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HK GTS Monaro. You're welcome...

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Someone is in the process of fixing up this old Mustang - interior is pretty beat and the paint job is not quite finished yet. But I'd still be happy to drive it around town.

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Today I saw some young East Asian guy in a Maserati playing rap music. (Pity, because the engine note sounded more sexually charismatic than Cloudscape's Michael Andersson in a tuxedo.) That was some weird-ass cognitive dissonance, let me tell you.

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Today I saw some young East Asian guy in a Maserati playing rap music. (Pity' date=' because the engine note sounded more sexually charismatic than Cloudscape's Michael Andersson in a tuxedo.) That was some weird-ass cognitive dissonance, let me tell you.[/quote'] What model? :)
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Iceni. How many maseratis. Do you see in your area
I've seen an abnormal amount of Gran Turismos (including one in a shade of pearl white that I thought would look lovely on a women's fitted leather jacket). There's a red 3000GT that's often parked on O Street and a blue one that I've seen driving around. There are also one or two Quattroportes that I remember seeing.
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I like the kind-of-old, second-hand Audi my parents have back at home well enough. They're nice cars, but replacing parts is a nightmare. If I ever get a car where I live, though, I doubt it will be one since that takes money. My stupid not-answer is that my dream is to not need a car because the US actually bothers to get high-speed rail...

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High-speed rail isn't exactly easy to make if your country is large. Densely populated and wealthy states like New Jersey and Maryland could get it but otherwise it's an ambitious and costly project. You'll notice Canada doesn't have high-speed rail either, because it's bloody huge. Same deal in Australia. European countries are geographically smaller and therefore can do infrastructure far more easily.

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The train between Santa Fe and Albuquerque travels at less than 55 mph and takes 2 hours in transit. Kind of a problem since cars usually travel at ~60 mph and take 45 minutes in transit since the road is actually a more direct route.

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Yeah.. For me to get to anything past the Loop, it usually takes over an hour, since I have to get to the Loop first to transfer, and then get from the Loop to whatever neighborhood I'm aiming for. By car, if there isn't bad traffic, it would take maybe 30 minutes. There's also the fact that the Red Line is not fun at night, and the bus stops at midnight... CTA pls.

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