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It gives a whole new meaning to eating Chinese food.

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Other than the Silverado, it looks like only old and cheap (but interesting) cars will be part of the fleet for a while. I've decided to get serious about selling off the Hawk, GTO and Maserati. I need to push a bunch of things forward and freeing up money will be required. It is really going to kill me to let the GTO go as I completely love the car, but it will put a little cash in my pocket and reduce my monthly costs a bit as well as insurance. I would like to put my plan of setting up to paint my own project cars into motion sooner rather than later which entails lots of little and not so little purchases. I'm less patient than I used to be and really want to get …

Check out these classics on Ebay right now. They're not going for a fortune but saddly I can't afford them. Always nice to dream though. :) 1961 Cadillac Coupe Deville 1961 Cadillac Fleetwood Limo 1955 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight Holiday 88 2nd gen. Corvair Saved the best of last! :wub: 1959 Buick Electra 225

My brother hauled off his Nissan and Alero last weekend for $696. Now it's my turn...

System of a Down will be performing a reunion tour beginning in May. It's about time. This gives me something to be excited about since everything else in my life is depressing at the moment. Not that any of the U.S. shows are close enough to personally attend, but perhaps they'll announce some east coast shows later in the year. Here's to hoping.

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* My "car season" may be winding down quicker than expected, but it sure has been a weird summer, at least compared to the last few years. For the first time in over 5 years, I've attended cruise nights regularly, 5 nights in a row at one point. All the pics I've taken at cruise nights this year are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/2011CruiseNights Some highlights... ...Elgin IL, 06/05/2011, Sunday: ...Dundee IL, 06/08/2011, Wednesday: ...S Elgin IL, 06/10/2011, Friday: ...Dundee IL, 07/20/2011, Wednesday: ...S Elgin IL, 07/22/2011, Friday: ...S Elgin IL, 07/29/2011, Friday: ...S Elgin IL, 07/30/2011, Saturday: ...S Elgin IL, 08…

In my random browsing of wikipedia, I found this production Toyota Crown pickup. Edit: It even came as a double cab!

For my architecture independent project, I have been working on a site analysis model of downtown Des Moines. My project is a light rail transportation hub with retail and public space, and the site of the project is adjacent to the rail tracks running by downtown (in the image below, there are two surface parking lots next to two purple parking garages and a couple overpasses...those lots are where the hub will go). For those that have ever played SimCity, the color scheme should be pretty easy to recognize: Green = residential lofts / apartments / condos Blue = commercial office & retail Yellow = industrial / warehouses Orange = civic buildings, federal buildi…

I went to a screening of this movie last week. I know most people are going to dismiss it as the "gay cowboy movie", and if you can't get past one short sex scene (which doesn't show anything), you won't like it- but Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway have nude scenes (and are quite fine), so it's something for everyone. This is a movie that makes me glad that I still on occasion work with actors. Everyone involved gives incredible performances. I never thought I'd say this, but Heath Ledger should get an Oscar. It's a great movie.

http://providence.craigslist.org/car/718697890.html I found one! In driving distance! And it's not a complete $h!box! And it has the 292 inline six so it would even be economical to drive! Should I call now, or wait to see if the price goes down? Everybody's broke, so it's almost guaranteed to. What should I do?!?

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I'd like someone to design me a new Pontiac-themed signature that I'll display for a little while in honor of Pontiac's closure. I'm thinking something along the lines of a G8 GT and possibly a Solstice, as a tribute to the last two REAL Pontiacs. Anyone up to the challenge? If yes, post your designs here and I'll consider all that are offered to me. TIA

Hello. My girlfriend is looking to replace her '99 Cavalier within the next month or two. At first she was thinking of getting a Cobalt, but within the last few days she has shifted over to the G6 (a little of the reasoning being the G6 comes with a dark green exterior color since she likes British Racing Green), but so far she's looking into getting a 4 cyl. sedan (which with all the options and so prices out near $19,000). From fellow G6 owners in here, I'm wondering if you have had any problems/complaints about it, as well as the positives of the G6. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

I take part in the Sprint Employee Purchase Plan which allows me to designate a certain % of my salary every pay check for Sprint stock at a discounted rate. Basically I gained $101.05 though this program but forgot to include in my tax filings with H&R Block. Next year I suppose I'll have to claim this, or do I not claim anything until I cash out the investment?

