ThirdPedalGirl, ///Mother of one.

6/19/12

That would have worked, too, except that at the time the Flex was launched, Ford was going with all F-sound names. Fairlane would have fit in better with that than Ranch Wagon.

6/19/12

My husband and I call that Lincoln the Baleencoln, since it looks so much like a baleen whale.

6/19/12

It really wouldn't matter.

6/19/12

Hahahaha. Somewhere, a lawyer is writing that down.

6/19/12

I learned the basics of this concept from my Dad, watching dirt track racing, as he explained - and showed me, by pointing out who was winning heats and who wasn't- that the guys who understood how to do this were the fastest. In a dirt track, you're "driving a diamond," because the curves and apexes all blend…

6/19/12

Haha. That's pretty much what I was thinking as well.

6/19/12

This thing is so fugly. They fixed it a bit with the refresh after 2010, but still. Yuck. It's just disgusting.

6/19/12

ARGH! Make it go away! NAO!

6/19/12

I disagree that it's hideous. It's rather polarizing, yes, but OH MY GOSH, are there are MUCH uglier cars out there.

6/19/12

It's the VW Pentastar!

6/19/12

I enjoy flying backwards out of parking spaces with my 1995 Dodge Grand Crapavan, slicing within 8 inches of other cars while people hold their breaths in horror.

6/19/12

Yep, it is in large part a cultural thing.

6/19/12

To get the proper auditory effect, click play on this video [youtu.be]. Then open this link [youtu.be] , and turn up the speakers.

6/19/12

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6/19/12

I thought the same thing. Eerily similar crash.

6/19/12

Cars don't make us fat. Just like office jobs and TV don't make us fat. Carbohydrate, which the Feds have been telling us for 25 years doesn't matter as along as it's fat-free, makes us fat.

6/19/12

>(sub. required) means that you can't read the full article without a subscription to the magazine or website.

6/19/12

Communities like that have been tried, extensively, ones with grocery & community buildings close by, alleyways, sidewalks, and zero or minimal lot lines. They are sometimes vast failures.

6/18/12

>He says 5.7; the year he said had a 5.9, but not a 5.7!!

6/18/12

People often say, "At least he died while doing what he loved," but that's little comfort to a mom, sister, girlfriend, dad or brother. He's still gone. And that's a tragedy.