@goatrope: Don't I know it. I've been keeping an eye on [cars.com] for a 5 with a stick and a sunroof, and not too many miles. I think there may be a few dozen in the US. I may end up with a CR-V instead.

Put it in a Mazda5 with a stick!

@fodder650: No kidding, looks like it's got tip tanks.

@Ethyleneglycoholic’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade: That's with an identical EPA highway rating to the Mustang, 26 MPG. So maybe the Mustang will get the same 30 MPG, carefully driven on the highway? Sound plausible?

@patman: Tootsie Pop Owl FTW! [click]

@Ryan Bahm: Do you know a way to update the virus signatures on UBCD?

The only things that would make this better: 1) Body color paint on the Rally wheels, 2) White hood stripes, 3) 454

Crash Davis' Shelby convertible in Bull Durham?

@BigHarv: heh, oh, well, I'd say it's probably the same for the Vette.

@BigHarv: Actually, all the hypermilers try to run the Prius without going into regen at all. They say you get better mileage that way.

@MaWeiTao: I've wanted to for a while now, but I'm afraid to pull the trigger because of my fear that I'll get bit by the red ring o' death.

@Nurburgringer: "hopped up stripped down '89 SHO owner" Gaah. I'm picturing a toothless crank-head driving around shirtless in a Taurus, swallowing handfuls of goofballs.

@etimmz: Uhh, I think you mean crankshaft. Although cam timing is obviously different, too.

My Baby Called Me Up

@Joe_Bloe: And you're right, 2400 feet is short for a takeoff in IMC, especially in a twin. Certainly below my personal minimums.

@Hallpass: I know it's more than having enough power — it's also managing your speed, staying above vmc, and keeping control of the aircraft during an emergency.

OK, I've done a little more digging on this. The standard departure procedure for Palo Alto reads:

@Fitty7lax: If it was a '76, it was a 310R, probably turbocharged, so it was likely still Continental TSIO-520 powered.

@Hallpass: A 310 has a lot of power. If the accident was on takeoff (I haven't read any of the attached articles yet), and the pilot had enough runway to accelerate to redline (VMC) before rotating, an appropriately loaded 310 should be able to climb on one engine, maybe 200 or 300 fpm, maybe better. That's assuming…

@pauljones: The Nall report for 2007 shows 1.18 fatalaties per 100,000 Part 91 (general aviation) flight hours. ([www.aopa.org]). US auto fatalities are reported per 100 million miles — 2007's number is 1.36. Napkin math time: 10^8 miles / 40 mph average speed (I know, I pulled this number out of the clear blue) =…