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• JERRY SEINFELD AVOIDS INJURY IN MALFUNCTIONING 1967 FIAT
  (04/03/2008 01:37:25AM) Stating that Jerry Seinfeld is lucky is kind of like saying that lava is hot. Factually true, but pretty unnecessary. With a trillion (give or take) in the bank from the hit sitcom bearing h...
  
  
• AMC GREMLIN WAS KEY TO SEARCH FOR VA SHOOTERS
  (04/01/2008 12:50:47PM) The police investigation surrounding recent highway shootings in Virginia recently has led them to an abandoned AMC Gremlin. Apparently, an AMC Gremlin was caught on a surveillance tape and was vital...
  
  
• WEED WACKER BIKE LOOKS TO BREAK OPEC STRANGLEHOLD ON USA!
  (04/01/2008 08:54:55AM) All right, perhaps my title is a bit of a lark. I figure that I’m allowed with it being April Fool’s Day and all. But the truth is that there is a large segment of our population who just can’t leave...
  
  
• SCION HAKO COUPE UNVEILED IN U.S.
  (03/26/2008 01:59:08AM) No one will contest that Toyota is the 800 pound gorilla in the auto making world. They are the top cat, the big cheese, el Jeffe, numero uno, you get the point. But I believe there was a quote from...
  
  
• Simon Cowell’s Car Collection Now Features Bugatti Veyron
  (03/22/2008 12:37:22PM) According to Contactmusic.com, “British music mogul SIMON COWELL is making the most of his hard-earned cash, by spending a chunk of his fortune on six luxury vehicles.” “I've got lots of nice cars......
  
  
• FOUNDER OF TREK’S PASSING IS PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR CYCLISTS AND DRIVERS TO MAKE AMENDS
  (03/21/2008 11:17:57AM) Just recently, Richard “Dick” Burke passed away. Mr. Burke was the founder of the Trek Bicycle Company based in Wisconsin. That’s the same Trek Bicycle Company that helped Lance Armstrong ride to ...
  
  
• THE REAL NYC HOUSEWIVES TALK IN CIRCLES
  (03/12/2008 12:29:01PM) After viewing the initial installment of The Real Housewives of New York City, I have come to two conclusions: (1) the Jihadists are destined to win so we might as well buy Burkas and learn Arabic no...
  
  
• CAR LOVERS NEED THE DISCOVER OPEN ROAD CARD
  (03/06/2008 03:59:56AM) This may fly in the face of all of the conventional wisdom regarding credit cards that exists today, but car lovers need to consider applying for the Discover Open Road Card. I know, I know, credit c...
  
  
• Hillary Wins Texas Popular Vote, But Caucus Uncertain
  (03/05/2008 11:17:10AM) According to KGBT 4, “The Presidential hopefuls each earned more than million votes but rival Barack Obama trailed behind by more than 60,000 votes apart in the narrow Texas Democrat Primary. Obama h...
  
  
• GENEVA AUTO SHOW ROCKS WITH TINY, FAST AND GREEN CARS
  (03/04/2008 01:56:48AM) It should hardly come as a surprise to anyone that any car show, in this day and age, would feature environmentally conscious vehicles. But add to the timing the fact that the Geneva Auto Show is Wes...
  
  
• Boyd Coddington Dies at 63; Hotrodders Mourn Him
  (02/28/2008 02:34:58AM) Auto enthusiasts will be saddened by the death of hot-rod builder Boyd Coddington at 63. Auto Week reports that Coddington, “the hot-rod innovator whose creations won the coveted Grand National Roads...
  
  
• FREEGANS AND THE FREEGAN TRUTH
  (02/27/2008 11:38:31AM) It may seem strange in our affluent consumer-based society to think of scavenging trash piles for goods. Well, this is exactly what Freegans do. Freegonism, as the term has been coined, refers to ...
  
  
• AUTO CLUB 500 DELAYED BY WEATHER
  (02/25/2008 12:29:24PM) NASCAR fans were not happy this past weekend as they saw the Auto Club 500 delayed at the start for over two hours. Even when the event finally started, only eighty-seven of the scheduled two hundred...
  
  
• Clevland Auto Show Gives Chevy Chance to Show New Cobalt and Z06
  (02/22/2008 03:21:45AM) The automobile industry, like many other aspects of society, is on a green binge. Nowhere is this more evident than on the showroom floors of various auto shows around the country and the Cleveland A...
  
  
• HOUSE SWAPPING ALLOWS EXOTIC VACATIONS ON A BUDGET
  (02/21/2008 11:01:14AM) You would be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn’t love the idea of spending a week or two in London, New York or some other exotic location. You would equally hard pressed to find someone in that...
  
  
• New Underwater Car Makes A Splash with Bond Fans
  (02/15/2008 03:32:37AM) It was a defining moment in a film genre that was full of them. The year was 1977, and the film was “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Roger Moore was driving around doing James Bond things when, suddenly, h...
  
