Weird Facts ~

1) The "Nobel Prize" medal does not look "NOBLE" - it depicts three naked man with hands on each other shoulders.

2) The brain processes the pain signals, it does not feel any! Plus, the brain is most active when your body is most passive i.e. when you are asleep!

3) It is impossible to cry in space ~ tears cannot flow without gravity. So much so for Space Oddity.

4) Overeating impairs your hearing!

5) Chinese "Fortune Cookies" were invented by Chinese...in America.

6) The appendix organ is a waste of space in the body. It produces some white blood cells but without it, you will live just the same.

7) Don't hold back a sneeze, it can cause death...literally. You may rupture a blood vessel in your neck!

8) Humans are the only creatures who cry out of emotions. Animals do too, out of physiological needs.

9) Even wonder why "clocks" in ads often have a time display of 10.10? This allows room for advertisements right in the middle of it!

10) Your left hand does more typing than your right, even if you are a right hander.

11) The electric chair was invented by an executioner...NOT. A DENTIST!

12) Astronauts must not fart in space...it will ruin their spacesuits!

13) "Brazil Nut" didn't get its name from Brazil, the country. Brazil got its name from the nut!

14) Earth is the only planet not named after a God. And I wonder why this world's full of evil???

15) Contraceptive pills for humans work just the same for gorillas.

16) Marijuana is not nearly as addictive a alcohol, cocaine or nicotine. Ironic?

17) In a USD1 note, there is a tiny picture of an owl on the upper left corner of the note and a little spider in the upper right corner.

18) There is an island in Greek called "Lesbos" and its residents are known as "Lesbosians".

19) "Soda water" has no soda.

20) The "Vintage Date" on a bottle of wine is merely the indication of when the grapes were picked, not the date when it was made or bottled. Duped?

Tribute to Jobs,

1. Do what you love. Jobs once said, "People with passion can change the world for the better." Asked about the advice he would offer would-be entrepreneurs, he said, "I'd get a job as a busboy or something until I figured out what I was really passionate about." That's how much it meant to him. Passion is everything.

2. Put a dent in the universe. Jobs believed in the power of vision. He once asked then-Pepsi President, John Sculley, "Do you want to spend your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world?" Don't lose sight of the big vision.

3. Make connections. Jobs once said creativity is connecting things. He meant that people with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. He took calligraphy classes that didn't have any practical use in his life -- until he built the Macintosh. Jobs traveled to India and Asia. He studied design and hospitality. Don't live in a bubble. Connect ideas from different fields.

4. Say no to 1,000 things. Jobs was as proud of what Apple chose not to do as he was of what Apple did. When he returned in Apple in 1997, he took a company with 350 products and reduced them to 10 products in a two-year period. Why? So he could put the "A-Team" on each product. What are you saying "no" to?

5. Create insanely different experiences. Jobs also sought innovation in the customer-service experience. When he first came up with the concept for the Apple Stores, he said they would be different because instead of just moving boxes, the stores would enrich lives. Everything about the experience you have when you walk into an Apple store is intended to enrich your life and to create an emotional connection between you and the Apple brand. What are you doing to enrich the lives of your customers?

6. Master the message. You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can't communicate your ideas, it doesn't matter. Jobs was the world's greatest corporate storyteller. Instead of simply delivering a presentation like most people do, he informed, he educated, he inspired and he entertained, all in one presentation.

7. Sell dreams, not products. Jobs captured our imagination because he really understood his customer. He knew that tablets would not capture our imaginations if they were too complicated. The result? One button on the front of an iPad. It's so simple, a 2-year-old can use it. Your customers don't care about your product. They care about themselves, their hopes, their ambitions. Jobs taught us that if you help your customers reach their dreams, you'll win them over.

There's one story that I think sums up Jobs' career at Apple. An executive who had the job of reinventing the Disney Store once called up Jobs and asked for advice. His counsel? Dream bigger. I think that's the best advice he could leave us with. See genius in your craziness, believe in yourself, believe in your vision, and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas.

