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With most of my free time eaten up by work, I don't get many chances to take pictures anymore, shame since its what I love to do. Wish I could make a carrier out of it. Anyway, drove by the river on my way home from work and it looked too inviting to pass up on, so here's just a couple good photos I took In them is part of the L. S. Starrett Company building, which is based in Athol and apparently the last precision tool manufacturer to produce tools in the US.

What is this I don't even. Yep, a Yugo withe 200K on it...somehow.

Heh I just noticed one of the VW engineers in the Tiguan had......are you sitting down? POPPED COLLAR!

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/tab...65/Article.aspx Chris

Happy birthday...enjoy! Snow in Mass.? BTW - your AV is right up there with Nick's "Silkey"

It looks like I'll be moving to Canada in a few months. I don't yet know if I'll be moving to Newfoundland or Ontario ... that really depends on the job application that my wife has for a position in Ottawa. One thing I need to ask about are regulations dealing with after market driving lights. I have a couple of sets of Cibie Super Oscars that I've been using on my cars in Australia for the past 35 years. I'm wondering if I should sell them before I leave or pack them up and bring them with me.

http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home been listening from the website... very interesting. I'd be surprised if something from it doesn't show up in a game or 2. anyone else..... what do you think?

CARthedral (minor bonus points if you can spot the VW bug) Shark Theme: usually = EPIC_success and who can forget "CATBUS"? Who was it that posted that on here...?

Guys, I am wracking my brain, trying to remember a web site I used to frequent. It was a humour site, full of other unusual websites and funny stuff - i think glass was in the title. no prizes for the right answer, just my eternal gratitude!!!! thanks, stacey

http://jalopnik.com/5504752/the-worlds-worst-custom-corvette

What is the worst thing you've ever done to a car to make it workable? i.e. I don't have the money to fix it right, so out comes the duct tape. Worst for me wasn't my car, but I helped my buddy do it... He had a '96 Cavalier. The front section on the frames of the J-bodies are extremely weak. If you hit anything in the front, the whole front of the car will come back and the door will buckle the quarter panel the next time you open it (seen this a few times!). This was not what happened to him, however. This was even worse - 2 people got in a fight beside his car while the door was open, and one of them got pushed in to the inside of the door, pushin…

I'm doing a project from my Interactive Media class and I need to find a video clip of a car driving down the highway as seen from the dashboard...it needs to be downloadable and preferably a .mov file....anyone know where I can find some? Thanks!

One word description: insanity.

California Authorities Install Nation’s First Stop Sign Cameras We’ve all heard and weighed in on the merits of stoplight cameras, but now California’s Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) has installed five stop sign cameras in the Santa Monica Mountains. Article Continues: http://news.windingroad.com/governmentlega...p-sign-cameras/

Channel 2 news here in Detroit is reporting that the pioneer of the civil rights movement has passed on at the age of 92 years old.

I'm not really familiar with the going rates for these cars, but this sounds like a deal. http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/1171872617.html

May your "All-Terrain" dreams come true!

... the name of our "newest member"?

Whatsup guys, I know I'm kinda new to the forums, but just wanted to say how I have seen a lot of skill in the showroom section, with people chopping, specially Nos and Plumcrazy (sorry if i mispelled ur name), and i was thinking how the people on this forum should get more into chopping and designing cars, and especially in the contest section. I think even if the majority of people on this forum might not know how to chop cars, you guys still should give it a shot, because it would be cool to see maybe more than 6 or 7 entries in the contest. I would like to see probly like 15-20 entries, i mean out of more than 1,000 people on this forums, only 6-7 make contest c…

So today is the day you can have your cake and eat it too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 22 WOO WOO!

I called HMV and I have news of it's ship date, December 20th - any MetallicA fans here plan on getting it?

I've been wondering how he and his family are doing.

And now, the latest show bike from Russian Chopper ...

