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Music Discussion / Good Thai song playlist of songs about broken heart, MIL putting DIL down, ....

« on: May 06, 2015, 12:39:05 AM »

father disapproved of the boy his daughter is dating...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgqKSOFvUgw&index=3&list=PLjqvd8scR7uaiffFBbXK2KF4u-R69YsDb&t=4s

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Automotive Discussion / This could be bad for those of us, DIY guys and aftermarket part vendors...

« on: April 23, 2015, 03:15:18 PM »

GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal


One of the inherent rights of owning a vehicle is the ability to get on one’s backside — a wrench in one hand and a grease rag in the other, and just tinker to your little heart’s desire. Since the vehicle was invented, it’s been an important facet within the community of gearheads.

General Motors — the same company responsible for 87 deaths related to faulty ignition switches, FYI — wants to take that right away from you citing safety and security issues. Along with a few other big names.

It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It’s been around since 2000 and started as anti-Internet piracy legislation. But automakers want to use it to try and make working on your own car illegal. Yes, illegal. The general premise is that unlike cars of the past, today’s vehicles are so advanced and use such a large amount of software and coding in their general makeup, altering said code could be dangerous and possibly even malicious.

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Automotive Discussion / I knew about the 108 HP Sera but didn't know it "inspired" McClaren

« on: March 14, 2015, 10:56:44 AM »

This may be the only one in the U.S. that's "legally registered" as it was made for the JDM:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Other-Funky-Mode-1990-toyota-sera-rare-legally-registered-in-usa-jdm-rhd-/131452566022?rmvSB=true

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Automotive Discussion / Main reason why I don't buy used cars from heavy traffic and/or snowy areas ...

« on: March 14, 2015, 12:54:10 AM »

such as SF, NYC, Boston, Chicago, MN, WI, etc...

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Automotive Discussion / Famed street racer charged with murder after deadly L.A. race

« on: March 06, 2015, 05:44:01 PM »

Good. Fair punishment imo is: Blind fold the idiot and have a car ram into him...

LOS ANGELES — A street racer and car tuner whose fame stretched from online videos to a cable TV show  has been charged with two counts of murder after a crash stemming from an illcit Los Angeles race.

Israel "Izzy" Valenzuela, 38, also was charged Thursday with engaging in a street race that caused a concussion. Another alleged promoter of the race, 21-year-old Henry Gevorgyan was charged with the same counts on Tuesday. Both men remain jailed on bail of more than $2 million apiece.

Two men were killed and a third was seriously injured during a Feb. 26 race in Chatsworth, Calif., when a souped-up Mustang went out of control and slammed into a crowd on the sidewalk while racing a Nissan GT-R.

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Automotive Discussion / Nah, the LM002 wasn't an "Exotic" in '86 and it's not now IMO

« on: March 02, 2015, 07:33:01 PM »

In terms of '86 SUVs, there were several SUV that looks better imo such as the 4Runner or Wrangler:



vs.

The severely overpriced and fugly Lamborghini LM002:

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Automotive Discussion / Agree with this person, not only are the idiotic racers at risk but also ...

« on: February 05, 2015, 10:17:59 PM »

...those sharing the same public roads with the idiots. Hey idiots, there are places called race tracks for racing:

Here’s a prime example of why you should never speed on a public road. Because it’s not only you and your own pride and joy at risk, but everyone else you may encounter.

http://youtu.be/DCYkhXuRsWU

In the video above, posted to YouTube by Car_Slides (via Wrecked Exotics), a hoon driver in a Ferrari 458 Spider speeds across multiple lanes before cutting in front of a Nissan GT-R whose driver slams the brakes and swerves to avoid an impact.

The GT-R clips the median strip and loses control, eventually hitting another car in the next lane over.

Of course, we can’t see what happened earlier so perhaps the GT-R’s driver is not completely innocent as it appears the hulking sports car is moving considerably faster than the rest of the traffic, meaning the drivers of the two exotics may have been street racing.

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Automotive Discussion / Always thought it was overpriced so not surprised

« on: February 05, 2015, 09:57:22 PM »

New Lexus LFAs still unsold two years after production ended


Even today, four years after Toyota's Lexus division set out into the supercar world with the 552-hp, V-10-engined Lexus LFA, the car seems like a mirage. After a decade of planning and research, only 500 were built — meticulously, mostly by hand — with prices of $375,000 each. Able to be customized in 30 million ways, a special edition of the LFA lapped the Nürburgring in near-record time in 2011, and Lexus shut down production in 2012.

Two years later, Lexus still has unsold LFAs waiting as patiently as pastors in its U.S. showrooms. Last month it sold two; in 2014, it moved 17. Most new cars spend an average of just over two months on a dealer's lot; at this rate, the 2012 model year LFA might finally sell out in the United States right around Halloween. Why does such a fast car move so slowly out of Lexus showrooms?


Why really? 

Because it's overpriced!

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Music Discussion / One of my ATF turned 30 today

« on: January 28, 2015, 07:59:31 PM »

 :

http://youtu.be/M9BNoNFKCBI

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Television / Yesss, The Flash and Arrow are back!!!

« on: January 22, 2015, 12:05:33 AM »

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Automotive Discussion / Like the front end of the new Taco, the back end, not so much, maybe it'll ...

« on: January 08, 2015, 10:57:23 PM »

look better in person  :

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Automotive Discussion / Inching closer to 300 MPH right of the showroom floor but requires ...

« on: December 12, 2014, 08:53:07 PM »

a ton of green:


Bugatti Chiron Could Pack 1500 Horsepower and Hit 288 mph!

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Two Wheel Forum / Obama Administration can do some good here, those of you that ride outside of

« on: December 03, 2014, 08:23:29 PM »

...California and is dying to enjoy this *make sense* privilege may have a chance now if the petition goes through  :

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Allow motorcycle lane sharing on all public roads

Lane splitting is something the rest of the world allows. In areas with congested traffic, it allows motorcycle riders to use the space in between 2 lanes of cars traveling in the same direction to advance through traffic. This act reduces car traffic because of the space a motorcycle takes up behind a car. Currently the State of California is the only place where such action is legal. We petition to make lane splitting a nationally recognized act, and to follow similar guide lines that the State of California has set forth.

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Two Wheel Forum / Alpinestars Made Air

« on: November 12, 2014, 06:32:17 PM »

http://youtu.be/X3tREs_ycck

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Pet Forum / Women, how many of you are going to start dressing your dog up in ...

« on: November 11, 2014, 03:04:59 PM »

Teddy Bear outfit this Winter? 

http://youtu.be/PIA6MMOKz24