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I remember quite a while ago, someone posted figures about the 'most North American' vehicles, where they factored in where the parts were sourced, etc. Does anyone know where I can find these figures, or updated ones?

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

"I'm going through change-ehh-es... I'm going through change-ehh-eess" Sing, Ozzy, sing. Anyhow... nothing like a little Black Sabbath to announce changes. As you may remember, I moved to Michigan in the spring for various photography endeavors. It was a fairly substantial change of pace for me and a real opportunity do something with one of my hobbies. It was something I had only dreamed of tackling up to that point. To say the least, I certainly won't regret what transpired this summer, especially the bittersweet ending. However, the experience was mired by a sour agreement before I was even able to begin. Going back, I arrived with an overwhelming nervous…

... The AWESOMENESS game!!! This is to pay homage to Honda & Driver... I mean... Car & Driver for their Awesomeness in editing. More info here. Simply reply with a sentence with the word "Awesomeness" in it. I'll start: C&G is plain awesomeness.

...and I can't figure it out. I've tried everything I can think of too. My labtop won't connect to the internet. Not anywhere. Tried my parents network, local Panera, even a neighbor's. It will (at times) hook up to the network, but not the internet. And if it does, as soon as I click to get on, it drops off. I need some ideas..help!

On the way to work on Thursday morning, 8/23/07, I spotted a couple interesting IL license plates: MINI HUM ... on a Honda Element, which had an "H3" graphic on the rear end (and) BMW AT 40 ... on a Pontiac Grand Am GT Didn't see either one on the way home, though I wasn't paying much attention due to the torrential downpours ... followed by the extensive flooding around town and the house ... and somewhat in our basement.... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.lego.HO.model.MCs.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "All of the chaos makes perfect sense" ... Joe Diffie ... 'Third Rock From The Sun'

Oh yeah.... they won't be able to stay away from you, driving that. They love '77 Sunbird Formula Sports! :D

I'm leaving tomorrow at 4:30AM for the airport to get on a plane to go to Miami where I will stay for a day and then get on a cruise ship to cruise around the Bahamas and other areas. Just thought I should let everyone know why I will probably not be here much from tomorrow until June 11.

I need to find a car or several cars that were built at least 5 years ago that offered manual transmissions only. These cars can be from as far back as the 60s or 70s until about 5-10 years ago and preferably, American made. The car could also have offered a manual transmission then later offered an automatic but not in the same model year. Please give model of car, year, and any other specifications that you might be helpful. I can’t really say who or what this is for but I will say that the information will go towards good use and in a couple of months, you might even find out what this information you give me was used for. I would prefer it if you sent your submis…

Actually, I am not crazy about going there but, when I have to, I will definitely go. For the Regal, I have bought 5 items there - and saved myself a lot of money: 1. Heater blower motor 2. Washer fluid bottle 3. Radio pod 4. Steering wheel 5. Dash light 30 second delay switch ($7 instead of $200+, ridiculous) When I am there, it's fun to walk around the aisles and look at cars I used to like (i.e. Grand Le Mans )

I found these pics on Ebay...I never really hear much about this car, but it sure is a beaut. This '62 is in great shape overall.

Well Direct TV just put XM on the music channels. I actually use them often through the sterio. So anybody have any favorites ? Im only assuming they are titled the same nationally. Ive been listening to Deep Tracks thats been playing some stuff I forgot all about. Right now Pink Floyd from a BBC recording in 1970, wow, I think Im having a flashback. In the early 70's I used to listen to this station that came out of RPI college in Troy NY, those college students always played this more progressive non commercial music and thats what its like listening to this now. It was like the underground back then.

Interesting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwRHp3KFdow

Happy belated birthday gmcbob, sorry I missed it. Hope you had a good time! I sent snow to you as your present, hoped you liked it.

I'll be in Carlisle for the All Chrysler Nationals. First time...should be a blast. I'm going with a friend so I can't really o anywhere, but if anyone wants to come by and meet up that would be cool .

Quick question for the automtive history buffs...what was the last year of the 4-door hardtop and what model? Thanks!

saw the link on digg.com. i think it's pretty damn funny.

