/lazily selects 7th as car cruises at 60 mph on the highway, rpm @ 416

Oh. I thought it was Dio.

. . . miss 6th and hit 4th, prostitute's body slams into windshield, change gear, wipe blood off glass, change gear. . . .

The CAFE gear. . . . I like that.

Possible reasons a car company might do this:

Stay safe, amigo. Good seeing you around these parts.

Wait! Wait one danged minute!

Man, this'll be just like the time all the subways shut down for Y2K!

/whispering voice

HA HA HA HA!

HA HA!

Aaaaaah. Silly me. Bits of it make more sense now. I'd like to redact my previous statements, but the editing time limit prevents me from doing so.

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Doh! Missed it.

You could even take it to places that force you—and everyone around you—to question your sanity, like this lunatic did after he escaped from the asylum.

You could actually take it off road.

Jeep Wagoneer. The original SUV.

I wish—I WISH—there was such a thing as a rev limiter that just let the engine hit the limit and stay there, instead of bouncing like a fly on the inside of a window. This video is great, but I'd enjoy it a lot more without the danged BRU BRU BRUUUU BR BR BRUUU BRUUU BRU BRUU.

Former president of Tunisia. Matt did a post on it back in January. There's video, too.

Same car, next week.