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My uncle in Grand Rapids is one of the first 2 in that side of the state to get one. He came down to our place today with his black Volt. He's had it for 3 weeks. Got to take it for a spin. Nice driving car. When first powered up and pulling out of the driveway it was on battery until getting on the road and starting to accelerate (keep in mind I'm over 2 hours away from his place so the battery was already depleted). Only when I started slowing down for the stop sign did I hear the motor running. When did accelerate hard for a stretch and you could then hear the motor rev up higher due to the harder acceleration. Regardless the motor was very quit in every condition. You…

I just found out Mormons wear Magic Underpants that non-Mormons aren't even supposed to know about.

Check out this 2WD Colorado Z71 going up a steep hill in deep sand. YEEE HAAAA! :

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This is the weirdest damn video I've found on YouTube.

Man, you picked a good day to be born. Parties all around!

Enjoy!

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Classified documents compromised in 103 countries, researchers say TORONTO - A cyber spy network based mainly in China has tapped into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries, including the computers of Tibetan exiles, Canadian researchers said Saturday. The work of the Information Warfare Monitor initially focused on allegations of Chinese cyber espionage against the Tibetan community in exile, and eventually led to a much wider network of compromised machines, the Internet-based research group said. "We uncovered real-time evidence of malware that had penetrated Tibetan computer systems, extracting sensitive documents from t…

A simple redirection script will solve the firefox problem, do you need one? Dave

On WDIV Local 4... NAIAS: Prime Time Extended Sneak Peek - Friday, January 6th at 8 p.m. I'll have that on one tv and the Wings on the other.

Camino has a new scanner - be prepared for an onslaught of pics of his old rides in the near future.

A guy bought this Mr2 off an old lady. He said it was pretty dirty but he cleaned it up. It's all original. 1986, with 85K miles. Plenty of Vettes there. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/speedy_2/Vette_3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/speedy_2/Vette_7.jpg

Pretty solid song, except the production makes it sound kind of flat. They need some bigger sounding drums like they used to use. The chorus sounds a little too "modern rock," but the rest of it is great. Anyone notice the "Los Angeles 3:27 AM" bit at the beginning of the video. I think that was taken from the first scene of Terminator 1 when the guy is sitting in the garbage truck as the Terminator timewarps in.

It happened to end up in a dealership down the street from me. The floormat I forgot to get back and the UW Parking permits are still there. http://listingsv2.resonanze.com/allPhotos....pID=193&lng=ENG

What year and model of volvo was given to a Playboy Playmate of the year in PINK?

OPC Race Camp makes racing dream come true The fourth level of the OPC Race Camp that starts today on the Nordschleife is the perfect stage for presenting the Astra OPC “Nürburgring Edition”. Opel breaks new ground with the OPC Race Camp – a professional talent casting that helps ordinary drivers discover and develop their motor racing skills. 500 candidates were chosen from the almost 18,500 applicants in the first round, which took place in April. Since then, further selection has taken place and today, 20 racing talents go into the fourth round hoping to capture one of the coveted eight positions in the race team that will participate in the legendary 24-hour race on …

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-0...carmakers_N.htm tick tock? our politicans need to set up roadblocks in legislation so this does not happen

I know manufacturer-owned dealerships are out of the equation due to state franchise laws, but what do these laws actually say? Is it possible for a manufacturer to own and operate its dealerships if it buys up all of its franchisees?

I know it's late in the day, I wasn't in this morning. I hope it's been a good one!

My buddy Ray Buck is traveling to Iowa next weekend ... and a bunch of us are going to meet up for a Sunday afternoon gathering: "What started out as me and me darlin bride delivering the Nova and the Camaro to Jim in Waterloo, Iowa has sorta snowballed...and for the time being, we're planning a get-together at the Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque, Ia on Sunday the 18th of September at 1:30 pm til ???? I've contacted the museum and tentatively, we don't think there should be any problems with parking. I'll know more on Monday. I'll also be bringing the "Hello, my name is..." lapel tags. Hope to see ya there, Ray"

Anybody get the latest Motor Trend? Anybody lke that Impala rendering, I think it is ugly! Change it a little bit (less computer-animation-graphic like), then it will be good. Also, in one of the many car adertisements, pages 22-23 is for the 07 MDX. Gorgeous shot!

http://www.subaru.com/content/static/fightmediocrity/index.html I'm gonna price one out, i think this will be a good camry competitor.

