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Customer upset over Taco Bell "sauce wisdoms" Tuesday, June 06, 2006 Posted: 08:18 PM Link' WESLACO – One Valley woman says the slogan on Taco Bell’s sauce packets is offensive. As part of Taco Bell’s “Think outside the bun” campaign, the company held a contest last year for slogans to be printed on their sauce packets. Customers submitted their ideas, like “When I grow up I want to be a waterbed” and “You had me at taco”. The one that bothers Jessica Luna says, “Not to be used as a flotation device”. She tells NEWSCHANNEL 5, “Somewhere along their roots here, somebody came across the border from Mexico. Risking their lives to provide a better a life for their…

im going with Dunkin Donuts, being i just got my Equinox back from the shop because of there parking lot

After 18 months, every body panel has been hit, and it seems that the car was driven with no antifreeze, so I believe that it is now dead. The car survived with me for 10 years and looked like brand new, and now, she's dead. I should have kept her, but... Let us remember her in health and happiness: RIP

Anyone have the standard features on a 66 Buick electra coupe?

Energy Plan Political Pandering Whenever Congress puts together a bill attempting to find a solution to some sort of real or imagined problem, my immediate thought is that the bill do one of four things: It will worsen the problem at hand It will do nothing to solve the problem but instead create a new problem somewhere else It will worsen the original problem and create new problems In the very best case it will do nothing at all Consider the ethanol plan. Growing corn to produce ethanol was supposed to help make us energy independent. What happened was that subsidies to grow corn (an energy wasteful process without the subsidies), did not cause gasoline pri…

It's true. It was just a phase. I have been cured of my gay disease. *nods* ....Okay, perhaps not. I'm quite the flaming homo, still. Anyways, I haven't been on the forums very much the past month. Life has taken many twists and turns, some good, some bad. I've been busy with work, friends, family, and the ever popular past time of car shopping. Speaking of the last two... My Mom, out of the blue, offered to help me with buying a car. She just got a new job in which her pay will be about $5 more per hour than her old one, not to mention she just finished paying off the Sunfire. Anyways, this greatly helped my search for a car. I'm very thankful she helped me. That…

I paid off the Grand Prix GXP yesterday, the Equinox has been paid off ... Just 40K left to pay off on my house behind the gate and then I'm debt free ... It feels so good ...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-0...vy-tomcat_x.htm One of my favorite jets of all time. I used to fantasize about this jet all the time when I was a kid. I just though the swing-wing setup was awesome.

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Even though George Bush doesn't care about him, I really like his new song and video with Jamie Foxx, "Gold Digger". And the chicks are all hot!

If you've been wondering what's been happening with this section, I apologize. I have been extremely busy as of late between work and class obiligations. However, now that classes are out of the way for the summer, I'll have more free time to work on the RR (among other things). The next RR will be up by this weekend with the June edition coming at its regularly scheduled time. Thanks for understanding.

GO K-FED! GO K-FED! MSN Britney is the consummate whore. But K-fed is a complete loser. Its a shame they bred. Britney could have done far better.

I saw this lovely creation out on the highway today: -RBB

Nissan Motor,Japan's third-biggest automaker,is preparing to produce fuel effcient small vehicles for Chrysler,taking a different route to enhance its presence in the American market despite concern about a slowdown. The two auto firms are in the final stages of negotiation on a deal for Nissan to supply Chrysler with small cars models with an engine displacement of around 1.8 liters,Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday. The pact is expected to boost Nissan's sales in the U.S market,and to help Chrysler make a turnaround from its recent weakness,attributed in part to an overdependence on light truck sales,the report said.A Nissan spokeswoman confirmed the …

I've been a little beside myself, humbled, since this happened. I don't have much to say. I'm out of a truck now, though. Let me also say, that, if I had hit the power lines going 30 MPH rather than 25 (the speed limit down the particular road I was traveling), I wouldn't even be typing this right now. The force of the hit of my truck was enough to almost snap the pole supporting the lines in two and knock the transformer off of its mountings (only two wires were holding it in place). Totalled. What happened? I can't really say for sure. I just know I came upon a surprise curve and tried to keep myself on the road by slowing down and (perhaps stupidly) downshiftin…

Hear that good buddy? It's the song that was playing in my head for two months straight. "Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin' ..."

