“no reason”, except for getting exactly what you want.

I’ll happily pay MSRP if I can order online, get the exact colors and options I want (NOT option packages. The individual god damned options.), and have it delivered to my home or office without having to speak to a single person on the phone or face to face until the delivery truck driver hands me the keys.

Good. I look forward to the day when I can order a car from any manufacturer with the exact options I want, and have it delivered to my home, without having to deal with some dickbiscuit at a dealership.

Decided today that the bike needs a new rear tire and a brake fluid change. But I’m flying to the other side of the country tomorrow night to pick up a car, so I dunno when I’ll actually get around to doing either of those.

I’ll admit to being a troll.

Oh good, something new and interesting thrown away so we can have another model of bimbo box on the road.

Maybe you’re comfortable with fucking around with the throttle’s ability to close. I’m not.

I don’t have any idea about my own feelings on something? That’s new.

I’m going to be buying an S1000RR, which has it from the factory, but there’s no way on earth I’d ever retrofit cruise control to any vehicle. Too much potential for shit to go south real quickly.

I’ve got perforated leather on both my jacket (Alpinestars GP Pro) and my pants (Alpinestars Track). It makes a tremendous difference, and even in >100°F heat if you keep moving it’s bearable.

2-piece leathers, proper boots, proper gloves, proper helmet for 99.99999% of my riding (and I ride every day… went 6 years without a car).

Jealousy? No. Annoyance that the big towing mirrors are right at head level when I’m passing them while they are being traffic :P

In that case I did not lose points! Just 4 ounces of urine, right onto the soft corinthian leather.

On the other hand, they do make it a lot easier to split stopped traffic on the bike.

“ Meanwhile my mom flinches if there is less than two badger’s widths between my mirror and anything remotely solid when she rides in my car and doesn’t know why I don’t even flinch when parking downtown in a fiesta......”


Man, years and years ago I had a MKIV Jetta, and was driving my little brother home from hockey…

I did have hte pleasure of seeing someone do it the other way: Thought that her crotchspawn transporter fashion SUV was smaller than it was, and dragged about three feet of door across a garage pillar at Costco before she stopped. Then she… reversed the direction of the front wheels, and put the car in reverse and…

I should do this on my CBR600.

…If I decide I never want to be able to walk or use my right hand again.

I think the most I’ve done in a day on any of my bikes (all sportbikes) was about 650 miles on my old F4i, and that was fairly excruciating.

That’s fine. Opinions are like orgasms: Only mine matters.

“They may not be hauling a load of manure in the back of the thing, but they’re supremely comfortable for long range towing of that camping trailer or race car.”

…which 99% of them will never do. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not telling people how to spend their money… but I’m not going to pretend I don’t think they’re…

Fools and money to be parted. Full story tonight.