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Jun 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM
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1. Driving a Koeniggsegg CCX is high up on my bucket list.
2. My favorite quote is “I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”; it's from Henry Rollins.
3. Boredom inspired me to start blogging.
4. Strawberries are best when being eaten by me, because they are awesome.
5. Splitting in two (like cellular reproduction), and then my "offspring" snogging the Ninth Doctor is the last dream I remember having.
6. The most enjoyable time to go for a walk is on a Fall evening, preferably with a dog or maybe a boy.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to revising my thesis, tomorrow my plans include revising more of my thesis and Sunday, I want to be finished with this damn thesis!

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How much does a Koeniggsegg cost anyways? My guess would be somewhere around $500 grand. I have never ever seen one on a road, and trust me with the big banking and large-mighty corporations around where I work, I see Aston-Martins, and Bentleys everyday. Only once have I see the Saleen S6 and a couple of times the Ford GT. Again all being driven on the street. I just wish I could drive my car's big brother, which is insane 0-60 in 3.3, INSANE what Nissan did with a frickin V-6.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it cost closer to $750K or more. All I want is to drive one; I don't want to own one, that's for sure! If I'm going to buy a high-performance saloon car I'll get an Audi R8. Those things are gorgeous. Right now I drive a VW Passat, and even though it's not as fancy or new as the Phaeton (which is another car I'd love to have, especially if it comes in a diesel model) but it handles really well, gets decent gas mileage (30-33 highway), and the Turbo sounds so good when you get the rev-counter really cooking.

Phaeton was a really odd car, pricing was more than the Audis, except for A8 and the cross-over SUV. Can you really get that good of gas mileage? I like how accords are 268 Hp and get 31 on the Hwy. Hel I saw the TL typeS is the same hp as my car at 286 and gets 27 on the hwy, not a light car either. I see a CR-Z in my future, boring, yes.

I can on the highway. Driving around town the best I can get is 25-26. For a big car it does surprisingly well with gas. My car before this one was a horrible Chevy Cavalier (parents bought it for me) and that thing only got 25 mpg highway. I think part of it depends on how you are with the pedal. Staying at a steady speed is better for mileage than speeding up and slowing down a lot.

I was dead set on having my next car be a diesel, but gas companies are really being cruel with diesel prices. I'll stick with this Passat until I run it into the ground. I love the damn thing. Hopefully by that point diesel will be cheaper, hybrids will be more efficient, or I'll live in a big city and can just use public trans.

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