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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    My car is made out of indestructium. I back out slowly and watch as well as I can.


    Your call, 20-mph-parking-lot-racer.

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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    The driver was probably like "Hey, it's one of those Lincoln MK-whateeies, ya don't see them ever!" And then, while distracted, trying to simultaneously remember what exactly it was called and if he had taken his blood pressure medication yet today, he totally forgot to look at where he was going. Good thing Ford has his back.


    Ford- Because you don't want to deal with crotchety old people more than you absolutely have to.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    that's why I always mix something in the fuel of cars I'm going after.


    I mean... What's that, officer?

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    OK, but I want it to signal by playing the opening riffs of Hendrix's Cross Town Traffic.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    Meh. My 4Runner has convex blind spot mirrors in the D-pillars, where more speakers would go if I had the fancy-pants JBL stereo. The mirrors are perfectly positioned to see in my rearview mirror for changing lanes an they're also a fantastic when backing out of a parking spot when you otherwise couldn't see around the huge vehicle parked next to you.


    Much cheap, easier and probably more effective than this electronic crap taht I probably wouldn't trust anyway.

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    Image of 413wedge 413wedge
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    Does it close the sunroof when the driver pounds his pud?
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    Image of Tiberiuswise Tiberiuswise
    06/17/09

    @413wedge: No, Fords only do that when a cat is peeking in through the open sunroof.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/17/09

    @Tiberiuswise: Because ceiling cat shouldn't be watching you masturbate.
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    Image of pres pres
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    Actually looking at where you're going is so overrated. Is the new Taurus going to be made out of moldable clay in case the sensors allow you to blindly maul another automobile/person/man's best friend?
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    Image of tekamul tekamul
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    This looks pretty useful. It could be an aggravation saver at grocery stores across the nation.


    It never fails, when I leave my car parked next to a Civic, I always come out to it being replaced by a Suburban parked crooked, with 3 feet of useless whale jutting out into the lanes, keeping me from seeing anything until I've committed to almost a complete lane.


    Why are soccer moms in 8 passenger SUVs afraid of pulling all the way into a spot? You can't tell me they can't see anything from the 5ft hip-point seating...

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/17/09

    @tekamul: They think they are already in the spot. They don't know where the front OR back end of their SUVs are, or the four corners or the general dimensions. They think they're close and surprise! they're 5 feet from the wall/end of parking space. But it's just too much trouble to, y'know, get back in and fix it.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/17/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: That's what bothers me. If you don't park it right the first time, fix that shit. I'm not the best parker in the world, but I can get it on the second try when I don't get it on the first.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    Yeah, because when you sitting at behind three other cars at a traffic light, there's a whole hell of a lot you can do to avoid being rear ended if only you could just hear them coming.


    So, essentially, Ford is telling me that were I to buy a well-equipped Taurus, I would be paying an extra grand or so to add five pounds of uselessly stupid weight to my car?


    I sure hope that's an option.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    They should give this to all the boys in Greece.
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    Image of Tiberiuswise Tiberiuswise
    06/17/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:
    Because we all know how too much friction back there can start a fire.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/17/09

    @Tiberiuswise: That's true, we all saw the aftermath.
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    Image of Tiberiuswise Tiberiuswise
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    Wow, my Ford fanboiness and general aversion to electronic nannyism aside, this looks like a good idea.


    The only dissapointing thing is that the name Kelly had me hoping for a more cleavagey spokesperson.


    /holy made up words Batman.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/17/09

    @Tiberiuswise: Hey, Kelly may very well have a nice ass. Probably not up to Wes's caliber, though.
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    Image of MustangMike MustangMike
    06/17/09

    In reply to New Ford Taurus Watches Your Back End
    If you didn't have a brick parked next to you maybe you could see the car coming.
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    Image of 01NB = sideways rain fun 01NB = sideways rain fun
    06/17/09

    @MustangMike: werd.


    I could use this system in the NB. Everything short of a Mini may as well be an SUV to me.


    I just reverse and pray.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/17/09

    @01NB: If NB=New Beetle, then yeah - between the low ride height and giant C-pillars, you ain't kiddin'.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    06/12/09

    In reply to 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, Driven
    You know, I love this car. The SHO. Its beautiful, its outstanding, its everything a four door sedan should be. However for lack of a good old fashioned manual transmission I will pass up on it and move straight for the old school second generation SHO. Better yet, I'll get myself a Mazda MTX-IV 5spd. manual equipped 1992-1994 Tempo two door and drop in an SHO, and see if its at all possible to convert the all wheel drive setup to work with the MTX.


    Point is, the new SHO needs a manual.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/12/09

    In reply to 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, Driven
    Ahh, yes, Ezra Dyer. He of the year-round-Korean-snow-tired Saab 900.
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    Image of SoK SoK
    06/12/09

    In reply to 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, Driven
    I caught sight of a new SHO on I-69 here in Michigan the other day between Lansing and Flint. I really need to start traveling with a camera more often.. been seeing a trio of camo-clad Crossover SUV sized vehicles also going up and down I-69 lately too.. not sure who's those are, but maybe fords as there is usually always a production Ford following them closely.


    I hope the new SHO lives up to it's billing and isn't just a Mazda Speed 6 Re-Do - I'd like to see how well that thing does when you get those turbos really warmed up and heat bleed becomes a factor. Thats what killed the speed 6.

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/12/09

    @SoK: well those turbos are cooled by both oil and engine coolant, hopefully that prevents the issue.
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