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Status: [CLOSED] By Robert X. Cringely  If you stayed awake
through much of my Triumph of the Nerds miniseries, maybe you
noticed my car, a 1966 Ford Thunderbird. It's very similar to
the car used in the movie Thelma & Louise, though in this case I
play the role of Thelma. Actually, my car is in most ways better
than Thelma's, since mine is newer (a '66 versus Thelma's '65),
has the rare 428 cubic inch engine (Thel's was only a 390), and
has never been involved in a multistate police womanhunt. My red
convertible is among the last convertible T-birds ever built and
has every available option except power vent windows and the
8-track tape player. Why, then, do I hate this car?  I hate the
car because it looks good, sounds good, but it is totally
unreliable. Partly thi