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Yesterday I was having some work done at the Ford dealer. A woman, blonde no less, came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten. We all looked at each other and the mechanic asked, "What is a seven-hundred-ten?" She replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I lost it and need a new one. It had always been there." The mechanic gave the women a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like. She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to another car which had the hood up and asked, "Is there a 710 on this car?" She pointed and said, "Of course, it's …

My tribute to the last Bonneville... Did I only post pics of the GXP; concept, concept, and production? ...Ooops. :P

NEW YORK (AP) - "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino reveals in her memoirs that she is functionally illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted portions the televised talent show, which she won in 2004. "You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell," Fantasia told ABC's "20/20.""So that, for me, kept me in a box and I didn't, wouldn't come out." The 21-year-old R&B singer says she's signed record deals and contracts that she didn't read and couldn't understand. But the hardest part, she said, is not being able to read to Zion, her 4-year-old daughter. …

I've noticed recently a rash of posters sixty8 who fail to properly punctuate, or use any punctuation at all. It makes your posts verry difficult to read which increases the liklihood your posts will be skipped over. First things first, the first letter of the first word of a sentence is capitalized, that means it is bigger, i.e. Y as compared to y. At the end of a sentence, place a period or a question mark (looks like this--> ?) if your sentence is a question. Its basic grammar, not too hard most people who aren't from Alabama have been doing it since 2nd grade. Now please, it isn't too hard, so do it.

Ebay seems to be expensive to sell stuff, so I was wondering if there are any others that might be around. The only thing i am worried about is if these other auction sites get as much traffic as ebay.

The date was September 30th, 2005. School ended and everybody went on their way home. Some by bus, some by their parent's, and some by their own vehicle. One person in particular drove his '90s Toyota Tacoma. On his way home, the engine started to stall or something. Pretty soon it stopped and wouldn't start. It caught fire. He called the fire department. As they came the fire had devoured the front half of it. Soon it was out, but too late to save the audio equipment located inside. Anyways, I don't know of the exact details, but this was to a friend of mine. I just had to write it semi-professionally. I guess he didn't pay much for it and in return…

My tribute to my favorite mid-engined car... :D First some great examples of production ones... Next up are some press photos or ads...

I've seen more than a few pickups lately with testicles hanging from the rear. Some even color match them to the body... I can't imagine some guy making a bracket to hang some balls and then thinking ..SWEEEEET. I wonder if this happens all over or just in Michigan Could this be the worst add-on ever? :( if not, what is

My tribute to some of Pontiac's past concepts... B)

who has done anything like this??? its just great http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/womenlivelonger2.htm

I am sure many of you already know this, ANYWAY for those of you who don't... Get a car 25 years or older, put in a 400 hp engine. Get it appraised for $100-150. Then get classic/antique insurance for $ 120 for 6 months. Genius plan. oh yeah don't forget to update the brake system and steering with your extra money or risk being an organ donor. Paying thousands just in case something happens sucks

I just picked up a nice bottle of "Desire Blue" that smells real good. $50 for it it better smell good. I've had "Spark" and one other kind that I can't remember over the past few months. What do you guys/gals prefer? Or what do you prefer on your guy/gal?

Found this on a random '69 Yenko image search: Discuss.

I love hockey and I'm extremly happy it's back here in Hockeytown. Section 106 row 1! Last home preseason game, then Wednesdays the opener against the blues!

a buddy of mine has an '81 vette and is looking for another set of wheels i know you guys are the best at finding ANYthing on the internet so i figured i would ask all yall...thanx for the help

oh man! I have to try this! I swear, the looks on peoples faces would be priceless! http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/missiletruck.htm

I'm getting this game for sure when it comes out... Just because of this B)

SHAWNEE, Kan. (Sept. 26) - A would-be carjacker got away with nothing more than the keys Monday after he apparently was thwarted by the vehicle's manual transmission. The thief was armed with a shotgun when he ordered a 26-year-old man out of his Chevrolet Camaro in a suburban Kansas City parking lot. The driver complied, but when the robber got into the car he was unable to manage the stick shift. The robber fled the scene in a four-door car that someone else was driving. Police are investigating whether the attempted theft is linked to four similar robberies in Johnson County during the past week. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press

When you've just completed your bouncing-off-the-rev-limiter, lame-ass drift in your riced (or is that sauerkrauted) BMW, no matter how many extra points you think the judges may award you for it or how cool you think it looks, it is usually a really bad idea to get out of your car while the back tires are still spinning. not for the overly sensitive

For real men:

What if Sylvester Stallone's metally-unstable Vietnam vet character was not named John Rambo, but instead Frankie Sparkles? Col. Trautman: God didn't make Frankie Sparkles, I made him! Col. Trautman: You've done enough damage. This mission is over, Frankie Sparkles. Do you understand me? This mission is over!!

