it could’ve been tried, and might’ve been if the nasa managers had bothered to order a spacewalk to examine the extent of the damage. but they didnt even get to that point.

Wasn’t actually a viable option.

What alternative? There was literally no other viable option but to land Columbia. You’re seriously underestimating NASA engineers and second guessing rocket scientists.

There could have been a five-day overlap between Columbia’s supplies running out and Atlantis being ready to launch.

Nikki Lauda started as a pay driver as well.

She’s dead. You think she cares what the police report says? Or that what her police report actually matters? (which is required, by law to use her legal name and legal sexual status... like what you see on their driver’s license)

“her pledge to support the well-being and rights of working Americans.”

That looks like a Camaro fucked a BMW 1 series.

Doug, you do know that summer tires are next to useless when it’s cold and dry, right?

Plus, it’s training for eventually being the “Star in a reasonably priced car” on Top Gear.

Regular cabbies are actually pretty close to Uber drivers at this point. You rent the car / medallion from the taxi company, and your expenses are your own and you keep the fares.

Lotus owners are just more Masochistic BMW “driving enthusiasts”.

So, you’re one of the 11 guys from the BMW forums?

You say that, but in reality:

Also, most of these “automatics” aren’t torque converter automatics.

Oh, Lord.

The whole point of my original post was that I buy things that I can use and enjoy. You know, like a cobra replica as opposed to an original cobra. Which is, yes, a work of art. Regardless of what it’s original intent was.

You can bring it in as a track only car. You cannot drive it on public roads, and you cannot get a license plate for it. You have to pay import duties, but that’s it. No federalization required.

I wasn’t crazy about the movie “The Gambler” in general, but I loved John Goodman’s “Fuck you” speech... About how valuable it is to be secure enough financially to say “fuck you” to anyone.