Carmine Gallo is a communications coach, a popular keynote speaker and author of several books including The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs and The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs. His latest is The Power of Foursquare (McGraw-Hill, 2011)

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Feeling Cheated..?

As a mechanic, I never like delivering bad news to a customer; it's not one of my favorite parts of the job. I don't like telling a customer their 5-year-old heavy duty truck needs $1600 worth of brakes, front coil springs (because they are broken and dangerous), tires, ball joints, tie rod end and work to pass state inspection, but I must if that's the case. I don't like telling the single mother that her car needs tires because the ones she has now have metal cords worn through the edges and are about to blow out, but someone has to tell her there's a problem. How many customers check the inner shoulders of their tires? How many remove their wheels every week to check out their brake specs? Very few. And that's why I have a job. Continue reading...

Nobody wants to come to a mechanic. They are there because they HAVE to be. Very few people maintain their cars, let alone repair them if there is a problem. That's why many states have state inspections. Now let's be clear here: I'm not the kinda guy that goes looking for spiders. I know the difference between 5/32's of tread and bald. I can reasonably judge at what point a given customer is going to need those rear brake shoes replaced. I can sleep at night, because my living is honest and straightforward. If it's dangerous, I say so. If it's not, I tell them. If they have time before a repair is needed, I let them know. If mechanical trouble is looming on their horizon, I tell them they may want to make a decision soon.

Our shop is very well established in most every way, but this week I pretty much got called a cheat by a newer customer who doesn't know us. Straight to my face. After delivering the bad news concerning the aforementioned 5-year-old heavy duty truck needing so much work he pretty much shot the words "BS" and "I don't believe it". That's fine. I guess if I had a 5-year-old pickup truck that seemed to drive fine (mind you, it didn't) I'd be pretty upset too at a mechanic telling me I was on the hook for $1600 worth of work, none of it warranty. What's worse, if it doesn't get the work done, it doesn't get a sticker for the state. Mr. Officer keeps CLOSE tabs on that around here. of course, this fine gentleman waited until last minute, that is, Aug 30th to get his inspection done.

As they say, "the proof is in the pudding". I'm pretty sure he got bad news from a shop before me because he didn't go storming out when I broke it to him. Rather, he demanded proof. I actually LOVE it when a customer does that, because I love to be vindicated of any accusation they make against me. Vindication that I don't have to rub in, because the problems with their vehicle are so straight up it's in your face when inspected. Totally proveable, totally valid. All the more reason to be straight.

I showed Mr. C his busted coil springs, ready to slip off their perches and cause a severe control issue or tire blowout. I showed him the tires that were down PAST the wear bar (illegal here and actually citable) and almost bald. I took the brakes apart and showed him where his pad backing had ground into his rotors (he didn't hear a thing; I heard it immediately) and even showed him the specs with a micrometer that proved his rotors were already undersized and uncuttable. I even bolted on his wheels and proved that his balljoints were so bad they needed replacement, and backed it up with factory specs. Mind you, I did this ALL on my own dime in good faith. As satisfied as he could be that I wasn't lying, and a bit miffed at a new truck needing so much, we hit the office. Then it came to pricing, and every part and charge was called into question. My labor rate (which is actually slightly below the area average), my parts, every little thing called into play. I charge too much. I'm ripping peeps off.

See folks, it's ok for a dentist to make $1000 an hour. Nobody bats an eyelash at that because we have insurace that could pick that up. No one cares that a family practice doctor can bank $200 off of one 15 minute visit, and forget the fact he or she gets major kickbacks and perks from pharmaceutical companies that pretty much cover their office overhead. It's a-ok for a CEO to make MILLIONS of dollars by closing American factories, blowing American worker's pensions and shipping our jobs overseas because it's cheaper to pay some kid in a sweatshop in Burma half a cent to make a product then ship it over here. After all, we expect that from them, it's what they do. No problem, but this jerk mechanic wants to charge me how much to repair my car??

