@tonyola: My first '65 Mustang, which I bought in 1977, was orange-ish red. I found that with a generously and aggressively applied wax, it turned back to red. I think it was Poppy Red as someone else here mentioned. It also came with a groovey little rod knock thereby assuring that I got to do my first engine. That was a plus. I paid $200 for the car, and $600 to rebuild the engine.
@Pete Gaines wuz here: Brown Bush. Just a teensy bit of inside berm, no harm.
I've been on that corner when an open wheel car came in, set it up too hard, and in the ensuing attemp to catch it, let it get a little bit backwards, managed to stall, then rolled down with the wing against the berm. Starter makes a hollow click--moment of confusion--then the driver motions for help to the crowd who push him back out away from the berm. As he rolls back down he bump starts it, lights it up, spraying his impromptu pit crew with gravel, and takes off.
Do they still allow overnight camping prior to the climb? I don't think I ever watched one that I wasn't still drunk or hungover...
They're stealing our kinetic energy! Bastards! I intended to use that energy to regeneratively brake my Prius, thereby saving the world from the horrors of The Man, and now they are squandering my ill-gotten kinetic energy on feeding fat people. Can I sue somebody for enough to buy a baby seal a herring burger every day for a year? Oops. Gotta go, I have my appointment to have my old-liberal-guy pony tail trimmed to proper douchebaggery length.
@FormerlyPreferredCustomer: I've got the 911 Turbo poster you mention...it now belongs to my son. I think it was about 1986 that it came out, mailed to people they considered to be prospects.
Tia Carrera.
@cgates1: I dunno about net worth, but I know I out-earned GM last year by a few billion. Ka-ching!
Insider? I hardly know her...
@observer: I have a hard time justifying American attitudes of villification for instant gratification. Along the way it seems that everyone is suddenly okay with government telling private enterprise how to run themselves. Chilling.
I have no strong opinions about Wagoner one way or the other, but I have a very strong opinion about government running private companies. Yes, okay, they took public funds, so there should be some say by the government as to how those funds are spent. BUT. When we let that say come in the form of rules changes after the fact, or politically motivated public hangings, we are on a very, very slippery slope.
SCCA Autocross national champions get these nifty black jackets. What NOT to ask someone wearing one a dem spiffy black jackets: "Hey, nice jacket, what did that cost ya?"
@nunya001: I wouldn't bet on how the markets will respond. It's a wild ride out there and anything could happen...but I'm not sure that Wall Street is gonna like the concept that government seems to have created for itself hiring and firing power in every company it has funded. Keep in mind that many banks didn't want the help, but were forced to take it. There are lawsuits pending on this already (Wamu suing FDIC for throwing billions of it's deposits to a preferred company for pennies on the dollar.)
This is a slippery slope. Everyone who thinks that being a good politician automatically makes you a good businessman, raise your hand. Hmmm.
I *love* that amid all the skepticism, Tesla just. Keeps. Going. Forward.
Ya know, if they keep proceeding as if they are a real car company, launching product, building prototypes, delivering a few cars, building the distribution system... Oh, and let's not forget, designing a product that grabs headlines and has a waiting list of rabid, influential, high-profile fans.
Money problems are minor compared to concept problems. Go short on GM. Go long on Tesla. Word.
@Cognitive Friction: When they are hot and Asian, the proper term is "spinner".
KIRO-TV = CAIRO-TV. Changing the signs might be the only way to disrupt their evil Egyptian Zombie pyramid scheme. Ergo, if we don't change the signs, the terrorists have won.
@seoultrain: Sounds a little lesbo to me...
Careful there! If that thing throws a rod you could get quite a paper cut.
@Deartháir: Weddings are cheap, it's the marriage that costs the big bucks.
Lincoln. With a Zephyr V12, and a dozen shiny volicity stacks feeding itty bitty throttle bodies.
"GMC Twin Six?" Stares suspiciously out of one eye while the other is squinted against the glare of a thousand blesphemies.
Just saw the 2010 at the Barrett Jackson this morning. The fat get fatter. But still, I wouldn't kick it out of my garage for attracting Crackers.
I gotta say, there's not a RWD Shelby out there I would object to. Money no object, make it 66 427 Cobra, 65 289 FIA Cobra, 65 GT350-R, in that order, please.
@UDMan: I think that's the point. The tagline "anything you imagine" indicates the little Jack Russel never really was a fishdog at all, but merely some illicitly induced hallucination. Or maybe Surfer Boy just ate a bad clam. Either way, it also explains the target market for the car (because, apparently, calling it "SpaceFox" wasn't enough). Thank God, as the massive pcp-addled-surf-bum audience has been ignored for too long.
@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: That is insensitive, unkind, intolerant and obviously my nomination for COTD.
