approximately 10.5 feet of 12" corrugated PVC drainage pipe. cost me $90ish for 20 feet ...only needed half but you can only buy in 20 foot lengths.

need it gone from backyard. ask your friends...ask your neighbor's .....................ask your friends neighbor's!

not sure whether to laugh or be disturbed
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"DUI in an electric wheelchair. And they towed the wheelchair"

"jaywalking ticket to a one legged blind dude"

" the best (worst) was when I gave a woman a $104 ticket for parking in handicapped spot. Just as I finished filling it out, she returned to her car -- on crutches and with a leg brace on"

I love these. Automotive products that should have never been invented, but a sinking feeling tells you someone is buying them right now. We all know about the tornado and electric fan "turbo" setups.... but a few I've seen lately crack me up, have any more to add? I guess these ones actually work, but WHY!?


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"Push a button in your P.O.S and a small amount of
lubricant is injected onto your tires. You roll forward and
make sure the lubricant is all the way around your drive
tires. Then hit the gas and the smoke will pour from your
tires. It is that easy and everyone will wonder how it is
possible."


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"VroomBox utilizes a powerful microprocessor to digitally recreate the sound of 15 different cars and fantasy vehicles, and play them through speakers under the car. It even includes special effects such as screeching tires and turbo blow-off valves that trigger automatically."

ÔÇ£Instead of paying $500-$700 to improve the exhaust sound with an aftermarket Cat Back why not pay $159 and make your RX-8 sound like a 71ÔÇÖ Hemi Cuda?ÔÇØ


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2 tires with camber/toe wear on the inside. They're asymetrical so they *shouldn't* be flipped. Free to MM-ers in need of tires. One has a plug, but still usable. Plent of tread on everything except the inside tread.






plugged tire



i'll be selling these on other sites, so let me know if you need these tires for whatever reason.

If i need to ship, you will pay for shipping.

I'm selling 4 (2 front, 2 rear) OEM shocks for the 94-01 Acura Integra. Still good and i'm not sure what other applications they'll fit (92-95 civic's?). You will need to verify this.



i was unable to remove the bumpstop from one of the rear shocks, but you can cut it if you want.

Price = $60 shipped for all four (will not separate) - MM discount included

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just wondering what everyone else was doing?

5 years ago...

I was waiting to hear from JMU, Northeastern, and ODU for my acceptance to their institution. I was still in high school and in the playoffs for my Varsity Baseball Team. We placed 2nd to Yorktown HS and I think we lost to McLean in our first regional playoff game. I had a girlfriend named Crystal and i was looking forward to Prom. Giggity, giggity. I was also planning a beach trip with my friends to the outer banks for Senior Beach Week. Forgot about the car: Driving my Honda Civic Si.

1 year ago...

I graduated from JMU after spending 3 incredible years there. Looking back at what i've accomplished and thinking about what i was looking forward to. This was the week where people went back to class for May Session and i was left sleeping, playing video games, vegging out in front of the TV, working on the car, drinking a LOT every night, and not caring a bit. This was the time where i was unemployed and loving it. I had plans to look for a job and didn't really start this until June. In the mean time i was also planning a cross-country trip. Still driving around the Honda Civic Si.

now...

i'm working at CSC and have been fully employed for about 10 months. I've been learning a lot about the consulting industry and i'm still questioning whether i want to remain here next year or leave sooner. I bought my first car (out right) - the '98 Acura Integra. Thinking i was going to track it, i bought the RS model. I shifted my track ideas to the VW, but have yet to accomplissh anything with it due to a lack of interest at the moment. I now have a 600rr and i love every minute i'm on it. I'm also trying to pay off my debts and save more instead of going out as much as i used to.

1 year from now...

i hope to have moved up in CSC or to have moved to another company, possibly a different industry. i hope to have all my loans paid off - including my motorcycle loan. I'd like to start to make my transition away from the DC area. I'd like to move to the San Francisco Bay area or the LA area. I hope to have the VW chassis ready and able to take to the track at my leisure. I'd also like to lean out a bit, i'm quite out of shape.

5 years from now...

I hope to have bought my first home. I hope to have the VW with a new engine, complete set-up for a track car/weekend toy, and i hope to have a new car and possibly a newer motorcycle (ducati model of some sort ). Maybe i'll meet a nice chick to spend some time with as well. The car/motorcycle will probably take a back-burner to the house. I also would like to explore possibility for earning an MBA. I also want 6-pack abs baby!

all that calls for motivation that i need to find...

Here are some videos of the V8 Solstice taken from a couple of owners. To be honest, most of these videos stink, but you do get a sense of the engine overpowering this littly car (I don't think any of these videos are at full throttle b/c of the break-in period being observed):

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This is the house and garage of Richard Berry, who's father created the Yellow Pages. Its somewhere in Colorado. Apparently he bought 4 extremely rare Callaway Corvettes...within 8 minutes. He also has his own helicopter and 30 million dollar jet. The other guy in some of the pics is Ron Caldwell, basically the king of the online porn industry. I guess they are friends.

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Star Trek themed home theater
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The garage....
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SPRING MOTORSPORTS ROUNDUP
I'll start with F1 and see if I can at least work my way down through Moto GP and WSBK.

FORMULA 1
Formula 1 has wrapped up 6 races thus far and this is how I rate the teams relative fortunes.

^^ Stock is way up ^^ - Ferrari
The Empire Strikes Back. After looking pretty lazy in the preseason and unimpressive in the early going Ferrari has come back with a vengeance, winning 2 races at the hands of Der Schumacher and slotting in at second in the driver's and manufacturer's championships behind Alonso and Renault.

