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Well, the Mystique is gone. I finally got tired of fighting with the CEL's and waiting for something else to go wrong.

When you put 80 miles a day on a car, it's hard, and it's time was up.

After putting a new Tranny and A/C in it, and now with exhaust problems, I felt I needed something that would get me to work and back...

So now I have a new, 2005, Toyota Matrix XR.

It's lots of fun to drive. I will miss the 'stique, and you guys have tought me more about new engine technology than I could ever imagine!

Thanx.

Zaph.

Don't forget your towel.

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

What happened to the 'Stique? I have a youngster that is in need of a car, & I might be able to resurrect it.

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

Traded it in.

Central Florida Toyota is the proud new owner.

Harshness? From me?

I was sad to leave it on the lot...

Then I hit some corners to work out the pain...

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

Have my towel, my guide, my Babel Fish, and my Sub-Etha Thumb.

The thing I miss the most about my 'stique: The fact that it was such an awesome ride when most people laughed at it.

The thing I miss the least about my 'stique: The damn cupholder.

no matter what happens with your new car: don't panic!

Congrats, and welcome to the dark side (of imports that is...)

Originally posted by zaphod_fl:

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

Have my towel, my guide, my Babel Fish, and my Sub-Etha Thumb.

All is needed to find the meaning of life with some help from a Ford.

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

You'll clue me in someday, I hope.

Originally posted by alex_96GL:
no matter what happens with your new car: don't panic!

Excellent Pic!

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

You'll clue me in someday, I hope.

Dude! You need to read the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy!

Does your Matrix get 42 MPG?

--T.J.

Originally posted by JCSVT:

All is needed to find the meaning of life with some help from a Ford.

just think 42

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

You'll clue me in someday, I hope.

as mentioned before, about 95% of the posts thus far in this thread are plays on the series of books spawned from "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". a big point is "don't forget your towel", something every intergalactic traveler can never be without. you never know when you'll need a towel

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by TourDeForce:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Don't forget your towel.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Geez! What's with all the harshness from people today???

My guess is that he'll get it, even if you don't.

You'll clue me in someday, I hope.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345391802/002-5223910-8850464?v=glance

Quote:

Amazon.com
Join Douglas Adams's hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a freeway. You'll never read funnier science fiction; Adams is a master of intelligent satire, barbed wit, and comedic dialogue. The Hitchhiker's Guide is rich in comedic detail and thought-provoking situations and stands up to multiple reads. Required reading for science fiction fans, this book (and its follow-ups) is also sure to please fans of Monty Python, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and British sitcoms.

Product Description:
"IRRESISTIBLE!"
--The Boston Globe
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!
"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy."
--Publishers Weekly

Doug Adams did some writing for Monty Python (I think) and also for the "Dr Who" series back when Tom Baker was Who. If you're a fan of the Tom Baker "Doctor" you'll recognize the wit.

There was a British Hitchiker TV series some years back, but I thought it was terrible. It just could not compete with my own imagination.

Originally posted by RogerB:

Doug Adams did some writing for Monty Python (I think) and also for the "Dr Who" series back when Tom Baker was Who. If you're a fan of the Tom Baker "Doctor" you'll recognize the wit.

There was a British Hitchiker TV series some years back, but I thought it was terrible. It just could not compete with my own imagination.

Actually, the Brit tv one wasnt bad, I thought, though the radio version (real original, actually before the books, IIRC) was better. They nailed Marvin ("Huh. [sigh] Brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper!")

Lookin forward to the new film version, out next year.

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