I went to bed at like 9 last night. I have the windows open in the house. Around 10:25 I am awakened by a freaking basketball being dribbled and smacked against a backboard... next-door neighbors are standing outside with a bunch of friends talking, and two young girls (about 8 and 10) are playing with this basketball in the dark (one of them repeatedly remarks that she can't see the ball!). WTF. This went on for at least a half hour. And the adults are oblivious to the problem. I live on a cul-de-sac, and none of the rest of us here ever makes noise, let alone at inappropriate hours of the night. I really wish I could use a Jedi mind trick to get them to move out …

Here is a new program. You have to download something first but it is virus proof and the program is great. Here are some that I did. Here is the link. Envizio Wheel Wizard

On CNN now.. http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294.html

If my parents give in I may have my own car. Its a Buick Regal Limited with the 3800 V6. It is a two-door as well and I think it may be a 1991 or 92. I am checking out the price tomorrow or sometime this week. It is in terrible condition but since I cant drive, I will spend time trying to fix it up. I have pics as well. The interior is leather but the front bench seat is torn badly and the body is alright. The car has rust but it isn't too bad but it is more then I would like. When I go back I will check out the price and if it runs. I also will have to find a way to get it home. Anything I should watch out for? This car also has an analog speedometer not digital. Here ar…

Well I thought I woud start this thread to find out more about other areas people live in. I myself live in an area called Hockessin Delaware. When I moved here 15 years ago there were about 5,000 people living here, now we have about 12,000 people living here. I am attaching this link so you can find out more about where I live. I like to visit other places so tell me about where you live, are you in a town or city? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockessin,_Delaware As you can see it's not a major city, in fact it's not even a town, it's just suburbia. Far enough away from the major cities, but close enough to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlantic City, Washington, DC, and …

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I'm just fascinated that this is my 1234th post. Sequence... yeah... Anyways, I don't know where these next few weeks are going to lead me. I thought I was on my way out of the depression, but I'm heading back into it. Just so much crap is bothering me. There's my GA, which I'm not sure I really wanted to sell in the first place. I mean, I've always talked about it but now that I actually have to, I almost don't want too. But I have to. I need my own form of transportation as I've been trapped in this hell-hole of a house for almost 2 weeks now. I'm going insane. I wake up, go to school, come home, and basically be bored all freakin&#…

So I've turned in a few applications and resumes at plenty of local businesses the last few days of May and I'm expecting at least one interview. Of course, with a job comes money, and I plan on shoveling that money into another car. Sure, I've got the S-10 ... but I have this urge to buy a nice car (since I do already have a truck, all trucks, with the rare exception of a cheap Syclone, are out ... SUVs still make the cut, however) that I can drive out of town without feeling embarrassed about the S-10s worn out paint, miles of dings and dents, practically non-existing exhaust system ... among other things I still haven't sorted out for some reason. I plan on it ... but …

I'm not sure, maybe I'm just mentally ill or something. In the past two days, I've been going around, pissing people off and doing some really obnoxious things. First I threw the recycling bins at the front porch where my housemates enter, seeing the bins sitting around after I took them after the garbage day. Then at work, I seemed to have made the already not so pleasant relation with my co-worker co-ops worse. Today one of my coworkers made a stupid comment on how the Camry was a sports car, I literally yelled at him. He was like astonished. Then I started making some stupid comments about my other co-worker, somehow to just for the heck of getting her irritated. Th…

So this Spring I've been working to make our yard a nicer place. The back/side yard has been, since we moved her last year, a barren expanse of mostly dirt and some weeds. That's all changing, as there is now grass growing quite well there, after some tilling, seeding, and watering. Soon it'll be time fort eh first mow. We've been using my Uncle's mower for the rest of the yard, but I want my own. When I was younger I used to fix mowers and I kinda miss doing that. A search on Craigslist lands me a Brute 22" Self-Propelled mower. Owner said he bought it last year and used it until the engine died and the manufacturer wouldn't warranty it, so he decided to get rid of it.…

Or is the front car an olds or buick...can't tell given the size of the pic....still funny...

