These are all just precursors to the Pacific plate taking a massive quarter turn counterclockwise.
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sean K - Jun 16, 2005 12:27:50 pm PDT #2461 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Gudanov - Jun 16, 2005 12:28:00 pm PDT #2462 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
What's that called?
Whatever the maker has trademarked. Manumatic, sportshift, tiptronic, autostick, whatever...
tommyrot - Jun 16, 2005 12:28:43 pm PDT #2463 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Google shift gate - that's the generic term.
Tiptronic is my favorite trademarked term.
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2005 12:31:09 pm PDT #2464 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tiptronic is Audi, isn't it? I seem to remember it from my TSX research.
Thanks for the info -- surprised me that the car has no user manual. Me, I rarely look at the one with my Jetta, but that's because I've already read it, and have had the car 5 years. On a rental? I might have some questions. Sure, maybe they're theoretical like this one, but still.
tommyrot - Jun 16, 2005 12:33:35 pm PDT #2465 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tiptronic is Audi, isn't it? I seem to remember it from my TSX research.
I think it was originally Porsche, but since Porsche and Audi are now merged it's both.
Kristen - Jun 16, 2005 12:36:30 pm PDT #2466 of 10001
ita, it's also Tiptronic for VWs. At least, that's what Charisse has.
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2005 12:36:48 pm PDT #2467 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
TWoP has a new shirt some of you may be interested in.
tommyrot - Jun 16, 2005 12:38:27 pm PDT #2468 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh yeah. Porsche, Audi and VW are all one happy corporate family. I forget who owns who....
Lee - Jun 16, 2005 12:39:30 pm PDT #2469 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
In BMW it's called steptronic.
tommyrot - Jun 16, 2005 12:41:52 pm PDT #2470 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I can't link to this directly (stupid Javascripted link), but go to msnbc and click on the link that says "Animal Tracks: Firefighter's purr-fect rescue" - it's a slideshow of lots of cute animal photos, including a firefighter holding a cat he rescued, and another cat receiving oxygen (with a kitty-head-sized oxygen mask) to treat it for smoke inhalation.