YOUTH MOVEMENT Sure there's a ton of Baby boomers driving the new Scion xA, tC and especialy the xBs but I'm sure there were a few old folks driving hip new Corvairs back in the 60s, right? :P

Have you heard about the new TV series coming. It's called Supernatural. It's these two brothers who travel around in their beat up '69 Chevy Impala to various small towns investigating strange goings-on. This one looks good to me. http://www.tv.com/supernatural/show/30144/summary.html

If I need to get, say, an Ion sedan, how would these wheels look on it? 18" nice simple 5 spoke. show us the aftermarket wheels you like and where to buy them.

I know I could look this up on the net, but I'm sure Sixty8 could summarize this better... I know they make first-gen Camaros, but why? Who are they?

Has anyone seen their new video? It's a cheeeeeezy ripoff of '80s metal band Sphincter... they are riding around in a 3rd gen Camaro at the beginning, with t-tops and rear glass removed so they can all jump around in the car and act like morons. Then they get to the concert, and there are more "white trash" metalheads outside. There is a 2nd gen Firebird, a '70s or '80s Silverado, and a '70s Corvette doing donuts. Also in this video is possibly the scariest woman I have ever seen, doing a "sexy" dance on the hood of a Fiero. Sorry about your eyes BV.

Jeanne's Corvette Stingray My Wheels: Readers recall their favorite set of wheels 74-year-old Corvette Stingray owner is serious about speed Retired art teacher and Olympic speed skater's love affair with car began 40 years ago. By Richard A. Wright / Special to The Detroit News Jeanne Omelenchuk Age: 74 Home: Capac, Mich. Favorite wheels: 1963 Corvette Stingray Favorite roads to drive: Country roads around Capac and Almont A year or two ago, Olympic speed skater Jeanne Omelenchuk pushed her 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to 105 mph. That was just for fun, when the retired art teacher from Capac, Mich., was out on a fall col…

When very little I really liked matchbox or dinkie toys and really got stoked when they had a trailer hitch with something to pull. I had a favorite car and camper trailer. But my dream toy was always a pedal car and never got one. We lived in the mountians and nothing but gravel, really slowed them down. I would have been in Nirvana with this:

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 voted RWD. Manual trans. is almost as essential but I'd raher have a automatic RWD car than a FWD wiht a manual. As much as I'm into Muscle Cars I've driven plenty of four and six cylinder cars that had a ton of power... even ones without a huffer. For instance given the choice I'd take a '72 Datsun 510 over an '06 Monte Carlo 5.3, or a Cobalt SS over a '96 Taurus SHO. (but then who in their right mind wouldn't?)

Cell phone ban urged for teen drivers Transportation officials say phone use and inexperience on road do not mix when it comes to teens. September 21, 2005: 7:02 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banning teenagers from using cell phones or other wireless devices while learning to drive should be a national auto safety priority, say U.S. transportation safety officials. The National Transportation Safety Board put the proposed restriction on its "most wanted" list of safety improvements for the upcoming year, which also includes older appeals for more states to impose limits on teens' night driving and carrying of passengers. "Learning to drive and being …

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been sighted all over in the area where I live, Alberta, Canada. He's in the area filming a new western movie. They were sighted in a small city, Spruce Grove, north of here. I woke up to the front page in the paper, there they are coming out of a Safeway with bags of groceries, they pack up a pair of motorcycles and off they go, just the two of them....you have to imagine in an area where celebrities of this stature are not seen, the deli girl at the Safeway almost peed herself when they came up to the counter.

Love this car, the 2006 Fisker Latigo CS:

Sept/05: As seen in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the Mercedes SLR: Aug/05: Ferarri F430 caught in Montreal, Quebec, Canada:

Aite... aite... beat this... i just hose down my car when i wash it. :P

Well... here are two cars that are sitting in the woods behind my uncle's camp. The first is a 3rd gen Monte Carlo. The second is an 80's Impala. Ah... what wonders the woods can behold. :P The weeds have grown alot since I was around it last... so it kind of hides it. Anyways, the basics... The front clip and the front wheels are missing. The engine is there, but not completely and it's just sitting in it. The radiator is lying on the ground beside it. Inside the steering wheel is gone and the door panels (or part of them..) are lying in the back seat. The front windshield is... there, but damaged. The rear windshield is broken out as with the door windows…

...seven-seater minivan. http://www.cheersandgears.com/public/style_emoticons//AH-HA_wink.gif You were expecting a Fiero? :P

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/internation...1577753,00.html From the Guardian, a serious UK news site - I can't believe this is a serious news article!! Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina by Mark Townsend Houston Sunday September 25, 2005 The Observer It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico. Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Divers and su…

I'm looking for a Firebird / Trans Am ad that came out between 1982-1985. I saved a picture of it on my computer a long time ago but can't find it anymore. It was a night pic with the Trans Am's parking lights on and a girl standing next to it with lots of fog. Does anyone have it / know where to find it?

