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· Toyota May Expand Tundra Frame Recall
· 69 Busted In South Carolina
· Daimler dumping stake in Tata Motors, sources say
· Bad Cop - Another drunk one, but a female this time
· Teacher crashes through classroom in reverse
· Fire Chief arrested for detaining man at gun point
· NASCAR places Edwards on three-race probation
· Night Racing trailer for Gran Turismo 5
· HUMMER Plant Coming Back Online to Fill 849-Unit Fleet Order
· Ford offers security features to protect owners personal information
· Activists Missing After Declaring “War on Leather” at Motorcycle Rally
· Queens Of Night Caught With Google Street
· Daytona Bike Week 2010: Bikes, babes and what not
· You Drive What? Photos of funny cars, strange, weird, ugly, & junk cars
· Segway Riding Photographer Takes Heat Over Cheerleader Photos
· Bad Cop: 'Sex mad' cop Jessica Parfrey loses unfair dismissal claim
· American Chopper TV Show Canceled - Last show Thursday
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· Police: Woman says she's eating powdered donut, turns out to be cocaine

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Iron Man 2 Trailer 2!

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 08:50 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Always worth watching just for the cars! The Iron Man 2 Trailer premiered on March 7, 2010. In Iron Man 2, the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James Rhodey Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces. Release: May 7, 2010



More Videos of the Nitro Circus Monster Truck Backflip

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/07/2010 09:20 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

News has been slow the past week, so while bored and browsing the web today I found some new videos of the first ever monster truck backflip. I found longer and better quality videos that we think you will enjoy. Here you go...

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Toyota May Expand Tundra Frame Recall

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 08:15 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Toyota has alerted dealers in 30 additional states that it is conducting a “Special Service Campaign” over the same 2000-2003 Tundra rust issue that caused the automaker and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a recall in November 2009 in 20 cold weather states.

While Toyota isn’t calling the campaign an official recall, spokesman Brian Lyons said to think of it as a “heads up” for the other 30 states:

“The service campaign could mirror what’s in the current recall, but final instructions won’t come until March,” said Lyons.


Source: Toyota May Expand Tundra Frame Recall

69 Busted In South Carolina

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 07:30 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

MARCH 9--While on patrol early Sunday morning at a mall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a cop noticed a parked Chevy conversion van rocking. When Corporal William Murphy shined a light though the vehicle's back window, he spotted Shanna Byrd, 30, and Ronald Braxton, 32, in the altogether. Specifically, according to an Orangeburg Department of Public Safety report, "Mrs. Byrd's head was at Mr. Braxton's groin area and Mr. Braxton's head was at Mrs. Byrd's groin area." When the naked couple did not respond after being bathed in 15 seconds of portable police spotlight, Murphy started knocking. Which did not please Braxton, who uncoupled from Byrd (the couple is seen in the below mug shots). After Murphy identified himself, Braxton responded, "Fuck you. Who is it?" Despite Murphy's order to open the van's door, Braxton, continuing to curse out the officer, refused to exit (during the brief standoff, Braxton took the time to smoke a post-coital cigarette). After dressing, Byrd eventually opened the door, and she was busted along with Braxton for misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Cops reported that both arrestees were intoxicated. The amorous pair might have gone undetected, of course, had their van not been parked, with its engine running, underneath a light pole. (4 pages).

Source: 69 Busted In South Carolina

Daimler dumping stake in Tata Motors, sources say

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 06:45 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

MUMBAI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Daimler AG is selling its entire stake in India's Tata Motors Ltd. to raise up to $429 million, sources familiar with the matter said today.
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Bad Cop - Another drunk one, but a female this time

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/09/2010 06:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A state police sergeant based at the Traverse City post has been charged with drunken driving.
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Teacher crashes through classroom in reverse

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/09/2010 06:21 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A school employee who apparently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal reversed her SUV through a wall this morning, sending four youngsters to the hospital with injuries.
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Fire Chief arrested for detaining man at gun point

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/09/2010 06:11 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Michael Charles, 51, the chief of the Hempstead Fire Department, surrendered to the Nassau County Police Tuesday to face menacing charges, officials said.
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NASCAR places Edwards on three-race probation

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 01:57 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

NASCAR president Mike Helton on Tuesday announced Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races as a result of Edwards intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski this past Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Night Racing trailer for Gran Turismo 5

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 12:52 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The new Night Racing trailer for Gran Turismo 5 form the God of War 3 disc. Enjoy!


HUMMER Plant Coming Back Online to Fill 849-Unit Fleet Order

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 11:21 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Even though HUMMER’s future is in doubt right now, that didn’t stop one fleet company from ordering 849 HUMMERs to be built at Shreveport’s H3/H3T production plant. GM wouldn’t release any info on who the mystery fleet company is, but rental-car companies are often top of mind with large, factory-direct orders.


Source: HUMMER Plant Coming Back Online to Fill 849-Unit Fleet Order

Ford offers security features to protect owners personal information

Posted in by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 07:38 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

DEARBORN, Mich., March 8, 2010 – With the rapid convergence of in-car technology and the Internet, Ford Motor Company said today it is offering a suite of security features to protect the personal information of millions of Ford owners from the threat of computer hackers and viruses.
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CHP helps slow runaway Toyota Prius to safe stop

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 07:12 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The California Highway Patrol says an officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop after the car's accelerator became stuck in San Diego County. Apparently this driver needed to just be reminded about the brakes. P.S: It's called an EMERGENCY brake for a reason.