Usually front-engine 2+2s, fastback or notchback, meaty engine, nice long hood, packed with creature comforts and bang for the buck. Pure style, absolute driving pleasure. The ultimate true personal car. A grown man's sports car in every respect. The great GM V-8 powered Bitter SC Not to be confused with the Ferrari 400i

I know everyone here is going to hate this picture, but I just had to post it anyways.

OK, my Cavy's lease is up exactly one year later, and as to not make an uneducated purchase like my current Cavalier, I'm researching. I might even try to get out early, but the chance is quite slim. Here are the options I'm thinking of: 1) New Pontiac G6 4-cylinder /w ABS + ETS (maybe with sunroof as well B) ) 2) Used Olds Alero GX or GL, preferably 4-cylinder 3) New Chevy Cobalt LS / Pontiac Pursuit SE (Depending on which is a better deal) 4) Buyout my Cavalier for $7000 Option 1 would be the most expensive, but it's my favourite. Option 2 is viable, I always liked that car. My only concern is the mechanics of the car. I'm sure it'll…

I decided to get a dog and ended up with a lab puppy. I named her Lucky, because she is, she was adopted by me. She isn't really that blurry, my camera sucks.

My mom and I got into this conversation the other day. If the US Government created the law that all US citizens would from today forward need a very small tracking chip placed harmlessly inside their bodies for tracking, security, and/or citizenship purposes, would you be for or against it? I would be for it. This may make people want to not commit crimes because it would be more difficult for them to escape being caught (GPS). Also, what if you only had to scan your arm to prove citizenship? There are many things that I think are good about this. I honestly don't think this would take away from people's freedom. You won't be videotaped or anything. You'll be shown as …

In around 1993 or 1994, Chevrolet had a Monte Carlo concept car. It was rounded looking, and foretold the styling of the Gen 2 Lumina/Monte. I have searched all over the net, and can't find a shred of info. Its driving me nuts. The last time I saw it was 10 years ago. Can anyone shed some light on this matter? :unsure: PS As a bonus, there was a Lumina based El Camino concept around the same time. Anyone know anything?

Foroza 3 for Xbox 360 just came out. Does anyone on her play it. or want to set up a league/ clan. My Gamertag for Xbox is NEXTEL CUP . Also this year for Foroza there is a Stock car option, and Toyota does not have a car. You can only be a Chevy, Ford, or Dodge.

alright guys i know your gonna shoot me for making a stewped topic, but here goes i was just thinking to myself, those jettas kinda suck . . . hmmm but nice paint i actually really like the paint on jettas, anyone else notice anything like that on any cars like if caddy has nice rims, honda has nice . . .well i cant think of anything for honda except lawnmowers, but challenge me? and pics would be appreciated, soory for not having one, but its not that same unless you see paint in the sun or just in real life, not nessicary to have an image though

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Art Fitzpatrick is one of my favorite automotive artists. He was such a big part of Pontiac's success and their wide-track ad campaign from '59-'71. http://www.fitz-art.com/ http://www.fitz-art.com/gallery.htm http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?docid=1046 http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features...rick/index.html http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features...rick/index.html

I may be buying a Solstice targa coupe for my 4 car garage, before heading back to Germany. I only have three vehicles in there at present. I like the Sky better, but doesn't come in a coupe ... I'm going down this week to look at it close up ...

Saw a rat-rod style (faded blue paint w/ patina and rust, lowered, big red steel wheels) '62 Ford full size station wagon today...the lack of woodgrain told me it wasn't a Country Squire, probably a lower trim level like a Country Sedan or Ranch Wagon. Saw a gorgeous brown w/ tan interior C8 Corvette convertible...love that color.. Saw a clean gold w/ black top '70 Malibu 2dr. Saw a white '75-77 Camaro w/ black hood stripe, black rear spoiler in decent, restorable condition. Saw a white late 70s Plymouth Volare Road Runner coupe in white w/ a black rear spoiler.. solid condition. Saw a clean slightly modified white '87-93 Mustang GT for sale.

