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Ok, here's the thing. If you're like me, which I know most of you are, you're going to want to use every one of those 335 ponies. I'm sure they don't get their econ ratings while hooning. You could, in theory, create an engine with 500hp getting 30mpg, but who gives a shit? I want to know that the econ is going to be for people like me who can't keep their foot out of the throttle! I demand moar knowledge!
I also demand our reply function back, and our goddamn preview button! I am sick and tired of being treated like a peasant at the foot of the all-mighty Jalop hamsters. This is unacceptable and if this unfair treatment keeps up I feel a coup coming up on the horizon .....
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I looked at a 64' Corvair 500 for my brother yesterday, but he is still on the fence. He can't decide what he wants for a Sunday driver. Austin Healey, Corvair, who knows.
I also got drank too much last night.
Help any?
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What kind of Healey? I go for a 100 or 3000 in a nanosecond. Never much liked Sprite's, especially the Bugeyes, which are pretty much just early MG Midgets.
For Corvairs, I'd go with the later models. I like the styling better, and GM had worked out more of the kinks. Plus they nixed the swing axles.
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Of course, you have my admiration if you can keep any British car running.
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This...not so much.
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Don't look at me that way, kid. Now get off my lawn...
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Maybe some clever person will figure out how to rip out ninety percent of all those electronics and get down to the basic, decent car under all of the gizmos.
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I may have to consider a career change...
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True. But if you weren't suffering from cognitive impairment related to using too much toxic hair product, you would realize that the two aren't mutually exclusive.
Check and Mate.
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The 2010 Mercedes Benz S Class is exactly the same as the 2009 Mercedes Benz S Class, but different.
We know most of our customers would rather talk on the phone, play with the GPS, and drink their Chai Tea Latte from Starbucks all at the same time, so we will have Lane Keeping Assist so engineerd doesn't think murderous thoughts about you, PRE-SAFE® brake system linked to the proximity regulating radar so you don't have to worry about braking, ATTENTION ASSIST driver drowsiness monitor which will also send annoying jolts of electricity through your ass when you are focusing too much on your donut and not the road, and Active Body Control with automatic crosswind stabilization for windy days.
We also are excited about your greenish S400 HYBRID. It will get 29 mpg, which is a lot for this segment. The engine and electric motor will combine powers for 295 hp and 284 torques, with 20 hp and 118 torques coming from the electric motor.
In addition to the S400 HYBRID THUNDERCATS, the S550 will get 382 hp from a good ol' non-green, carbon footprint-enlarging V8. If you really want to get AlGore's panties in a bunch, spring for the 518 hp S63 AMG, the V12 510 hp S600, or the 604 hp S65 AMG with 12-cylinders of polar ice melting power.
We then blather on about how green we are, but do we really need to go on after that S65?
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Huh? Apparently, the Germans don't feel the Tesla is actually a car then.
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I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.
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I did not have sexual relations with that automobile.
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