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PeakOil Tarzan on August 11, 2006 - 9:25am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Detroit seems resigned to producing "nostalgia toys" for middle-aged men with a few bucks to blow.  My advice would be to package these things with 8-track tape players, a color-coordinated pot pipe that slips neatly into a slot in the ash tray, and an inflatable "girlfriend" complete with hip-hugger jeans and long, bandana-bound blond hair.
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prole on August 11, 2006 - 9:52am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Inflatable "girlfriend" is so 70s.

Let's offer the soft-sided middle-agers the new and improved Sony Sex Machine that never says no.

One way to reduce the population as these noobs crash and burn in ecstasy.

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Prodigal Son on August 11, 2006 - 11:09am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
That's so funny -- and so true. Nothing says 'peaked in high-school' like a Camaro.
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tate423 on August 11, 2006 - 12:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
My senior year I had a 97 Z28 slightly used but FULLY loaded, but an automatic.  Following high school I dumped it for a brand new hyundai tiburon with the 5 speed.  College was a bit farther drive than high school.  There were only like 3 cars that could beat that small block V8.  It WAS fun though.
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Mad Maxout on August 12, 2006 - 9:50am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I greatly prefer the Automatic over the Stick. I tried a Stick, but I'm not co-ordinated enough to use it. The Automatic nicely allows for the "just sit back and fly" type driving expierence. Since motorcycles have a "Stick" my poor coordination sank that try. :( The first gear is awful herky-jerky! So long as a vehicle has the Automatic (or if it's a jet) I'll gladly drive it.

The trick of The Stick is that while it will give better fuel economy, it takes some coordination on the part of the user. The Stick was invented becuse the internal combustion engine runs best at one RPM speed but a car must be able to go from zero to a desired speed. The electric motor is a lot better match than the car engine. The innovation with the hybrid comes with how the controls are like a normal car with an Automatic. Previous attempts were always with extra switches or the like that'll require the new owner having to learn them, like that Stick.

The thing about the Stick I don't like is the bit with having to do the clutch. The Automatic has that "fluid clutch" thingy which causes it to act like the case of boating. Step on the gas, and you get the desired thrust. Step off, and you glide. A zillion times easier than messing with a clutch and a hand on the gear shift! I would end up preferring a British side drive car in the case of having to do a Stick instead of an American side drive Stick car. That's becuse I drive with my right hand on the teering column.

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