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Sunday, January 23, 2011

My Car: 2000 Mercury Mystique

"This is my car, there are many like it but this one is mine..." Okay if it isn't already obvious this my car a 2000 Mercury Mystique. The Mercury Mystique and its sister car the Ford Contour are a series of cars that came from Ford Motor Company. The Mercury Mystique is mid-size sedan that comes with either a 2.0 Liter 4 Cylinder or a 2.5 Liter V6. It was orignally made for the international market, but Ford decided it should be in the US market too. In 1995 the first Mystiques and Contours hit the road and by 2000 the last of them were produced. The first generation of Contours and Mystiques had some newer features that became stadard today. The second generation of Mystiques and Contours had a few face lifts and some horsepower gains; by 2000 the V6 model had a total horsepower rating of 200 HP. My car is the only car of this series I have tested and it is the V6 model. It had about 70,000 miles on it when I got it; so far it's the best car I have ever driven (probly because its mine). It already has a few modifications done to it and I don't plan to do anymore because I already have plans to trade it in within the next year or two. The Mercury Mystique is a nice mid-size for almost anyone.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Gran Turismo 5

Here is one of the most realistic and interesting games out on the market Gran Turismo 5. Grant Turismo 5 (GT5) is the fifth installment of the Gran Turismo series and is currently the latest version out on the market. GT5 has probly the best graphics, best realism, and best of all its for the Play Station 3. GT5's level of "in to it" is determined by how much you have invested in to getting a setup. By setup I mean items such as steering wheels, HDTV(s), Surround Sound, etc. The more you have invested into getting a setup, the more you get from the game experience; for instance I have 19" HDTV, 2.1 base sound, and the Logitech Driving Force GT. These items allow for involved game play, but the game can be played with much less sophicated setup abd still get enjoyment. What makes GT5 great is how the game progresses, you start at the bottom (like any other game) and work your way up to fame and glory, but unlike any other game it takes alot longer (as in monthes longer) to were as must games usually take at the most a couples of days to completed. All-in-all, GT5 is probly the best racing game on the market.