The year was 2005. You could still buy a Pontiac, Mercury, or Saturn. The Bugatti Veyron had set a record top speed of nearly 254 miles per hour. Hybrids like the well-established Prius and new Ford Escape were gaining popularity. Your writer was cruising around in a 1993 Nissan 240SX, having caught himself a case of rear-wheel drive fever a few years earlier.
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