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So my son got this Mothers brand Mag and Aluminum Polish but it says it won't work on coated aluminum surfaces... Anyone know if these wheels are coated? Here is my example to explain it clearly... Any help is most apperciated!

Rt. 110 in Westford, Massachusetts. This is one of the biggest "cruise nights" in all of New England. Great selection of cars from the pre-war stuff to rare modern exotics. Once in a blue moon you even see a $ix digit "trailer queen" driven in or brass era car or truck. Here's just a few of the cars there last Thursday. I may post more later but this is just a sample. Two weeks ago there was a 1932 Cadillac. I'll post that photo as soon as I dig it up. This '57 is powered by a 427 and is half daily driver half show car. It's owned and was built from the ground up TWICE by my friend Mike's dad... some of you may remember a photo of this car next to my Mad M…

Step One: Go to the image search of your favorite search engine. Step Two: Search for the term "shaped car" Step Three: Post your results.

I never doubted it, never even questioned it. Then someone who swears it was all staged for cold war purposes got me thinking. So I was just wondering what other opinions or therories there are out there in other parts of the worlds ?

A few months ago, I was browing the IL Secretary of State website and discovered that IL has a specialty license plate that features/celebrates Route 66. Since then, I've been considering switching to these plates on all 5 of my Monte Carlos. But, I haven't yet switched because of the increase cost of the plates [though, on the plus side of that, a portion of the fee supports the Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project]. I'm also not happy that the letter/number combinations are limited (i.e. 2 letters, 2 numbers ... or ... 3 letters, 1 number), and I haven't been able to come up with some good combinations.... However, thus far, I've only seen a handful (if that) of cars …

Crazy Janitee Who the f@#k is he looking at? :rotflmao:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-...-opinion-center This article just made me sick. Wow, what a sick bastard. I wonder what he'll tell to his two daughters in the future. "Yeah, we had to kill two of you. I wanted the boys, and your Mom wanted girls, so we flipped a coin. You won! Don't you love us!"

Have you ever done it? If not, have you at least heard of it? I've been doing it since Monday... and damn it's awesome so far. I know I've only done three days of workouts (plus I'm watching what I eat like they suggest), but it's been great so far. My body is sore all over, and I'm getting real results. I'm really just doing this to get ripped and toned, and I think it's going to work. It's the only fitness program I've ever tried, other than lifting weights here and there... and so far I'm very impressed. I weighed myself Sunday night and the scale said 151.4 lbs. This morning I weighed in at 147.2, so that's a loss of 4.2 lbs in approximately 3.5 days, so a good 1.…

I've been following this a lot more recently and many medical professionals are voicing serious concerns that this flu epidemic isn't something we should take lightly. Some are estimating that as many as 300 million people could die and the flu could spread across the entire globe in a matter of weeks due to air travel. Here's a post I found on another message board: Here's a map of where the current flu outbreaks are. It's now starting to spread into Eastern Europe and I just read a report of an infected flamingo found in Kuwait, the first case of the virus in the Arabian Peninsula. I truly hope this ends up like SARS where we got all worried but it was …

I myself enjoy many kinds of music, but i'm mostly into hard rock bands such as.. Deftones...no duh :P Trivium Led Zeppelin Ozzy Black Sabbath PanterA Metallica (old school) Megadeth Finger Eleven Linkin Park Disturbed NIN Tool APC MuDvAyNe KoRn ....the list goes on

satellite pic It's somewhere in the Florida Keys. Click on Map and zoom out to see where you are. Kinda creepy.

You like beer. I know you do. And your minions have been trying to lure me to the dark (and light) side for ages. While free beer at parties hasn't done it, perhaps a tour of Pennsylvania's beer industry has. I gathered a couple friends, we piled into an Infiniti QX56 and headed off to see the best of what Pennsylvania brews. Check out my article on "What Ales Ya" and let your friends know about some of the Keystone State's best breweries. http://automotivetraveler.com/jump/4401 What are your favorite (non-corporate) beers? Have you ever taken a brewery tour? Have you ever attended a beer tasting?