Somehow I stumbled on this one. Yep, same guy who went toxic on the camaro. the subject matter is a little more popular to folks here. Honestly though, its not even the subject matter in this article or whether you care or whatever. This guy is such a foul writer. This is not journalism, this is just someone going off. How many therapists does this asshole have? Whatever he writes about seems to be toxic to read. All he seems to do is have a snit with the pen. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...notes041009.DTL

I’ve been busy, and it’s a few days late, but here is what will probably be the penultimate edition of “Cheers and Jeers.” Next year will be the 25th edition, and that seems to be the right time to put this to rest or for someone else to carry on with it. Cheers! For the first time in the history of the United States, a convicted felon was sworn into office as President, and he wasted no time on his priorities of revenge, retribution, illegal immigration, dirty energy, and gutting DEI policies and subsidized healthcare, and generally making people sicker. With tariffs used to punish perceived enemies and the longest federal government shutdown in history, chaos an…

Has anyone else seen or owned the series? I watched the first one a while ago, but last weekend I went out and bought the remastered Dirty Harry 5-pack DVD collection and am through the first four films. Even though The Enforcer seems like the weakest one so far (haven't watched Dead Pool yet), one of my favorite scenes of the set is the one from Enforcer where he rams the car into the store during the robbery.

Check this out!! Hopefully nobody posted this already, many of you have probably seen it already. I must admit, despite my car knowledge I was still shocked by the results.

Hope it's been a good day, and that tonight is even better.

I've seen him posting, so hopefully he'll see it. Happy Birthday, squashtowner!

I thought it was an excellent follow up! I'd give the original a 9 and this one an 8.5 The very first scene is one of the most intense scenes I've ever witnessed in a movie and the ending has a great twist! I hope they don't make it into a franchise though (Which is what it looks like they're going to do)

Saw the story of this stop by police, the woman was heavily drunk in Roselle, Ill. Damn, I say the Lincoln Wins, Love to see a Euro or Asian Auto do this. Check out the Video on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/us/tree-car-driver-arrested-illinois/index.html Can anyone top this? Figure we could go for a good auto versus nature thread!

Title says it all!

blackviper8891: Beautiful...and the GA looks good too. :P Very creative homemade sig. Excellent photography.

Somewhere along the line, I posted a great pic of an HSV Grange in black. Multiple searches have not led me back to it and the original source is no longer on the HSV site. It was a broadside pic (large and high-res), anyone know where it is?

We gots it...

But it could be a good deal too: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...A:IT&ih=003

For the last couple of days I haven't been able to load Insideline up. The main page comes up fine, but when I click a link it won't load. Is it an isolated problem or am I not alone?

http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr080207.html video: low-speed crash test results, midsize luxury cars, August 2007 Bumpers on luxury cars aren't luxurious: worst is Infiniti G35; 4 of 11 cars sustain more than $10,000 damage in 4 minor bumps ARLINGTON, VA — Bumpers, even those on expensive cars, don't resist damage in low-speed impacts. The Infiniti G35, the worst performer, sustained almost $14,000 damage in a series of 4 tests conducted at 3 and 6 mph by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Saab 9-3 was the best, sustaining $5,243 damage. Only 3 cars sustained less than $6,000 damage, while 4 would cost more than $10,000 to fix. "The Infiniti was a disaster…

Sat row 125 row 11....AWESOME SEATS!!! Wings kicked some ass and proved they are not "has beens" or anything of the sorts. Next up is Sunday vs the Flames!

