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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Ever wonder how it is to drive a Rolls-Royce? The reporter in the following article will tell ya.
http://www.thestar.ca/thestar/back_issues/ED20000411/money/20000411BUS01c_FI-ROLLS.html

I gotta admit, I found all this quite interesting...........

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Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :

I like the cup holder remark.

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

My Dad would say, quoting an unknown source:

"Daddy, can I have a new Rolls Royce?"

"But, Princess, you already have one."

"Yes, Daddy, but the ash trays are full."

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

That has to be one of the ugliests cars I've seen...

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

Yeah, give me a Dodge Viper any day, one of the blue ones with the two white stripes along the top. VROOOMMM!!!

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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

What about this baby, the Chrysler Chronos concept:

Or of course the Lotus Elize

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

The Chronos is also ugly...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I think it looks great, actually. Has anyone seen the Chrysler PT Cruiser, also?

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I saw a PT Cruiser "in the metal" at the local Chrysler dealership. It's a cute car (better looking IRL than in the pictures) and as roomy as the "Great White Whale" (a.k.a.: "Moby" -- my 1993 Chrysler Concorde).

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

My "stepmom" has just bought a PT Cruiser. I think I look forward to riding it. It looks a little funny though. So retro.

That Chronos looks like the 6000 S.U.X from RoboCop!
I think it looks like good V8-material, if they'd tone down the...what do you call it, that front air-intake? Grill?

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Thomas wasn't happy.

Chronos, the new time-travelling half-Klingon hybrid the Fat Controller acquired off the Ferengi, was proving to be very very popular with the trucks and flatcars. Cronos could contravene Starfleet time-travel protocols as he was an import, and could have all the day's freight in Huddersfield by the day before.

Needless to say, Thomas and the other engines weren't very pleased with the new arrival.

"Incoming transmission", chirped Thomas' Commlink.
"Put it through", said Thomas, wondering gloomily if the Fat Controller had now purchased a cloaking device on the QT. That's all he needed.

"Hullo, Thomas!" said the flickering holographic image in front of him. It was Gordon, his old face and deflector bruised and dented from three decades of blokcade running and customs dodging. Yet beneath his cheery tone Thomas could detect an unusual note of alarm.

Thomas was built over Betazed, after all, but his official "Salvaged" status meant that no-one would ever find his long-gone registration and insurance dockets, and discover his empathic abilities.

"Something the matter, Gordon?", Thomas inquired innocently.

"Ohh, no. No. Nowt at all. Well, now you't mention it, there is summat."

Thomas' Universal Translator merrily spewed Gordon's incoherent mumblings into his CPU. He was right. There was something wrong.

Thomas nearly allowed himself a smile.

The old Avro Lancaster-Class Gordon was easily led. Most probably Harry, the fat Controller's Runabout, had gotten himself lost in a dark matter nebula again. Or Winston, the NuYoik-Class sweeper that had been converted into a massive Bussard collector, had joked that new "hydrogen-free fuel" won't work without duryttrium filters. Which Gordon hasn't got.

"My my, Gordon, you are in a bit of a tizzy. Whatever's the matter?"

TBC. Maybe.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I have to support people who'll put so much effort into a parody that few people will get. Brave GA.

Although I don't remember Gordon beig from Yorkshire. IIRC, didn't most of the trains have a Liverpuddlian twang? (at least if you ignore the crappy newer episodes).

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

*lol*

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

Check this one out. Oh yeah, well done on the Thomas the Tank Engine thing Gassy. Very intellectual.

Dodge Viper

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Liam's support. That's all I need.

Don't call me "Gassy", gurgles, or I'll tell everyone what you said about me.

I told him, didn't I?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Maybe it's me, but the more uglier a car is, the more expensive it gets. Probably because people don't make ugly cars these days, do they.......

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"My Name is Elmer Fudd, Millionaire. I own a Mansion and a Yacht."
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