It comes down to this: I have costs too! I have thousands of dollars worth of hand tools, just hand tools, that I have to buy in order to even service vehicles nowadays. That does NOT include the $10,000 scanner I have to buy to scan and repair generic OBDII systems, and that I have to update every year. It's doesn't include the money I have to pay out of my own pocket to buy special electronic tools in order to diagnose and repair today's cars that are 6 times more complex than the space shuttle. It doesn't include the subscriptions and dues I have to pay to the parent companies so I can have access to technology, information, and special computers in order to remain competitive. It doesn't include the 6 lifts I have to service and repair if they break. Forget the schooling I have to pay for, forget the ASE's I have to get, forget the fact that every ounce of electricity that comes into my shop has a price tag on it, not to mention the water, gas, checmicals, special tools and equipment, supplies, uniforms, heat, benefits, mechanics' wages, staff, office stuff, advertising, maintenance and shop and grounds upkeep. All those things don't come for free, nor cheap. The owner has to write a check for each and every one.

Folks, that stuff has to get paid for. Someone has to pay for it. I don't like telling the customer that they're the ones who have to pay for it, but let's be real here; it's business like any other business. The consumer supports the industry. Thus the reason football is a billion dollar industry. So is music and entertainment. I don't work for free. Why should I? No one feeds my kids for free. My kids don't go to school for free. My clothes aren't free. My cars break, too. My house wasn't given to me. Heck, my entertainment isn't even free. In reality, when you consider the "cost of business" increases within the industry over the past 30 years, mechanics should charge nearly $300 an hour for the amount of tools, specializations and overhead involved. We don't. Why not? Because there's no health insurance for cars to cover that cost. That comes out of the owner's pocket, and most of us in the industry respect that such costs would break your back, and in turn break ours.

All said, if you own a car, you are going to pay money some way or another. Be it in maintenance for your 2011 model (still gotta change the oil!) or repairs and upkeep on your '87 Celebrity. It's part of car ownership that no one likes to address, we address it because we have to at that time. Owning a car is a privledge, and sometime you gotta pay to play. After all, if it was cheap and easy then anyone could do it.

So just remember, if you get handed a bill for some serious cash to fix you car, the likelyhood is the mechanic isn't trying to rip you or trick you, he's just trying to keep the doors open and put food on the table. That's what he's paid for. If you're looking for a cheat, turn off your reality tv and look at government and big business. You should be more worried about that anyway!

Keep it real. God bless.

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Driving school in Kabul, Afghanistan

Watch and learn people.

(notice? is in english....)

Click on Title for full Coverage.

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Skinning a Ferarri (with leather)

Top Ten Reasons Why Terrorists Will Never Succeed in Attacking Malaysia

If you have been to Malaysia before, please enjoy, if you haven’t had the chance, here’s ten reasons to visit:

1. Terrorist decides to blow up KLCC. He drives to KLCC with the intention of planting the bomb there, gets stuck in a 2-hour jam, and blows himself up in frustration. PLAN FAIL.

2. Terrorist decides to bomb Ipoh as a practice session before targeting KL. He drives for the first time on the highway to Ipoh trusting the signboards to get him there, and ends up in Lumut. Terrorist drowns himself in the sea in frustration. PLAN FAIL.

3. Terrorist decides to blow up Puduraya. While walking to his destination, the bag in which he keeps his bombs gets snatched by snatch thieves on a motorcycle. He pulls on his bag’s strap desperately and dies after being dragged 100m on the road. PLAN FAIL.

4. Terrorist decides to blow up Port Klang. He succeeds!! But the next day The Star, NST, Berita Harian and Utusan publish an article on page 10 headlined “Boy playing with fireworks injured in minor explosion.” PLAN FAIL.

