@Chris Her: Build a vehicle using stealth technology? I remember reading something a long time ago about someone who built a car based on the stealth tech from the stealth fighter. Same weird angles and it looked like it was painted with the same radar absorbing paint. Although that could have just been a flat black…

@jeff_hotchkiss: I've used that tactic of letting the faster driver go by a few times. Once I was heading to Dallas from Oklahoma City and cruising about 4-6mph over the limit. A young guy in a Civic came up fast behind me so I let him pass. About 5 minutes later I saw him at the side of the road with a cop. :-)

@mkbruin: The Ferrari 308 is not a poser car. It makes you look cool when you drive it. Magnum drove one so that proves it. Now if you excuse me while I adjust my chest hair wig, I'll be on my way... :-)

@Psiu! Puxa!: Your 244 is the coolest car I have ever seen!: I guess that would be one way of doing it. When you get the state inspection they could hook it up to the rolling road and see if you could cruise around 120mph safely. That would catch the modified cars that are now capable of driving those speeds. Other…

What they should do, and a few others have suggested similar to this in the comments, is to build separate turnpikes across the states with a limit set to 155mph. It would help create jobs and revenue from people buying passes for them. You would have to have a vehicle being capable of reaching that speed, or close to…

@cruzer555: Currently nothing. Last car I had was my Lexus LS400.

@legoman: You can do this in 2 easy steps.

@Gene: Oh absolutely, I'm not saying humans are infallible by all means. I just don't think that we are anywhere near close enough to the technology where we could trust 100% in automated systems.

These kind of pilots are true heroes. And this story is a good explanation showing why having humans in the link, instead of 100% computers, is a good idea. Most airliners this big can take off, fly and land by themselves. But in this situation, all of the on-board equipment showed nothing really wrong with the plane.…

@cruzer555: Me too. A 911 convertible would be my first choice. I looked at Boxsters too when I was hunting around for a car. Who knows what I'll get in the future. Just now I'm kind of in limbo with what I'm doing and where I'm going to stay for the long term, so cars aren't even being thought a bout just now until…

@cruzer555: LOL Ah yes, I remember being young. Time crawls when you're waiting to get your permit. Then your first car, etc. Trust me on this, when you get past 21 you hit warp drive and before you know it you're middle aged like me and seriously considering buying a Miata. :-P

@cruzer555: Nice car! You'll enjoy it. Have fun. :-)

@Kuro: I would if I could, but I'm just not in a place where I can right now. I have other priorities (called life) that get in the way. Unfortunately.

@Vavon: Aww jeez.... LOL

@Vavon: Definitely! I would have no problems buying an old Miata with high miles. I did do some research into the cost or parts for the Alpha. Not too bad considering it's age, but the overall reliability issues are what stopped me. Now if it was to be a second/weekend car... I'd get one in a heartbeat.

I think a lot of this depends on if there is a stick shift around when kids start driving. When I taught my eldest step-son to drive, it was in a stick shift because that's the car he was going to get handed down to him. When my youngest learned, we didn't have a stick shift in the family. And as far as I know, he has…

@Kuro: I know, and I want one. Now stop reminding me about them, your killing me here. :-P

@Vavon: That is high up on my list of cars I'd like. It meets all the criteria I want, cheap to run and reliable, fun to drive too! At the time I was thinking about the Alpha, I couldn't find any MX5s/Miatas in my price range so I ended up with a '91 LS 400 with 250K miles. Only thing wrong was the temperature…

@Vavon: Wow! That is gorgeous. I have a soft spot for small, 2 seat convertibles. Seriously considered buying an Alpha Romeo Spyder a few years back, but the need for reliability took over. :-(

I know a lot of ex-military and a lot of them have this type of dark humor. You need it to get through some of the things you face each day. But if they pulled that prank on me I'd be shitting myself! I wonder if the guy got the joke or was just relieved he wasn't going to jail. :-)