I once got a free ticket out of a bird strike. The engine sucked in a bird on takeoff, the plane circled around and landed, and then we had to wait 6 hours for another plane to be available. As consolation AirTrans gave all the passengers free tickets to anywhere. We used 'em to go to Vegas.

Perhaps the cargo was too valuable to leave behind. There are plenty of remote villages that depend on supplies being brought in to survive.

It was towing it? Hence the name 'tow' truck?

It's amazing that in today's over-regulated racing world that they would allow such a dangerous event to take place.

A remote mountainside in the dead of winter.

The "Maserati Birdcage 75th" concept is easily one of the most beautiful cars out there.

Well, I guess Top Gear needs to take the LFA off the Power Lap board now.

I wish I could do that to my town. One of the roads in it's business district area has these stupid things called "speed tables". They're like a speed bump that's been stretched out to ten feet wide and they are soooooooo annoying.

It modifies the shape of the bow wave to allow the ship to move through the water with less effort. Think of it as an aerodynamic (hydrodynamic?) aid.

Here's another:

It's also part of the marriage contract that the wife is always right, even if she's not.

Stay the hell away from the HVAC controls too. It's not just about the driver being comfortable. If I'm getting drowsy behind the wheel because my passenger likes to be warm, that's a safety issue.

I do use the ac, i just avoid using it unless absolutely necessary.

My 14yo sister has a habit of taking her shoes off and putting her feet up. I'm constantly cleaning toeprints off the windshield.

Ditto to both of those. My rule is whoever has the longest legs sits in the front. I know the misery of being a six foot tall guy stuck in the back seat, and I try not to inflict that upon anyone else.

Same here. It's not just for safety, in MA it's the law. This rule has caused more than a few issues between me and my step-dad, as he is from NH and grew up not wearing them and continues to do so.

As comfortable as a/c is, I prefer to use windows at low speed. I've got a small car fitted with a powerful compressor (like arctic cold, seriously), so if I use a/c too much I can see gas mileage drops of up to 5 mpg.

DRIVER CONTROLS THE RADIO AND HVAC. End of story, no exceptions. If you don't like it, then you can walk the rest of the way.

Every "new car hunt" that I can ever remember has included her stopping and looking at one before sighing and continuing with the search.