Yay!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6so8be16mL4&feature=player_embedded

I just read up on FrostWire (a P2P program that is based on LimeWire) and I like the features. It sounds like a nice way to reach out and grab some bootlegs and get into some bands I've been meaning to listen to. I also like the fact that, in addition to that fact Frost wire offers what LW Basic offers, you get some of LW's premium features as well. I just got to know one thing: is the program clean and, if not, is there a way to clean it up. I don't want to do system restore twice a month. If you know anything, drop a line here. Thanks.

Today I bowled a 300 game on the Wii today. Anyone else here have a Nintendo Wii?

Post any strange artwork you may have seen here. I found this one today at another forum...somebody made the entire city of San Francisco out of Jell-O and then put lights under it! It's actually pretty cool.

So the other day while at a junkyard I notice a mid 70s Datsun pickup sitting there, sinking into the mud slowly but surely. And I noticed the old school obnoxious Datsun emblem was still attached to the frail plastic grille. Well, I've been waiting to find a big Datsun emblem so I could replace the NISSAN badge on the grill of the Maxima so this was the day. Check out the results below. Also, in another thread recently I said I'd post the pictures of the custom cut vinyl decals I affixed to the Datsun. Here they are... Clockwise from top left: Just below the passanger side headlight, driver's side fender & trunklid. Yes it's ric…

So I was driving home on a two-lane road, and see a possum crossing the street. I slow down to make sure he gets across my side, and he successfully did. However, there was a car coming in the oncoming lane that he wasn't so fortunate to avoid, and I had the unpleasant experience of hearing its death. I was probably 15 feet from where he was hit as I was driving by. I hear a thud-caa-runch and then a second later a nasty splatter. Not something I ever want to hear again. Gross.

What GM movie car do you like the best- To me it's the Impala ragtop in Boyz in the Hood. What's yours? Wasn't it a Pontiac Grand Am or something in that really wild chase in The French Connection? Also like... The 58 Chevy and 55 Chevy from American Graffiti, the movie Two Lane Blacktop, and theTrans Am in smokey and the Bandit. Non GM car things that were obviously cool were the chase in Bullet, but I loved watching Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. The ending where the Charger slams into the train I saw when I was like 7 years old and it was my first real taste of movie violence involving a car. That scene has stayed with me for a long time. Chris

They did sometimes ahve good articles...but Sport Compact car is dead. http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/21/source-...laying-off-115/ I think the whole Japanese tuner thing is seeming to die down, at least outside of southern Cali. This may indeed point that direction. Chris

I'm pretty sure you don't have to register to check this out. It's from Buick-59.com http://www.buick-59.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=2142#2142

* The June 2007 story grabbed my attention: 1957 Plymouth Belvedere unearthed in Tulsa OK, a Route 66 town. I know several people who were there in person. I watched it live on the internet before we left for Dad's team's softball game that Friday evening. The car has been above ground 5 years, after being under ground 50. But, hardly any news; my main 2 sources don't seem to be very up-to-date. Maybe I'm the only one curious as to what has happened or is happening to the car...? Or, maybe I've just missed recent news? 1 of 2: http://www.unburiedcar.com/ 2 of 2: http://www.ridrust.com/missbelvedere.asp Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 1 Capr…

I've noticed that it slows down a lot here on the weekends and not just because there is less auto news or things to talk about so I thought I'd ask this question. I'm thinking a lot of you post on C&G at work, which means (gasp) you aren't being as productive as you could be.

Earlier this week, I had an "uh oh" moment on the way home. I was in the right lane of a 2-lane road and was trying to get over into the left lane. I kept checking my rearview mirror and glancing back to see if anyone was coming, but a Ford Explorer kept speeding up and slowing down such that I wasn't able to get over. In the meantime, the minivan ahead of me suddenly slammed on its brakes ... apparently because someone else had slowed down to turn right onto another street. At the time that I looked back ahead of me (I had been checking the rearview mirror), I panicked ... and hit the brakes, thinking I was going to hit the minivan. My '87 MC LS screeched to a halt …

... the front wheel fly off of an Accord and cross 4 lanes of traffic. The driver stepped out of the car and let out a loud "F$%k!". I just laughed.