Source: CHP helps slow runaway Toyota Prius to safe stop

March 8, 2010 rss

Local pair raising funds to buy Segway for disabled airman

Posted in Other by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 10:51 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

It has been eight months since Airman Colton Read, a 20-year-old intelligence analyst stationed at Beale Air Force Base, was admitted to David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base for laparoscopic gallbladder surgery.
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Mazda design chief gives new meaning to zoom-zoom

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 09:45 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Ikuo Maeda, the new design chief at Mazda Motor Corp., earned the nickname "Speedy" for his lead-footed driving on the race course and off.
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General Motors draws on global designers for the new Chevrolet Corvette

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 03:41 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

For the first time, General Motors studios across the world have submitted design studies for the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette.

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Milk with your donut Officer?

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/08/2010 03:41 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Got milk? How about gotten by milk! A woman busted in Kentucky for public intoxication made matters worse for herself after allegedly assaulting a police officer - with her breast milk. According to WYMT news, Toni Tramel was changing into a prison uniform when she squirted a stream of breast milk into the face of a female officer.

Source: Milk with your donut Officer?

Bad Cop - 55 keep jobs after DUI arrests

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/08/2010 03:23 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

All of the 55 NYPD cops charged with drunk driving since 1999 pleaded down to non-felony charges and almost every single one of them remained on the force.
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Daytona Bike Week numbers down - still four deaths

Posted in Motorcycles by: Jon Maor on: 03/08/2010 09:49 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Bike Week 2010 is over. So, too, are the lives of four bikers. The decadence and excitement that is Bike Week was on display in its purest form Saturday night on Main Street where loud bikes, loud music, loud people and loud lights were the order of the night.
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Busch Takes Atlanta

Posted in NASCAR by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 11:34 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

HAMPTON, Ga. – Kurt Busch took Dodge to victory lane again at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Busch won last year’s spring event at AMS in impressive fashion, leading 234 of 330 laps. This time around, he led 129 in the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge to claim his 21st NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.


Source: Busch Takes Atlanta

Rammunition Monster Truck Locked and Loaded

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 11:32 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Mossy Oak, in a partnership with Ram Trucks and Hall Brothers Racing, is announcing a new 2010 paint scheme for the Rammunition monster truck will include Mossy Oak’s newest pattern Break-Up Infinity. Rammunition is part of the Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA), which is made up of many of the top monster truck teams in the industry.

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GM CEO Whitacre flying on AT&T jets

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 11:29 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

General Motors Co. dumped its corporate jets last year while in bankruptcy after being berated by lawmakers in late 2008 for flying top executives to Washington to ask for a bailout. But Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. still flies private, thanks to a little-known perk negotiated with his former employer, AT&T Corp., before he joined GM in 2009.
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NASCAR looking closely into incident of 'retaliation'

Posted in NASCAR by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 10:04 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

HAMPTON, Ga. -- Brad Keselowski called for fellow Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards to be suspended for at least one race after Edwards wrecked him Sunday in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Video included.

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Stirling Moss falls three floors down lift shaft

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 08:46 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Motor racing veteran Sir Stirling Moss is in hospital today after breaking both ankles when he fell three floors down a lift shaft. The 80-year-old is recovering in a London hospital after surgery on both his feet following the accident at his Mayfair home on Saturday, a statement on his website said. He also suffered four broken bones in his foot and four chipped vertebrae when the lift door opened at the wrong time and he stepped into the empty shaft.


Source: Stirling Moss falls three floors down lift shaft

Defense questions credibility of witness in Buffalo biker case

Posted in Motorcycles by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 08:44 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Defense lawyers say a recent ruling by a federal judge raises doubt about the credibility of a Lancaster man whom they consider a key government witness against leaders of the Chosen Few motorcycle gang.
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Motor Trend Declares “Buick is Back!”

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 08:42 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

DETROIT – For the first time in 28 years, Buick dominates the cover of Motor Trend magazine, along with a headline declaring “Buick is Back!” The April issue of the premier automotive publication features photos of the Buick LaCrosse, Regal Turbo and Regal GS Concept and touts the growing momentum behind Buick.
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FYI: Tom Cruise NOT involved in bike crash

Posted in Motorcycles by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 08:13 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

FOLLOWING NUMEROUS reports in today's press that Hollywood star Tom Cruise has been injured in a motorcycle accident over the weekend, a representative for the movie legend has assured fans the actor was not involved in any motorcycle-related prang.

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Daytona Bike Week 2010: Bikes, babes and what not

Posted in Motorcycles by: TimothyT on: 03/08/2010 08:50 AM [ Print | 2 comment(s) ]

I took a trip to Daytona this weekend to take in the sights, sounds and smells of the 69th Daytona Bike Week. I have not been here since 2004 and a lot has changed. While much of it looked the same on the surface, you start to notice differences as you spend more time there. Since it has been 6 years since I last visited Daytona Bike Week, I thought I would share my experiences and photos and even a couple short videos of Main Street with you.

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