5. Terrorist decides to bomb Johor Bahru. He rents a house as headquarters and the night before the dastardly deed, three men with parangs break into his house, robs him and kills him. PLAN FAIL.

6. Terrorist decides to bomb Kedah to paralyze the rice bowl of Malaysia. That night, while secretly setting up the bomb during a heavy thunderstorm (so that no one sees him), Timah Tasoh Dam hits danger level, authorities open the dam gates and he is swept away in the floods. PLAN FAIL

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7. Terrorist decides to blow up Bukit Bintang. Upon arrival at destination, he is accosted by a pimp and spends the night in the arms of a beautiful woman. At dawn, authorities raid the place and arrest him. PLAN FAIL.

8. Terrorist decides to blow up the MACC building as he is a strong advocate of corruption. He enters the building, but before he manages to plant his bomb, he is found dead after a fall from the 14th floor window. PLAN FAIL.

9. Terrorist decides to blow up Serdang Hospital. He enters the hospital lobby, hears a loud crashing sound and looks up to see the ceiling collapsing on him. He dies. PLAN FAIL.

10. Terrorist decides to blow up Genting Highlands. On the way up the mountain, a speeding bus driven by a 18-year-old boy without a driving licence crashes into his car and kills him instantly. PLAN FAIL.

MORAL OF THE STORY: MALAYSIA IS INVINCIBLE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS!!

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MEGA ENGINE~!

Things To Do Before You Die: Visit LE MANS 24HR Race.

Le Mans 24Hour Race, one of the most toughest race in the world.

Purpose of Le Mans

At a time when Grand Prix racing was the dominant form of motorsport throughout Europe, Le Mans was designed to present a different test. Instead of focusing on the ability of a car company to build the fastest machines, the 24 Hours of Le Mans would instead concentrate on the ability of manufacturers to build sporty yet reliable cars. This encouraged innovation in producing reliable and fuel-efficient vehicles, because the nature of endurance racing requires cars that last the distance and spend as little time in the pits as possible.

At the same time, due to the layout of the Le Mans track, a need was created for cars to have better aerodynamics and stability at high speeds. While this was shared with Grand Prix racing, few tracks in Europe had straights of a length comparable to the Mulsanne. The fact that the road is public and therefore not maintained to the same quality as some permanent racing circuits also put more of a strain on parts, putting greater emphasis on reliability.

The demand for fuel economy created by the oil crisis in the early 1970s led the race organisers to adopt a fuel economy formula known as Group C, in which the amount of fuel each car was allowed to use during the race was limited. Although Group C was abandoned when teams were able to master the fuel formulae, fuel economy was still important to some teams as alternative fuel sources appeared in the early 21st century, attempting to overcome time spent during pit stops.

These technological innovations have had a trickle-down effect, with technology used at Le Mans finding its way into production cars several years later. This has also led to faster and more exoticsupercars due to manufacturers wishing to develop faster road cars for the purposes of developing them into even faster GT cars.

Things To Do Before You Die: Find Your Favorite Driving Road

Favorite Touge Course Perhaps?

I’ve been reading through the other ‘Things to do before you die’ articles and I’ve got to say, I’ve been really inspired to get out their and start ticking these things off my own list. I’ve always wanted to build my own track car and that’ll hopefully go a long way towards some of the other items I need to check off but I want to talk about something that is so often overlooked.

[via speedhunters.com]

Top Secret and Smoky Nagata Postponed Again

This month, Top Secret and Smoky Nagata planned to come to the United States to compete in this weekend's Texas Mile event at its new venue in Beeville. But once again, all the chess pieces didn't fall into place. Top Secret had to once again postpone their Stateside visit.

Thankfully, the reason this time around is not due to natural disasters, but instead because the V12 Supra did not clear US customs in time. We will keep everyone updated on the Stateside movement of the V12 Supra and Top Secret as they arise.

