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~ STORIES, TRACK DAYS & ARCHIVES ~

A NOTE FROM PRESENT-DAY DAN

When I built this site in 2000, I was 19. I had a turbo Talon, a part-time engineering job, and a folder full of forwarded emails I thought were the funniest things ever written. One of them lived on this page for years.

I'm a dad of three boys now. Some of the jokes haven't aged perfectly. But the artifact is the artifact, and the bit about Eagle Talons still makes me laugh out loud.

So here it is. Preserved exactly as it was. Read it the way you'd read your own high school yearbook: with affection, a wince or two, and the wisdom of someone who got out the other side with stories to tell.

~ Dan, 2026

ARCHIVE · 2001

TALONTEMPLE.COM / FUN.HTML

What the Car You Drive Says About You

★ THE ONE THAT MATTERED ★

Eagle Talon: V8 is a swear word around me.

Acura NSX: I am impotent.

Cadillac Eldorado: I am a pimp.

Chevrolet Corvette: I am having a mid-life crisis.

Chevrolet Suburban: I am king of the road.

Ford Mustang 5.0: I start college in the fall and I'm living off of Dad's money.

Ford Probe: I like to think it's a Mustang.

Ford Taurus: I hate driving.

Honda Accord: I lack originality and am basically a lemming.

Jeep Grand Cherokee: I need a vehicle that can tackle the speed bumps at the mall.

Jeep Wrangler: I only have one friend. No need for a backseat.

Mazda Miata: I do not fear being decapitated by an eighteen-wheeler.

Mitsubishi Mirage: I wish I had an Eclipse.

Toyota Camry: I have always wanted to own the Oldsmobile of Japanese family sedans.

Volkswagen Microbus: I am tripping right now.

[ ... 70+ more entries on the original printout ... ]

FUN, 25 YEARS LATER

What I'm filling this page with now

★ THE FEATURE

Sport Compact Car, Sept 2001

How a kid from Saskatchewan landed in the magazine, and what "you've got to love this guy" actually means to me.

▸ THE STORIES

Things that broke, things that flew

First boost spike. First blown head gasket. The road trip we shouldn't have taken.

▸ THE GALLERY

Scans, photos, and old polaroids

The good shots, the bad shots, and the shots taken on a disposable camera at 1am in a parking lot.

▸ THE GUESTBOOK

Sign the book. Yes, really.

If you owned a DSM, found this site by accident, or remember the original, leave a note.