to be before Covid 19 et al)
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On the road today I saw a new Jaguar with a license plate that read "7 1776"
That one's easy - The first expected breakdown is in 7 minutes or 1776 feet, whichever comes first!

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