While watching "Last Comic Standing" tonight, NBC showed two promo spots for a new show starting this fall called "My Own Worst Enemy" with Christian Slater. He plays a duel character - Henry, the average joe, and Eddie, a cross between 007 and an assassin. The second promo showed "Henry" driving in his mundane blue Chevy Traverse, while "Eddie" cruises around in a silver 5th generation Camaro coupe. So NBC is showing both Ford (Knight Rider) and Chevy some lovin' with new fall shows.

I walked into my bathroom and fliped the switch and the light bulb burnt out. its not normal though it dosent screw in it has 2 posts the slide in the holes then requires a quater turn then it locks in. But i need help! I dont understand the bulb said its goo for 1,000,000 hours i dont hink it lasted that long? is it the swicth? Do i need to rewire the bathroom? Should i change out all my breakers? should i get 200amp service?

Tonight they had a GM commercial during the oscars. What struck me is that this is the best General Motors ever. Every division has some really great, no apologies necessary, cars. The product is fantastic. If only they can get the business side of things together.

Basically, if somebody passes away in another state and the next of kin is never contacted while this person is in the hosptal or after he dies is there legal recourse?

Check it out: http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/ I was laughting so hard I couldn't breath so click at your own risk.

I went to see the cars lined up at the start of the Copperstate 1000 Road Rally today...neat variety of classics... here's some pics of some of the cars. These cars are going to be driving 1000 miles around AZ for the next 4 days. Gallery view: Copperstate 1000 pics Packard convertible: A '72 BMW 3.0CS for Sixty Eight to enjoy: Chrysler Airflow: '28 Bentley coupe: '61 Aston Martin Zagato: '70 Torino stock car (an unrestored real race car) Corvettes: Aston Martin race car lots of Ferraris also.

How about that. Two dates in early mid-May with GnR before they head off on their tour overseas. Seems the CD is imminent. Can't wait!! Here's a pretty good source of GnR information. Check out the quotes near the bottom. http://www.newgnr.com/newgnr.html

Happy birthday to WMJ, my perverted friend (just kidding) up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes...sheez, you gotta find SOME way to keep warm. Too bad your name is not Nick or you would be "Nick the Greek, the tittie freak." ENJOY!!!

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/1195698166.html

Here is an interesting typo in the Toronto Star. Read the highlighted and lets see what you think.

SAMSON, Ala. – Nine people were gunned down in a terrifying rampage across two Alabama counties by a lone shooter who authorities said burned down his mother's home with her inside, killed his own relatives on their porch and shot apparent strangers and police before killing himself. Tuesday's shootings in a mostly rural area near the Florida border were believed to be the work of Michael McLendon, who lived with his mother and had once worked at a local metal plant. The bloodshed began when McLendon burned down his mother's house in Kinston, according to Coffee County Coroner Robert Preachers. Authorities found Lisa McLendon's body inside, but they had not determined…

Sometimes you just got love GM, my wife has informed me, a Chevy Volt Concept has arrived at my home in Europe for me to play with. Maybe you could get one too. :AH-HA_wink: Link: http://www.chevymall.com/shopping/product/...iProductID=5077

Normally, I would have been asleep long before then, but last night, I was up, couldn't sleep. Click: EaRtHqUaKe! It felt like a freight train a' comin' through my house. 3.3, it was.

I love Weird Al's songs. They are also funny and amusing. Finally he decided to come back and make fun of "Ridin' Dirty" by Chamillionaire. This one is White and Nerdy!!!! I love that he has a Prius in the video and a Segway lol. This is great. Also note, the 2 guys in the first part of the movie are currently part of MAD TVs cast if you recognize them. The video can be seen here. Enjoy!!!! White and Nerdy - Weird Al

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

I think it's really interesting to see organic materials, the very building blocks of Life, being found elsewhere. Feels like a tiny step closer to finding Life out there: Clicky.

At the gym they have little TVs at each of the treadmills. Today while marching on the 'mill, I saw a commercial for a local Ford dealer, featuring photos of a Fusion... and a Euro Focus 3-door. I almost went "HA!" out loud, but ppl would have looked at me funny. :AH-HA_wink:

Have a good 26th. You've been around here a while.

