@porsche9146: wikipedia says: "Considered a new platform by Ford Motor Company, D2C is loosely based on the Ford DEW platform which served as the basis for the Lincoln LS, Ford Thunderbird, and Jaguar S-Type. The 2005 S197 Mustang was originally designed to use a "Lite" version of the DEW98 platform, but while that…

@W123D-WRX-944 formerly AtlBchGator: Shared a platform with the T-bird or Lincoln LS, as well as the current XF. The heavily criticized rebadge job was the X-type - that might be what you're thinking of.

@badco/LoJ: but want sooooooo bad. it was no e-type, though - but i think it looked better in coupe form (better than the e-type coupes)

I guess most people might not agree with me, but Series II/III XKEs kinda sucked compared to the Series I

@snapoversteer believes GM's lies because he's afraid of dying alone: As an E24 owner, I thank you sir - heartclick!

@Moser121: He was not referring to issues with the fuel pump, but rather was stating that extended oil change intervals could result in more oil being pushed into the intake (this is how positive crankcase ventilation works and the assumed cause of the intake buildup). I don't see how anything hooked up to the fuel…

@MaWeiTao: Hrmm, I was hoping that other manufacturers weren't having the same issues. Stuff like a 32 mpg cuv and a 35 mpg midsize sedan sounds amazing until you have to pull the head every 50k to have it bead blasted or otherwise cleaned (at least on I4s, there's only one head to pull).

@geistkoenig: I haven't heard about this fuel pump issue with other manufacturers, but have heard that BMW, VW/Audi and Porsche are all having problems with excessive carbon buildup on intake valves and runners, particularly on turbo versions of the DI engines, since there's no longer any fuel running over these…

@Baby Beater Benz, freshly unemployed: yeah - you're like the guy in the solara mocking the guy in the camry next to him. houston and dfw are by far the two shittiest (non-border) cities in tx...

Never had a shop do a test drive on one of my cars after an alignment... usually they just put it back up on the rig and verify that the new numbers are within spec. I guess if you've got a 'lambo' the urge to hoon it is just too strong - he should have been watching for passing pelicans.

@Dwight: Martin Eberhard. True - the Model S is vaporware, but so are most of the other electric vehicles 'out there'. The point I'm trying to make is it's a bit ridiculous to equate SpaceX and Virgin Galactic.

@Dwight: uh, wtf are you talking about? Elon founded paypal, sold it for a ton of money, founded spacex, worked his ass off for 8 years and managed to develop an entire line of launch vehicles and a (currently) non-crewed capsule capable of docking with the iss. you're calling him a blind squirrel because he got…

@Dwight: Yeah, except Elon has already had a couple of successful launches and the first Dragon demo flight is coming up in the next couple of months.

@Dwight: The technology doesn't scale well - if you want to lift a vehicle with enough extra mass to make it to orbit, you need a huge plane. Scaled composites has talked about using the line of technology they're currently developing to put small payloads into orbit, but taking people beyond orbit, or even to orbit,…

comment deleted - didn't realize you were comparing the weight of the cars, not the engines

@mytdawg: I would take that to the local car show with a set of cinderblocks in the trunk, jack up each corner, place cinderblock under frame, remove wheel and voila. Wheels should probably be reinstalled before driving home, though.

Any big block muscle car with a 60/40 f/r weight ratio.

aww, they should have tried to get a sabra!

@paintandswim09: Um, yes - those are EXTREMELY girly - with the exception of Land Cruiser IF it's 97 or earlier.