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Well, I still love my car.....but damn if this isn't like ole' Murphy's Law...... I've written on here how very trouble free my CTS has been over 50K miles.....and it has with the exception of just a few minor items......my car has been a true testimonial for GM's recent reliability and durability strides..... BUT.....so my car has exactly 49,500 miles on it....and I had a couple minor issues I wanted to get taken care of before the 50K mile warranty expired.... (rear window wouldn't operate, bad, unusual static with AM stations....think there's a short in the system somewhere from the shark-fin antenna to the radio.....and a very minor exhaust noise that I've just …

Got bored yesterday and made a bunch of Despair posters to rag Toyota...

I am putting this up as the offical day for us to meet up at the show... Febuary 11, 2006 this is a Saturday, which i dont think would be a big deal for any one... if no one can do this day we can try to change it, but you have roughly 2 weeks, so plan accordingly, for those who would like to meet up and go by group, please PM me and we will work out what we can. Post if you are going so we can get a head count, and i will see what i can do about admission. Thanks guys, i am hoping for a good turn out!

That is the question. Clicky. Depending on his reserve, I could potentially get a set for somewhat cheap (atleast compared to the cost of a single wheel). I mainly just need to consider if I would rather find an aftermarket set I like better and a pay a few hundred more. That, and MK3's happen to have the same bolt pattern and offset. With my desires to return to a VW, an aftermarket set could easily with switched to another vehicle. I'm not sure if a Jetta could rock Chevy wheels. Decisions, decisions...

The last 4 weeks have been a rough patch for my sister and I... Our 17 yr old Yorkie Henry passed on March 7th (she drove back early from SC as I knew Henry was going down fast), and our 15 yr old Yorkie Ginger passed on April 4th after a heart attack at 3:30 am (she died as we were rushing her to the emergency vet). Both had been declining for a long time and were on heart medications for enlarged hearts. First time in almost 15 years without a Yorkie at home. Pic below of them from 2020 when they were healthy and in need of a grooming. We still have Beardsley (chi-terrier mix) and Raine (Australian Terrier mix). The exciting and anticipating is after about…

I can't wait for the backlash to hit on political correctness, but I don't think it's coming anytime soon. I tend NOT to be politically correct. It's a form of censorship. Europeans, for example, are nowhere near as politically correct. They stereotype their "neighbors" all the time. South Americans...they are even worse in this regard. I will say that I am diplomatic around clients and there are some that are fairly casual so you can be the same way - heck, some of our clients are salt-of-the-earth builders. At work, I tend to hang around people with whom I don't have to be politically correct. Socially, I prefer to be around people with whom I don't have to w…

Ok, so I'm bored and thought this would be a fun thread. If you haven't figured it out already, in this thread you are to post the mods you would do to your car if you had the money. I'm going to do what I would do for $5k and then for $10k, I suppose you can do whatever you want, but it would be more fun if you put a couple price limits on your mods, IMO. Anyways, here goes: First, performance: Kooks 1 3/4" x 3" w/ 3" Metallic Catted Connection Pipes Headers. $849 on PFYC Borla dual exhuast: $859.95 on eBay. K&N CAI: $195.95 on eBay And finally, a tune. Approx $500. For appearance: SAP grill inserts: $194.99 SAP front fascia extension: $284.90 Banshe…

Have a good one and don't drink too much!

This was a fantastic show! Huge variety and hundreds of cars. Everything from dune buggies and a Mini Moke to a Ford GT and a 502 powered, '38 Lasalle. Pics to follow later.

I thought this forum could use more Austrailian racing. It's like Nascar but with road courses.

This past weekend there was a pretty large local F Body car show. About 150 F Body's showed up, including a new Camaro! Here are a few pics... New Camaro... My car, of course... And here is a video of the new Camaro pulling in... http://media.putfile.com/MeetGreet-2008-178

1978 Cadillac Seville custom:

Autoweek.com has a poll up on their home page, seeking opinions on the G8 ST. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and vote. Show some lurve for the newest G8 variant!

I'm trying to access another forum and I all I have been getting constantly is one of these dip$h! messages. I know the site isn't having server problems. Plenty of other users I have briefly talked to told me they are not having problems and so on. I've tried many different adjustments, etc., and I'm getting really sick of the aggravation. Got any advice?

Rodents/ pests?