Against owners will.... http://www.telegram.com/article/2012...106219803/1116 WORCESTER — As David vs. Goliath struggles go, they don't get much more lopsided than a lone muscle-car enthusiast going up against a mega-bank with more than $2 trillion in assets. But that's exactly what Aaron Dahrooge of Worcester has been doing for three months now in an effort to get back his beloved 1973 Dodge Challenger. The distinctive muscle car, which is painted “plum crazy” purple and has a burly V-8 engine with a chrome air scoop popping up through the hood, was taken from the garage of his deceased mother's home in Burncoat in late March. Bank of America has vital information, …

... does the most complete job of building a car or truck? Meaning the largest percentage of manufacturing the parts, then putting the parts together to make the vehicle. Or is that an outdated concept? Just curious.

European cities get rid of street signs: http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiege...,448747,00.html

Why is asking for and/or accepting the help of others so seemingly taboo? I'm exhausted and so tired I can't even sleep, which is not good, since I have to be at work Thursday and Friday. But, trying to do my best to help my parents at home after their surgeries (Mom donated a kidney to Dad), while doing what I need to do ... and trying to make my sister understand that I AM helping Dad and Mom ... is starting to grate on my nerves. I love helping Dad and Mom, especially after the sacrifices they have made, but when they won't LET me help them as my sister insists I need to ... it frustrates me. Thus the somewhat re-worded, semi-rhetorical query I posed to start thi…

You'll laugh, you'll cry - you'll kiss 18 minutes goodbye! I've lived in the Houston area since I was in junior high (with a one year stint in Colorado a few years back) but I was born in Western New York. I still have family in the Buffalo area but I don't go up there very often. In November I drove up there to see my sister and her husband and decided to take the video camera along to capture some of the trip along the way. Unfortunately while I was there I somehow erased a ton of footage of the trip from Houston to Buffalo, as well as footage of Hurricane Ike ripping up my yard. I'm actually really bummed that that happened. This is footage of Niagara Fal…

On ice, drinks like mango Tampico or Rockview fruit punch do me well with my meal. 99 cents a gallon. Or instead of going after those skunky Heinekens, I'm quite alright with a crispy cold with a 32 of Miller High Life. The Champagne of Beers!! Only $1.50. You guys can keep the pricey stuff. Or appreciate right along with me. I can buy more expensive stuff...but why, when I actually LIKE these things?

Ah yes, winter. Time for comfort food. My grandmother used to make this simple, hearty dish to warm us up after being out in the cold: 40 ounce can butter beans/dried limas, rinsed 1 pound tube mild sausage, formed into bitesize patties 1 medium onion, chopped 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup ketchup preheat oven to 400 place sausage bites into skillet with enough water to cover completely, cover pan and bring to boil add onion to pan, cook sausage and onion until water evaporates and sausage starts to brown drain fat and place sausage and onion in baking dish with rinsed beans, add ketchup and brown sugar and mix all ingredients together bake at 400 for about 30 min…

Read where it says: Description (revised): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ugly-Car-CH...1QQcmdZViewItem :blink:

Some friends and I took a trip to the fine country of Canada this weekend. We hit up Winnipeg and a few towns in between and a had a great time while doing it. On the way home we took the long way, through a lot of small towns in Southern Manitoba. One thing I happened to notice is that in a lot of these small towns close to the border, there are a lot of nice, new homes (and quite a few being built) and what looks to be a lot of successful small businesses. A ton different compared to the small towns of the same size just across the border in North Dakota. People on average don't build new homes on the North Dakota side of the border unless it is in a town of at lea…

So Seattle is getting pounded with rain but our mountains are getting dumped on with Freshies. If your a powder dog, you will enjoy todays video. Rock On PowderBunga!!!

Being the rebel I try to be once in awhile.. I'm not going to click on the other thread. :) Who's with me?

Why are they here often?

I received confirmation in the mail that my application to vote was accepted, so I will be voting in the November election. I am actually excited. I registered non-partisan. I like to have all of my options open to me at all times. :AH-HA_wink: So have you registered yet?

Next time you think your hotel bill is too high you might want to consider this... Husband and wife are traveling by car from Key West to Boston After almost twenty-four hours on the road, They're too tired to continue, and they decide to stop for a rest. They stop at a nice hotel and take a room, but they only plan to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road. When they check out four hours later, the desk clerk hands them a bill for $350.00. The man explodes and demands to know why the charge is so high. He tells the clerk although it's a nice hotel, the rooms certainly aren't worth $350.00! When the clerk tells him $350.00 is the standard rate, the …

My friends dad just bought an El Camino with a 396 Turbo Jet. This pickup is sweet. My friend says that it is his dad's new child lol. He isnt happy because his dad wont let him drive it.

