{"id":447,"date":"2005-03-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemussolini.com\/cm\/default.asp?n=360"},"modified":"2005-03-02T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-03T06:00:00","slug":"also-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"also, hot."},"content":{"rendered":"

Howdy.<\/p>\n

I’ve been thinking about cars. I was kind of figuring that when the house sold, I’d also sell Chico and get me a new vehicle. He’s elderly and somewhat the worse for wear, although I have never in his life had engine trouble; it’s all stupid stuff like the sunroof only opening and not closing, and the fact his foglamps fell out somewhere in the past 10,000 miles. I figure one of these days, things are going to start getting more critical.<\/p>\n

So I’ve been looking at cars, and by this I mean that I peer at them as I whiz past them on the freeway. You probably already know this, but 99% of cars are ugly. I know it’s all about mechanical engineering and streamlining and such, but design standards for the auto industry as a whole are whacked. I’ve managed to compile a list of what I don’t<\/i> want, and one would think from this it would be easy for me to choose. Here are my guidelines:<\/p>\n

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