Aww...24 years in the slammer....poor fella. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206....4u4&refer=home

Got a road trip planned? See the average cost per state. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9317029/

Howdy fellow C&G forum members. This week with the debates in many different threads it got me to thinking and I decided why wait till 2017 when we are so close, I wanted to start this sooner rather than later. So please post what you are thankful for in regards to the forum, friends, enemy's family, life in general. Share good and bad of what has made you thankful for in 2016!

For the first time since I've had all 4 older Monte Carlos (1972, 1976, 1979 and 1981), I drove EACH of them at least 1,000 miles in 2009. I came close to that milestone in 2008, but fell just shy. Now, all 5 of my Monte Carlos are "sleeping" for the 2009-2010 winter ... awaiting their 2010 debut. 1972 MC STATS: 11/28/08 mileage ... 144,986 11/22/09 mileage ... 146,054 miles driven 11/28/08 to 11/22/09 = 1,068 In 2009, "Browny"'s odometer surpassed the 145,000 and 146,000 mileage markers. miles driven 12/11/04 to 11/19/05 = 563 miles driven 11/19/05 to 11/24/06 = 497 miles driven 11/24/06 to 11/18/07 = 489 miles driven 11/18/07 to 11/28/08 = 957 miles driven s…

Procrastinating doing work for work, and on Carmax since they take multiple pictures of every new vehicle on their lots. Thought I'd check out a new Avalon... ...not sure why... ...just curious. What do I see? Scrooling through, first confirmed how literally this "all new" Avalon really is the same old car since '05, but with some chrome trim, a few different mold shapes on the plastic, and yep, same "okay then..." build quality these have been known for in the past few years. Not the greatest. Admittedly, it's a small piece, and not uncommon. But a brand new $36k Avalon Limited, dealer taking pictures, and they snap one of the sunroof with the trim ring inside hangi…

zhawk MyerShift brembo24 and last butt not least, RoadmaSSter! I hope your day was smooth as buttah for your Birthday, fellas!

Hey everyone, a few of my friends and I are tyring to get an auto club started up at school and we were thinking it would be really cool if we had a small forum type website where we could just talk about cars. Can any of the admin or anyone else in here give me some tips on how to go about that?

Check it out http://www.autoblog.com/2006/01/29/details...healey-revival/ New_Healey.bmp

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I've probably met the most interesting person I'm going to meet while working at a parts store. Yesterday a gentleman came in to pick up an Optima battery he had ordered. He brought the core with him, a battery sold by us 6 years ago. Generally, a battery that old is not the prettiest thing. They range from dirty to downright scary. This one wasn't though, it looked practically new. I happened to comment on it and he told me its because it came out of a DeLorean. I like DMC 12s, so I asked him a bit about it. As it turns out, Patrick Shea and his father own not one, but three of them. One of them is a restored DeLorean, another was restored and converted into an accurat…

This is one seriously awesome game. The graphics, the realism, the combat modes...and mostly, the scenario. In 1989, the Soviet Union mounts a full-scale invasion of the United States (Seattle, to be exact) and you're engaged in various campaigns to route the Russian advance. Its single and multiplayer and this is probably the first multiplayer game I'm going to take part in because its so neat. http://www.worldinconflict.com/ Downlod the demo and try it out or at least watch the trailers under DOWNLOADS. This is great.

After a great day at work today, I was on my way home, heading west in the center lane of IL RT 58 in Schaumburg (traveling about 20 miles per hour … luckily), when a car streaked across the roadway from the right lane to the left lane in front of me … no warnings, no signals, nothing. I was too shocked at what the driver did to react (i.e. honk horn). However, the driver of the car to my left blared his horn. The driver of the offending car apparently thought I had honked my horn and dived back into the center lane in front of me, sped up slightly, and then slammed on his brakes. I saw the rear end of the car shoot upwards and I quickly hit my brakes, skidding to alm…

