[CoyotePGW308]

Charles 'chuck' Norris is the best action star to be missing in action bc good guys wear back whilst entering the dragon.

[axxe55]

you would think the trolls would get smarter!

that was the same guy that was bashing many of us on the 2nd amendment a week or so ago.

[sdiver35]

Originally Posted by ScottA

No... you're Canadian because I checked your dang IP address which coincidentally belongs to another banned account.

GO AWAY!

I need this power!! Not th

[rocshaman]

RIGHT ON SCOTT!!!! That must have been the canuck formerly known as NewDemocraticParty2014 and what was it before that?

[HOSSFLY]

Originally Posted by axxe55

you would think the trolls would get smarter!

that was the same guy that was bashing many of us on the 2nd amendment a week or so ago.

A azzhole by any other name

[AleksiR]

Originally Posted by Cinderocka1989

*raises hand* Can I just keep my diesels? I like they way they sound, I like the way they smell and they just make sense to me. Drive hybrids, I need your fuel.

Go ahead, I'm not a big fan of diesels anyways, mainly because of how they sound. Some of the newer ones are ok though, because they sound like petrol engines

Originally Posted by Vikingdad

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to ride in a Tesla Roadster. This was a pre-production car- a friend of mine is a Tesla engineer and the company had a fleet of prototype cars that the engineers could drive for 12 hour stints- the waiting list was quite long to get your turn. Anyhow, he gave me a ride in it as I (conveniently) live very near to a "destination road". That car is one of the most impressive cars I have ever ridden in or driven, which is a pretty impressive list- though I won't go into that here. The acceleration is staggeringly fast and the remarkable thing is that as you are accelerating, faster and faster and faster- there is no shifting. There is no gearing, the electric motor drives the wheels through a single-speed direct drive transmission. Reverse is obtained by reversing rotation of the electric motor. The car I rode in had the two-speed transmission. It also has traction control, so in the wet conditions we were in there was no wheel slip (though you can turn off this feature if you so desire.)

That's awesome. Would love to get a ride in one of those. I think Teslas are one of the best electric cars on sale today. Our school has a project car very much like the Tesla, the Electric RaceAbout-> http://www.raceabout.fi/era/home
They actually made a new road legal electric vehicle lap record on Nordschleife last year with that car.

[axxe55]

Originally Posted by rocshaman

RIGHT ON SCOTT!!!! That must have been the canuck formerly known as NewDemocraticParty2014 and what was it before that?

well he came back last night under two different usernames, AntiNRA2013 and CoyotePGW308 and got banned again! i think he will try again pretty soon!

Originally Posted by HOSSFLY

A azzhole by any other name

is still an azzhole, Hossfly!

[Overkill0084]

Do you ever feel the need for change for no particularly good reason? We traded in the wife's 06 Suzuki XL7 yesterday for 2013 Subaru Outback. Nothing really wrong with the Suzuki, I was just sick of looking at it. Does that make me shallow?
It's been a few years since I looked at Subarus. It would seem that they finally figured out how to make interiors that don't make me think of my 1981 Buick. I remember an 08 Impreza that was simply bad. Acres of cheap black plastic. This thing is downright pleasant to be in, maybe not luxurious, but nice nonetheless.

[winds-of-change]

Originally Posted by Overkill0084

Do you ever feel the need for change for no particularly good reason? We traded in the wife's 06 Suzuki XL7 yesterday for 2013 Subaru Outback. Nothing really wrong with the Suzuki, I was just sick of looking at it. Does that make me shallow?
It's been a few years since I looked at Subarus. It would seem that they finally figured out how to make interiors that don't make me think of my 1981 Buick. I remember an 08 Impreza that was simply bad. Acres of cheap black plastic. This thing is downright pleasant to be in, maybe not luxurious, but nice nonetheless.

Lucky! I would love to own a Subaru someday. I had one say in the early 80's and I loved it. I drove it until I wouldn't go anymore. I hope to have one again someday. And it's an Outback that I'd want.

[winds-of-change]

This is just a joke photo. My granddaughter lost a tooth this morning. She spent the night with me. We thought it would be funny to take a picture as if the tooth fairy gave her $100. The money is part of my "emergency fund" since I'm still unemployed.