I agree. There are things I am willing to pay much more for in order to have higher quality. Things I only want to buy one of. Ever.

Great point. Making $100k a year with $10k worth of tools is a good living. Justifying $100k in overhead would require a much bigger upside. My business used to have overhead of hundreds of thousands a year...now it is me and $10k worth of tools. I like the smaller way.

At the track, yes. On the street, no - for the same reason I don't wear a seatbelt on a motorcycle. That is why I said "ironically." Having a helmet save my life made me have an appreciation for safety equipment in cars...where I don't normally wear a helmet.

I can imagine how great it must feel to make something like that. I basically make disposable art for a living and it is considerably less rewarding. Well, artistically less rewarding.

It is amazing that people will spend up to a grand for a small knife. I get it though - I spend money on things that others think are crazy.

Are expensive collectables the only reason to make a knife (or anything) in this way? I appreciate people who make long-lasting, high-quality objects but the inefficiency can only be profitable by selling it as a benefit, right? I suppose it also adds exclusivity because how many can be made in a year?

Look for something rare and you probably won't even be able to find one in your state.

The joke on the forums for my car is, "AC works, but not charged." Never works once charged.

At the end everyone was not only alive, but upright. Doesn't seem so dangerous.

Ha! No, is it like trying to get into a Pantera with a skirt on? Uhhhh, that makes it sound like I wear skirts, doesn't it?

Yeah, I wish I had all that stuff for the street. I didn't appreciate the nannies until I started driving something with 550 hp and zero modern safety devices. It is thrilling, but at the expense of safety.

Why do idiots turn their traction control off? The belief that they, like the Stig, need to turn TC off in order to get 100% performance is so alarmingly delusional. Having an old car which tries to kill me whenever I drive it aggressively makes me wish I had traction control, ABS and airbags. This is like the people…

I wanted a BRZ/FRS until everyone seemed underwhelmed by it. I was hopeful for a turbo version but that seems dead.

Heh, I would read any story about this car - no matter how old. I wish we could buy it.

I got indignant when you said ANY car but the De Tomaso Pantera IS in there. Apparently I can get above 200mph with my 550 horsepower (although I'm not how much the wide body cars differ in drag - I know I need to remove my wing for top speed) and I am psyched.

That was fun! I have an xB and I like it because 1) it holds more stuff than my other cars 2) I don't even want to go fast in the thing. I just listen to the radio and cruise along with traffic. I am always frustrated someone is in front of me when driving my other cars.

I dropped to the gray across the Gawker network during the Great Porn Porn Avalanche. I barely post any more...it is like yelling into the wind. Or is it "pissing in the wind?" Whatever, it is like something in the wind.

Only $15,000? Damn, can I get an M5 V10 to fit in a De Tomaso Pantera? Hmmmmmm.

This post is a year old so I don't remember all the details. Having said that, this car doesn't have a back seat. Does it?

Ugh, I lost all posting approvals across Gawker during the porn avalanche. I don't even know why I post any more. It is like talking into the wind. :-)