Blake Noble

How many ways are there to beat a dead horse? Let's find out ...

Why in f@#k would they charge him with anything? The man was an unwanted intruder in his home and the student reacted with self-defense. I would have done the same thing myself, I just wouldn't have used a f@#king samurai sword (Smith & Wesson 500 revolver, that's where its at).

Don't offer more than $4,000 for it. Cash helps.

Every Toyota is dehumanizing; dehumanizing to drive (especially), dehumanizing to look at, even dehumanizing to speak of.

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That was on Encore a few nights ago I think. I loved that movie. I could live in that junkyard from the end of the movie.

I change wallpapers as often as I change my underwear. Here are my desktops from the past two days. After the reformat: Today: Also, you guys can't see it, but I now have a Windows 7 skin on XP rather than Slan2.0 like you see in the first screencap.

I stumbled across this while looking for wallpapers. I thought it was a pretty decent take on what a C6 to Stingray bodykit could look like:

Here's how I see it: Fusion (and Milan) vs. Malibu: Fusion comes in 1st, but just barely. The winning hybrid powertrain is what gives the Fusion the edge over the Malibu. If the Malibu had a comparable hybrid model, it would easily be a tie, if not the final call being the Malibu slightly edging out the Fusion (in terms of design mostly). Taurus vs. ???: Ford wins here because there is nothing in Chevy's stable that competes with the Taurus. No, the Impala doesn't count. The Impala is on a crustly old platform with crusty old engines and a crusty old interior (while it does look nice, c'mon, if you think it is better than the Taurus in anyway, you need a one-month stay at a designated Charter resort). MKS vs. LaCrosse: I give the nod to the Buick here. The Buick has a design that actually looks like a Buick. The Lincoln could be mistaken for a neo-futuristic Cutlass or Intrigue if you ripped the Lincoln badges off of it. The Buick has an interior not shared with any other GM car, so you don't feel like you bought a completely gussied-up mainstream sedan. It is obvious the MKS shares its interior with the Taurus. However, the EcoBoost V6 in the MKS demands some respect versus the Buick's engine options, although they are decent in their own respect.

Speaking of experimental Olds engines, anyone seen the all-aluminum 455 Rocket Olds built way back when?

Well I'm archiving all of my music, pictures, and documents right now over a span of five to six DVDs and then I'm going to copy some programs over to another DVD so that I won't have to spend all day downloading and reinstalling. I don't know why I didn't do this earlier. I guess I forgot I had blank DVDs lying around to use for data storage. Looks like I'm going to be pulling a hell of an all-nighter to fix this. Good thing I slept for almost 12 hours today. I just need to make a run at around 6 a.m. or so to pick up a pack of cigarettes. Here's to finally making this damn PC run brand-new again and not like a broken-down POS. Also, here's to me buying a Mac as soon as I pull the money out of my ass.

So Avira caught 2 more infections and I uninstalled Adobe Flash. I'm not getting anymore annoying pop-ups from IE or anything asking me to install Adobe Flash every 20 minutes 3 times in a row, but Firefox is still acting like Firef@#ked. I'd like to find every person on this $h!ball of a planet who likes to make computer viruses, line them all up in a row, and turn the firing squad loose on them. People who find some sort of enjoyment out of the destruction of another person's private property are worthless f@#king scum.

f@#king great. After having a decent running comp for only 6 days, I'm back in the FUBAR zone again. My computer keeps asking me to install Adobe Flash. Pop-ups sometimes show up in IE, which I never use, meaning something is making IE open other than myself. I just found a "TorrentMan" searchbar for IE which I didn't install and uninstalled through my C drive, because it didn't show up in my add/remove programs list. Google now redirects me to some generic search site again. Avira caught 3 infections and they were all removed, somehow they still persist. f@#k my life and f@#k my PC.

Notice how no one has voted for energy drinks?

It's just putting lipstick on a pig. The first-gen Aveo really did look like one of these: Why be an Easter egg when you can be the eagle?

With unlimited funds, I'd take a broken down old Chevelle or Cutlass, Trans Am or Z/28, and restore it to have the best blend of modern technology and classic panache. I'd drop in the best LSX motor money could buy and tune it to make the most reasonable, comfortable maximum amount of power , the best manual transmission money could buy, make subtle upgrades and modifications to the interior and exterior (like flush-fitting the side glass, shaving the drip rails, installing the best, simple audio system, upgrading all of the fabrics to authentic premium leather, etc.), and make it handle as well as possible. On the outside you'd see a classic, but sit inside of it and feel the best of today's technology without all of the fluff. That's what Year One did for the Bandit Trans Ams. I've also seen this done to an old Challenger (it had a modern Hemi powertrain and other appointments but appeared as if it were a restored, stock R/T; this car was a less extreme realization of the idea). Resto-mods are very appealing when done right. Oh, and if I had any cash left over, I'd force GM to build me one of each of these two cars: I guess supercars, with all of their flash, baubles, over-the-top presences don't really appeal to me as much as they once did. The only thing that seems to come close anymore would be the Ford GT, but I don't think I'd spend any fictional amount of money on one over something else.