[via. Speedhunters-Linhbergh]

Things To Do Before You Die: Hit The Bonneville Salt Flats

Bonneville, Record's were made and Broken

(top speed of course..)

When was the last time I allowed my sight to dance across such open vistas?

(via. speedhunters.com)

Things To Do Before You Die: Driving In the Ring'

Nurburgring Nordschleife

(the Green Hell)

The Nordschleife has remained a one-way, public toll-road for nearly 80 years except when it is closed off for testing purposes, training lessons, or racing events. Since its opening in 1927 the track has been used by the public for the so-called "Touristenfahrten," i.e. to anyone with a road legal car or motorcycle, as well as tour buses, motor homes, or cars with trailers. It is opened mainly on Sundays, but also many Saturdays and weekday evenings. The track may be closed for weeks during the winter months depending on weather conditions and maintenance work.

(full article @speedhunters.com)

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787B, The Monster's Back

Get Ready for The Ultimate Rotary Experience!

On June 11 the iconic Mazda 787B will return to Le Mans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its historic race win back in 1991. How great will it be to see (and hear!) this wonderful race car on the track again?

Until then, here's a great shot that Mazda released of the fully restored 787B being tested in Japan prior to its journey back to Circuit de la Sarthe.

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acronyms! pt.4

JEEP – Just Enough Engine Power

KIA – Killed In Action

MAZDA – Made At Zoo by Demented Apes

MG – Mostly Garaged

OLDSMOBILE – Old Ladies Driving Slowly Making Others Behind Increasingly Late Everyday

PINTO – Powerful Incendiary, Neatly Toasts Occupants

PLYMOUTH – Please Let Your Mother Out from Under The Hood

PONTIAC – Poor Old Nebraskan, Thinks It’s A Cadillac

PORSCHE – Piece Of Rusty Scrap, Cost Highly Expensive

SUBARU – Still Usable But All Rusty Underneath

TOYOTA – The One You Ought To Avoid

VW – Virtually Worthless

acronyms! pt.3

BMW – Big Money Waste

BUICK – Big Ugly Indestructible Compact Killer

CHEVROLET – Can Hear Every Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips

CHEVY – Cheapest Heap Ever Visioned Yet

DODGE – Drips Oil Drops Grease Everywhere

FIAT – Fix It Again Tomorrow

FORD – Found On Road Dead – Fix Or Repair Daily

GM – Grinding Metal

GMC – Gotta Mechanic Coming

HONDA – Hold On, Not Done Accelerating

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Things To Do Before You Die: Wrenchin'

Wrenchin' it yourself!

(@speedhunters.com)

An important chapter in our Things To Do Before You Die series is getting your hands dirty. Melinda Neil and I (who both work at EA) have teamed up to share with you some of the reasons why working on your own car is such an important thing to do. Indeed, Melinda and I both spend our weekends away from the EA office working on our cars. And although it doesn't sound glamorous, often it's these experiences, grazed knuckles and all, that you end up cherishing for the rest of your life.

Bruno Mars, Drummin' I

Chinese barber makes perfect fake Lamborghini

Fauxborghini!!

(wtfffffbbq)

Matt Hardigree — When I showed these photos of a Chinese Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 clone to Mike Spinelli here at Jalopnik, his first response was "Oh, a new color!" He had no idea it was fake. And he's driven one. That's because this Fauxborghini is just that good.

What you see here is a staggering result of clone-making genius created by a hair salon owner in the Chinese city of Kunming who decided he absolutely must have the latest Lambo flagship, but wasn't on the company's list of premier buyers.

View the gallery @jalopnik.com

Underneath the perfectly stamped and riveted unpainted iron (carbon fiber's expensive) sits what we knew as the Infiniti I30 with a peppy 2.0-liter turbo engine. So, you know, performance should be similar. And it only cost the guy about $14,000 to build, although he still needs paint/glass/lights.

