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I am so thrilled to announce that at 5:35 PM EST on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, our first child came into the world! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Paul-Aaron Zachary Van Hook! He's 6 lbs. and 4 oz. and ready to make his own mark on the Merkur world! http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo5/merkurs...

I understand Saul. Even Carrie does...mostly! She just jokes that the Scorpio is my mistress and that I could find alternate uses for the tailpipe, if you know what I mean...

I just say...that's a terrible place for third degree burns!

I'm guessing the perpetrator of this mess is someone named Andrea, seeing as her name is scrawled on the right rear fender just fore of the taillight.

Dammit Andrea! WHYYYYYYYYY!

I never realized the ABS systems on my Scorpio and Saab 900 are the same! I guess it's true when they say you learn something every day!

Oooh, I love birthday parties!!! Are we having a party? I'll bring the booze!

I love the fact you're marking the "birthday" of your car. I thought I was the only one who does that lol! Mine was born 2/1/1989 by the way.

xr4man wrote:i think i remember a thread on merkursport with a whole bunch of google earth images or google map images with merkurs in them.

Right you are! That was my post!

I have to say I'm really digging that black center reflector panel!

Tonight I finished a quick video that features a recording of our baby on the womb and I thought I'd share it with all of you!

Take a look/listen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c45IksFLHQ0

Does anyone have a picture of the taupe interior? I've never seen one, and I have to admit this piques my interest quite a bit!

This is going to be bad for those Merkurs whose owners are not entirely committed enthusiasts. I'm picturing lots of good running Merks showing up in scrap yards, and that's a real shame.

Honestly, I've always liked the look of the final Scorpio design (Frog Eye v2.0 if you will):

I have to throw this one out here...

Who's going to dress up like Bob Lutz?

Don't forget the Thundermerk Turbo Kur!

Yeah, first gear might be a little noisy. Doubt it's a guibo or filter. Fluid level okay? I'd probably drive it until it broke or got too noisy, which could be quite a while, depending. I've heard more than a few people say it's much more normal than one would think. The fluid level seems to be ok,...

I've noticed a slight whine noise coming from just ahead of the passenger compartment. It only surfaces as first gear approaches the 1-2 upshift, and even then occurs kind of sporadically. The whine itself has something of a turbine like "quality" to it. It's not really loud, and in fact m...