These sorts of posts always make me nervous, because they tend to draw the attention of obnoxious forum-spawn fanboys who say "dude" and "fuck" a lot and can't spell.

"When I go to the ATM at night, I ain't lookin' over my shoulder for the media...

@Krautwagen: And just to be extra-clear, this was a very "short burst" run to this speed, after verifying that I was in an area with no traffic, excellent pavement and no intersecting side roads.

@silverturbobrick: Nope, not a CEL... See my above reply to SagarikaLumos!

@SagarikaLumos: Relax, man... The cruise was turned on, but not set. And the brake warning was on because I'd recently replace the front pad and rotors, but neglected to replace the pad wear sensor, not because there was an actual fault!

The fast car I've driven is probably a friend's '07 Corvette 6-speed roadster. It's a complete hoot with the traction control turned off.

Ha. This car has been for sale for a looooong time at this price, and I believe he's dropped it at least a grand since he first posted it.

I'll take it as a good sign that this is the best episode so far... The bootlegger bit is genuinely entertaining so far.

How can something so awesome in concept look so stupid in reality?

@Nik Lal: I actually *did* fly into Leh out of Delhi, which was a really cool flight. I was really impressed with Jet Airways... Delhi, not so much!

Hey, if you think you can do a more interesting swap, you could always buy *my* 240 wagon for less than $2k and go to town!

I got experience #7 first-hand during the summer of '06. Nothing like meeting giant Tata cargo trucks head-on, and then having to back up a half mile to find someplace wide enough to pass. Not to mention the fact that you're hard against a 1500-ft drop off into the Indus River, and there's no guard rail.

@TCInternet: The question of who else would fill a TSA position is absolutely a valid one, but to me it points directly to the glaring problems with our solution to "intense security" thus far.

@Dab O' Swine: As far as a better security plan is concerned, I'd start with some pretty serious profiling of who's buying plane tickets. Cry "racism" or "religious intolerance" or "violation of civil liberties" all you want, but the Lutherans ain't exactly blowing up a lot of shit these days.

As several have already pointed out, this might not be as big an issue if the average TSA agent wasn't a minimum-wage-grade moron with a superiority complex. Having flown quite a bit recently (but not subjected to backscatter scans!), I have yet to encounter a single TSA agent who hasn't clearly emerged from the same…

@burglar: See also "dirt squirrel." Not sure where that one cae from, but I'm a fan.

Chevy Cavaliers, hands down.

Um, holy crap.

I know they're a maintenance nightmare, but I still want one badly.

@AluminumFalcon: Word. Murilee would've never posted shit like this.