Sunday, February 28, 2010

HELP! Missing San Diego Girl

Chelsea King, 17, of Poway, Calif., disappeared Thursday while out for a run. She is seen here in a photo from Facebook in a group called

From ABC News-

Chelsea King, 17, was reported missing Thursday when she didn’t return home from school. 

Her BMW sedan was found outside the Rancho Bernardo Community Center, where she often ran along the trails around Lake Hodges Chelsea King, 17, was reported missing Thursday when she didn’t return home from school.

Her BMW sedan was found outside the Rancho Bernardo Community Center, where she often ran along the trails around Lake Hodges.

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Clean Inside and Out

It has been a long week up late Monday Tuesday working on the car getting it running well, then 11-12 hour work days Wed-Fri so boy am I glad it the weekend.

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Our Dream Vehicle...

This is going to be a fun post for us…

Like most people, buying an automobile is an exciting adventure! Unfortunately, like most of us, buying a vehicle can be a daunting task. Throughout our experience, our choices have always been limited because of our income. But let’s assume money is not an issue at all. There are so many beautiful dream vehicles on the market to explore, but we have come into agreement to stay faithful to our top three dream automobiles…

#1: 2010 Range Rover HSE

The perfect vehicle for us! This is our #1 pick for our dream vehicle. Currently we have no plan to get into a White Land Rover but our vision and expectation to be driving one someday is rooted deep in our mind and heart.

Our Range Rover HSE

5 liter, 8-cylinder engine

Base MSRP                                                                                                                            $79,275 Santorini Black Jet Seats / Jet Carpet Grand Black Lacquer Wood Luxury Interior Package $4,950 Rear Seat Entertainment $2,500 Adaptive Cruise Control $2,000 Rear Seat Recline (Style 2) $1,250 Jet Colored Headlining $400 HD Radio™ Digital AM & FM $350 Total MSRP as Built $90,725 #2: 2010 328i Convertible

Our #2 pick for our dream vehicle goes to out to the BMW. We love the look and feel of this elegant yet sporty looking car. It still is, and will forever be our dream to settle with one of these automobiles! If we had to choose between a BMW and a Range Rover, we would be Rover-ing the Range… But we would be more then content and highly satisfied with a 2007 330cic White or Black BMW…

Our 328i Convertible 3.0-liter, inline 6-cylinder engine Base MSRP $45,000 Black Sapphire Metallic $550 Black Dakota Leather $0 Aluminum Trim $0 Cold Weather Package $750 M Sport Package $3,250 • M Sports leather steering wheel with paddle shifters $100 Premium Package $2,750 STEPTRONIC automatic transmission $1,375 Active Cruise Control $2,400 Navigation system $2,100 iPod and USB adapter $400 Logic7 sound system with Surround Sound and Digital Sound Processing $875 Anti-theft alarm system $400 Destination & Handling: $875 Total MSRP as Built $60,825 #3: 2010 Honda Accord Coupe LX-S

As most of you know, Honda has always made safe and reliable vehicles… This year we are highly impressed with the design of the new models! We make the Honda Accord Coupe LX-S our # 3 pick of vehicles we would like to get into! Now keep in mind… If we had the opportunity to get into a Range Rover HSE or a 328i BMW Convertible, we’re rolling with those choices. But, the Honda Accord is an excellent vehicle and we would be overjoyed to get into one of these guy’s!!!

Our Honda Accord Coupe LX-S 190-hp, 2.4-Liter, 4-cylinder Engine Base MSRP $23,355 Exterior: Crystal Black Pearl $0 Interior: Black $0 Body Side Molding $213 Front and Rear Stabilizer Bars $0 Variable Gear Ratio (VGR) Power-Assisted Rack-and-Pinion Steering $0
Cruise Control $0 100K +/- Miles No Scheduled Tune-Ups $0 Projector-Beam Halogen Headlights with Auto-Off $0 160-Watt AM/FM/6-Disc In-Dash Audio System with 6 Speakers $0 Destination & Handling: $710 Total MSRP as Built $24,278

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

E46 Stance

Who wouldn’t love themselves a BMW? I’ve always had a dream of aquiring a E46 M3. Was close to buying one a few years back, now regretting now taking the plunge. Awesome looking car stock and modified. This one is no exception, has an awesome stance. Modded very tastefully, simple and clean!