Everyone has one frined that always emails chain mail and all kind of useless forwards... My biggest pet-peeve are this type of email: "forward this so that money can be donated to get little Jimmy the baboon heart he needs...". <_< Anyway I got this one today and refused to pass it along but I thought it might be a cool way for some of us to get to know each other better. I see so many new names as of late. Either share some goofy facts or just ignore it. :) 1. What is your occupation? Car collector. :P Me and my girlfriend have a home-based business. Accounting and the ambiguous "consulting". 2. What are you listening to righ…

Just wondering, since I seem to see a lot of Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, and BMW fans here mixed in with us GM guys. I also wonder what draws some of the non-GM types here.

So I was out walking this morning, and part of my route is along a road that's outside of my development. I was amazed at the amount of trash people just throw out their car windows... like it's the middle ages or something. A big potato chip bag with half the chips strewn everywhere, coffee and soda cups and bottles, an orange condom, (used, ew) etc. etc... what are people thinking? How can people be so damn TRASHY? I sincerely hope everyone here takes their trash home and sticks it in the wastebasket.

Its two years old already but I just got this G3 DVD. Recorded in Denver in 03 Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen Old guitar player and fan of Joe that I am I just sat and watched in awe of the talent of todays modern Wizards, separately. Then in the end they do three jams together. The second was Jimi's Little Wing and I just feel apart. Was so good to see that these masters paid tribute and remember from where they came. Bless ya Jimi ! Anger, he smiles .towering in shiny metalic purple armor Queen jelously, Envy waits behind him .her firey green gown sneers at the grassy ground Blue are the life giving waters taking for granted .they quietly unde…

Well, I decided to make a website of all the ones that me and my friends thought of. For your enjoyment: http://www.howywo.com/ :P

WTFHHH!!!! :blink: (what the fu$#ing hell happened here?) http://neptune.spacebears.com/gallery/ugly.html

We're all on this site because we've been touched by GM one way or another. My question is: How so? Share your experiences with GM here. Only one requirement....keep things family-friendly, mmmkay? I'll get the ball rolling: Some of my GM memories: When we (my sisters and I) would visit my grapdparents in the Bronx for the weekend, we'd either be riding around in a 1973 chocolate-brown Monte Carlo or a 1955 Bel Air hardtop. The Monte was in pristine condition, the Bel Air was much less so having been stolen so many times. For both cars, my grandmother made clear plastic seat covers (think "Everybody Loves Raymond") that you would usually stick…

GRRRRRREAT!

Okay.... sorry for the delay. A few of you have been in touch with me to finally spill the beans about my absence and all the crazy happenings in my life that have transpired in these last few "exciting" weeks. I've had several very depressing and strange things happen to me recently. I've been very unhappy with my life as of the last few days mostly due ot problems with my relationship wiht my girlfriend. I don't want ot go into it but let's just say I was so upset the other day I contemplated nirvana in the physical sense. Even as I type this I'm sleep deprived, slightly over worked and melancholy. But F$@# that, I want to share all the GOOD craziness that has …

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This is insane, the price of fuel is up 70 cents a litre in Ontario... http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

*smiles* Happy Birthday to Cort, our resident Monte Carlo maven. Hope you had a good one!

This is an "under construction" 1992 Isuzu Rodeo.

CNN.com: Rita Could Equal $5 Gas

I mean, I laughed and thought it was kind of cool at first but it's starting to get progressively freakier. :blink:

Credit: The Car Connection daily edition Power APEAL Survey Puts New Models on Top The latest APEAL Study - for Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout - from J.D Power and Associates has been released. And in the tenth year of the survey, Power reports that new models are increasingly delightful to shoppers. The APEAL survey finds that 50 new or redesigned models were included in this year's survey, up from 43 last year. In all models, styling continues to be a big factor in wooing fans-but increasingly, interior features are playing a role in purchase decisions. "As more and more new designs hit the market, manufacturers are finding it increasingly diffi…

And I'll start with my beautiful G6 inspired one. :D Ain't it pretty?

If what I saw during last nights Isles-Rangers game last night is any indication, the game IS going to be a lot more entertaining to watch. Lots of pretty plays. Here's hoping they enforce the changes.

