this wont work becuase the new people would bitch just as much about the noise.

the ones who use violence to push their flawed version of their religion? yep, the LOT of them are goat fucking barbarians. those who back them, goat fucking barbarians too.

those Iraqis who desire peace and to be a part of civilization, who want to coexist with the rest of the world? nope those are people.

“that woman wouldnt have gotten raped if she hadnt been flashing her ankles”

small miracles. i only hope no one woke up in the free fall once they got below 15k

seriously? not that i dont believe you im just shocked that the number would be that low. still far too many dead, but could be WAY worse.

Us had nothing to do with suicide bombers.... given that the goat fucking barbarians over there actively went after their own damn people, NO YOU CANNOT blame the US for every single civilian killed there.

there is plenty of blood on our own hands, a fact that im not proud of no matter how hellish war can get. but at…

tail of the video says there were 160+ flights over the area, so Malaysian couldnt possibly have been the only carrier.

id say its because they were given a minimum low altitude not to penetrate to avoid such things. dangerous sure, but at the same time i dont think anyone serious expected some jackass was going to loose a SAM at a civilian aircraft.

also, looks like a lack of intel on what sort of equipment the Rebels had in their…

ahh, what i wouldnt give for the drivers to tell ole Bernie to stuff it, then watch F1 collapse under the weight of all his bullshit, someone growing a pair to force him out, then a reborn F1 coming back from the dead without him.

front drive could be pointed to as an example of that “loss of quality.” they went with it in an attempt to cheapen up the cars and they, along with everyone else, produced some god awful machines.

there is a reason the only FWD Cadilliac you can buy today started life as a Chevy Impala, while the rest of the lineup is…

so you went with the height of the regulation strangulation and one of, if not the LOWEST point in the history of American Automotive manufacturing as your example?

that being said, you arent wrong which is why its all the more unusual they went with the FWD setup for such a large car. by staying with the RWD setup,…

no actually, im applying history to it. Luxury cars have not been performance cars of the “enthusiast sort” for the most part, but in their own way they ARE performance cars. they dont stick those enormous engines in them for nothing.

and this another thing the RWD platform does, it separates the luxury cars from the…

and i was talking about a pair of completley different aircraft

except RWD is the way its been done, almost exclusively. and FWD diversion either met with death, was reversed, OR lead to the downfall of the brand as a whole (like Caddy).

facts are facts, to play in the big leagues you need a RWD platform, or at least RWD bias like Audi has. FWD is second tier luxury only, thats why…

as good as the rest of the lineup is, why the hell CANT Ford play with the big kids?

they build some of the best performance AND mass market cars in the world, its senseless that they would shoot for the low teir cars like Buick and Acura when they fully have the potential to play catchup to Cadillac

then why do the rest of the big names run it almost exclusively? (Audi apparently being the oddball out here)

Mercedes, BMW, Bently, Rolls, Caddy, even Lexus’ top cars are all RWD platforms.

no, the upcoming one is a RWD platform

as much as Ford gets things right, its stunning to see them just utterly fail at delivering a proper, full sized car. the majority of their lineup is competitive with the world, and this will be second tier at BEST before it even hits the show room.

as often as i tend to agree with nearly anything you say, this one i cant agree with.

by and large the true luxury cars have been RWD, with some exceptions to the rule of course. but one thing missing from your point about “what makes luxury” is the unspoken pissing contest, of which oomph is a factor. were it not…

i think you are thinking of the P-38 lightning, the P-39 Airacobra and the 63 King cobra both had prop mounted cannons, but their engines were mid mounted not nose mounted.