Okay, by now you've seen that I'm going to sell the SKY soon and it's apparent that I am also trying to get rid of the AURA too. Not that there's anything wrong with either car (how I'd love to kkeep them both), but the wife informed me recently that we are living way beyond our means. After making as many changes as possible to help save where we could, it still boils down that the SKY needs to be sold to pay off other debt, and triming our remaining car payments down would really help too. She said for the Envoy to go, but I told her that the lease has 11 months remaining and I really like the Envoy. So that leads to the AURA having to go, which I'm working on with …

A show meant for pre-school and elementary school kids with an obvious slant against General Motors. http://www.pbs.org/wrenchturns/video/5

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Or a Metro Convertible... http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/04/funnycarad.html Warning: Foul Language ahead!

cbc ADRIAN, Mich. - A Michigan man was charged with drunken driving after drinking two bottles of wine, cutting through a snowstorm on his lawn mower and riding down the centre of the street to reach a liquor store, authorities said. Police found Frank Kozumplik, 49, homeward bound on a John Deere tractor Saturday night, toting four bottles of wine in a paper bag, officials said. He told officers his wife had taken their car to work and the mower was the only way he could reach the store, three kilometres from home. His blood alcohol level was 2½ times Michigan's legal driving limit of 0.08 per cent, police told WLEN-FM. They arrested him and confiscated the mower…

BOB LUTZ INTERVIEW IS GOING ON its around 1:00 right now

*** I will pay WRMN so I can host "CD Showcase...Holiday Edition" Christmas Eve again this year! The radio show is 12/24/2010 during these US time zones: eastern = 1p-5p CENTRAL = noon-4p mountain = 11a-3p pacific = 10a-2p LISTEN LIVE via... ...radio: 1410 AM, Elgin IL ...online: http://www.wrmn1410.com/ (click "listen live!" at the top right-hand corner) EMAIL me before/during/after: wrmnshowcase @ aol.com Want to SPONSOR a portion of the program? Please contact me at the above EMAIL for details. COMMENTS FROM THE CHRISTMAS EVE 2009 RADIO BROADCAST: Joey R (Chevy_Crazy), ChevyTalk: "Listening live to your show in Newfoundland." Mrs. Glaser: "This i…

I'll be honest... I didn't know he worked for CKUA.

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Joe Smith started the day early, having set his: alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA ) After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia ) and conti…

The 'everything expensive' dealer a few miles away from my place of employ just happens to have one of these for sale: http://www.saintlouismotorsports.com/showi...ed.php?item=146 -RBB

In Pictures.... CRX was at McDonalds and played in the snow: Golf was scared of a Hummer and received a new cluster: Bought an iPod: Bought a new phone, the HTC Incredible: And Mother bought a Jeep

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I've been thinking lately, It'd be cool to see a page full of face pics. The object would be to pick two faces, overlay them, and let the computer blend them together to see what a "kid" would look like from those two people. Is there such a site?

Happy 21st Birthday Jessi! Let me know what DF got you! Happy 28th birthday eldiablobanshee. :sign0200:

So Thursday I came home from class...uneventful. A few hours later i needed to go run some errands...so I went to my car and got ready to leave. Turned the key and...nothing. The lights flickered and that was it. A "wtf" had occurred. So I went and got the Shadow to jump it. Started right up, but as soon as I took the jumpers off the car stalled. I was like "well, &#036;h&#33;" Now, the Prizm is still out of action,so the only car left is the Shadow. It's too late in the day to take it to the mechanic so the Intrepid had to sit in front of the house, dead. All I can say is that I'm lucky it decided to quit in front of the house and not say, at school. Friday I t…

I notice on http://www.nadaguides.com/ a link under Car Shopping for a Free VIN Check. For one it is not really free. The link will take you to http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/gateway...&siteID=359 Autocheck claims to be better and less expensive as compared to Carfax. Out of curiosity I tried my Silverado and my wife's MPV. It claims 4 records for my Silverado and 7 record on our MPV. I didn't pay for their so called free VIN check. Now my Silverado was in an accident on the 21st which would seem to be too soon for a report. I wouldn't expect it on a report until the dollar figure and repairs are completed. What I find really odd is the only records cou…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syWJbD1rf0Y&feature=player_embedded ^ LMAO !!!...See Ya !