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The Move.

I’m moving out of my cousin’s basement this weekend and will now be contributing to society like a normal human being.  It’s exciting.  I found a place in Humboldt Park right near Hipsterville…I mean Wicker Park. It’s by no means a lavish environment but it does provide me a place to lay my head at night.  It’s a cozy little dumpster in the back alley of…NO. I’m just kidding.  It’s an actual real apartment that I will be sharing with two other guys.  They seem normal enough and it’s just a few feet from the bus stop that I will be taking to work so I won’t have to burn any unnecessary calories.  It’s certainly a win win.  In fact it’s a whole lot of win.  You know what I’m talking about.  If you don’t, here’s a visual:

On a completely unrelated note, Emily (my lovely partner in crime) and I attended the Chicago Auto Show.  It was not as impressive as we had both hoped but I did get to see some a nice a automobiles. (You really need a good Italian accent for that one.  Think Mario and Luigi.)  Porsches, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Lotuses, and a Toyota Corolla.  Seriously though, for all you car nerds out there…it was a good turnout.  Here’s a list:

Nissan GTR

Audi R8

BMW M3 (which I got to sit in and almost wet myself)

Maserati Granturismo

Lotus Exige and  Evora

Mercedes SLS AMG (the gullwing)

Acura ARX-02a prototype

Fisker Karma electric concept

Lamborghini Murcielago and Gallardo

The list just goes on.  Actually, it doesn’t and that’s why I was disappointed.  There weren’t very many concept cars and many of the companies weren’t even showing their top-of-the-line vehicles.  Audi didn’t have the RS4 or RS6.  They didn’t even have an A8 for that matter.  There was no M5 or M6 from BMW and Porsche only had three models, one of which being the appalling Panamera.  It looked like a retired football player.  Gross.  Long story short, it was disappointing but I guess for 6 bucks I shouldn’t be complaining.  I would’ve paid that much just to sit in some guy’s BMW out in the parking lot.  Also, I got to skip church, so double bonus.  Just kidding…but seriously.

Be prepared because my next post may very well come from my new abode.  Get pumped.  I know I am.

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

1964 Cycle Cover: Munich Police on BMW Motorcycles

Cover: Some of the members of the Munich Police Force are shown at the Munich, Germany airport. They are awaiting the arrival of Germa dignitaries, and the car at the right with the sign POLIZEI is a BMW used by the Munich police.

Contents: More about Handlebars; Things you should know about tyres; Touring Hints: a practical fireplace; Harley-Davidson Golf School; Speed Tuning the Triumph; Lightweight motorcycle boom; Motobecane forecasts “compact” boom; Trio of tracks; 250cc, 300cc records smashed; Special Historical Section; more

1964 July Floyd Clymer’s Motor Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Not too Yuppie presents: Eco Activity ( BMW )

Η Οικολογία και η οικολογική δραστηριότητα αποτελούν κυρίαρχο θέμα παγκοσμίως ( π.χ Συνέδριο Κοπεγχάγης). Εμείς με τη σειρά μας σας παρουσιάζουμε μια καινοτόμο κίνηση της αυτοκινητοβιομηχανίας BMW με το μοντέλο Hydrogen 7 το οποίο κινείται με υδρογόνο και “ρυπαίνει” την ατμόσφαιρα με νερό.

Σας παρουσιάζουμε τα οφέλη αυτής της καινούργιας τεχνολογίας αλλά και κάποιες από τις αδυναμίες που εντοπίζονται στο πρώιμο ακόμη στάδιο εγκαταστάσεων…..

