I don't have one topic worthy of a full Talk Back Tuesday post, but I do have a few mini topics from the past week that, when added up, almost equate to one worthy discussion...hopefully. Here goes:

In the spirit of "perfect timing" comes a new Hummer H2 book: Yes, just as oil passes $100-a-barrel and gas hits $4-a-gallon we get a new book that, according to the press release:

"With unfolded centerfold the book reaches a width of 237 cm (94.5 inches), wider than the subject of the book, the HUMMER H2, itself. HUMMER H2 - KING SIZE AMERICA! is the biggest and most exclusive car book in the world and is published in a limited edition of just 999 sequentially numbered and signed copies. On 200 gloss-laminated pages German automobile journalist Hans-Jürgen Tücherer tells a great many entertaining and amusing stories that surround this spectacular American SUV. More than 270 fascinating pictures up to 43 x 237 centimeters (17 x 94.5 inches) in size depict the HUMMER H2 in all its glorious details and from many highly unusual perspectives. HUMMER H2 - KING SIZE AMERICA! is available for 999 Euros. The German edition is on sale now. The English version will be available online at www.h2book.com starting in April 2008."

Yes, for a mere $1,500 you too can pay proper homage to your H2 with a book as obnoxious as the vehicle itself! Better reserve your copy today!!

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Putnam Leasing, a company that specializes in providing exotic cars to exotic customers (at exotic prices) has picked their "Top Exotic Lease for 2006." The winner? Bugatti's 1001 horsepower 2006 Veyron, a car Putnam Leasing can put you in for a paltry $23,595 -- a month. Of course that price doesn't include taxes, and I'm thinking insurance on a $1.3 million dollar car is probably higher than an Accord or Explorer, even when you're just leasing it. But hey, if that millionaire Greg Olsen felt it was worth $20 million to hitch a ride on the Russian space program, there's got to be someone out there willing to shell out $300,000 a year to drive a vehicle capable of 255 mph. Me? I'd rather save up my $23K a month for seven months and then buy a Ford GT I can keep forever. And if I can save for an additional month I'll have enough left over for five years of insurance, maintenance and gas, too.

But that's just me.