Forget Pot, stoners are probably booking flights to find out what these people are smoking.

For a while there I was the highest bidder at $127 Canadian. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-Buick-...1QQcmdZViewItem At some point in the afternoon today between my Lobster Roll from d'Angelos, staring at the Super 88 & working on the Q45 XP im-ed me with a link to this ebay auction and pretty much said after we go drop off the '77 to Ill, let's go to Canada to pick up a Fiddy-9 Buick. Instigator!!! Shenanigans!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-BLACK-5-...1QQcmdZViewItem Even though I still like the V10s...I decided that I'd also like a digital camera this summer, among other things...so I went looking through what ebay had to offer...and well...they had a lot...but not much of what I wanted. Plus, it's tough to find styles I like that match the offset of the Intrepid. There's a lot of nice 5-spoke designs...the funny thing is many are stock designs off of Lexus vehicles as well as some Pontiacs. So I've come across these a few times and they match the specs of stock intrepid wheels nicely, the price is pretty good....and they looks pretty good I think...but I'm still not sure…

We used to get some nice tidbits from it, and I miss it.

what ever happend to c&g having an internet radio show? it was a big deal on old cheers and i was all excited about it and i havent heard one word about it since new cheers came along

I caught some of the barrett jackson auctions today and heard them talking about the GM Futurliner that went for over 4 million dollars i would really like to see a video of that auction if anyone knows where there is one on the net. also i know the pontiac bonneville special went up on the auction block and was wondering how much that went for.

-- -- -- -- -- Let's just suppose you're a 19-year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-65, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8:1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a hel…

I saw this on the news yesterday and today my brother emailed me this link of Mr. Randy Pausch reprising his Last Lecture on Oprah: http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw I had an uncle who passed away because of pancreatic cancer a few years ago. In my mind, Brave, Inspiring, Strong, and any other positive adjective that might come to mind is perfect to describe this gentleman. This video is a true tribute to Life, to enjoying and living every second of our Life as fully as we can.

LA Autoshow will be farewelling the year 2009 which possibly christened itself as the bloodbath for the Automobile History. With the end of dreariness comes a hope for new models and better cars for all of us - with the dream that 2010 will not be as bad and that automanufacturers . What cars do you think GM will debut or would you like GM to debut at the LA Autoshow 2009? Do you think GM has something up its restructured sleeves which will give some us enthusiasm and excitement for us or just reinforce sentiments in some of us that GM is competing for appliance king badge with Toyota? GM will be a stronger force in this year's Autoshow circuit with a display of bette…

i know its a ford but my buddy just bought this ford falcon recently for his daily driver im soooo proud of him even if hes heterosexually married, a little flambouyant, and with 3 kids lol most confused man i know 1962 6 cylinder

So whenever I type an apostrophe (or attempt to) my computer pops up this "quick find" thing in the bottom part of the screen and it doesnt type an apostrophe. WTF is going on here? Can someone please help?

It's been a long time since I've been to Pennsylvania. It's also been a long time since I've kicked a man in the nuts. "People" are getting uppity. Might have to break both streaks. (and find an 'Eco' badge to stick on his car while I'm at it) ...just kidding of course

http://www.creators.com/opinion/thomas-sowell.html it may not totally encompass most of the "crisis", but if it's true, we have to stop bashing the R's for it...though not entirely.

We all know some men and, we'd like to hope not women, shave while behind the wheel of their vehicle; however, this one takes a whole new step off the last rung of the ladder of stupidity: Can I hopefully state that this can only happen in Florida? US woman crashes when shaving bikini line A US woman has been arrested after crashing into a truck as she shaved her bikini line while she was driving. Megan Mariah Barnes, 37, was on the way to a date with her boyfriend in southern Florida when the collision took place, TV station WFOR-TV reported. Barnes allegedly gave her ex-husband the wheel as she shaved her private parts because she wanted to be "ready for the visit"…