Mark Steyn Needs A New Car

I found a link to this tale at SondkaK’s place

Mr. Steyn writes about the dearth of the words ‘Islam’ or ‘Muslim’ in the media’s reports on the attacks in Russia.

When the NPR report started, I was driving on the vast open plains of I-91 in Vermont and reckoned, just to make things interesting, I’ll add another five miles to the speed for every minute that goes by without mentioning Islam. But I couldn’t get the needle to go above 130

When I read this, my first reaction was to write Steyn and tell him to have his people get ahold of my people and I’d make some suggestions on how to get more out of his car (and install an after market speedo). If he is going to have the hairs-you-know-wheres to play this game with NPR, I want him to be good at it. Hell, my truck will probably do 130. I know it does 120, and while it is not a pleasant experience, I’m pretty sure I can get it above that with barely any prep.

But then I read the next line,

and the vibrations caused the passenger-side wing-mirror to drop off.

Ok folks, so here’s the task: Write the folks who pay Mr. Steyn and tell them he needs a pay raise so that he can buy a better car for this game. Since he’s dealing with NPR, he’s going to need a lot of cash so that he can get himself the Jag 220 or possibly a McLaren, both of which can get up to 220MPH with the right guy behind them.

You have your mission.