If I seem overly asshole-ish, it's because I'm what you would call struck in an emotional rut right now. I feel like I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown and it's killing me. I'm overly stressed and lacking anything to lift my spirit. Not to sound like a broken record, but my Bday is what really brought me down. Ever since, I feel like I've slipped back into depression. Last night, I was nearly in tears. I don't know why I can't shake this off like usual. I keep holding things in and no matter how hard I try, I can't release it, I can't move on. So much so that it aggravates me and I continue to be able to release it. I feel as if I'm just going to explode in a blast of…

Wow. Nuff said. B)

Last night, a friend of mine was driving his VW Golf on Highway 20 going about 70 MPH when he reached down for a Gatorade bottle and ended up drifting onto the gravel shoulder. He tried to correct it but lost control and rolled into the ditch at least five times according to witnesses. He hadn't been drinking or anything. Luckily, he was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags went off. If you look at the roof on the passenger side, it's dented in pretty deep. Another friend of mine almost rode with him but had to change plans at the last minute. If he had ridden with him, he probably wouldn't be here today. Scary stuff. He ended up walking away from the scene with min…

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Hey, noticed this b-day on the forum list. Have a great birthday, Carbiz, down in the tropics! Jealous.

I was just scanning MSN when I saw this piece of BS: Eventually, you get to the Delorenzo article "Hell Freezes over," but first you see a picture that says, "GM: What went wrong. Here's why Toyota became #1 and is likely to stay there." So, apparently GM is now "dead" because they are no longer #1 (for the first quarter, I might add). WTF? This is the most deceiving headline I've seen in quite a while, and to say that GM is now "dead" because they were outsold by Toyota by a relatively small margin in the first quarter in global sales is ridiculous. Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, VW, and every other carmaker besides Toyota must be dead too. And until r…

Since i bought my car, its had a horrid exhaust on it... factory manifolds, crimp bent 2 inch exhaust, crappy flowmasters, and it leaked everywhere possible... so when the rubber exhaust hangers snapped the other day, i had enough.... and the impulse buying began... Today i received my delivery of go fast goodies... nothing radical, but a world ahead of my current setup. Consists of: Jeg's Ceramic Coated Headers 2.5 inch Mandrel Bent exhuast kit Flowtech Warlock Mufflers If all goes right, it will all get installed on saturday.... cant wait to see how different it will sound! This will be a huge improvement in flow, meaning better performance, maybe a litt…

By George Kiriyama NBCBayArea.com updated 35 minutes ago On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population. Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch break when the vice principal asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the others to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal's office. "They said we…

1985 Pontiac Fiero - 2,904mi* (*-Fire extinguisher not included)

Surprising I like the rims on this one... I have seen some funny guys with these huge rims on a van lol

I know that there's a general agreement against political talk, but seeing as there's only 4 forum members from Alberta, of which two are largely active; and of those two, one still lives there... I Hope that this is appropriate to post. When you think of the political dynasties of parties that have ruled forever, you probably think about China's Communist Party, or Perhaps Sweden's Social Democratic Party... Well you can add another party to that list... That's right, American buddies, the Cartel Canadian province that your country gets half its oil from, has been ruled by the same political party since 1971, and after winning a Landslide majority government tonight, i…

Today I too was the victim of the C&G Curse. Rear ended by a Toyota Camry taxicab (I guess you can only talk sh!t about Toyota so long without one of them coming to get you). I'm in my car sitting at a stoplight when I feel a huge bump and look in my mirror to see a cab has run into me. Driver was drinking from a water bottle and dropped it approaching the stoplight... The water bottle was pinned behind his brake pedal and he said he couldn't stop. I'll post some pics of the damage but suffice to say the whole bloody bumper needs to be replaced (FML).

Hey, Happy Birthday, Scarlet Swordfish. ocnblu was sleeping on the job....

