No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Zenkitty - Sep 10, 2009 6:18:00 pm PDT #22673 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

All of them. I'm a car slut. I have a roving eye. Every pretty car I see, I imagine driving it. I tell my car, "It's not you. It's me."


Cass - Sep 10, 2009 6:29:49 pm PDT #22674 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Every pretty car I see, I imagine driving it. I tell my car, "It's not you. It's me."

Oh, I'd ideally have a garage but if car monogamy was demanded, I have decided to whose cylinders I could be faithful.


NoiseDesign - Sep 10, 2009 6:53:41 pm PDT #22675 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I had wanted a 3-series BMW for most of my life, and I finally bought a 335i earlier this year, so I'm driving one of the cars I really wanted. I have a thing for very fast sedans. There's something about a car that is an effective commuter that get to 60 MPH in less than 5 seconds and easily sprint up to 150 MPH. If I were getting it totally for fun I'd probably would have looked more closely at the convertible model of the 335i or the M3.

I would like to take a spin in one of the current M5 models. All wheel drive, 4 doors, a real trunk, and a V10 with enough power to crush your skull.

I'd also like to have an Austin Healy Mark III with the straight six. Yum!


Barb - Sep 10, 2009 7:04:33 pm PDT #22676 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Hil, I'm sorry your mom has to stay in the hospital tonight.

{{{Shir}}} Ginger is, indeed, quite wise.

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

For a new car:

Aston Martin DB9

For a classic:

1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible

or a 1957 Porsche Speedster


NoiseDesign - Sep 10, 2009 7:06:37 pm PDT #22677 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I would also like to own a Porsche 911 at some point in my life.


Barb - Sep 10, 2009 7:06:56 pm PDT #22678 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

If I were getting it totally for fun I'd probably would have looked more closely at the convertible model of the 335i or the M3.

I love my 335i convertible, ND. SO. MUCH. FUN. Because of course, I got it with a manual transmission, even though the salesguy gave me a funny look when I insisted that YES, dammit, I wanted the stick. Buy a car in the south when you're a woman has to be one of those special hells.


NoiseDesign - Sep 10, 2009 7:11:32 pm PDT #22679 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I am more than a little ashamed of the fact that I finally got my fast BMW and I got an automatic. I caved to the fact that I spend so much time in LA traffic. I really want to have a BMW with a six speed at some point.

I will say, it does has the most responsive automatic I've ever driven.


Barb - Sep 10, 2009 7:15:30 pm PDT #22680 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Yeah, I say that spending that much time in stop and go traffic earns you a pass on the automatic.

And the 335 I test drove was an automatic and it was nice, but i'd been hankering to get back to a manual for over fifteen years. I had a relative asking, "Now why do you need a six speed? Isn't it just huge ego stroking?"

And I looked him dead in the eye and said, "Yes."*

  • brought to you the letters Bite and Me and the fact that I drove a minivan for seven years. I earned my fun car, dammit.


juliana - Sep 10, 2009 7:33:29 pm PDT #22681 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?

Easy. Tesla Roadster: [link] Fully electric, handles amazingly, and vrooooooooooom. My only beef if it's an automatic, but still. Electric vrooooom.

But really, since it's me, a 1930 Indian 101 Scout: [link]


DCJensen - Sep 10, 2009 7:38:58 pm PDT #22682 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.

Joe is also a candidate for the Mayflower Society.

And the Justice league!