Taurus SHO owner here: i agree with you on this.

Has anyone mentioned this: the current Taurus (aka Ford 500) is built on the Volvo S80 platform. Hence the size & weight. If you think of it as a cheaper S80, it’s not so bad.

I own a 2012 Taurus SHO. Just crossed 80,000 miles a few months ago. Although the numbers are better than the original, the car itself is not in the same league. It’s a pig. A huge, gigantic, heavy family sedan with a big motor. The original SHO was a phenomenon, and something unique in it’s day. The durrent SHO is…

I repeat, have you no joy or playfulness in you?

Exactly! And that’s why they are needed in this world!

You have no joy in your soul.

I have some Viper-driving friends who swear they can be had for $35K if you avoid the extra-desirable versions, which are still crazy fast.

Lotus Elise/Exige, hands down.

It looks cool but it sounded exactly like a gunpowder rifle and I am very skeptical that you can store enough energy to get that kind of a shot out of such a small package. Unless there is a CRATE of capacitors off-screen, I am going to say there is a regular rifle hiding inside the futuristic case he built. That…

My guess is that none of the solar systems, planets, environments, or animals are defined until someone visits for the first time. Onc someone visits, the parameters that define the place (maybe a few hundred KB) are randomly generated and now need to be stored in perpetuity, in case someone goes there later. This…

It doesn’t sound too far off from a directory server. Like LDAP or AD. Note that it would need to scale more based on *users*, not quantity of objects (names of planets and animals) because there is actually a built in locality of reference. Meaning that you only need to pre-load the objects in your immediate solar…

I seem to recall that the Japanese were allies of the Nazis so that means a Prius is unacceptable too. Italian cars would be out as well. Henry Ford was a racist so no Fords. Chrysler is owned by Fiat and thus falls under the former Fascist prohibition.

Ding ding ding! I believe that’s the exact purpose of this document. It’s the “you are more trouble than you are worth" contract.

I believe this contract is the shops way of saying “we do not want to work on this car because it is a basket case and/or you are giving signs of being the type of customer who is going to be a quagmire of complaints that will cost us more money than this is worth, so here is a ridiculous contract that should scare…

Exactly. I am very seriously considering getting one, but as a *third* car. Got a DD with roof and cargo space. Got a mainstream 2 seat sports car. Considering selling 2 motorcycles (probably raising $12K total and making garage space) to fund a slingshot as sort of an alternative motorcycle.

Lotus Elise SC and Ford Taurus SHO. Because I like weird things in weird combinations.

Their motto: “Anything else is something else” sounds like it came from a comedy sketch about ridiculous marketing.

I don’t understand all the PT Cruiser hate. No, it’s not my cup of tea, but I don’t think it was horrible. It was a little bit over styled, but it managed to also be decently practical. It was also one of the first attempts at making a low-end car that wasn’t a generic box, and it sold well. This was at least a…

BTDT. Call it the “Rollie Freeh” riding position :-)

Not a car, but a buddy rode his motorcycle from Myrtle Beach to Columbia MD through Washington DC traffic with a broken throttle cable tied to his knee so he could control the throttle by cocking his leg out. It was amazing...ly dangerous :-)