Good. Thank you for your kind words.

Great! I'm glad your family has had such good luck with them. My in-laws have an older (but very uncool) Impala and I want them to check out the Fusion, but my father in law won't because he destroyed is 289 Mustang back in the day. Bah.

He's goofy and entertaining and endearing.

Amen. From your fingers to Toyoda's ears. Or at least, from blind Camry buyers to Ford showrooms.

I agree. Let's get some more interesting cars. Between this and the new Mazda 6, there are at least two REALLY good looking options out there (even the Accord looks pretty nice, even if the change is incremental over the previous one).

Haters are going to hate on anything WAY out of their price range. It sure would be fun if you could seriously call a Fusion and cut-market Aston though, huh?

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I would have traded with you! (No offense Melina). Did you guys ever ride in the car together as Tanner was flogging it? Ray said he was hoping to turn one of you green if you did that.

I thought the interior was very nice (this is the top trim level), compared to my 08 G8 GT. To be fair though, I didn't spend a whole lot of time in it. Yes, please take it for a test drive. I never would have realized I can't buy a Focus ST because of the seats (the Recaro's hurt my left hip, and the base ones are…

Agreed. If I didn't already have a good family sedan, this would be right at the top to check out. I'm surprised they didn't include our whole "wow it's quiet" part.

Great way to put it. I would never say I hated it. I hate very little in car culture. I just wasn't a fan from the initial pictures. To tell the truth, the first time I saw it in person, I thought it looked fat (like the Infiniti M35). But the more I saw (before this trip) the more I liked it. Now, I think it's…

Oh yes, and this is my original comment - I like the Fiesta and Focus, but I'm not a fan of the Taurus, and this looks too much like the fat-ass. The windows aren't large enough (as far as I can tell) and it looks needlessly angry. It's not an Aston.

Yes. 1,000,000 times yes.

Agreed. I took my regular clothes. Looking at the video, I needed better jeans. Ah well.

Nah, I don't think so. I think Rut just kind of looks like a potato, and his head fits with that.

Hi rxe7en. I received a random email to my gmail account, which never sees any spam, so I was curious. But it seemed like it was written by an actual person. She (Ray's helper) wanted to set up a webcam interview, so we did, and I passed (she had a few simple questions [what do I drive etc] and we just chatted). Then…

...I don't remember. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Ha ha ha. I like the Pterodactyl (holy crap, I spelled it right the first time) family. I've always wanted to fly. Hey Ray, if you ever have a planeopnik even like this, count me in!

It was a lot of fun. I've been grinning about the trip whenever I think about it. I just wish we had had the chance to enjoy the car like the guys with Tanner did.

Hi this is Sean. I've had meetings (and I have another one soon) but I'll be back if you have any questions about the trip.