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Shelby's are not practical. I am going to assume that people who buy Shelby's are people who enjoy collecting fast sports cars and fixing them up...more of a hobby than a family car. I believe John owns a Shelby and is a Shelby enthusiast.
The car you linked to is practical, less manly, but practical. I would never be caught dead driving that car, but I can't knock the logic for buying it, and would not make fun of any man who did drive that car...publicly  .
To each their own.
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While I agree with you about the muscle cars I was astonished by the performance of the Skoda wagon when I hired one in the UK about a decade ago. It had the Audi TT motor and willingly picked up it's skirts and bolted down the M40 to Shropshire.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I don't own a Shelby, but am a Shelby enthusiast. My car requires an almost disturbing amount of testosterone to drive.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I am trying to find a link to your car. I could swear you linked to a youtube car video a while back, plus you had a website at one time with pics of your car? Not sure on that one.
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Blowaaaah! (reduex)
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".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Nice, that's the one.
Now, you said you do not own a Shelby but your hood says Shelby. 
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I bought the car new in 2012 as a V6. Everybody was happy.
I put the hood, body kit, "Power by Ford" emblem and blue stripes on it. I immediately started getting hate because everyone thought I was trying to represent it as an actual Shelby. One guy was especially upset because of the hood. He had a 2008 GT500-KR, and the hood I selected closely resembles a KR hood.
I figured that if I was already pissing people off without make an overt attempt to do so, I would make an overt attempt to do so, so I added the "SHELBY" emblem on the hood and trunk lid. That was the only SHELBY-oriented thing I did to the car - no other emblems, the text "GT500", or anything. That was 2013.
In 2014 I did the engine swap. People still hated on it because of the emblems, even though the car made more power as the GT500's, and was honestly closer to the post-title cars produced in the mid-60's. It was the most faithful "tribute" car anyone has ever done.
In 2016, I added the blower, and because I had to change the hood, the SHELBY emblems cam off - not because of the hate, but because the car was no longer a Shelby tribute (no Shelby has ever had a blower sticking out of the hood).
The car needs a paint job, and I'm thinking I want to put hot-rod flames on it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Before the blower - open cutouts - YouTube[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Slacker007 wrote: and would not make fun of any man who did drive that car
Because real men don't drive that car, so mocking would be a waste of time.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Because real men don't drive that car
That's 'cause it's white.
Paint it black, with a red lightning flash down either side, and...
Nope. I still wouldn't want it. Nor the woolly abomination I'd have to wear, if driving it.
Maybe in British racing green, with the matt-black number spots painted on. Any car painted that way gets street cred, even if it's never been raced.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I agree that the Skoda Fabia is not a sportscar, although even the standard engine (Volkswagen) is far from sluggish with it's turbo.
I bought it because it is a reliable and affordable car that gets me from A to B without problems, I own it now for about 8 years and never had any real problems (except a blown fuse for the ventilator which was replaced for free) 
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I remember when Skoda first came out in the UK.
It was subjected to such a massive, vicious, and venomous misinformation campaign (I don't like to give bad things cool names) attack by other car companies that I decided to never again buy anything made by ford or BL (whatever they're calling themselves, these days).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Where are the gun turrets?
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Well, this seems to be right along the lines of what I would expect as a banner ad on CP. 
https://i.stack.imgur.com/TSW4T.png[^]
1. I'm nowhere near Australia.
2. I am not interested in learning to dance.
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1. see 2
2. You philistine.
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What ads?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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1. Take a screen-shot of the ad.
2. Click the blue "X" in the top-left corner. Paste the screen-shot and report the ad.
3. Profit[^]!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The beaver, also known as Justin Beaver over here, has been active. This is what we saw during our stroll along the canal: Google Photos[^]
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Humans will become active when Justin blocks the canal 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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To admire him, and exclaim "Nice beaver" ?
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It is a rodent, similar to a musk-rat 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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You learn something new every day.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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