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.

Minus a few chin hairs, of course!

Of this. Oh, how this picture paints a perfect portrait.

Heh ... I guess it was only a matter of time ... SPAM Emails coming to one's cell phone. I received my first such, in the form of a text message, a few weeks ago. But, today, I received 2 of them within an hour ... about 2 hours after a friend of mine received one on his cell phone while I was talking to him. Anyone else receive such text messages on cell phones? Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.lego.HO.model.MCs.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Nope, sorry, nothin'" ... Jo Dee Messina ... 'My Give A Damn's Busted'

This makes me happy.

By popular (my own) demand, I present the Official Pet Thread! I'll kick things off with photos of our pets. Our ham, Patches Her brother, Bear Our rescued cat, who we found, of all places, in a PetSmart parking lot near Christmas 2 years ago, Ginger Our oldest cat, Rose Our biggest cat, "The Lump", rescued when he was a stray kitten, Spitfire and our two Silver Tip "Sharks" Ula and Murry, who we finally decided to name after owning them for 3 years, back when they were the size of a pinky, now they're two-third's the length of my forearm.

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=12373 Woo-hoo!!!!! Its about freaking time!!!!! I don't care at all about politics, but I was just so, SO sick of seeing this on the news, and how this guy stonewalled EVERYBODY!!!!

Dodgefan I ordered these, the rear ones I am having painted the same color as my Big Prix! (Purple Haze) Thanks for the Heads Up.

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

My State Police PBA card got me out of 2 very serious tickets today: driving on the wrong side of the road and 'failure to follow the direction of a police officer'. >>Insert gigantic WHEW!! here<< Last time I had a road altercation was '97: a woman stopped short in a busy roadway right in front of me, I swerved and would've missed her completely (my left headlight clipped her right taillight), but a dump truck was parked & blocking the shoulder (so much for 'less-than-ridgeline-handling'!). Then, the officer said "I'm not going to give you a ticket" but 2 weeks later one arrived in the mail after an &#…

I've never seen one of these until today. I had to check on the 'net to see if it was real - it almost looked like someone did a lot of bodywork to a Protege5 and stuck Lexus badges on it. Was this sold in Canada??

Dear Internal Revenue Service: Enclosed you will find my 2005 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper; dated 12 November, wherein you will see the Pentagon (Department of Defense) is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600.00 per toilet seat. I am enclosing four (4) toilet seats (valued @ $2,400) and six (6) hammers valued @ $1,029), which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3,429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the "Presidential Election Fund," as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one (1) 1.5" Phillips Head screw (se…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXulXWD10-0 Too bad the G8 ST didn't get to come here as an El Camino. A similar commercial with it would have pretty interesting to watch as well.

My Acadia has the power tailgate, which I love for when I have three 150+ lbs dogs on leashes and need to load them into the back. Today, I was arranging boxes of stuff in the rear cargo area with the tailgate open. My daughter had the other set of keys and thought it would be funny to close the tailgate on dear old Dad. I was listening to my iPod at the time and did not hear the audible warning that the tailgate was closing. I only realized it was closing when I felt it hit by rear end, stop, and then raise back up. Thank goodness for that safety feature, or I would have been gobbled up like one of those little balls in a Hungry Hungry Hippos mouth. Let the prank …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozc70JPGRMQ some one gave me this dvd "stop making sense" and to me this looks totally lip sung. Is it me or does any one else think this? Talking heads Burning down the house. also just for a laugh what was devo thinking???? I can watch this without laughing gotta love the power hat. the 80's...

95 Aurora- $1000 I'm thinking about it, but I dont know how bad the described problems will be to fix.

It shows a little of my guilty pleasures I had my last time in Germany. Das ist gut, ja? What? I'm innocent, I tell ya!

