{"id":919,"date":"2009-03-11T12:52:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T12:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/my_new_favorite_car.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:43","slug":"my_new_favorite_car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/my_new_favorite_car.shtml","title":{"rendered":"My New Favorite Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/S8ckrHZDFi8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<p>The Corvette ZR1 is an amazing machine.  Near the top of my dream car list.  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