Rented a 2010 V6 this past weekend. . .

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Jun 2, 2010 | 08:35 AM

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Tony Alonso

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Originally Posted by corvettedreamin

They red-flagged the race and indicated they were stopping timing. The official clocks were turned off but chip-timing stayed on so anyone who made it across the finish got their medal and finish time but it was a "fun run" after 3 hours and 40 minutes.

That is some consolation at least, unless one was trying to qualify for something.

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The funny thing was Madision, WI was a hotter marathon than my San Antonio, TX marathon. . . (I run a lot of them... and before anyone asks, all marathons are 26.2 miles. Anything less isn't a marathon.)

Wild about the temps! I run them also, and I think the hottest temperature I've seen for one was probably in the low 80s. Not sure how I'd do in one at that level, other than sweat and pant a lot! Of course, there is the Badlands trek through the desert for an ulta-hot, ultra-marathon delight

Jun 2, 2010 | 09:00 AM

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corvettedreamin

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Originally Posted by tvrbob

First rule of Auto Interior Design Club: If you have Corvette in your user name, you are not a member. Second rule: If you think mauve is like saddle or beige or tan or taupe, you are not a member. Third rule: If you claim not to be a fan of taupe, but order stone, you are not a member.

The saddle interior is a perfect combination of saddle and black and charcoal and silver. Have you ever seen "saddle" plastic? If you have, you'd wish you hadn't. High quality saddle carpet might be nice, but not the 99¢ a yard stuff that Ford and most other auto makers use these days.

Job well done, Ford.

Gonna have to give you that one!

As for rules 2 and 3, not so much. Any more than 2 colors in the interior (or exterior) gets a little busy for my liking. Have you seen a Honda/Toyota interior lately? Or VW? Or Lexus?

Jun 2, 2010 | 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by corvettedreamin

Gonna have to give you that one!

As for rules 2 and 3, not so much. Any more than 2 colors in the interior (or exterior) gets a little busy for my liking. Have you seen a Honda/Toyota interior lately? Or VW? Or Lexus?

The third point is certainly debatable, but mauve is a shade of purple.

I have seen a Honda and Toyota interior lately, but they were so boring, I don't remember them. The Honda interior that I do remember was absolutely awful, with some kind of wrap-around dash and digital speedometer. It was a somewhat recent Civic, I think.

VW's are great, apart from the cheap plastic silver trim in the GTI. However, I would not want a VW interior in a Mustang. Audi is famous (and rightly so) for their great interiors, but one thing that is awful about them is their overuse of matching shades of color, though they might be moving away from that. I haven't looked lately. I'm sorry, but I don't want to see yellowy-beige steering wheel matched to a yellowy beige plastic dashboard with yellowy-beige leather seats and yellowy-beige maple trim. It looks like it was designed by Martha Stewart.

Lexus, I'm just not a fan. I suspect they're some bad combination of rosewood and black leather that people with bad taste think looks "rich."