First Place: 2006 Honda Civic Si 2dr Coupe (2.0L 4cyl 6M) MSRP of Test Vehicle: $20,540 What Works: Sharp reflexes, powerful engine, brilliant limited-slip differential. What Needs Work: Wring-it-out power delivery, awful dashboard design, questionable exterior styling. Bottom Line: Fast, cheap and effective. Second Place: 2006 Volkswagen GTI New 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6M) MSRP of Test Vehicle: $24,175 What Works: Flexible engine, usable shape, excellent combination of utility and performance. What Needs Work: Too heavy, too pricey, not as sharp as its competition. Bottom Line: The new GTI is a huge improvement over the car it replaces. Dependin…

Kevin Harvick and #29 Monte Carlo Win Daytona 500 A hard-charging Kevin Harvick nosed out Mark Martin at the finish line Sunday to win the Daytona 500 as a multi-car crash was taking place behind them. Martin had the lead, but the race stayed green and Harvick won by two one-hundredths of a second.Chevrolet takes the first four out of five places and half of the top twenty positions. The top Toyota (Dale Jarrett's #44 Camry) ran 23rd. Click here for all the details.

So how many of you guys and gals can sing it? Ok here is my entry ( I know I suck) http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=5333

Let's see wht kind of imaginations you guys have... I'll start: I'd like to build a '32 highboy style hot rod out of a Peterbilt 379. Heres something simmilar (but more tacky) to my idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDTh-ELIXz8...feature=related

No joke. Hawking (and many, many others) have gone public in their concern about combining AI drones and weapons: "In an open letter posted online Monday, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and hundreds of other scientists warn humanity about such a dystopian military future. Like something from a Hollywood blockbuster, the scientists caution that only a ban on autonomous weapons now can stop an arms race that could see killer robots wipe out humans tomorrow. 'If any major military power pushes ahead with AI weapon development, a global arms race is virtually inevitable,' the letter says, 'and the endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will be…

Earnhardt to join Hendrick Motorsports for '08 season By Joe Menzer, NASCAR.COM June 13, 2007 02:45 PM EDT MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Sixteen years after they jokingly put pen to napkin, roughly four years after his own son predicted it would happen one day and Rick Hendrick scoffed at the idea, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has joined the team at Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick and Earnhardt made it official with an 11 a.m. ET announcement Wednesday at JR Motorsports, the facility owned by Earnhardt out of which he operates a Busch Series team and other budding racing ventures (watch video). The outfit Earnhardt is joining at Hendrick is no budding racing venture, but rather the or…

Ok, so I think that to drum of some discussion, I'm going to start posting "Hot or Not" threads about cars or things on cars. First one is this: The mag wheels offered on the C5 Corvette. Like 'em? Hate 'em? Tell us why dammit!

Hope it's a good one, my friend.

Gimme a w Gimme a 0 Gimme a 0 Gimme a t Whats that spell? w00t! w00t! w00t! w00t!

Here are a few of mine -clear tails, especially the ones that use a ton of chrome inside as a styling feature. - overlong headlights that go halfway to the A pillar (or more than halfway) - All the "blingy" chrome in headlight housings - Front fender cutlines on the A pillar - large spoilers - stickers - "eyebrow" turn signals (above the headlights) - "Bangle Butt" on anything - Rear mini-doors on a coupe - the godawful slabs of chrome on the bumper corners of the Silverado HDs - center mount exhaust

Some vehicles just have that urban feel. Slick and sophisticated, a person would be downright scared to drive them on a dirt road, much less buy one if you live beyond the suburbs. Other cars, meanwhile, just have that country air about them, they speak plainly to their prospective buyers that they can hold up when the blacktop ends. Post your city car/country car picks here, if you so desire. Here's two to get started: City car: Chevrolet Equinox Country car: Jeep Liberty

I admit it, I am a complete caffeine addict. Coffee is ok, but nothing gets me going like a nice, unhealthy Rockstar or Rumba, or if I can find it, some Bawls. Like cocaine, only available at gas stations. But today I had a weird experience, I drank my usual mornign Rockstar, and afterwards I was extremely jittery and restless, which never happens to me. I didn't crash either, just kinda slowed back down to normal. It was weird and kinda freaky. I think I'm gonna cut back now.

It seems that you cannot hold up as sign at the NASCAR races that says that you "Hate Toyotas" or you will be arrested. Read this: Sunday August 20, 2006 This man Bill Bagwell (the founder of fansagainestracingtoyotas.com) was at the NASCAR race in Michigan he was holding this sign up at the pre-race television show Race day on Speed TV. He had been among the fans holding signs for over a hour. Their were many signs some positive about NASCAR drivers and teams and some not so positive. During a break the producer came over and told Bill he could no longer hold his Toyota sign up. Bill told him that this race was still being held in the USA and that he had freedom o…

Mine is Nelly Furtado's "Say it Right". Grooovy. Yours?

