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That ship left port about 20 minutes ago. At any rate, I was hoping it would be obvious.

And it's a damn good thing, too. That piece of crap looks like it came straight out of the 80s!

I'll take a clean diesel over a hybrid any day. At least on a diesel I can expect somewhat of a return on the price premium.

In their usual fashion, GM renames the old Malibu the "Classic" and pushes it to the rental lots. I'm gonna miss the MAXX. I came very near to buying one, but couldn't resist the fine looks and cheaper price of the Cobalt coupe.

Based on the following two sources, Windows XP Service Pack 2 will continue to be supported until September 17, 2009. Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy Support Lifecycle Data for Windows XP Service Pack 2 Technically, XP Home Edition and SP1 are no longer supported, but if you have SP2 installed, then huzzah! Support. Edit: The rich text editor got weird on me.

Hey Stace, it's been awhile.

Approximate date of conception: "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Cool. On my birthdate: "Down Under" by Men at Work Could be worse. (Haven't heard this song before. Apparently, the easiest way to hear most of a song online is to find the music video or concert performance at YouTube.) I don't even want to bother with HS and College graduation because I know those songs are gonna suck. ...Feh, let's take a look. HS Graduation: "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink Sure enough... College Graduation: "Burn" by Usher Yawn... Why does popular music suck so much?

If capacity is important, you won't get far with a 10k RPM hard disk. Western Digital's Raptors go for about $1.50 per GB, while higher capacity 7200 RPM drives can be bought for little more than $0.20 per GB. Vista is designed specifically to utilize what's called a Hybrid Hard Drive.

I'll buy a diesel if I can afford to. Of course, if diesel engines become popular here, watch the price of diesel fuel shoot through the roof.

There used to be a time I would look at articles like this and say "wow! cool! I can't wait to see it!" That eventually changed to "Pff, yeah, I'll believe it when I see it." I think that happened some time around puberty.

Fair enough. I have nothing against AAA. I did need their services when I slid my car into a snow bank, the day after I SmartBought it.

Currently, only on XP 32bit will you find the best support. Vista is too new, and 4GB+ RAM isn't yet mainstream (and therefore neither are 64bit operating systems). Give it about... 2, maybe 3 years, and 64-bit will be essential. Microsoft will probably release a new OS or a revised version of Vista x64 to go with the trend. I will never buy a Mac. My biggest problem with Microsoft is its use of proprietary software to maintain its stranglehold on the PC market. There's no way in hell I'm gonna switch to Apple and deal with proprietary HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. You may deduce that I'd sooner switch to Linux, but Windows is the only OS that lets me do everything I want to do with computers.

I like that it has curtains in lieu of normal windows. I was gonna comment on how it would have been easier to just put in air conditioning, until I noticed the size and power of the engine.

I've told myself previously that if I were to get the HHR I'd have to swap out the grille. But if I were to get the HHR SS, I would't have to.

A friend of mine tried it on his brand new kickass rig. Nvidia / OpenGL support is still bad on Vista. He's going back to XP Pro, but on the way he's trying XP x64 Edition because of his 64 bit processor and 4GB of RAM (of which Vista could only detect 2.5GB).

Why AAA? You don't keep a jack and lugwrench in the spare tire compartment?

Who here is familiar with the Diet Coke + Mentos trick? =Now, replace the Diet Coke bottle with a human vessel... http://youtube.com/watch?v=mSyL7u-L_dE

There better be a 5-mph buffer, or you will ticket just about every driver that approaches that particular intersection.

'Salright. I meant to specify front left (driver's side) quarter.

By the way, if the driver didn't leave as soon as he did, he'd be pretty much trapped. The occasional necessity for an alternate exit suddenly makes bench seats more appealing to me.

It worked. Subject at hand. Note that both of those fires are in the same location. How often does this happen to cars that are not named Altima?

Currently listening to the hum of several loud fans.

Yeah, we should totally implant V2V in roadkill. :wink: I think the V2V is a cool idea, but aside from what has already been pointed out, I have one obvious and glaring concern: hackers. A hacked V2V vehicle can use the V2V network to spread misinformation. At the very least, this would make V2V useless. At the very worst, this could set the stage for city-wide terrorism.

I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down." --Classic Homer Simpson Quote

The two could go hand-in-hand. Customers that prefer one probably also want the other...