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That one's a surprise favorite for me.

The other concepts at that link are equally interesting. Including that Maybach concept. What the hell is that?

I've actually seen a BMW with a Euro-style plate. I wonder if you can order legal novelty plates that way...

Doh! Lousy antiquated software... Can you save it as a plain text file and reopen it in windows?

Copy, paste, reformat. :P

The transformation has to take place somewhere. FCVs move the energy generation responsibility from the car to the power infrastructure. It will be easier to eliminate fossil fuel needs when fewer power sources (including car engines) use it. There are alternative methods to power generation. The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is offering massive rebates to homeowners interested in installing solar power generators onto their roofs. So there's one alternative. How about wind? Geothermal energy? Hydro-dams? You know, nuclear energy is still an option... Go back to the idea of each individual building having their own base power generation with solar panels or wind turbines. Imagine how much strain that takes away from the grid. Now imagine how much more feasible it could be to have a power infrastructure free of fossil fuels.

I can't allow myself to support the death penalty. Just pluck them out of society and put them in solitary to prevent any repeat offenses. But don't kill them. Someone might argue that life sentences costs costs more to taxpayers. But think hard about it. What's cheaper? Feeding someone every day for the rest of his life, or paying all the legal fees to get through all the appellate courts to rule out all possibilities and finally cook him after 3 - 10 years?

Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to listen to many of the rock stations for long, but the freedom of choice it provides is so much better than the "rock, classic rock, sometimes rock" selections that we have in this area. I found the comedy channels to be refreshing. Sarah's been listening to mainly Christian and Pop stations. She loves it. And I figure if I ever get fed up with the satellite music I'll just pop in an MP3 CD and put it on shuffle. :)

Yep. Right by an elementary school, even. Even if I do ever have to deal with punk kids, at least they're small enough that I can kick their ass. :P

No, that would be the fancier LTZ.

Aside from the smoker damage (I hate smoker cars), it looks pretty damn good to me.

Imageshack, you are my new best friend. Oh... You too, Flybrian. And whoever guessed 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt LT got the grand prize of five American cents. Claim your prize by scouring your local sidewalk for pennies. I've only had the car for a week and already I have a couple of interesting stories. First, we were heading up to my wife's home town to pick the car up. It was snowing pretty bad, and I was driving about 45 in a 65 in our Chevy Venture (a car we have had for about 6 months now). I said to her, "Man, if we had the Cobalt with traction control now we could be cruising so much faster." Not more than five seconds later, a blue granite Cobalt LT coupe with chrome exhaust tip and a new car sticker in the window blew past me on the left side, little more than halfway to the end of our 320 mile drive. We were talking to the dealer the next morning when we went to get the car and he told us that it was in fact our car that was driving up I81 the previous night. Sure enough, the car started off with about 260-something miles. I should note that we were already aware that this car was coming from a different dealership; I just wasn't sure how it would be transported. The car beat us to Oswego by about an hour and a half, but I think we had stopped for gas shortly after that. Story number 2, somewhat embarrassing but interesting nonetheless. We were getting ready for church and had pulled into the parking lot on a nasty Sunday morning, the day after we picked up the new car. My wife had been driving for the most part, claiming her home town as her turf. She discovered that she had left home a handful of things that she really wanted to bring to church, and sent me back to go get them. I get in the car, pull out of the parking lot, and drive up the hill to head back to her parents' house. I drive up the icy hill, take the icy corner, and begin to fishtail. Well, for a number of reasons (mostly involving my lack of better judgement), I lost control of the car, and tried to recollect myself by slamming hard on the ABS brakes. I wasn't able to recover the car's original trajectory, and slowly but surely plunged into a snow bank/ditch. There was barely any weight on the back of the car. I tried to put it in reverse, but couldn't move the car. I tried calling my wife to tell her what happened, but she left her phone in her purse, in the car. In a stroke of 80 percent luck, 20 percent being close enough to the church, her parents drive by, followed by the pastor. I tell them I'm not hurt, a couple of us try to push the car out (it was a pretty nasty ditch, so no luck there). We called AAA and got a truck to pull the car out of the ditch. Not even a scratch on it. During this time, the pastor explained to me that I had learned a "very soft lesson on Oswego driving". I was shaken by the whole experience, but thankfully no physical damage had taken place to either me or the car. ...So, check out the new ride. B)

...Oh, dammit. UploadIt isn't working all of a sudden. Who wants to host a couple of pics for me? :)

I decided to go with form over function, though the MAXX arguably has both. Not that much form over function... :P I thought the markup still pins them at over $25k.

Now we know where you live, Nos! :P Well, not really...

Hey guys. I picked up a new car on Saturday. Now, some of you may know me well enough to guess what kind of car I'd buy, but I'm counting on it that most of you would have no clue. It'll keep you guys guessing while I wait for an opportune moment to take pics. All I'll tell you is that I stuck to my budget of less than $25,000. I'll post pics on Saturday or Sunday, shortly after I take them.

Argh! Those sneak peeks we got a few months ago looked so much better! What happened!? This thing is freaking NASTY looking! :puke:

So shiny... Why is it the higher trim levels have the non-chrome grille? Isn't that kinda... Well... Backwards?

Cool information. Here's some pics of the SSC: http://www.fast-autos.net/ssc/sscultimateaero.html Saleen S7: Evans 387: Mullen M-11: Panoz Esperante: The other cars you're probably all familiar with.

I figured the answer was that the SSR isn't available in silver. I read the caption and didn't even pick up on it. Hah.

It's amazing what you can do when you have money. And I don't care about your sarcasm. Toyota is to GM what a rich slutty homewrecker is to a modestly beautiful wife. But speaking of global economies, how's your local job market?

Hell, I won't even support the CSVs... They're as ugly as any other minivan. But this thing will give children nightmares! What responsible parent would buy one? :P

Is there some sort of new Federal mandate that all minivans must be designed as ugly as humanly possible? :puke:

That's just sweet. I've seen plenty of cars with wreaths and ribbons on the grille for the holidays... Never saw one that lit up at night.

I think Chevy can do it. They've got my vote. B)