Mwah-hahahahahahaha. Moose is dead, no?

Star Wars has an unfortunate habit of giving astromechs a four or five digit alphanumeric name and then pretending it’s totally unique, when there’s clearly millions of these droids across the galaxy. There’s no way they all have unique designations that short.

Seems pretty likely. I figure R2-D2 is probably just the first part of a droids serial number. But who in the world is going to yell “Hey R2-D23490R2F12KK0-ZH45!”

There were a bunch of R2 units in the 1st move they all got blown off the ship

But how can a tail-light be mindless? Or vacuous?

Synonyms can’t always be used as direct replacements for the original word, sometimes they are only “nearly” the same. There are almost always subtle differences, such as in this case, and it makes no sense to use here.

Seems more like a tangentonym than a direct synonym.

Freddy “Thesaurish” Hernandez

Thesaurus much?

No, and I usually find vapors to be the opposite of stimulating and challenging :/

People usually use vapid in regard to one’s actions or thought process - not their stuff.

It’s not a parallel, it’s a V (or L if you drink from the Ducati fountain) twin. The author was probably too busy choosing which trucker hat to put on his belt to actually proof read his copy.

I’ll tell you ... they were PO’d. In 2006 I bought a 2000 Europa G500 that the original owner paid $145,000 for only to find out that MBUSA wouldn’t work on it. In perfect condition and 63K on it, I paid less than $30k because the values of all but the SWB models dropped like a rock when the “real” Mercedes models…

Sigh. I still miss my 1994 (good old #1009). Bought it in 2001 for $16k, and thought I was making out like a bandit when I sold it two years later for $19k. I did a VIN search on it recently and it had just sold at a Denver dealer for about $40k.

Hi Sean - excellent article, but I disagree with your point of view on these bikes.

HEY GUYS I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND

You’re still a Defender’s driver`s bitch.

it’s as good or better off-road than a Wrangler.

This would be a great start.

The Kia dealer talked you into buying the LX model with all the premium upgrades by telling you it's the same as driving a BMW, didn't he?