ATTENTION, PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PRACTICAL COMMUTER CAR
You are too late.
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how much for the box it comes in?
first?
Posted by: crossgirl | July 18, 2005 at 11:40 AM
What kind of milage could we get on that? It would probably shorten my commute.
Posted by: VictoriaE77 | July 18, 2005 at 11:40 AM
zoom zoom
Posted by: MOTW | July 18, 2005 at 11:41 AM
zoom zoom
Posted by: MOTW | July 18, 2005 at 11:43 AM
Okay, because I'm a guy, I automatically need this. It makes no difference that this car serves no practical application known to man, except to satisfy the carnal desire for speed. I just need this. No arguments.
I do have one issue, though. Dude! Learn to use a period! For Pete's sake, it's not that hard! It exists precisely 1/8" below the "L" key! Not a huge stretch to reach, okay? It's not that hard to get to.
Posted by: SchadeBoy | July 18, 2005 at 11:44 AM
Okay, because I'm a guy, I automatically need this. It makes no difference that this car serves no practical application known to man, except to satisfy the carnal desire for speed. I just need this. No arguments.
I do have one issue, though. Dude! Learn to use a period! For Pete's sake, it's not that hard! It exists precisely 1/8" below the "L" key! Not a huge stretch to reach, okay? It's not that hard to get to.
Posted by: SchadeBoy | July 18, 2005 at 11:47 AM
I'm beginning to think that the double-posting problem we have here is another plot against us by terrorist bastards.
Posted by: SchadeBoy | July 18, 2005 at 11:48 AM
I was fully expecting the seller's user name to be "DARWIN" or some derivative.
Posted by: Moe | July 18, 2005 at 11:50 AM
No, I think that was the snake guy's name. Or at least it should have been.
Posted by: VictoriaE77 | July 18, 2005 at 11:53 AM
Schade - maybe it is, maybe it isn't. All I know is that today the things that normally work for preventing a double-post - are not working. We should hire Jack Bauer to shoot the terrorist bastards in their respective terrorist thighs. (I hear he's looking for work.)
Punctuationally yours,
Posted by: M.O.T.W. | July 18, 2005 at 11:54 AM
Schade - maybe it is, maybe it isn't. All I know is that today the things that normally work for preventing a double-post - are not working. We should hire Jack Bauer to shoot the terrorist bastards in their respective terrorist thighs. (I hear he's looking for work.)
Punctuationally yours,
Posted by: M.O.T.W. | July 18, 2005 at 11:56 AM
dave, get more sleep.
Posted by: queensbee | July 18, 2005 at 12:02 PM
People I would not want to be:
* Insurer who holds the buyer's life insurance policy
* Insurer who holds the seller's liability insurance policy
* Insurer who holds the liability policy of the company selling Jet A fuel closest to the salt flats
* Neighber of either the buyer or the seller
Person I would want to be:
* Attorney representing the widow of the buyer
Posted by: Moe | July 18, 2005 at 12:08 PM
Err. Make that "Neibor"
Posted by: Moe | July 18, 2005 at 12:13 PM
This is like that time we harnessed our cat, Mr. Stinkybuns, to that tomahawk missile and tried to land him on Venus. Ah, childhood hijinks at an army nuclear base. There are rumors of people nearby being abducted by an advanced race of really pissed-off calicos, but we think its just the uranium in the groundwater again.
Posted by: Federal Duck | July 18, 2005 at 12:15 PM
Moe - strike two.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | July 18, 2005 at 12:15 PM
In retrospect, I don't suppose this is anything like the Mr. Stinkybuns incident. Forget I brought it up.
Posted by: Federal Duck | July 18, 2005 at 12:16 PM
*slapping forehead*
Or even "neighbor".
Posted by: Moe | July 18, 2005 at 12:16 PM
Brainy, I guess I'd still be wrong (a u short) if The Blog was still in the UK.
Posted by: Moe | July 18, 2005 at 12:18 PM
"the car is thrust only, it has no reverse..."
