I can't really say what it was. My dad had some cool cars from when he was younger that he would talk about, but no one really in the family was big into cars. My parents had mostly GM vehicles till around when I turned 16 then switched to Dodges (which they still have).

What's the difference between a factory ordered car and having it delivered to your local dealer compared to what Tesla is trying to go for? Less likelihood of this kind of shenanigans happening?

My issues with these giant dealer markups are that the manufacturer is missing out on these profits. Why couldn't Dodge or Nissan raise the msrp by 20k/50 when people are clearly willing to pay such prices. Then tell the dealers that if they try and add stupid dealer markups/mess around with customers that their…

There's very little I wouldn't do to see them race at Mosport. A snow race would be awesome too.

Excellent tips. I dabble in photography but I certainly have a long way to go. I never even thought of trying a transparent hood shot as one whole long exposure. I'm going to have to try that.

That looks really cool.

You get a follow on flickr. Nice shots.

So is it Shelby: American Forged, or American Forged Shelby?

Damn that looks like a great deal. If I had lots of money, I'd get that for my girlfriend's sister for Christmas. She likes to photograph things, but only has an iphone and a point and shoot of some description. She likes trying out my Canon DSLRs though.

Damn that looks like a great deal. If I had lots of money, I'd get that for my girlfriend's sister for Christmas.…

It looks like this.

Then it would basically be the Dodge Charger two door, at least from the side.

I currently have three fishing rods in the trunk of my Cruze. Two of them are two piece rods, that when split are around 3.5' in length, and the other is a four piece that is a little under 2.5' when split.