Of course everyone's seen my '68 Panther (Camaro) vanity plates. They read PANTHR since we're only allowed six characters here in Massachusetts. But I also collect License Plates from all over the world. I've got like 47 or 48 of the United States, in some cases dozens of one state and like 200 of Mass and NH each. This one I got off of eBay and it's hanging up on the wall in my house. Another 170 or so are haning up in my shed/garage. Most I got off eBay and some are as old as the 1920s. Anyone else collect plates?

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Well, I guess I do now. With the Cobalt now done, I can enjoy being payment free....or maybe not. As I found out, there is going to be some kids in the family (adopted and born) on the wife's side. Since we all tend to help each other out (what family doesn't), this is calling for a bigger something. Her Cavalier is simply not going to cut it. (Though it' still a keeper) But I really don't want payments, but want a family hauler. I'd love a SUV (Trailblazer, Tahoe), but really need a (mini)van so that we can really be ready. (those with large families can understand) So, an order van that I can put a few bucks in may be the choice. The Current two choices: Astro/Safari …

Will start this off with a surprise siting, a GMC Savanna full size van with AWD. Did not know the latest versions could be had in AWD and conversion format. In regards to spotting, my friend in Texas sent this to me that he saw over the holiday weekend.

I am smitten by the 2010 Mustang's sequential rear turn signals, but I have a question I hope some of our FoMoCo historians can answer: Which vintage Ford Motor Co. vehicles had that feature? I thought it was on the first-gen Cougars and maybe the Shelby Mustangs of the 60's... oooooooh, wait, was it on a Thunderbird as well? Help!

I strangely like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQMgwouKlU Enjoy, Chris

Of course... The Beast wouldn't be the Beast if it weren't a pain in the ass. This past week, it suddenly became much, much, much louder. Somewhere near the catalytic converter, it's either rusted through or rusted off completely. I haven't had a chance to put it up on ramps to see for sure. Peaking under, I can't really see too much. Everything is still there, it seems, however. On a noise level, it's not as loud as it would be if you just cut off the exhaust, a la demolition derby car, but its loud enough that everthing that can rattle inside, does. As well, something that's been going on a bit longer, there's this rattling coming from the rolling gear, suspension…

Today I went to the dealership where I bought my '03 ION Quad Coupe to check out an Astra. The same lady who sold me that car went along for the ride, in a red 3-door manual with no options, priced at $18,400 or so. To sell for that price across town from other more-or-less Delta-based GM small cars, the Astra had to be loaded with "kit", as they say on The Continent, and it is. All of GM's latest safety equipment, including head curtains and Stabilitrak come on this car. Power equipment including central locking, mirrors and dual express-down windows are there as well. Handsome, 17" rims look good on the car, along with foglamps. This car has a lot of standard equ…

First off, the semi-famous 1983 Datsun Maxima Diesel that was featured in Car & Drivers' diesel beater article just about a year ago. If this car had a 5-speed instead of an automatic I'd buy it without a doubt!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/83-Datsun-M...1QQcmdZViewItem Next up is a 1959 Pontiac Catalina Four Door Sedan. Nice two-tone. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NICE-1959-P...1QQcmdZViewItem 1959 Dodge Coronet Royal (too bad it's a 4dr post) :wink: I love the two-tone red/black, the red/black/white interior, square steering wheel and most of all those old-school cool red steelies with dog-dish caps & trim rings. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot…

A maroon sedan - alloys, etc. Obviously very new, but with far too many barcodes. Yup. It was a rental. I attempted a picture with my cell phone camera that didn't come out well, but it was definitely a rental. My evidence: Four barcodes (two windshield, one on each quarter window) Hotel parking pass Hats and beach gear on the rear parcel shelf An Enterprise rental contract on the dash Just thought it was interesting.

a new video: Very cool, wish I could be there when they dig it up next June.

