Driving one for two weeks didn't convince me to buy one.

Truck, wa-aaay overdone = schmuck. 'Specially the blingy interior and left-over-from-the- 80's stripe on it's flanks.

As I said, it's a rare bird.

if that is a '55 it's a rara avia, a pre-changeover model (actually a left-over '54).

Everything makes sense except the two drivers positions ... Why?

Yes, he IS insane, or woefully uninformed. Have you ever tried to remove masking tape after it has gotten wet? Unless the glue formula on blue tape is different than the traditional khaki colored tape (andI conceed it could be ... maybe 3M fixed that) he has just ruined the entire nose of his car.

Yes, he IS insane, or woefully uninformed. Have you ever tried to remove masking tape after it has gotten wet? Unless the glue formula on blue tape is different than the traditional khaki colored tape (and I concerd it could be ... maybe 3M fixed that) he has just ruined the entire nose of his car.

Maybe she is an observant Jew who just LOVES clam chowder, but knows she's not supposed to eat clams? So she accommodates, kinda like the Ultra-orthodox who have timers on their light switches so they aren't flipping the switch, thereby making fire with one finger on the sabbath? She knows she's not supposed to, but…

Boy, that could be jarring! Imagine dropping wheels in contact with the ground with two tons hurtling along at 88ft/sec, with just a minor change in vector it could be a wrenching experience.

Having just pranged an empty pick-up because of lost adhesion to the road surface (and beginning week three on my back as a result), I am very interested as to how a hovercar will corner, you know with all those old Newtonian physics details and stuff.

I live in Hawaii, I think I'll go hang out with white people ... hello, is anybody here, hello ...

Since I don't follow F1, I am forced to ask; is this the Justin Bieber of auto racing? He sure looks like him.

In 1949-50 we lived next to Kelley AFB. I can remember my dad taking me out on the ramp and walking around that monster. It was HUGE, especially to a six year old. It seems that zi remember the gear as having a single axle and absolutely humongous tires, rater than the bogie-style gear in the photos.

I was raised in the Air Force, and lived all over the US and overseas. Perhaps it was a military/dependent thing.

R.V. I don't know how old you are. I am 70, and I can tell you with certainty that in it's original street vernacular a 'pansy' refers to a homosexual male, period. Perhaps amongst your cohort there is no homophobic connotation, but in mine there is no other interpretation. So, while in your mind you may not be…

They are serious questions. I'm trying to suss out what you mean by pansy, and how it figures into an automotive discussion. As to your second question, I suppose the answer is relative.

Are you referring to the flower, or a homophobic slur? In either case, what has it to do with this automotive conundrum discussion?

Well, the ladies claimed the Outback ...

I'd saw we're done here, except for negotiating the price down a grand, and close this thread.

please show me the 'pansies' to whom you refer.