We are all GM fans for various reasons, but what current production GM vehicle is your favorite?

Yum, who doesn't like pizza? I like to make my own: preheat oven to 425 2 "snack size" whole wheat tortillas extra virgin olive oil pizza sauce shredded "Italian blend" cheese peckeroni chopped green pepper sliced black olives sliced mushrooms stack your two tortillas on a pizza pan and brush both sides with olive oil (tortillas make a delicious, thin, crispy crust) pizza sauce to taste top with cheese strategically place your peckeronis around the pizza green pepper pieces to taste sliced black olives to taste sliced shrooms to taste stick it in the oven @ 425 until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly, about 8 minutes if oven is preheat…

Damnnn it's hot over here! My arms/chest are sooo sunburnt beyond belief.. Holy $h!. Anyway, it's going alright.. thanks for asking (I know none of you did. haha) I'll be back home by Saturday night. Nice thing though was to sign on and not only see my "Updated: Cien" posting as the featured design, but I also noted my American Choppin' Comp win.. not a hard one to get, but w00t (warn me now, Fly ). So, I'm just checkin' in on some of the news and views from the cheers and gears. 'Bout time to check out now.. 'til next time. PS Hopefully Croc won't be pissed at me for writing this. At least I didn't go off on a random tangent about how life's getting…

...that might surprise others. As a kid, I remember feeling that interest in music was a "one genre only" type of thing because so many people I knew were either anti-rock or anti-country ... and didn't really have much of a "crossover" experience. But, in the last few years or so, more and more people tend to have an eclectic taste in music, myself included. I can't stand to leave the radio station on one station all the time; too much music is out there (old and new) that I like and want to be hearing.... This is because my musical interests have grown ten fold (or so it seems) over the last few years, with "exposure" to all types of music, more than just country …

Okay, I don't understand what they are in the least bit. What are they? How do you get in? What good do they do you? Can you be a freshman and get in? Derrrrrr.

Mid Engined Beauties. And of course...

Happy Birthday, man! Now don't pull a Josh in that GTO...

Motley Fool Is Ford Just Junk? Thursday August 24, 3:51 pm ET By Rich Smith Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Last year, one of the major headlines in the automaking world was that No. 2 U.S. seller Ford (NYSE: F - News) had its credit rating cut to "junk." This July, the firm lost its second-place slot in U.S. auto sales to Toyota (NYSE: TM - News). Earlier this month, with car buyers apparently agreeing that its cars are as junky as its credit, Ford again took the headlines when it announced dramatic production cuts. ADVERTISEMENT And today, the company detailed another plan designed to clear out unsold inventory and boost market share in one fell swoop --…

I admit it, I have a Kool-Aid addiction. Not just any Kool-Aid, Orange Kool-Aid. I've gone through 6 quarts in the last 18 hours. Is that bad?

...more rain.

Well this past weekend I had a chance to go to the 2009 Greater Milwaukee Autoshow and a few things struck me. The smallish Toyota display very few people in it, even in what I believe to be a hot-bed of Toyota products. The people browsing the Toyota display struck me as "red-necks" that kind you find driving beat up Ford pick-ups and rusted Pontiac Firebirds you know? The things I heard coming from people browsing Toyota's weren't nearly as positive as what I expected, and also there were no turn-tables and an ugly Venza, and Tundra were the only vehicles that really sparked any intrest amoung the crowd. (I went last Friday after-noon from around 1-5pm) As for the Chevr…

C&D is just making these too easy, and this one I think is a lot of fun. They just did a test of the Evo Final Edition, the send off for the legendary Evo. Here's the story- http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2015-mitsubishi-lancer-evolution-final-edition-test-review- for those interested. Base price and as-tested were the same at $38,805. So, as always, you have within 10% of that price in either direction to play with. You MUST spend at least $34,925, but no more than $42,685. Since the Evo is a pretty focused sport model, I'll allow a little deviation from the normal rules and let 2 door sport coupes be fair game here, AS LONG AS THEY ARE STREETABLE. That said…