  
• FREE VALENTINE CARDS ARE ULTIMATE GIVE-UP
  (02/13/2008 12:48:55PM) Look, I understand that we are all busy, and stressed, and pulled in all conceivable directions. But let’s get real. Is the best you can muster for your (current) significant other a free valentine ...
  
  
• E85 Tahoe Big Grammy Winner For Chevrolet
  (02/11/2008 12:52:04PM) This year’s Grammy award winners included Amy Winehouse, who took home five awards, Kanye West, who picked up four trophies, and Chevrolet, who cornered the market on transportation for the event. Che...
  
  
• CHEVY LOOKS TO INVIGORATE CROSSOVER MARKET WITH CHEVY TRAVERSE
  (02/06/2008 07:07:30AM) Chevy insists that it isn’t just making yet another crossover to follow in the footsteps of the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, and Buick Enclave.  At the same time, however, Chevy doesn’t want to dr...
  
  
• DUCATI SUPERBIKE READIES FOR TAKEOFF
  (01/30/2008 09:56:21AM) There is probably no shortage of people who would love to see Tom Cruise careening down the street at 200 mph with only inches separating him and the asphalt.  Well, it appears that Mr. Cruise is...
  
  
• GUINNESS ACKNOWLEDGES ULTIMATE AERO AS WORLD’S FASTEST PRODUCTION CAR
  (01/25/2008 09:01:08AM) Imagine cruising along a familiar stretch of highway, perhaps the one you commute on daily, and deciding, “Hey, I want to get around that car.”  Then imagine tapping the gas and accelerating to, ...
  
  
• DISNEY VACATION CLUB APPEARS TO BE EXPANDING OFFERINGS
  (01/22/2008 04:06:30AM) It is probably official to reconstruct the statement of the “American Dream” to include some reference to taking the kids to Walt Disney World. After all, it almost seems as though you are an abusive ...
  
  
• BUSH EYES ANOTHER TAX REBATE TO STIMULATE FLAGGING ECONOMY
  (01/18/2008 12:09:45PM) Just in time to help you pay off those interest-churning Christmas bills, or just to give you a little extra cash to buy something you probably don’t need, President Bush is considering providing indi...
  
  
• Passat CC Impresses at the Detroit Auto Show
  (01/14/2008 09:06:25AM) Yet another redesigned car to come out of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit is the Volkswagen Passat CC, which the automaker is billing as the first four-door coupe.  The Pass...
  
  
• Maruti 800 vs. Tata RS 1 Lakh Nano: Which Super Small Car Wins?
  (01/10/2008 01:35:36AM) According to an advertisement for the Indian car Maruti SX4, “Men are back.”  The ad shows a small, four-door sedan traveling down country roads and maneuvering through city streets.  A blac...
  
  
• Tata S RS 1 Lakh Car Worries Environmentalists
  (01/08/2008 12:17:39PM) The Indian automaker, Tata, plans to release its super-affordable “People’s Car,” the RS 1 Lakh on Thursday.  The RS 1 Lakh will be a 4-door compact car that sells for around $2500.  Like th...
  
  
• WORLD OF WHEELS TOUR SETS A BUSY PACE FOR 2008
  (01/03/2008 06:29:00AM) For some people conventional just won’t do.  This is why we have mounted fish that sing show tunes, credit-card-sized devices that hold 8,000 songs, and cars that look like, well, anything but ca...
  
  
• Z8 MOTOROLA CELL PHONE WITH FERRARI LOGO COMING SOON
  (12/21/2007 07:45:13AM) What’s a Ferrari fan, with a couple of hundred thousand dollars lying around, supposed to do?  Well, the folks at Motorola have thought of something.  If you can’t buy a Ferrari to drive, ho...
  
  
• iRobot Roomba 510 Vacuum Says “Here’s More Time for You”
  (12/19/2007 02:27:41AM) In past years, if a guy made the unwise decision to buy his wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas, he could expect some passive-aggressive homemaker retaliation like pink underwear and lots of leftovers...
  
  
• Nikko 1/10 Scale Fast and Furious RC Cars Are a Great Holiday Gift
  (12/14/2007 02:45:48AM) Now fans of the quintessential car-chase movie series, The Fast and the Furious, have a chance to own a scale model of the amazing cars featured in the movies.  Nikko Radio-Controlled Toys has pr...
  
  
• MAZDA FURAI SET TO RAISE EYEBROWS AT DETROIT AUTO SHOW
  (12/12/2007 11:12:36AM) The Detroit Auto Show is widely considered the pinnacle of the car show world.  I mean, come on, it is Detroit.  If there’s one thing we know, it’s that Motown music and cars were born here....
  
  
• BOTTOM FALLS OUT OF POLAROID T737 JUST IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS
  (12/10/2007 03:18:38AM) I’m definitely starting to sense a trend here.  First, we started seeing a rapid decline in the prices of mobile phones/PDAs.  Then, just last week, I noticed that some GPS models were pract...
  
  
• Ford Recalls 1.18 Million Vehicles
  (12/07/2007 03:10:06AM) According to Ford Motor Company, the automaker is initiating a voluntary recall:  “Ford is conducting a voluntary customer safety recall of approximately 1.18 million 1997-2003 model year Ford F-...
  