Lamborghini better sue this fella before others take his lead and build similar perfect copies.

Things To Do Before You Die: Will Japan Change You

Japan, Land of The Rising Sun

(click title for full Article @speedhunters.com)

We’re just over the halfway point of our Things To Do Before You Die series and we hope you’re enjoying it! As you’ve probably noticed, our bucket list isn’t about material objects you must own. Instead, we’ve tried to focus on experiences that will enrich your car life. Experiences that will hopefully prove rewarding. Experiences that will be memorable; ever-lasting and something you’ll cherish for a long time. And while visiting Japan might seem like an obvious inclusion in our list of things to do, I think it offers a deeper reward for enthusiasts like you and I.

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Redefining the word : Transport Bus!

Having fun on a KE Hatchback.

(a skyline decides to join in the fun)

Things To Do Before You Die: Driving Your Dream Car

Things To Do Before You Die: Driving Your Dream Car

(driven, dragged, drifted)

(full article @speedhunters.com click-->title)

There probably isn't anything more subjective that a "dream car." We each have our own favorites, cars we lust over for a number of reasons be it their unattainability, rarity, legendary status or anything else that makes us fall in love with a specific ride. It's for this reason that I really don't like it when people ask me to choose my favorite three cars or what cars I would have in my dream garage, as for me personally, the answer would be almost impossible to give. Variety...

Formula 1 Get's a New Heart

Fomula 1 will get a new engine supplier

(PURE will start dropping their motors into F1 cars in 2013)

A quick flash from the world of Formula One: a new company will be supplying engines to any interested teams starting in 2013. And by a new company, we don’t just mean new to the sport—we mean an entirely new entity.

The new engine maker goes by the name of PURE (which stands for “Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d’Energie”), and will include amongst its numbers such old racing hands as ex-British American Racing team principal Craig Pollock and Christian Contzen, former managing director of Renault’s F1 team. That the company’s first engines will make their way onto the track in two years isn’t by happenstance; they’re timing their arrival to coincide with the implementation of the new regulations requiring all F1 cars to run 1.6 liter turbocharged four-cylinder motors starting that year.

According to Pollock, his new company’s small size should allow them to work more efficiently, thus producing engines at a lower cost than Renault, Ferrari, Mercedes and Cosworth. We’re still a little ambivalent about F1’s decision to move to turbo fours, but maybe a little additional competition in the engine-making arena will make things more interesting. [via Autosport]

Pictured: the Ferrari 056 V8 that powers Ferrari’s 2011 150° Italia.

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Things To Do Before You Die: Kick The Clutch

Kickin' The Clutch

(@speedhunters, clickin the title)

Drifting is a testosterone filled experience that cannot be replicated in any other form of motorsport. It's the art of the controlled slide.

Mitsubishi Continues Its Assault On Fun

Eclipse coupe and convertible will be dead by August

Back in 2003, Mitsubishi seemed like they would be the next go-to car company for cheap, fun cars. The Galant was a surprisingly entertaining family sedan, the Eclipse was a decently playful sports coupe with otherworldly styling, and the Lancer Evolution VIII had finally arrived in the U.S. in all its glory.

Flash forward to 2011, though, and it looks like Mitsubishi’s given up on having, being, or involving itself in any way in fun. Not all that long after informing us that the Evo will be taken behind the barn and shot sometime in 2013 (with its name then being passed on toan electrically-powered vehicle of some sort), the company informs us that the Eclipse will be euthanized this August as well, with the Illinois factory where the cars are put together being retooled to build Outlander Sports.

