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    Or a minivan...  :panic:     You might be amazed at what you can haul in a minivan. 

Looks like the attention whore will be getting plenty of it from 500 of his new best friends. 

I used to be a big car guy, but now that I have a family... meh, its just a tool I use to get things done.  My "dream truck" doesn't exist anymore.  That said, I'd want maintenance records and I'd look up the service intervals for various expensive things and let that guide how important that extra 29k miles is. 

    And just because the Boeing web site says a 7000ft runway is required, doesn't mean the plane can't land in a much shorter distance.  Take the Dream-lifter for example.... the "book" says 9000ft.  It easily landed and took off again on a 6000 ft runway.    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jumbo-cargo-jet-lands-wrong-airport-short-runway-article-1.1524440

    Mufflers?  In Tennessee?   :rofl:

    Possible, yes.  While a 777 is a big airplane, the world is a pretty darn big place.  Even as connected as we are these days, there's lots and lots of nothing out there, and that plane could fly a long way.  Those who would do such a thing couldn't give two shits about the passengers or what their countries' governments think about it.    Honestly, I think it's at the bottom of the ocean somewhere.  But for the sake of the passengers and their families, I hope they're found safe. 

Nice.  Freakin' huge, but nice. 

    Best way to make a small fortune in aviation...?  Start with a large fortune. 

Interesting. 

Clearly you've never dealt with the FAA. Something that costs normal people $500 would cost $10,000 and require $2000 in annual maintenance by the time they were done with it.

Newer planes like the 777 also have a systems where the airplane sends satellite transmission of general data about the airplane (condition of the engines, etc.)  I'm told that this system wasn't working and they don't know whether it was intentionally disabled or not yet.    If satellite tracking and such were the norm, it wouldn't have taken 5 days to find the initial wreckage and another 2 years to find the black boxes from Air France 447.  That one went down 20 minutes after it left radar coverage. 

Prowlers are really cool looking cruisers once that ridiculous front "bumper" is removed.  It was never meant to be a race car.           Chevy copied the Mercedes CLK convertible hard top.  I was working on another car a few bays down in the same building with the group doing the SSR and chatted with them a bit.  They also had the CTS-VR prototypes that never saw the light of day.  Supercharged 650-ish hp ... fun while it lasted :) 

:usa:

The Prowler. What'd I win?

Nice car. Tires get expensive fast as the rims get bigger.

Pics or it didn't happen.  :)

    Which is why there's noise ordinances....   Like I said, if this place doesn't have one now, it will soon thanks to this guy. 

    Comfort and accessibility.  There's plenty of more conventional carry options that conceal just as well and are way more comfortable and accessible. 

It's his property and he should be able to do what he wants with it.  But my guess is noise ordinances will shut it down.  If there's not a noise ordinance now, there will be before long.

CYA is exactly what they're doing.  The value of those cars is nil in comparison to the expense of lawsuits should some moron hurt themselves in one of the cars.  They don't meet federal safety or emissions standards and are a huge liability because of that.   I dealt with a handful of prototype cars during my time in the auto industry (a Viper was one of them).  The vast majority of those cars were complete basket cases and a total nightmare to do anything with.  Simply registering them (even in TN!) was a major PITA because of all the paperwork involved.  We had a BMW Z3 that the local dealer refused to work on.  After a few years, most all of them got scrapped.    And while I think the Viper is a really cool car... the early one's were complete POS's.  It's a parts bin car with a big motor, zoomy bodywork, and a huge price tag.  They were rattle traps, rode horribly, and generally just fell apart with any real use.  Later versions were/are much better cars. 

I renewed it at the office and it went smooth.  I got their early and was 2nd in line.  Even with the fact that mine was the first renewal that particular clerk processed and she had to ask a coworker a few questions, it took maybe 15 minutes.  I got it back in a few weeks. 

Wow.  That article brings up lots of questions for me... but I'll just say I'm glad she caught him.

Glad it's not neurological.  My 6 yr old has made us wonder about his vision a time or two given a few strange things he's said.  But whatever he was talking about either wasn't real or went away very quickly.  Good to get the little ones checked out regardless. 

  I've spent a bit of time in all three of those places, but not lived in any of them.    Mt. Juliet is just a suburb of the greater Nashville area.  Until you live there a while, you won't know where Mt. Juliet begins/ends and where the next community on the list begins/ends.  That said, it's a nice enough place.  Too busy for my taste, but all the amenities of the big city are nearby if you want them.   Lebanon has a smaller town feel.  Its close enough to Nashville to be somewhat convienent, but far enough out that it's not quite so busy.  It's grown a lot over the years but still seems to have that small town vibe.  One of my good friends lives near Lebanon and several other good friends grew up there.    Tullahoma basically exists because of AEDC.  If the base wasn't there, Tullahoma would still be a cross roads.  Nice enough little town.  Kinda in the middle of nowhere, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

I'm sure the folks behind the counter are getting a kickback for their trouble.