A friend of mine that I made while I was interning at a nuclear power plant took on a project like this and he really enjoyed it. I couldn't believe the MPGs he got for so little effort. The batteries were fading at over 400,000 miles, but it was still pretty incredible.

Eh, the driving experience for a manual transmission is only as good as the engine it's mated to. Something that sounds as under-performing as this V-6 makes me think you'd get tired of it eventually.

As one of my professors once told our controls class 'GPS is just a massive Kalman Filter!'

Wow, that's awesome. I've been trying to make a transition from less street riding to more dirt riding on a YZ250F, and all its done is make me want a WR250X that much more because I really like the feel of a dirt bike over a sport bike. I know nothing carries over from the off road bike to the R/X, but that makes it…

May I ask how you like your WR250X?

Eh, maybe. I think guys like Patrick Dempsey or Keith Flint are the kind of celebrities I idealize as enthusiasts. Maybe even Tom Cruise... I think it's cool that he got a WSS/BSB racer to help teach him how to ride bikes.

It is to me. It's as unbearable to watch as the old 'Car Crazy' shows that used to come on Speed that had the guy with the crazy mustache.

*shrugs*

Eh, I don't think you understand why I don't like him. Disposable celebrities that use cars as a medium to flash their wealth is par for course and it's the behavior I expect out of them.

Jay Leno. He is obnoxious and he expects car culture to care about his massive collection of cars.

It is a bit moronic to just watch.

Been through this before and it never ends well. Do yourself a favor and bail out. It will hurt, but you can either let her bleed you dry or you can cut out the infected area on your own so that it can heal. If you aren't proactive, you will have a breakdown when she splits on you.

Who enjoys this junk enough to spend so much of their income on a car?

I think they should bring back Hummer in some manner, but do away with the image of gross excess, financial irresponsibility and outright vehicular gluttony and embrace an image of sustainability.

Only offer mpg-efficient powertrains in vehicles that are capable and long-lasting but without the steroid induced…

It's a nice car, but that transmission is an A4LD, not an AOD or C4 like what was used in the V-8 Mustangs. That's the reason Ford had to turn down the output from the factory so it wouldn't frag the transmission. It's the same thing that's found in some of the Explorers and N-A four cylinder Mustangs. Trying to…

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Thanks for the breakdown! I figured they wouldn't be exact counterparts of each other, but I was curious to know where each other stands since they're both evolutions of each country's heavy fighters.

I'm not trying to make this into a nasty argument between different hardware, but how does the Strike Eagle compare to the Su-34 Fullback?

Maybe I'm being unnecessarily harsh and bitter, but if it had been here in the US, I could imagine a pushy salesman trying to convince her that she needed to trade in her car for a new Civic for only $350 a month with a 'competitive' trade-in of $500.

Wow, I think its worth moving to Japan just to experience a sales/support staff like that.