Cheech

...and free tows for life back to the shop for blown gaskets, errant transmission failures, and all the little quirky things that have solidified GM's reputation.

magley, you may beat him in the straights, but he straight has your ass in the twisties.

Go back and re-read my post.

Well your dad can suck it, because my dad DRIVES A DODGE STRATUS! second time I got to use that today.

Under the hood is a different story entirely. STI's are out of the box blown with an intercooler mounted directly under the hood scoop. I think stock they make about 300HP, this is all with a 4cyl boxer engine. From an engineering perspective the car is beautiful, even weight distribution, all wheel drive, the works.

I'm really not a fan of the way Subaru went to the hatchback. I always thought the STI sedans were badass.

Indeed. Last thing I needed was more scrapes on that thing.

The absolute best Star Wars mashup I've ever seen. Watch and enjoy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKiQfBs9lo A offshoot that the guy that did this made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lm7h36fTsg and the man himself, Alan Ford: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRVIj57SYs8

You ain't kidding. I got about halfway through and the Kat decided to start smoking in places it shouldn't be smoking. No way am I doing that again. Next year when we have a float we need to have shitloads of candy, preferably something motorcycle themed. Not sure what that is short of hurling sugar coated calamari at them, but we've got all year to figure it out.

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary, come again?

The same. Gooner, welcome.

No kidding, that's why I had my arm out in a WTF? motion. You two must have hauled up 315, I was taking it easy through there between construction and Worthington.

Don't apologize to me, apologize to Looney. You almost sunk his battleship!

You magnificent bastard.

In Isaac's defense (it's been a day of firsts ), I don't think you completely understand what the term "state-run" means. A truly state controlled and run natural resources program would involve a state entity (see CNOOC for example) owning the land (or negotiating an oil lease with whomever), owning the gear, doing the actual drilling, taking the profits and inserting them back into the government coffers. What's happening in Alaska is nowhere near that. Private enterprise (let's say BP, less for me to type) finds oil in land owned by the State. The State and BP jointly negotiate a oil lease that gives the State a certain percentage of oil extracted. The State, seeing (correctly) that they are beholden to the people of whom the land belongs, share the profits accordingly. So is it socialism? A form, yes. You might say it's the reverse of state-run health care. The two really share no distinct similarities other than everyone gets a benefit from the goverment in the end, through wildly different means. Agreed. The money-for-oil program has been around for ages, I don't feel like looking up the exact time. I have no interest in Alaskan politics, so I can't argue one way or another.

I figured the best way to get on 315 from where we were was Ackerman, so that's where I broke. I don't think the semi behind me was too happy with me taking my hand off the the throttle... All in all, an excellent day. No wrecks, even with Strictly Street dumping water bottles like they were depth charges. Hue, thanks for the route and the lead. Looney, thanks^3 for lunch, I have a feeling that waitress isn't going to forget us anytime soon. Oh Hue, if you want good Chicago style 'za, might I suggest Adriatico's on 11th right off the southern end of campus. Best Chicago style I've had in Columbus. Not too far from that is Flying Pizza, the best NY style in Columbus. Food for thought.

I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!!!!!!!!

Fo sho's. I just got back from a ride with SWing'r, he showed up at noon. Looney did too, but apparently the wife tugged at the chain a little bit...

Yeah, I can't wait to see what the best pizza in Ohio tastes like. If it's better than Flying Pizza or Adriatico's, I'm buying the business.

It's done, meeting will now be 3PM at IP. I live about 60 seconds from there, I'll roll around at noon in case anyone missed the memo.

Good point. Anyone opposed to putting this off until 3 @ IP?

No idea yet, thought we get some suggestions either here or at IP.

I'm not all about drug companies recouping their extremely high overhead costs, especially when this these ads serve as one of the things that makes those overhead costs extremely high. I AM all about drug companies recouping their extremely high R&D costs, since they ARE necessary to create the drugs that we use.