Open Thread

“I have a certain respect for Ron Paul as a libertarian, until he starts going on about his anti-abortion positions.”

same here bhs. We need a real example running some day.

“denton, so you proponent of v4 turbo charged 2 seaters?”

Actually, m4l, I’ve always been ‘chary’ of turbo’d cars, depending on who makes them. More heat, complexity, and so on. Having said that, my last family-size car was an Audi A6 2.7T, which has twin turbochargers. I bought that car as a CPO with a great warranty, sold it to a relative at 70k miles, and it’s still going strong.

But I’ve been trying to put on my liberal hat and keep my cars as long as possible. I’ve given a lot of thought as to what will make car last as long as can be and be as efficient as possible.

That’s why I picked a BMW 328xi with a manual tranny. These engines easily go 200k miles and so will the tranny, unlike slushboxes. I’m putting less than 5k miles a year on the car, and now that I bought a used M roadster, I’ll do a summer car and a winter car and keep them both for a long long time.

If I had to do it right now I’d buy a 335d diesel that gets over 40 mpg and has gobs of torque.

” I couldnt do the plate of steamed chicken asses”

By dirty_hipster on April 26, 2011 5:10 PM

a gallon of gas is cheaper than a gallon of organic milk from upstate new york. that’s pretty amazing considering oil comes from very far away.

New York, PA, Oklohoma, virtually every other state PLUS our largest supplier is Canada, not the Middle east.

thanks DH and Denton,

Black Swan it is.
The King’s Speech will have to wait till the weekend.