hey folks!

Last night I was the designated driver for my buddy Scott's bachelor party. I got to drive around in his 5-speed Lexus IS 300. It was much more fun to drive than I had anticipated. With 70,000 miles on the clock, it felt very tight. I got into my LS afterwards, and I admit it felt a bit sloppy. Totally different markets for the two cars, but it made me wish that Lincoln had a BMW 3-series or IS 300 competitor.
I leave for Switzerland today. Whenever I go to a foreign country, I spend way too much time looking at the cars. Its amazing the stuff that Europe gets that we don't...like the 45 mpg diesel Focus, the Mondeo, etc.
I now own an SVX. I've recruited my buddies Keith and Jake to run it in the $2006 Grassroots Motorsports Challenge with me. The car _will_ have nitrous, unless we discover some serious problems in the next month.
My Protege is still for sale. I even bled the brakes and adjusted the neutral start switch, which increased the value by approximately $5!