But their resurgence has not been without controversy. At the Australian GP onboard video clearly showed that Ferrari's front wing was moving in a manner not consistent with the rules which state "No movable aero devices". The FIA ordered Ferrari, BMW, and McLaren to change their wings for the next race. All complied but it seems Ferrari's wings are still flexing in manner that some teams think is illegal, notably Honda.

At any rate the controversy is still out there but the FIA hasn't taken action against Ferrari so chances are they won't be penalized (surprise, surprise).

^ Strong performance ^ - Renault
Just picking up where they left off.

< Breaking even > - McLaren, Williams
McLaren is a solid third in the championship but they haven't been challenging for wins like they were last season. Williams is doing about as well as BMW Sauber (remember that BMW was blaming Williams for the lack of competitiveness in their previous partnership) but Williams is not making any appreciable steps forward at this point, having suffered several mechanical failures.

v Stock is down v - Honda
From their preseason pace many predicted Honda to be fighting for outright wins from the start but they've seemed to fade in the last few races relative to Ferrari and Renault. The qualifying pace of the RA106 has been very strong but for some reason it has not translated into race pace. Honda will have to find another gear if they want to meet their goal of winning a race this season.

vv Out in the woods vv - Super Aguri, Toyota
It seems unfair to pick on poor Super Aguri Honda but they're still pretty slow, although they've closed the gap in speed to the next backmarker, Midland. When their all new chassis debuts midseason they should make the fight for 'best of the rest' fairly interesting.

Toyota's program seems to be in bad shape as they fired their technical director Mike Gascoyne last month and sit 7th in the championship with only 7 points. Unacceptable results for the largest budget on the grid. The bright side is that they were at least able to score a podium in Australia.

Alonso vs Schumacher
Its shaping up to be an epic battle between the youngest F1 champion of all time vs the winningest F1 champion of all time. Schumacher's victories over Alonso were a display of cunning tactics and fast laps at critical moments while Alonso's victories in their tete a tete have been due to Alonso and the Renault R26's sheer speed.

Its anyone's guess as to how it'll turn out but I'll put my money on Schumacher.

Welcome to the party Prodrive


About a dozen hopefuls put their names into the hat to become the 12th team on the Formula 1 grid for 2008. In the end Prodrive won the coveted final slot. The Prodrive organization has seen success in WRC, BTCC, Le Mans, and a few other series over the years and their president David Richards was key in taking BAR Honda to 2nd in the championship in 2004.

There are no details on what type of engine Prodrive will run but I have a few educated and uneducated theories:

1. Cosworth power. Cosworth has proven they can make a competitive engine and they could stand to benefit from supplying another team.

2. Renault power. There are rumors that Renault is looking to leave Formula 1 altogether and Prodrive could potentially just buy the whole operation from them which would give them an excellent technical base to work from. Will Carlos Ghosn keep the F1 program or sell?

3. Honda power. Even though David Richards was dismissed from his role as team principal of the BAR Honda team (most likely because of Buttongate, ask if you want to know) but it seems like relations are good between them, especially considering that another Prodrive employee (Nick Fry) is the current team principal. Only problem with this is that Honda already supplies the Super Aguri team.

Predictions, Observations, and Mockery

Biggest Jaw
Fernando Alonso

"Seriously, I know a few good plastic surgeons that could fix that right up for you"

Most Likely to Lose Job
-Yuji Ide (Super Aguri Honda) er-...wait a minute. Yep Ide got the boot after the San Marino GP where he t-boned one of the Midlands into a barrel roll. Ide never really got up to speed in F1 and has since been replaced by Frenchman, Franck Montagny. So much for the all Japanese team.
-Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) In a few races Fisi has been embarassingly slower than Alonso and the team owner already has a young gun that he can bring in next year if Fisi isn't more consistent.
-Felipe Massa (Ferrari)...he's doing a fairly good job but if its between him and Raikkonen guess who's getting the nomex boot to the derriere...

Where Heads will roll if there aren't results
Toyota
Honda

Toyota has the largest budget in Formula 1 by a good margin and they have the least to show for it. They already said sayonara to their technical director, who else will have to fall on their sword for Toyota's lack of results?

Honda typically doesn't fire people very often (unless you badmouth the team/company like Max Biaggi of Moto GP did) but its safe to say that if a win or two doesn't come by the end of the season there might be a shakeup.

Biggest Dissapointment - Rubens Barrichello
The whole reason Honda hired Rubinho is because they wanted an experienced, known quantity that could score points and challenge for the win right away. They didn't sign him so he could take a third or half of the year learning to acclimate to the car. Lucky for him he is finally starting to perform closer to Button.

Most Likely to go KABLAMO! (engine failure)
Williams
Honda

Revised Best driver lineups
1. Michael/Felipe
2. Kimi/Juan
3. Alonso/Giancarlo
4. Button/Barrichello

Best Quote
"He has some rather large attachments." David Hobbs commenting on the size of Nico Rosberg's balls after a rather daring pass on David Coulthard. Apparently you can't say balls on TV.

Most Embarassing Moment
1. Jenson Button's chief mechanic lifting the "stop" sign too early and Button dropping the clutch with fuel hose still attached, ripping the nozzle from the hose and sending several crew members flying
2. Yuji Ide ramming his pit crewmember who was holding the "stop" board, knocking the poor guy to the ground.
3. Juan Pablo Montoya spinning on the formation lap. He would have lost his qualifying position and started last had one of the Renaults not stalled on the grid.

Most Incompetent - FIA President: Max Mosley
I can't even begin to get into how asinine this guy is but the most recent proof of his ineptitude has been his new rule that the current teams should submit their engine designs for 2008 by the end of this year. That design will be frozen from 2008 to 2011 so that no engine development can occur on the engines. This is supposedly to reduce costs. This would also be the end of F1 as we know it.

Oh well, maybe this means Le Mans will get interesting again...