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Yes, that's right, there's data – and lots of it. It's in the form of a giant 282-page PDF document created by GeoForce, the GPS tracking firm that was hired by Ed to (unwittingly) keep tabs on his entire run, from start to finish. It lists coordinates and speeds; locations and mileage – 7,832 total data points,

Really? Where? They must not be selling well in Utah, as I don't think I've seen even one on the road as yet.

As it is now, the Civic-based ILX comes with either a 150 horsepower 2.0-liter engine and a five-speed automatic or a sporty-ish 201 horsepower 2.4-liter engine and a six-speed manual. It's not exactly a contender in the high-$20,000, low-$30,000 luxury game.

I felt the same way when I had a 2002 Ford Explorer rental the week after my 1997 Integra got totaled by a red-light-running Nissan Pathfinder. Quite the comfortable brute, lumbering along as it was. I've had a soft spot for the things ever since.

Obvious answer is obvious, here. When someone with little to no interest in racing or even cars in general like my wife enjoys a documentary about racing — as she did with Senna — it's obviously excellent.

I suspect you're right, but it still seemed wrong given the truck was left on their property while he was working on a customer's issue in their employ. They'd be expected to pay worker's comp if he were injured on the job — the theft while the truck was on their property wasn't all that different, IMO.

I said 'similar', not identical by any means.

My friend did come to see it that way, but it took several years and opening his own shop to understand why they didn't pay anything out.

He burned it down by quitting shortly thereafter and going to work at a Chevy dealer. The dealer in question went out of business before Olds was shut down by GM.

The point is, he *was* one of the dealership's employees, and they *still* didn't treat him fairly.

Ah. The single fugliest vehicle on the U.S. market today.

Sounds similar to what happened to a friend of mine who was working as a mechanic at an Oldsmobile dealership in the late '90's. He'd left his truck overnight in the dealership's fenced-in area behind the shop (he took a customer's car home overnight to help diagnose some cold-start issues), only to have the truck

Mostly transmission, with some MyFord Touch issues mixed in. The DCT has had a number of teething issues, to the point that Ford has now extended the warranty on the input shaft seal, clutch assembly, and firmware updates to 7 years/100,000 miles: http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showthre…

They're government employees... what do you expect?

What's the next Honda Ridgeline going to need to stand out and be successful?

Hmm... I wonder where Super Dave Osborne retired to.

As the owner of a 2012 Focus, I'd like to point out that's the shifter from a Powershift-equipped Focus, which has a dual-clutch transmission, of course.

That's just sad.