BMW eco activity

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

RIP: 1985 BMW 535i

This might be old news for those of you who follow the show scene (we confess, we don’t particularly), but a car we’ve had on here before (on multiple occasions at that) appears to have bitten the dust. Love it or loathe it, it was an instant forum/show scene classic, and it got wilder and hairier with each passing iteration, culminating in the craziness you see immediately below. What a shame.

A quick look back through the owner’s excellent portfolio:

Catch the back story here.

Images: Mike Buroughs

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

1965 History of BMW - A story of patience and craftsmanship

Cover: Beautifully faired BMW

Contents: Road Tests: Suzuki X-6, Triumph TR-6 SC, Ossa 175 SE; Trail Test: Rabeneick K-103 GS; How to prepare for touring; South Jersey Sand Trailing; BMW History; Honda Dragster -the Hairy Hawk; Intelligent Motorcycling, pt. 7; East German Grand Prix; Movie Review: How to Stuff a Wild Bikini; Czechoslovakian Grand Prix; Atlas / Metisse – world’s largest Metisse; more

1965 October Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – BMW available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

E30 vert on Wilshire

Not only is the car nice. I chose to share this because I like the location. A few of our blog contributors are located in Downtown LA and whenever I go to visit, I always want to stop and just take some pictures here. Unfortunately, we’re usually on our way somewhere else, like a party or a shoot. So I have yet to do so. Anyway, take a gander.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Toyota U.S. sales fall 16% in Jan.; Ford, GM, Nissan UP

JANUARY U.S. AUTO SALES
Toyota sales fall 16% in Jan.; Ford, GM, Nissan rise
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., hobbled by suspended sales on eight recalled models, suffered a 16 percent drop in January demand while most competitors rose from depressed levels of a year ago.
U.S. sales at Toyota Division, which markets each of the recalled models, fell 19 percent. The Lexus luxury division, which wasn’t targeted in the Jan. 21 recall, gained 5 percent.
Sales at Ford Motor Co. jumped 25 percent — the company’s fourth straight monthly increase. General Motors Co. was up 14 percent, while Chrysler Group, the other survivor of a 2009 bankruptcy, fell 11 percent. In unit sales, Chrysler fell behind Nissan North America, which advanced 16 percent. American Honda slipped 5 percent.
Subaru, the only brand with U.S. sales gains in each of the past two years, began 2010 with a 28 percent sales jump.
Shinichi Sasaki, Toyota’s vice president in charge of quality, said today in Japan that the automaker’s sales probably will take a hit. On Jan. 26, Toyota halted U.S. sales of eight models following a recall of 2.3 million vehicles tied to faulty accelerator pedals.

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Advertising Slogans that Stick & Stuck

Reach out and touch someone. – AT&T

Please don’t squeeze the Charmin – Charmin

Life’s Good – LG

Snap, Crackle, Pop – Rice Krispies

The Real Thing – Coca-Cola

Where’s the beef? – Wendy’s

Plop, plop; fizz, fizz; oh, what a relief it is. – Alka Seltzer

Finger lickin’ good. – Kentucky Fried Chicken

He keeps going and going and going. – Energizer Batteries

Because you’re worth it. – L’Oreal

Let’s Make Things Better – Philips

Hello Moto – Motorola

It’s everywhere you want to be – VISA

We make money the old-fashioned way….We earn it – Smith Barney

Everything is easier on a Mac – Apple Computer

Nothing Runs Like A Deere – Deere&Company

Live unböring – Ikea

The ultimate driving machine. – BMW

When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight. – Federal Express

Go further with Shell – Shell Oil

Once you pop, you can’t stop. – Pringles

How do you spell relief? – Rolaids

We’re number two; we try harder. – Avis Rental Cars

Nothin’ says lovin’ like something from the oven. – Pillsbury

No battery is stronger longer. – Duracell Batteries

Fahrvergnügen – Volkswagen

“I’ve fallen… and I can’t get up!” – LifeCall Medical System

Where’s The Beef! -Wendy’s

Time to Make the Donuts! -Dunkin Donuts

The Best Part of Waking Up is Folgers in Your Cup! -Folgers Coffee

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