The Corbin Merlin. Manufctured in small quantities by a start up, you have to get into a waiting list to get one, has the performance of a boxster, with a DIN sized radio, it's a convertible with seating for 1 so nobody can be bugged by the empegesque "next..next..next" with a trunk big enough for an empeg. What can I say, it's a sweet ride.

Calvin

Truth be told, when I speak with someone from England, I often have to concentrate rather hard in order to make sure I understand them

We have a Brit here that mumbles with a strong accent. 90% of the time it's a "Pardon me, I missed that... No, the whole thing!"

Heyyy!!!! Yur makin' fun o my home dontcha no!

I'm gonna taek you down to tha laek and drownya!

Yeah the orkneys have an entirly different form of english to anywhere in scotland.

If you watch the adms family where everyone understands cousin it well that is about the same.

I'm voting for the maclaren F1 again. This time because:
1. Cool doors
2. Seating arragement (driver in the middle with 2 passengers),
3. custom luggage, (more cargo space than a fiesta boot)
4. titanium exhaust system
5. gold lined engine bay (for heat reflection),
6. active aero stuff (greater stability under braking)
7. speed sensitive liquid cooled braking system
8. 625+ bhp NATURALLY aspirated
9. 370+ km/h top speed
10. 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds
11. 30mph crash test which resulted in NOT EVEN a paint scratch.
12. 160+mph car accidents with driver surviving (even walked away I think),
13. excellent styling
14. The car is a first in many respects, just like the empeg

http://www.mclarencars.com

Those are the many of the reasons I mentioned it in the first place. But like I mentioned... Where to mount it?

I have an empeg in my insight ...an empeg/insight combination gives ya a lot to talk about with passengers...the empeg also looks great in it

This sounds great. I picked up the phone and was about to buy one.... Then I thought:

2. Seating arragement (driver in the middle with 2 passengers),

Whoa, then I thought what if both of my 100Kg girlfriends ask "So, do I look fat in this passenger seat?" *just* as I'm about to crawl into the driver's seat.

That could be a bad scene, dontcha think? I decided I'm gonna get a minivan with a blown 454.

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Yes, we can perceive that variety quite clearly, but only to the large general regions you just specified. Tight regional speciation like the kind you described for Liverpool/Manchester/etc is only something that experts can discern.

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My cousins who live an hour away in baton rouge have an accent. And my cousins in Alabama have a huge accent, but they've only lived there a few years and never had it before. And there's something about the way people from Colorado talk.

OY!!!

I once hauled some boxes for my dad in my rx-7 from arizona to california. once you got past 60 the car would moan. I'd exceeded the maximum load for the car. I will NEVER do that again!

Enjoy your minivan.

I saw a new Jaguar convertible last week that really turned my head. I'd post a link to some of the online pics, except they just don't do the car justice.

Glenn

>I'm voting for the maclaren F1 again. This time because:
>11. 30mph crash test which resulted in NOT EVEN a paint scratch.

I'm pretty sure that's "without structural damage". 30mph not nicking the paint would be pretty superhuman.

But overall, I'd have to agree with you. Nice car.

Alex

uh, at 11. 30mph you'd have a pretty terrible car to get structural damage

I would suggest a 1988 Porsche 959 for the EMPEG. The 959 matches the EMPEG *very* well since it is estimated that each car was built at a loss exceeding $300,000. They only cost $225,000! Tell me another car that would be better fitting for the EMPEG.....

Weak, dude!

That's 30mph, not 11.30 mph. 11 is the list number.

Alex

Hmmm, 30mph crash test with not a paint scratch? I doubt it - Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) has/had aone and stuffed it in to the back of a Rover Metro - Metro had about 250gbp damage, F1 looked a real mess - thousands to fix it!

What you need is a TVR Tuscan, something like the one at www.gameplan2000.co.uk which now has an Empeg player in it