Okay, yeah, the Eclipse hasn’t really been anyone’s idea of a good time for a decade or so (unless your idea of pleasure is impressing fellow 16-year-old girls), but it’s the principle behind the decision that gets us, man. Killing off sports sedans and sport coupes in favor of underpowered sport-utes and electric cars is not an exciting way to run a car company. Well, if they ever feel like climbing back into the fun car business, they know where to find us. And even though they’ve hurt us…we’ll find it in our hearts to forgive them. If they give us something we like. (Yeah, we’re cheap like that.) [viaAutoWeek]

Live in automotive modification.

i have alot of issue with modifying cars for a living. mainly because of internet forums and youtube. ill just chalk it up to the internet being the problem. the DIY sections are great for people that are mechanically inclined. not so much for the idiot that thinks he can do anything. the idiots usually mess things up further, and cause me headaches in order to fix the issue. if its an electrical nightmare, i will flat out turn them away.

i was asked to do a portmatch, throttle body to manifold. thats fine, not a difficult thing but time consuming. quoted them about 200. they were immediately offended because the youtube video they saw only lasted 5 minutes. so in their mind it was wrong for me to charge them 200 dollars for a 5 minute job. and wondering why it was a 2-3 day turnaround. hmm. so if the video only lasts so long, thats how long the job should take. this coming from someone who has no experience in anything mechanical. going from a 64mm opening to 70mm. 6mm difference. gonna take a little longer than 5 minutes. i feel like just turning these idiots away.

im thoroughly fed up with these car communities and the low lives that inhabit them now. yeah i know there always the pockets of good people and i find them here and there, thats fine. but forums and car meets are a thing of the past, now ill be honest, ill look at forums for info on cars but i wont be going to meets and get togethers. its all just a bunch of weird people that are socially awkward anyway.

lately there has been quite a bit of theft. first for me was when i heard carl rydquists porsche was stolen shortly after his victory in the las vegas redline time attack event. then i hear of one of the cobb guys gettin their trailer jacked. after that i think, was when alex pfeiffer got his helmet snaked at the vegas formula d. and now i hear of cody parkhouse getting his car AND trailer stolen from long beach. what the fuck man? low lives just stealing cars and gear just cause they cant do it themselves. i dont understand how people can stoop that low and sleep at night. they deserve all the bad shit that happens to them. i hope they rot.

Porsche's V8 Sports Car May Be Called The 961

(a familiar name for a potent coupe)

Those rumors Porsche plans to add a new sports car to their lineup in the gap between the 911 and the 918 are gaining a little more traction, thanks to a new report claiming the car is already under development. The same article claims the car already has a name, too: 961.

Do those three numbers sound familiar? They should—961 was the name of the rally car version of the 959. Like the 959, the original 961 was powered by a 2.85 liter turbocharged flat-six, but the 21st Century version will reportedly use an appropriately futuristic powertrain: a V8 powering the back wheels, with an electric hybrid motor providing juice to the front tires. The combined output should be around 600 horsepower—around 120 less than the 918 Spyder. Styling supposedly is drawn from the 918 RSR concept seen at the Detroit Auto Show.

While it’ll be down a few ponies versus its supercar brother, the 961’s lower price tag should make it an appealing proposition; the car will reportedly go for €200,000, which works out to around $300,000 at today’s exchange rates—35 percent of the 918’s $845,000 price tag. The car will supposedly be available at the end of 2013.

In our honest opinion, this report sounds a little fishy. The 918 Spyder will be hit the streets in 2013—would Porsche really undercut their techno-marvel halo car by releasing a car with a similar powertrain, similar looks and (presumably) similar performance for one-third the price that same year? That’d be stupid—and stupid is one thing Porsche is not. We’re betting there will be a mid-engined V8 coupe out of Zuffenhausen in the next few years, but it’ll arrive after the buzz from the 918 has died down—and it’ll probably have a powertrain more reminiscent of a Panamera than Porsche’s $850K supercar. But that’s just our guess. [via AutoBild]

Pictured: Porsche 918 RSR Concept

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19 WTF URL's

Honestly, what were these people thinking when they registered these domains?!

1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is
www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
www.powergenitalia.com

6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
www.ipanywhere.com

8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com

9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com

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