Perhaps the greatest (and most dangerous) street race I've ever watched....two British-sounding guys in an '06 Z06 take on a Ford GT on metro Detroit freeways during lunchtime traffic. Speeds up to 160 mph. There are so many times where it could have just ended for one of them....just one little lane change by a passing motorist and it's over. Does anyone from Detroit know if this race made the police scanner or the local news? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICLw_Y-WuuI Here's another involving some Lamborghinis and the GT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGk1iFa_roU...ted&search=

http://cleantechnica.com/2008/06/08/mistak...yalty-payments/ responses?

Seeing as how I'm horribly far away from affording a new GTO, I've been looking at things that a are a bit more attainable. The 1994-96 Impala SS has caught my eye. In some ways, it's just like the GTO: -Big Corvette V8 power -Sleek, sedated looks (sleeper-like) I'm still not in the market for another car yet but I wanted to get an idea of how good these are (reliability, modability, etc.). This particular one looks pretty damn clean. B)

I question the impact resistance of the plywood:

Well, look who's 24! He's a big boy now. And HB to pjstorm... who has the same numbers in his age as turbo!

PAW PAW, Mich. — A man was taken on a wild ride when his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for four miles at about 50 mph, authorities said. Article Continues: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dl...07029/1006/NEWS

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Well about two weeks ago a very reliable source told me some bad news... all department supervisors in my high school have submitted the name of the person with the lowest seniority currently employed (in my department, business education, that would be ME). While nothing official yet - school board election & budget approval don't take place until April in NJ - word has spread that there will not be enough money to fund both supplies and teachers for next year. My source told me this so I don't waste any time trying to find another teaching job (good luck I say). Then today after our faculty meeting we have a meeting with the local union president. She tells us t…

In your opinion, what features/characteristics (measurable) should all vehicles from each brand have or at least always have as an option? Feel free to distinguish between trucks/cars, but otherwise it should be the same across the whole brand. A few of my opinions as Examples: Cadillac: HID projector headlights, LED signal lights all around, offer nav (maybe should be standard) Buick: LED tail lights, fog lights, offer nav Also feel free to do this in reverse, like: Nav: Cadillac (standard), Buick (always available option), GMC (always available option) So, what do you think? Let's stick to the remaining brands for simplicity.

Link: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/936504/333/Hundreds-of-panties-turn-up-along-Ohio-road Hundreds of panties turn up along Ohio road LANCASTER, Ohio -- Authorities in central Ohio are trying to solve a panties puzzle: why hundreds of pairs of mostly women's underwear were dumped along the side of a road. Fairfield County Deputy Gary Hummel said Thursday the undergarments were found in trees and on hillsides in several spots this week on a road in Berne Township, about 30 miles southeast of Columbus. He says some of the panties were still folded the way they'd come in packaging, while others appeared to have been worn. There were nearly 1,700 pairs in all…

Finally, heading back north again for a little more "stuff" under/in the G8--the new Pedders struts & shocks that were late last time I was up in May and that will finally compliment the drop springs in 'ole G8. Finally. May get it re-aligned correctly, tires checked, etc. while I'm up too. This means a 3+ hour early Saturday morning hike to Bethlehem and as with the last 2 times I've been up back in May, I must say I REALLY like it up there. Good thing I'm dead serious about a career change ASAP and possibly moving back north, just not sure how far north into PA...I'd really like if it just didn't have the winter. That said, while I'm up this time, for any sem…

For the love of god, I hope the rumors of them coming to Canada are true! Just hurry up and get your asses over here guys. I want a Citroen C6 http://youtube.com/watch?v=-tdEKmnWUy4

AAA Names Its Top Car Picks for 2006: Fuel-Efficient Hybrid SUV Gets a ''Green'' Thumbs Up and Corvette Named Cool BURNSVILLE, Minn.--March 8, 2006--AAA, one of the nation's leading consumer organizations for "all things automotive," has selected its top cars for 2006 in 13 distinct categories, including "Cool Car of the Year." They are: Category Car EPA Miles Per Gallon -------- --- -------------------- ((a)estimated city/highway) Under - $15,000 Mazda 3 25/35 $15,000 - $20,000 Honda Accord Sedan 26/34 $20,000 - $2…

article How many vaginas can one man destroy? Cripes.

happy birthday cadavillac... hope its a good one... but now that im 18... i hafta go into hiding and hope chris cant find me...