  
• LOOKING FOR THAT LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEA? YOU’RE IN LUCK BECAUSE THERE ARE ISLANDS FOR SALE
  (12/04/2007 12:20:01PM) Maybe it’s just me, but despite the level of love I have for those close to me, family, friends, etc., I just can’t see forking over the cash for an island for any of them.  Apparently, there are...
  
  
• PINNACLE TV PCTV HD PRO STICK BRINGS HD TO YOUR COMPUTER
  (11/28/2007 03:15:42AM) Remember the time you first got your hands on the wheel of a truly fine automobile?  At that instant, you probably knew that the old Buick/Pontiac/Honda/ was never going to quite cut it.  We...
  
  
• LOGITECH WIRELESS USB MUSIC SYSTEM FOR PCs LOOKS TO BE A BIG HIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
  (11/16/2007 01:11:44AM) In the world of gadgets, especially this time of year, a certain cool factor is required to get noticed.  If the product in question lacks this cool factor, then it’s over.  I definitely thi...
  
  
• LINCOLN LOOKS TO REINVIGERATE LUXURY LINE WITH LINCOLN MKS
  (11/14/2007 01:01:05AM) Many of us have memories of our grandparents, or that wealthy uncle driving around in his big fancy Lincoln sedan.  Over the last several decades, many feel that the Lincoln brand has lost its wa...
  
  
• Britney Spears’ Age: Actual vs. Apparent
  (11/13/2007 10:47:29AM) Britney Spears will turn 26 this December, but according to People Magazine, the singer may still have a lot of growing up to do.  In her very public battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline for cu...
  
  
• TAMPA AUTO SHOW DISPLAYS BOTH GLITZ AND PRACTICALITY
  (11/09/2007 10:13:03AM) I’m sure that everyone will agree that the main reason anybody attends an auto show, let alone the Tampa Auto Show, is to see the most practical cars in world, right?  Okay, maybe that’s not the ...
  
  
• 2008 MUSTANG BULLITT LOOKS TO CONJURE UP OLD MEMORIES
  (11/07/2007 11:37:19AM) Maybe you’re graying a little and your college pants don’t quite fit as well as they once did.  Perhaps you’ve even committed the unforgivable sin of driving a minivan.  Still, somewhere ins...
  
  
• SANDISK SANSA e250 2GB MEDIA PLAYER LOOKS TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF APPLES MP3 DOMINANCE
  (11/05/2007 11:42:26AM) This holiday season MP3 players will be a huge for those looking to buy for their gadget hungry significant others.  Those shoppers should take a look at the Sandisk Sansa e250 2GB media player.&...
  
  
• Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Impresses Critics
  (10/26/2007 12:23:30PM) For sports car aficionados like the members of DFW Elite Car Club, the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 is the ultimate in incredibly fast transportation.  The 632-horsepower Murcielago is named for ...
  
  
• Tokyo Auto Show Promises to Deliver New Concepts and Upgrades of Old Favorites
  (10/24/2007 03:49:11AM) Starting today, October 24th, The Tokyo Auto Show will kick off. Most car buffs don’t have the time to visit the show firsthand, but they will be tuned in to see all of the hottest concept cars and ne...
  
  
• Austin Weather Prompts Search for Indoor Activities
  (10/22/2007 10:17:03AM) According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature in Austin today will be only 59 degrees.  Very heavy rain and high winds blew through central Texas this morning, signaling a cold ...
  
  
• MAZDA CX-9 NAMED SUV OF THE YEAR BY MOTOR TREND
  (10/15/2007 11:37:37AM) Mazda, long known for placing most of their emphasis on creating sports cars and infusing their luxury line with sportier characteristics, has now done the same with their CX-9 SUV.    Ma...
  
  
• ESQUIRE NAMES CHARLIZE THERON “SEXIEST WOMAN ALIVE”
  (10/11/2007 09:50:31AM) Esquire magazine just named actress Charlize Theron the “Sexiest Woman Alive.”  Well, that settles that.  "She combines unbelievable beauty with a smart mind and this attitude like she's alm...
  
  
• MICRO RC HELICOPTER COULD LEAD GADGET PUSH FOR HOLIDAYS
  (10/09/2007 10:35:31AM) While most of the world laments the fact that Christmas hype and hoopla seems to come earlier every year, America’s retailers and other businesses think the season takes forever to arrive.  &nb...
  
  
• Grey’s Anatomy Season 4 Takes Off in Style with Patrick Dempsey
  (09/28/2007 10:52:22AM) Patrick Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shephard on ABC’s hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy is not just an accomplished actor.  He also drives race cars and is a sports car enthusiast. "I...
  
  
• Dolly Parton: Singer, Songwriter, but not a Dancer
  (09/27/2007 12:23:49PM) Dolly Parton, who performed on ABC' s "Dancing with the Stars" today, had been asked to appear on the show several times before but always declined. “I told them I couldn’t dance," she says, laughing....
  
  

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