I'm pretty sure its a network issue (AT&T) but I keep getting text messages. Thats normal, I use about 2000/month, but I keep getting the same messages over and over. It started this afternoon with a co-worker texting me, I got it three times. I thought it odd, and went on. Then it happened again. And again, dozens of times over a couple of hours. Then it got really weird, because now I keep getting the same messages I was getting 5-7 hours ago. One text came with time stamps of 5:20, 5:21 and 5:21 then again at 10:50, 10:50 and 10:51. I have unlimted texting, so if it keeps up, it wont cost me, but its really annoying, since my text alert is, "PC Load Letter,…

Folks, riding on the recent Hummer’s success in the Dakar Rally, I want to take team GM a step further. I have always felt that our pickups are very capable off-roading machines. Just look at those Southern boys lift their pickups to form a formidable off-roader or how the Midwesterners haul the stuff with their four-wheel drives or how the hillbillies like to have mud on their tires of their trucks. As some of you know P-D Rally is where vehicles with steel balls survive, and I definitely think our pickups have more than steel balls. I want us Cheersandgears.com folks to enter two GMT 900 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Duramax Diesels for the Paris-Dakar Rally of 2008. I k…

TEEN DRIVER CRASHES POSE GREATEST THREAT TO OTHER ROAD USERS, ACCORDING TO AAA FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AAA Auto Club South To Focus Advocacy Efforts on Strengthening Florida’s Teen Driver Safety Law TAMPA, FL (January 18) - The majority of people killed in teen driver crashes are people other than the teen drivers themselves, according to a recent analysis of ten years of crash data by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The new analysis shows that young novice drivers comprise slightly more than one-third of all the fatalities in crashes in which they are involved; whereas nearly two-thirds of those killed are other vehicle users and pedestrians. AAA Auto Club South…

Post your old Barn find's pictures or video's!!! I will start with a sweet 1955 Find! http://www.vidoevo.com/yvideo.php?i=eVJwM3Z4cWuRpRlBOVGs&old-barn-find-1955-chevy

Stern has realized the new wave of broadcasting is Satellite Radio. Much like the new wave in media is the 'web. I can't wait to see what this brings over the next two years!

In the comments section below an article about DaimlerChrysler paying a $40 million CAFE fine, there was this comment that was pretty interesting. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/31/nhtsa-r...ler-takes-cake/ Wasn't there a modified CAFE passed that allowed trucks more leniency than cars (down to 25 mpg)? If so, and Chevy really is at about 27 mpg for its car fleet, that's a lot better than I was thinking. Trucks have a way to go, however. It's also interesting to note how big of a difference the Prius makes on Toyota's lineup; I think CAFE can be done, but no doubt GM needs more hybrid / electric vehicles on the road. I don't see why size needs to be sacrific…

What happened to the Tulsa Plymouth??? Was the winner ever announcd?

[source: MotorAuthority] Lotus reveals new photos of Evora ahead of June launch Many Celebrities on the Waiting List The wraps first came off the Lotus Evora 2+2 GT back in July 2008 but despite the car looking production-ready Lotus engineers had plenty of fine tuning to complete before the car could finally go on sale. Then, almost nine months later, Lotus finally confirmed the production specifications for the Evora and announced a launch date for this May. That date got bumped to June, but the car is finally on its way - for Europe at least. To ramp up excitement for the launch, Lotus has released a new set of images of the Evora, reve…

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"

man was washed up on a beach after a terrible shipwreck. Only a sheep and a sheepdog were washed up with him. After looking around, he realized that they were stranded on a deserted island. After being there awhile, he got into the habit of taking his two animal companions to the beach every evening to watch the sunset. One particular evening, the sky was a fiery red with beautiful cirrus clouds, the breeze was warm and gentle - a perfect night for romance. As they sat there, the sheep started looking better and better to the lonely man. Soon, he leaned over to the sheep and put his arm around it. But the sheepdog, ever protective of the sheep, growled fiercel…

I had to work in a booth and do some crowd control, but I was able to take a few pics. Oh, and I have a freakin sunburn from being out there both days. Anyone here get to go??

....never mind. I picked a Sensa e250 2GB player today, went to charge it, and the whole thing shut down on me. Me being new to Mp3 players, freaked out. After playing with it for a while, I got it to turn off, then on. All good. I was worried there for a minute... Now I have to get an ipod too....Nano, I think.

As I get ready to get off of work this morning and head home from McChord AFB, I thought to wish everyone a happy Indepedence Day. Its nice to be in the States for this one (last year at this time I was deployed) and able to spend the rest of the day with my family. Enjoy everyone!

Edmunds has a few '09 "build & price" lists up for different vehicles. I just priced out an '09 HHR 2LT. They're usually much quicker than the OEM sites.