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Fuel and Electricity Price Increases
The local news is reporting an increase in electricity prices in the neighborhood of 28%. I guess it is time to start doing something to help myself since it is obvious that we are going to continue to see prices rise.
Researching Solar Power can be a little depressing. The savings can be fantastic, but the startup costs can be pretty high which in tun makes the return on investment a long road. I have located a couple used panels and I am going to do some research and testing to see how hard it will be to do something that [...]
My new car love…
I am in love, I am sure of it. My new love is sexy, fast, strong and looks great in red….
The 2006 Dodge Charger has to be the sexiest sedan I have ever seen. When I was younger, you would not even consider a 4 door sedan as a “Hot Car”, but, those times have certainly changed. I am not in the market for a new car, but if I was….
the Charger would be at the top of my list.
My new old car…
As I have posted just recently, I love Classic cars. To me this means “old cars”, which can be anything pre 1980 and typically my favorites are anything made in the 1960’s.
My new project is a car I bought sight unseen, and I think it will work out just fine. It’s a 1965 Plymouth Valiant 100.
Thanks to the internet, decoding all the serial numbers is pretty easy. It only took me 30 minutes or so to decode all the numbers I could find on the car, including the VIN, Engine code and Fender Tag.
I will be posting periodically [...]
My Love of Cars and Classic Cars
I have always been a car fan. From the time I was a small child my father always had a few cars sitting around he was working on, or as he woud say, “piddling with”. And if I had just a few of the cars I saw come and go in our garage I could retire right now.
My first car was a hand me down 1967 Ford LTD. It was not the typical car my friends were driving, but I loved that car. With a 390 V8 it was a cruiser, a very fast cruiser at that. The hot car [...]
Change we can believe in?
Here is the latest gem out of Washington: "President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars." Is this the "Change we can believe in"? Does the term "WPA" (Work Projects Administration) ring a bell? It was FDR's great plan to put Americans to work at government jobs re-building the Country's infrastructure. Hey Mr. Presi
“Bling-Bling” Subaru Special Edition
Bling it On: Special Edition Diamond-studded Subaru car Embellishing the vehicles with gold, diamond and precious stones does help to exhibit your opulence on the roads. The car has been festooned with 1173 inlaid precious stones, with a total weight of 19.35 carats. The diamonds alone achieve 12.37 carats of weight. The diamond studded logo, joystick and the key chain are a real treat to the eyes of the bling lovers. I couldn’t make much out of the translated page, but they seem to be offer
Have You Considered Switching Car Inusrance Yet?
Have You Considered Switching Car Inusrance Yet? November 22nd, 2008 by Susan Tanner Recently I had watched a one hour segment on television and was shocked to notice how many insurance commercials appeared in that short amount of time. I have to admit that it was quite annoying. With so many choices, I also worried the process might be difficult or confusing. While hearing ads for various companies, I wondered to myself if lower premiums meant less coverage. Surely it did. How could someone
Ctrl BG: A Shortcut to Financial News 11/21
It’s been another exciting week! Almost comparable to that week in September/October, except no major banks collapse (yet) and there were no big mergers. The DOW finally broke the 8000 point after hovering around it for a month, on Wednesday, tumbling 5.1% in a day to yet another more than 5 year new low. The downward momentum continued into Thursday, until it finally went back up to 8000 levels towards the end of Friday. The week started off with Pandit’s speech at Citi, announcing their pl
President Bush Calls for Bailout Of Auto Industry
President Bush, aka the chairman of destroying the Us economy, today called for Congress again to reconsider a bailout for the ailing auto industry of America. With banks in trouble, cars getting repossessed and no one wanting to buy new autos right now, the industry is hurting. Naturally, auto executives are wanting the [...]
Florida Car Shipping: Saving Money when You Relocate
Moving your residence is not simple. Not only it is time consuming but also stressful, especially if you have a huge house full of just about anything. Don’t forget to include however many vehicles you keep in your driveway. Packing is a job itself, and you may want to hire someone to do it. But in the end, it is only you who knows which things to put in the box or which to throw away. Your cars can be a bit difficult to decide on, as you can never put it in a package together with other stuff.
Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011
Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars. "These aren't just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis. These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long," Obama said in the weekly Democr
The Basics of the HEMI Car Engines Explained
The Basics of the HEMI Car Engines Explained You may be surprised to learn that HEMIs were first designed in 1951. It’s only within the past decade that they’ve enjoyed a new surge of popularity ¶ Posted 22 November 2008 † Everette Jamison § Cars and Trucks ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: autos, Car Engines, Cars, Hemi Car Engines, vehicles
The Chevy Volt: ROFLMAO
After years of breathless pre-advertising, here’s what “the backbone of our economy” is disclosing about its “cutting-edge” new “green” automobile, coming (maybe) next year: G.M. says the car, which is scheduled to arrive in showrooms two years from now, will be able to travel 40 miles on a charge, but it will also have a small gas engine to extend the range to as much as 640 miles using both the battery and gasoline (the 1.4 liter, four-cylinder engine is intended to run a generator that wil
Charlotte Auto Show
Charlotte Auto Show Search for charlotte auto show on trendfo.com.Went to the opening night of the Charlotte Auto show last night. I didn't take a whole lot of pics since most of us know what a lot of the cars look like, but I did take a few here and there. I went w... Health 0
Officials: Dems plan quick 2009 start on bills
WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars. "These aren’t just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis. These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long," Obama said in the weekly Democratic radio address. The goal is to get the plan quic
Loans and More Loans... Please Do Not Use the Word Bailout
It seems like some are confused by all the $ being bandied about by Congress lately. Several months ago, Congress approved a 5 billion loan program to re-tool or build facilities capable of making cars which are 25% more fuel efficient than the cars being built in MY2005. Suppliers can also apply for the loan. GM, Chrysler, and even smaller car companies like Tesla have already applied for the loans through the DOE program.Tesla applied for a 00 million loan (very frugal of them!
Barack Obama’s Two Year Plan
In his radio/You Tube address today, Barack Obama announced what I’m sure some pundit somewhere will call a New Deal-style plan to revive the economy: CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that he had started work on a sustained, two-year economic stimulus plan designed to create or save 2.5 million jobs, funnel money toward public works programs to repair the country’s failing infrastructure and invest in alternative energy programs. Mr. Obama’s plan, which he announced in the
While Cleaning the Office
I find all sorts of fun Saturday things to amuse myself (and you all, hopefully): 1. Personality type of your blog. Oh this has been a hoot all week as more and more writers confess their personality types and then their blog’s personality type. I am an INFJ, I think, altho I’ve come out as an INTJ before, but my blog is
More Retirees Than Workers In Domestic Car Companies
In this Chart of the Day, we see graphically why the Big 3 domestic car companies are struggling so much. They have more retirees than active workers. That trend will continue as the auto companies downsize. Clearly, this is situation cannot be maintained for long. As an analogy, does anyone think that Social Security could be maintained with four people on Social Security for every worker paying in? Currently, we have about three paying in for every retiree on Social Security. Source:
Gov. Schwarzenegger visiting BMW at the L.A Auto Show
As expected, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made his usual round at the L.A Auto Show. A big advocate of clean technologies and eco-friendly cars, he made a point to show up this year at the BMW/Mini showroom to check out the first Mini Electric and BMW’s 7 Series Hybrid. He was accompanied by BMW’s CEO Her Reithofer along with Chief of Development, Dr. Klaus Draeger. He also spent a few moments in the new BMW 7 Series showcased for the first time in the US. Unfortunately we missed the moment,
I am not an operating system
I thought Apple’s I’m a Mac ad campaign was amusing, but I’m not impressed with Microsoft’s belated I’m a PC response. When Apple claimed that cool people use Macs, it was lame to respond that some PC users are cool too. PC users don’t identify with their operating system the way Mac users do. PC users don’t put Windows logos on cars, much less their their bodies, for example. (Maybe some do, but they’re less common.) This was inevitable, and it has little to do with Apple and Microsoft per
Towing zone? What towing zone?
A towing company in Boynton Beach would regularly take down tow-away signs, wait for cars to park in the restricted area, then replace the signs after it towed the cars away, authorities have told SunSentinel.com. After a nine-month investigation, police arrested the company's owners, Debra Corti and her son Leonard Corti. Police said the scam was repeated about 90 times over six months. Access Express Towing would charge $55 to $335 for people to retrieve their cars.
Tested: Garmin StreetPilot C340 GPS Unit
Everywhere I have lived, the very few “close” bike races have been about an hour away, while most were three or four hours away! And being mountain bike races, they were usually located quite far from the highway, making for some interesting travels. While the adventure is part of the fun, if you leave at 5:00 am for a 9:00 am race, and it takes three hours to drive there, you can’t waste time getting lost! So whenever the Garmin GPS systems finally dropped in price to a reasonable level, I
The Smith’s
LL and his lovely family hit up the Cirque Du Soleil’s “Wintuk” Wamu Theater at Madison Square Garden yesterday. His son Najee, daughter Italia, daughter Nina, and wife Simone all posed for a nice family pic during the festivities. It’s good to see nice family moments. We don’t think people see this enough. It’s always the gold teeth, jump-offs, bling bling, cars, and money. ShareThis
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