But think of all the money you saved by not having to buy gifts for a significant other or worse.... children. I think you come out ahead on this one.
Thomas Nourse
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During a four state road trip with my six year old over the Thanksgiving holiday that covered nearly 2,000 miles, I feel especially qualified to answer this question. We played numerous rounds of the alphabet game (most of them ended at 'X', but we made it all the way through two of them [my daughter won them both {I…
The "You can't tell me what to do" attitude is hardly a new phenomena. I would wager decent money that adolescents have held this belief since the dawn of civilization. I would even counter that some of the best (and worst) people in human history are the ones that never lost that attitude.
I looked at some of the official responses to other petitions on the site and a good number of those did not get close to 25,000 signatures. I don't think that getting fewer that the threshold amount removes the possibility of a response. I believe that there will be eyes on this petition regardless. Especially since…
That seems to be a design that never goes out of style..............
Agreed. The question is slamming the era a bit, but I think there are quite a few gems from the mid to late 90s. Of course, I could be biased because I first started appreciating cars during that time, but there are some real gems there.
A lot of cars from the mid 90's belong on this list, but this one is my favorite. I had a 1987 Celica that I destroyed in a nasty rollover in 1999 and after that accident I deperately wanted to replace that car with a 6th generation Celica. I REALLY wanted to get my hands on a GT-Four, but I had just as much of a…
Most people in the US haven't experienced it since there are only eight of them in the US and two of them are in Springfield, MO. They replaced two of the most congested standard diamond interchanges there with diverging diamonds and they have done wonders for traffic flow. Wiki article on how they flow:
And here is the after. It doesn't look much cleaner, but it is a hell of a lot easier to navigate now.
It has been completely rebuilt, but before the reconfiguration, the Grandview Triangle in Kansas City was the worst I had ever seen. Four major divided highways converging at the same location and the best the original engineers could come up with was to keep adding layers. The picture here is the old interchange…
Not to pick nits or distract from an otherwise humorous discussion, but I69 will exit Texas in the north into Louisiana - just south of Shreveport - before continuing on to the northeast to Memphis and further points north. I69 will be about 120-150 miles away from Texarkana when it leaves Texas. ([www.i69dotd.com])
After looking at the interior pictures from the FR-S story, I couldn't help thinking about steering wheel/gauge positioning. I don't know how many of you out there are like me, but I like to drive with the steering wheel low - almost in my lap. The problem with this - and have had this problem in every car that I…
There is just something about a big, dirty rooster tail following a modern F1 car as it dances on the dirt. That put a smile on my face.
Along those same lines... We need more flair in our American luxury cars
I am not entirely opposed to cars that drive themselves, but I would never buy a car that does not give me the option for manual control. No pedals, no wheel, no thanks.
Dear Ford,
Seconded.
I'm going for a twofer here from the same movie. I think the choice of cars for the characters in Swingers was spot-on. Trent's '64 Comet was perfect for the character. It was cool, it was old school, and it grabbed all the attention without a whole lot of effort. Mike's Cavalier, on the other hand, is unassuming and…
I can vouch for the Karmas being out there. I saw one last month on 540 up in Bentonville, Arkansas... I wasn't too fond of the way it looked in person to be honest.