If you can find a way to make a subcompact car long, low, and sleek with a good stance you'd be on to something. It's also easier said than done. You have much, much less surface area to work with. Dimensions are, obviously, minuscule. Most subcompact cars have a problem with how the wheel openings relate to the front fender surface, making the tires look small and the overall stance look weak. The Dodge Hornet concept, although very, very boxy, had nice wheel openings that related well with the front fender surfaces. It also had a decent stance as well. I suggest you use the Mini Cooper as rule of thumb. If you could apply aggressive Chevrolet styling cues to its proportions, I think you could find a winner. Notice the Mini has a very minimal overhangs and a good body to glasshouse ratio. It doesn't look too tall but doesn't look short, either. The stance is ok. Also consider the Ford Fiesta, although its proportions (while nice) lack compared to the Mini: This is not what you want: Neither is this: To be honest, you don't want this either: Good luck.

What I've learned 101: Addressing something from earlier, these cars don't mix with other cars outside divisions. The G-Body was built more so to the classic GM standards than anything else from the '80s era.

For sale at MC/SS.com. Tomorrow, Craigslist.

Two things I have learned today: a.) the headlight buckets have rusted hardware, so I can't replace the burnt out driver's side headlight and b.) my car is missing this assembly and the wiring that goes with it: So much wiring on this car has been chopped, screwed, and spliced I'm left completely awe struck and aggravated. I'm even more upset with myself for not knowing and not being more wise about buying this car. I should have picked this car apart with a fine-toothed comb and I didn't. Now I regret it. Then again, '80s cars like this one are sort of like foreign territory for me. I understand the simplicity of an early '70s engine and some of the complexity of '90s powertrains. But this is a mechanical nightmare. This car appears simple on the surface but is damn crazy once you scratch the surface and start digging into it. If I don't sell it (now I'm back and forth on the subject), I will have to remove the ECU and all of the associated emissions/engine equipment that goes with it. That means the carburetor has to go and the intake manifold will have to go along with it. The ignition will have to be replaced with a MSD system. The manifolds have to be replaced with headers. I'll need a new trans valve cable. I'll need an aftermarket torque converter lock-up kit. Whoever owned this car before I bought it was a complete and total moron. Just about 90 percent of everything has been so badly abused, broken, and neglected. Now I'm really beginning to see I made the mistake of expecting what I can see now is a project car to be a solid daily driver. I bought this car with a $2,200 dollar pair of rose colored glasses on. Guys, don't misunderstand me, under different circumstances, I wouldn't be bitching and complaining about this car so much. I'd happily take it on and repair it if I had the money and didn't need a reliable, solid daily driver to supplement the Cutlass. But I'm unemployed and doing odd work to earn what little money I have. I pay my car insurance off of what little money I have, which keeps dwindling monthly. I can't keep driving the Cutlass daily. The more I keep working on it, the more that I find that needs to be replaced and I just don't have the finances to buy everything that this car needs. James Bond, you're right. It doesn't make any difference. So I'm putting it on Craigslist and MonteCarloSS.com in a few minutes for an asking price of $2,700 firm, to cover the expenses of what I've bought for it. If, by any miracle it sells (and sells to the right person at that; if I find out whoever wants it wants to make it into a dirt track car, I'm going to send them walking, no matter if they offer me twice my asking price) I'm going to combine the money from it and the Firebird (from selling what's left of it in addition to the lump-sum payment I'm finally supposed to get next month from the asshole who wrecked it, which I'll believe when I've got it in my wallet; I'm starting to think I'm going to have one expensive court battle ahead of me in November) and jump on a well maintained and lovingly owned MC/SS. Like Ninety-Eight said earlier, it's better to sell it (although the idea of it is starting to break my heart; as much as I hate the condition the car is in, I love the damned thing to death, I have since I first brought it home) and take what I've learned from this experience to find the right one. My heart isn't in selling it, but my wallet isn't in keeping it.

It seems Toyota is falling apart worse than GM did.

It was built on F-Body bits ... hmmm ... Nah, who am I kidding? I don't have a small fortune to do it right.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/112_96...o_ss/index.html So much that could have been.

That's what this thread is for, speakin' whatcha gotta say. I'll give credit to them for being much better in a live setting, but I still can't dig 'em. Aside from Rage Against the Machine, I've never really got into bands that blended rap and metal. It just never really seemed to work out that well to me. I will also give credit that, as FOG said, Bennington is a good vocalist and I wouldn't be against listening to any future projects from him.

Perhaps I'll give LOG another listen sometime soon before I really form a set on opinion on them. I like distorted and raw vocals as well, but I don't see anyone using them in a way that's really unique. You don't really hear someone using such vocals to suit the atmosphere of a certain section of a song, it's just everywhere, even in places where it doesn't seem to fit. You know, I can see that, thinking about it a little more.