I have The History Channel playing, and they’re doing a show on Jaguars. My mom wanted a roadster. She really wanted an E-Type drop-top. Would’ve gotten one too, only there was no back seat and she had kids. She got an MGB instead, and it ended up as a hand-me-down to be my first car.
But if I’d never been born I could have had an E-Type convertible! 
Ah, what a pity, I feel for you. You’re geting a little metaphysical there, though, but i dig what you mean.
Most beautiful car there ever was, IMHO. Too bad the damn thing would not run except on alternate Tuesdays. 
Actually, the used ones are not all that expensive. Just keep it parked in your driveway.
Depends on how you define ‘expensive’. Coupés are less expensive than roadsters, and 2+2 are less expensive than two-seaters. My mom would have bought a '66 two-seat (I think they didn’t have the 2+2 then) convertible, so it’s one of the more desirable models. I’ve seen restored examples go for $80,000 or more.
When I was younger I wanted an E-Type. I still wouldn’t mind having one, only they’re so expensive that I don’t think I’d have much fun driving it. (Which is strange, since I’d be quite happy to have another Porsche. Of course, they’re cheaper than a '66 E-Type roadster.)
Buddy of mine has one. He took me for a spin. Very fast; we got up to 130mph. But otherwise it sucked - steered like a frightened cow, stopped like a greased pig in an oil slick. Scared the shit out of me.
IMO you dodged a bullet by being born, if you see what I mean.
I can top that.
My Dad had a 1962 Corvette ragtop. Like this, except it was a softtop and had a black interior.
Well, in my family when you graduated you got the oldest car. I would have had the 'Vette. Except my Dad sold it like a month before I graduated. So insteead of the 'Vette I got a 1979 Pontiac Catalina station wagon. The one in the back.
Slee
And you’re still alive to complain about it.
Which only proves that I knew what I was doing.
-Dad
Sometime in the 1970’s, Car&Driver had a feature on future collector cars you could buy pretty cheaply at the time. They said you could get an E-type for $1200. A year. Meaning it would cost that much to fix what broke every year. Still, not a bad deal.