I like the Veyron, but it is a bit of a dragster... I would prefer a.... Or if its just on looks this has to be one of the best looking cars in the last 40 years...
I don't see the appeal of some ridiculously overpriced trailer queen that can barely be driven on anything but a race track. That last picture has more character than all the rest combined.
No, character equals character, you fucking pudwhacker. A soulless carbon-fiber display piece automobile is like a world-famous supermodel. Mostly only of value to those who hope it's presence will elevate their appeal, but functionally no different as a daily driver, often way less interesting, and tiresome in its high-maintenance design.
I'll take a Taurus SHO thank you very much. Small enough to get around the city, big enough for a family, four doors to make car seats easy, it's a Ford so no crazy labor or parts costs ANNNNDDDDD.... 3.5L Ecoboost V6 giving you 365 hp, 350 lb/ft of torque, six-speed transmission and a MacPherson suspension. So you can have a little fun with it as well. I had a blast the week I drove it while home on E-Leave.
I've hated Ford Tauruses since the very first model...but I like the new ones a lot. Haven't driven one yet, but I've talked to owners and they've told me the SHO runs like a raped ape. I suggested getting one to my wife when it's time to get rid of her Explorer, but she's not interested in sedans. She'll probably get another Explorer or possibly a Camaro.
A lot of the older NCOs I served with used that term to describe tanks that ran better/faster than others. A slow, poor-running tank was described as being "broke dick". After a number of years, I've finally broken myself of using that phrase to describe a malfunctioning camera or other piece of television equipment.
a) I prefer one multi-purpose vehicle to several specialized ones. b) Those are mud-bogging tires. While they'll help you dig out of deep snow in a straight line in a field somewhere, you'd be a fucking hazard on a snowy road. No lateral traction at all.
Jesus, I didn't mean to infer those exact tires! Quit being so nit-picky. I don't need a multi-purpose vehicle. I like the idea of having a variety to choose from based on the the seasons. It breaks up the monotony.
Well it does have allwheel drive. AND, in this part of the country, snow events are so rare that they have names (Snopocalypse in '08, snOMG in '10), and since NO ONE can drive in the snow, the city just shuts down for a couple of days, so no driving is necessary. [yt=snOMG]rhZCyQ3emQg[/yt]
The New Tauruses are pretty much a completely different beast. Taurus was actually discontinued. It was replaced by the Fusion for Ford's midsize sedan. The Crown Vic (for civilians at first) was likewise dropped and replaced by the Ford Five Hundred as their fullsize sedan. For some reason in the mid 2000s Ford thought it smart to go all Fs, so their car lineup went: Focus, Fusion, Five Hundred, Freestyle (Crossover SUV, really just a Five Hundred Wagon), and Freestar (mini-van). Anyway, someone finally realized that the F thing was childish and retarded, and that Taurus had a good name, with positive overall perceptions, it's just that the vehicles were bland, but those negative perceptions had started to fade once it was out of production. So Ford just did a mid model style spicing to the Ford Five Hundred and renamed it the Taurus (Freestyle became Taurus X Wagon, before eventually being dropped, Americans still aren't ready for Station Wagons).
Which probably explains why I like them. I remember when a high school classmate of mine got one of the very first ones as her first car back in 1984(?). I remember looking at it and thinking, "What a piece of shit!"
You should take pride in the fact that unlike the two morons that posted between my post and yours, you do occasionally say something worth keeping you off of ignore.
I'm still waiting for an American car that can actually, you know, turn. There are these things called "corners" that American car companies are completely unaware of.
