2009 Jaguar XF

There are important considerations when one blows in for meetings on the West Coast. All of them have to do with one's car, borrowed from a gracious manufacturer for three days.

--That the car is fresh. It is desirable for the hotel valets to swoon slightly and remember you every time you roll in or out. Bonus points if the guy at the In-N-Out Burger counter stops to admire your ride. Jaguar XF: Check.

--That the dreaded L.A. freeway ripple does not upset your car's otherwise magic carpet ride. Jaguar XF: Check