Dr_Flash_Amazing

Unless you're a sawed-off midget, you can't sleep in the back of a WRX. Insurmountable drawback. Anyway, doesn't the new Legacy GT have a 2.5l engine also?

quote: Originally posted by mattp: A $15,000 deposit? But with that cupholder design flaw, the thing can't be worth more than $10,000. Oh, but no; the cupholder flaw is remedied (see above posts addressing this issue). Also, don't forget the 4-wheel ABS, dual airbags, cruise control, power windows and lox, rear window dust shield, and Alpine Mobile Security alarm system, not to mention "the beauty of all-wheel drive!"

Interesting. DFA has found the Legacy to be excellent at highway speeds, with plenty of passing power, and enough oomph to stay in 5th gear over the mountains. But damned if the low speeds aren't a bitch. Especially stop and go traffic; it just seems to have sort of a touchy accelerator which also happens to lag at starts, leading to a lot of lurchy crap. It's honestly been kind of a challenge to drive gracefully at low speeds, and the Doctor has driven nothing but manuals since he got his permit. Strange. Greg, DFA is nothing but envious of the H-6 Outback. Saw one on the way to lunch today, and was jealous.

quote: Originally posted by mattp: Let me take it for a test drive for a month or so. We'll talk in December. You are insane. Perhaps this could be arranged with a modest deposit. Say 15,000 up front?

quote: Originally posted by iain: I see, I was wheeling around in a 1999 legacy and th cupholder thing was driving me insane. I require coffee. I require music. Is it too much to ask to have both at the same time Fuck! This is a potentially devastating quandary! Dr. Flash Amazing, also an equally caffeine- and music-driven individual, may be hosed if he trades down to an older model! What to do, what to do? Perhaps a stereo with a remote would solve it?

OK, Subaru persons. In light of the other car thread being about half Sub', the Doctor is starting an all-Subaru thread. Do any of you other folks experience some annoying acceleration lag, especially starting from a stop? Love the car, but it seems to be a little testy at low speeds.

The frameless windows seem kind of sketchy to the Doctor. Seems way easier to slide a coat hanger in there and hit the electric locks switch. Oh, and the 2002 Sub's have the cup holders wisely placed next to the E-brake, out of the way of the sonic annihilation generator.

You're mortally wounded, aren't you, you old bull moose? Man down! Man down!

quote: Originally posted by mattp: I've been driving a toyota 4x4 for fifteen years, and it needs a new head gasket - or maybe a new head. I think I'm going to go for the Subaru. I look forward to having a vehicle that gets better mileage, is safer, has better visibility, rides and handles better, and is quiet enough that I'll be able to hear the music I play on the way to go climbing. Matt, DFA is thinking about selling his brand new Sub' and going with a used model. Fire off a PM if you want to buy it! Meet you in Olympia, cash talks.

Greg, you don't head to the crags in that plush 6-cyl. LL Beans Outback? That thing would be top choice for this Doctor. Of course, DFA's climbing adventures rarely leave the highway, so clearance is not an issue.

quote: Originally posted by trask: DFA, How's the movie business btw? Can you hook a brother up with Ginger Lynn? Trask, she'll do anything for a few grams of nose candy. Head downtown and pick up a bundle of snort, then PM the Doctor for directions.

What, Trask, was Blow-up Betty just a fling? You two seemed so content ...

Is it at all noteworthy that "DP" is porn industry shorthand for "double penetration?"

Attention: The Nuge recently announced in a press release that he would like to limit, henceforth, the number of persons swinging from his nuts, and the frequency at which they are doing so. Apparently the jewels in question are rather sore from the non-stop Tarzanning, and he'd like you all just to take a break for a while. Buy the book, listen to 'Cat Scratch Fever', come to the book signings; it's all good. Just ease up on the nutz, is all he's saying.

Dr. Flash Amazing is a hard-rollin', pimp-slappin', stone-cold bad-ass mothafucka. Send money.

OK, not a troll; good enough. So, if Glendening really wants to take guns out of the hands of Maryland's citizens, why is he not enforcing his own laws? And the Doctor agrees that it's stupid to create laws and not enforce them. But you can't really judge what effect these gun control laws are having, positive or negative, without them being enforced.

Apparently, the Amazing household received many small treat-beggars; so many, in fact, that the Missus had to put the Hershey's Dark bars in the bowl to fill it up more (the Darks were set aside by the Doctor, and it was understood that they would only be offered as backup in case the rest of the Hershey's Miniatures ran low). Thankfully, none of the little twits took any of the Darks, leaving several tasty snacks for DFA. The Doctor, fortunately, was out enjoying the rrrrocking sounds of Hot Water Music pummeling his eardrums, and was not subjected to any freeloading costumed hooligans. Halloween sux.

Tohtally, eh. But 'Canadian Bacon' ranks a close second for cultural accuracy. Nohw gimmee a beer, youh hohser!

Oh. Well, "carry" on, then! Ah ha ha ha ha!

Real sport climbers drive 2002 Subaru Legacy L wagons, with after-market 6-disc CD changers. A fine automobile!

quote: Originally posted by COL. Von Spanker: '97 Subaru Legacy Wagon with custom bullet hole. The gun rack is soon to be installed. Does anyone know if you can put a gun rack on the rear side window of a legacy? Are you sure you want to be carrying firearms around in your vehicle facing the vehicle's occupants?

Dude, the issue in that article is not that Maryland's crime rate is high because of their restrictive gun laws, but because of shitty enforcement of those laws. Plus, most of their crime rates are way down; they only look bad compared to the rest of the nation (not that being 2nd in the nation is a good thing in this department, but their crime rates are simply some of the least low). If they enforced their laws better, maybe the story would be different. Hell, the 2nd Amendment guy even says that the FBI report is "a scathing indictment of Maryland's leadership," not of their laws. Also, the article notes that Florida is at the top of the pile. Isn't there a certain Republican in office down there? Don't tell the Doctor that Jeb Bush is tough on guns. Lastly, that thing about Maryland being "felon-friendly" is pretty stupid. Do they really think that allowing such a small percentage of the population (i.e. convicted and released felons) to vote is somehow going to turn the state into some kind of pro-criminal free-for-all? How many convicted felons could possibly be living there, anyway? Plus, the felons have to apply for the right to vote, and they have to wait three years after their release to do so. It's not as if the state is handing out voter registration cards to every felon who walks out of the state pen. Good troll, though, Greg. [ 11-01-2002, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: Dr Flash Amazing ]

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If you Canadadians were really smart, you'd get medical marijuana legalized instead, so you could get the shit for free. You're playin' yourselves if you go about it any other way.

quote: Originally posted by trask: BTW lawgoddess, I must say you do look superb by the firelight. Trask, you're a regular Al Green. Charming, to say the least!