How Do I Know What I Think Until I See What I Say?

1. I named my new car "Elmo" because my mechanic called the color "Ticket Me, Elmo" Red.* 2. Elmo is the result of a long and protracted process that included four (FOUR!) trips to Canton (which is, like, an hour away), and then me buying a car from a dealer that was five (FIVE!) minutes from where I work. 3. Here's a photo, not of my car in particular, but this is what it looks like: Hi, Elmo! (The official name of the color is Velocity Red.) 4. In case you care (you know you do), the RX-8 is the only commercially available vehicle with a rotary engine.** Because of the mounting of the engine, the car has an almost perfect 50-50 weight distribution, which means that it handles like a dream. The torque is on the low side -- 159 lbs/feet -- but since I drive a manual transmission, that can be overcome by keeping the RPMs high.*** It's also got a really short throw. 5. All right, I'm sorry. I'm done now. 6. ELMO! eeee! ~~~ * My mechanic is