Well we are changing our vacation plans, we were going to go to Texas and Utah in July. We were going to spend 2 weeks in Plano, Texas where my parents live, however a friend of mine at Holden (yes I have one), has invited us to attend the Indy 300 at Gold Coast, Australia in October. The race will be held from October 18 -21, 2007. So my parents will be meeting us for 2 weeks in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands for 2 weeks in July and joining us in Australia in October. It looks like Texas & Utah will have to wait until next year. Here is a link to the race: http://www.indy.com.au/

Paris Pulled over for DUI

Yes, the time has finally arrived, when I have to wear a kilt in my niece's wedding in Scotland. I arrive in the UK on Friday evening, my time. The wedding is Saturday. I sure hope my kilt doesn't make my ass look fat! :rotflmao:

Stay outta my shed ok?

in the search for a DD ive been trying to find gas mileage figures at possible cars... ive been using the fueleconomy.gov website (which doesnt go before 1985 ) and ive seen some old cars im interested... i just contacted a guy from my town with a 1980 V6 Malibu 4 door for $800... he swears its 22mpg... which if it is, i could stand that kind of mileage.... im trying to find info on it, no luck also, found a 76 Chevette for the same price... despite a chevette being a girl repellent, i might consider it if it gets decent mileage... might be nice to have a classic RWD chevy as a DD

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The Camaro is for sale.

There isn't really anything I can add to this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...unate-name.html

so im watching Boyd Coddingtons shameless ripoff of American Chopper, American Hotrod... and normally they get a beat up POS and make it sweet... which i have no problem with... the car was dead anyway... but today they have crossed the line Boyd drives... yes drives as in the car works... a 1961 Impala into the shop... in PERFECT condition... no rust, original interior, original motor, beautiful paintjob... PERFECT what do they do to it? well first Boyd destroys the torque converter by putting it in park and flooring it until something breaks... then they strip it down all the way... and as of right now... they are planning on CHANGING THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHT…

Anyone watch this show? The finale was awsome. I loved the way they did the last few minutes of the last episode. Very moving. (oh boy I'm a super-dork) The only stupid thing was that Claire replaces her rolled Herse wiht a F$#%ING Prius. So contrived and lame! <_< If you're a fan of the show check out the website. A bit obsessive but cool nonetheless. Claire is so hot in a girl next door kind of way. NILF. ;) http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/

just wondering what everyone that has upgraded thinks of it... first thing i miss, the [X] at the right of all the tabs, instead of the (new) individual ones in each tab.

Motor Trend recently did 3-row SUVs comparison and just today posted Explorer vs Traverse comparison https://www.motortrend.com/cars/kia/telluride/2020/3-row-midsize-suv-comparison-test/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/2019-chevrolet-traverse-vs-2020-ford-explorer/ Both Explorer and Traverse rated pretty badly, with Traverse significantly better than the newer Explorer. I think it is simply unforgivable for domestic bread and butter crossovers to be so bad and even more unbelievable that they are being badly beat by a KIA! This is overall test rating: 9th Place Volkswagen Atlas It's plenty spacious but has a ride that will make kids carsi…

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On the way to work, Monday, February 2 (Ground Hog Day ... 6 more weeks of winter coming), I noticed this plate on a Subaru Outback wagon: WHAT V 8 Every morning on the way to work, I used to see a Pontiac Grand Am with the plate "BMW AT 40" ... but I haven't seen it for a while.... What've you seen recently? Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 drive = Sept '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Distractions are amusing" ... Hal Ketchum ... 'Past The Point Of Rescue'

I hope we all have a better 2011. Happy New Year, everyone.

Anybody know what this is? http://dustyfoto.com/land234/image/142

I have decided to keep my truck for the foreseeable future. It runs great and returns good mileage for what it is. So I'm looking into some mild pimping options. Today I ordered a grille for it, with a carbon-fiber-look frame and chrome factory-style mesh, along with a billet bowtie (which I may refuse, I think I prefer the factory gold one to match the one on the tailgate). I am also looking into ordering from Putco a set of chrome mirror caps, chrome door handles and tailgate handle. If I could find a set of chrome inside door handles, I'd order those... I will wait to see if GM puts them in any trim level of the '07s, as I may order OE. I have also priced a Leer …

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEO...-10-28-10-22-05 It's hilarious this is even news. What's even worse is that the AP had this story on their front page with the top headlines for the world!

Well I like the following sports and the following teams that play them ... Rugby (played it since college) - The team I follow Internationally is the Argentina National rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas. European Football (Soccer in the US) - I follow the German National team in the World Cup. American Football - My team is the Baltimore Ravens.

Let's see what juicy clips we come up with. This is a Buick dealer spot out of the Tri-State area: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAqQJbOW4Lk A cartoon ad for the 1969 Dodge Charger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoMr0WUy5V0 More later.

May your "All-Terrain" dreams come true!