Anyone see this posing a problem? Purchaser would require a cul-de-sac driveway, or plan to parallel-park this beast. And how would you ever drive it anywhere? Other than the salt flats? Reverse is sort of REQUIRED in my oh-so-humble opinion...
Posted by: Targetgirl | July 18, 2005 at 12:25 PM
Targetgirl - it seems to me that if you attempt to parallel park at 140 mph, reverse is pretty much irrelevant...
Posted by: TCK | July 18, 2005 at 12:57 PM
Targetgirl - I'm thinking that if you fired this thing up in your neighborhood, you might not be alive after running into (and blowing up) the neighbor's house so reverse probably won't be a need at that point.
Posted by: Schadeboy | July 18, 2005 at 01:00 PM
Car looks like it's equipped with two anuses.
Dated a guy like that once.
Posted by: Amy | July 18, 2005 at 01:03 PM
That is sexy. I'm drooling a little here. Can I buy one for my husband? Anyone else got one sitting around in his garage? ...I say his because I assume no one outside the male gender would ever own one of these things, except maybe me. Hmm, maybe I should go check my garage, might be one hiding in there...
Posted by: mb | July 18, 2005 at 01:11 PM
This car was in Iowa, and I missed it? How is that possible? That car should have been a major news story in a state this boring!
BTW, Targetgirl, you put the car in "reverse" by leaving the gearshift in neutral and pushing the vehicle around. Either that, or you use a floor jack to turn it. Please don't ask how I know that - the story's too embarrassing.
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | July 18, 2005 at 01:57 PM
don't feel bad, Aunt Nancy, it was only in Iowa for a couple of minutes!!!
Posted by: insomniac | July 18, 2005 at 02:20 PM
My favorite quote!
Referring to all the questions from possible buyers:
"Based upon some of the questions I have had asked, be prepared to sign a long liability waiver."
Posted by: Meem | July 18, 2005 at 03:19 PM
Moe -
Nice recovery ... finally ...
Posted by: U.O | July 18, 2005 at 03:47 PM
How come this monstrosity gets 9 bids and an eventual buyer while Dave's signed autograph picture got none?
This world is seriously screwed up.
Posted by: T. Blanco | July 18, 2005 at 05:21 PM
Shucks. In that car, King Wingbipeekaboo would have been STYLING, which is also called, on Planet Mozzarella, where King Wingbipeekabo is originally from, "melting."
Posted by: King Wingbipeekaboo | July 18, 2005 at 08:01 PM
"the car is thrust only, it has no reverse..."
Anyone see this posing a problem?"
Targetgirl, Batman had this problem solved. Turntable.
A Toyota, eh? Do you think that this was the "Back to the Drawing Board" that led to the Prius?
Posted by: alanboss | July 18, 2005 at 08:23 PM
That thing needs a bra...
Posted by: JLee | July 19, 2005 at 03:57 AM
Does anyone else have the theme to Batman running through their head? Just wondering.
Posted by: Andy | July 19, 2005 at 07:28 AM
My Mom drove sports cars for about 40 years. Once I asked her the fastest she had taken her Fiat X1/9
"I don't know. Speedometer only goes to 130 and I wasn't wearing a watch with a second hand to clock myself."
PLEASE... PLEASE... PLEASE... If the car is being shipped to Oregon, please notify this blog immediately.
On the other hand, when the speedometer went out on the family minivan the other day, I was perfectly fine using the tach to keep it close to the speed limit.
Posted by: Dave R | July 19, 2005 at 09:48 AM
My Mom drove sports cars for about 40 years. Once I asked her the fastest she had taken her Fiat X1/9
"I don't know. Speedometer only goes to 130 and I wasn't wearing a watch with a second hand to clock myself."
PLEASE... PLEASE... PLEASE... If the car is being shipped to Oregon, please notify this blog immediately.
On the other hand, when the speedometer went out on the family minivan the other day, I was perfectly fine using the tach to keep it close to the speed limit.
Posted by: Dave R | July 19, 2005 at 09:50 AM