I find this to be one of the biggest travesties of our legal system where true justice couldn't be delivered because of fame, wealth, political correctness and "concessions" so as to not have tensions in LA erupt after the Rodney King verdict. It must be awful to be the Browns or the Goldmans, knowing that the violent deaths of their kids were not avenged. And O.J. just releases a book "If I did It"...I hope nobody buys it because it means royalties for the dude... but there are stupid people out there. Well, they haven't found anybody yet. Who else had a motive...for both of those two - Nicole and Ron Goldman? Whose marriage was slipping? Where was there a history…

Guys, "LA CAR" an online automotive website about the southern California car culture will be at AutoBooks in Burbank tomorrow, Saturday, 3-24-07. If any of you have time, come down between 11am and 3pm. Located at 3524 West Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank, AutoBooks is Southern California's largest automotive bookstore and one of the best places for car enthusiasts to hang out on a Saturday afternoon. It's not unusual to see celebrities, car designers, and others in the industry stopping by (Jay Leno is a regular, who I've seen there before myself.) AutoBooks has been around since 1951. It was begun as a mostly mail-order sideline by Road & Track staffer Harry…

This is an interesting quiz that covers a broad scope of American civics history. The link below shows that as a whole, our elected officals score lower than ordinary citizens in this test. I think that speaks volumes for where this country is at today. http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/...al_finding.html The quiz can be taken at the link below. I had 27/33, which is 82%. The average score for ordinary citizens is 49%. Elected officials average around 44%. http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

BBC America is showing men who have sex with their cars right now ... :rotflmao:

I heard this horrible joke and I just have to share my pain. A SQL query walks into a bar and finds that there are tables all around him. He says, "Can I join you?". *tom* *tom* *symbal* Thank you. You'll never get that minute of your life back.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/us-binladen-porn-idUSTRE74C4RK20110513

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=271450199&dealer_id=57081909&car_year=1995&doors=Two%20Door&systime=&listingCounter=4&model=TAHOE&adModel=TAHOE&search_lang=en&style_flag=2&start_year=1990&body_style=SUV&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&search_type=used&distance=200&lastStartYear=1981&min_price=&rdm=1260061664929&drive=4%20wheel%20drive&marketZipError=false&advanced=y&fuel=&listingPriority=20&keywords_display=&end_year=1999&make3=&showZipError=n&make2=GMC&certified=&engine=&adBodyStyle=SUV,TRADERNA&page_…

Also, on the bright side, I finally have about half of my stuff moved into my dorm room at school. Thank God I won't have to commute all of the time. I also have my temporary parking permit (cuz I don't have my car). And, so far, I just know that although I'm going to want to scream, it will be a most worthwhile experience going to school and pursuing my career!!!

.....a grandma version! :AH-HA_wink: I missed the chance to pick up a 97 Ford Escort wagon ...Mint green...my buddy picked it up for 650 bucks.... 42,356 Miles...this thing was in pretty good shape..only downside was that it had been sitting for the last 8 months... You don't see these much around here any more (unless you're Fly.. :AH-HA_wink: ) Now he can park his truck a bit more... Actually, I could rock one of these....mint green, and a wagon? Well, there you go... :AH-HA_wink:

"Once you trade in your vehicle to the dealership, you typically don’t have much power over where it ends up. And that’s usually not a problem, unless your truck ends up in an ISIS propaganda picture with your company’s decal still pasted on the doors. That’s exactly what happened to Texas plumber Mark Oberholtzer, who sold his company’s F-250 truck to a Ford dealer in 2013. While he tried to remove the company’s decal before the transaction, a salesman allegedly told him to leave it to the dealership to handle so as not to ruin the original paint. But the decal was never removed, and the truck was shipped off to Turkey before it somehow ended up in the hands of ISI…

On live TV. They say either he took a puck or a stick to the throat. He collapsed while on the bench exiting the ice, shortly after the Wings instantly called for a medic and C.P.R. began. Lets hope this is not as bad as it looks on T.V.