More idle blather from my 'commuting home' brain... An average motorist (let's call him 'Randy'), not particularly an 'enthusiast', has a choice of two to make for his new midsize sedan. Nearly everything else is equal and the prices are right. But one is advertised and in fact has a high-revving 6-cylinder with a redline of 8000. The other is a torquey 6 with a redline of 5500. Since our man Randy is a bleeding heart ecologist, he asks himself: Given the same owner, roads traveled and driving techniques, would the car that requires on average 1500 more RPM to deliver the same level of performance... that extra RPM would have to in …

Okay, I know a bunch of you eBay like myself. I usually scope out car parts and airplane memorabilia. You may go for sporting equipment, autographed photos, fabrege eggs, Selma Hayck's panties, whatever. But the point of this is to find an eBay Motors Gem. In other words, a complete car for sale on eBay that is in such a condition that you would only find it on eBay. That, or the listing is simply hillarious. Here's my first entry and an example: 1979 Lincoln Versailles Premier *Seamlessly-extended front end to accomodate 'spare' wheels. *"Vynal" roof with aged rust lines. By It Now Price: $6500

Improves gas mileage by 10-40%: check Runs on distilled water: check Decreases greenhouse emissions by 97%: check Small and cheap enough to easily fit in virtually any vehicle: check Confirmed results by a independant third-party firm http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgaz...a6-090911200e96

How crazy is this? I've seen two headed snakes before but never a Turtle!

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 ?

I have yet to see someone under 60 in an xa or element, though I choose the xa because the whole brand line was for the youth.

Did you ever touch something really gross in the dark? I just went downstairs to let my little doggie out. I didn't turn the back light on. I could see the fastener for her lead shining in the dark... so I reached for it... AND DID A FULL PALM TOUCH ON A BIG FAT SLUG! :o

I just read the line in Sixty8's sig that reads: "In fact, did you know a Chevrolet (small block) V8 with no oil in it and no water in it will last about two hours before it disintegrates? We did it twice. The first time it lasted an hour and 15 minutes and the second time it lasted two hours." It reminded me of something my Physics teacher said he learned from an engineer. That a 60s Muscle Car lets off more emissions while not running than a new car does turned on?

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So I spent my allotted coffee break (I don't drink coffee) shipping a package out at the nearby post office. A guy who's delivering several packages stops what he's doing and asks me, "Excuse me, but do you drive a blue Cobalt?" I reply, "Yes." He then says, "I saw you driving it this morning. Man, that car looks awesome! I had never seen them except in the papers. I never knew they looked this good. Nice car!" I thanked him and haven't stopped grinning since. Boy am I glad I didn't get that Monte!

Because I need some help. Since my PC is crappy... it won't let me download something. Specifically its the 1024x768 version of this pic: So... can someone please download and post it for me? Or whatever needs done... Here's the link: Pontiac G6 pic

I get the feeling it's used to test some really top secret weaponry and all that but is there something more to it than that? :huh:

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!

...To put your name in my signature! :P How? By coming up with something like the disclaimer I used to have. Doesn't have to be exactly like it, but it must be funny and full of sarcasm. Beyond that... just about anything goes. I'll pick the one I like the most, put it in my sig, and include your name. So come up with great ones, guys. :D

WTF!?

Freestar/Monterey - Good geometry, good dynamic rating, Good overall Caravan/T&C, w/ lumbar - Acceptable geometry, acceptable dynamic rating, Acceptable overall Odyssey - Acceptable geometry, marginal dynamic rating, Marginal overall Caravan/T&C, w/o lumbar - Acceptable geometry, poor dynamic rating, Poor overall CSVs - Acceptable geometry, poor dynamic rating, Poor overall Sienna - Acceptable geometry, poor dynamic rating, Poor overall Astro, Safari, Caravan w/ fixed restraints - Poor geometry, no test, Poor overall MPV, Quest, Sienna w/o lumbar - Marginal geometry, no test, Poor overall ARLINGTON, VA — Seat/head restraint combinations in the Ford Fre…

Funny stuff... :P

About a year or so ago I admitted my love (still, after 30 years) for TONKA trucks and told everyone here about Tonka's newest product line - Tonka TOUGHEST Mighty Dump Truck --> Well, to top that, now you may have the opportunity to see this truck in real life: (this pic gives you an idea of how big the real truck is compared to the toy!) Visit Tonka Truck Tour to learn more about this truck, watch a video of how this real, driveable truck was brought to life, and see if it's coming to a Wal-Mart location near you (I may be "sick" one day this week to drive to a location near me!!).

Yesterday when I was on my way to Hy-Vee to get groceries, I noticed a car in front of me that had Louisiana plates. At first I assumed that the girl in this car had been going here for a while. Then I remembered an article in the newspaper the other day about a girl from New Orleans who transferred here after everything down there was destroyed. In the newspaper they talked about how she stuffed as much as she could into her Toyota Echo in half an hour and left. The only reason that stuck in my head is because an Echo is tiny and you wouldn't be able to fit much in there. Anyway, the car in front of me was none other than a green Toyota Echo. I got into the rig…