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			<description><![CDATA[ <pre>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">DODGE</span>
Dear Old Dads Garage Experiment
Damned Old <strong class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>Dodge<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></strong> Goes Everywhere.
Drive Only During Great Emergencies
Dead On Day Guarantee Expires
Drips Oil Drops Grease Everywhere
Dang Old Dirty Gas Eater
Don&#39;t Over Drive Gutless Engine

<span style="font-weight: bold;">FIAT</span>
Fix it again, Tony

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ford</span>... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: black;">Ducks Quack,
  Eagles Soar
  <br></span></font></strong>
  <br>
  <strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: black;">No one can make you serve
  customers well. 
  <br>
  That&#39;s because great service is a choice.</span></font></strong></p>

  <p... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Crash Test: 1959 BelAir vs 2009 Malibu ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <pre>
If you wish you had an old Chevy for an everyday driver, you might want to 
look at this first. 

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/a-2009-chevy-malibu-destroys-a-1959-bel-air-literally/?hp">http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/a-2009-chevy-malibu-destroys-a-1959-bel-air-literally/?hp</a>
</pre>It&#39;s a shame to see that old &#39;59 destroyed. Looked like a nice original
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			<title><![CDATA[ Watch a Corvette "Clunker" die ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4</a>
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<a title="Corvette euthanasia" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4"></a>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New Texas Laws September 1, 2009 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our glorious legislature, in all their wisdom, has decreed the following changes in your life starting next month:
<br>
<br>
Seatbelts - all passengers must wear them. Used to be front seat only.
<br>
<br>
Cellphones - Can&#39;t use them in school zones except real emergencies. Cities have to post signs.
<br>
<br>
NEVs - Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (golf carts?) can operate on roads with speed limits less than 45 mph. Presumably this means no tags required?
<br>
<br>
Drivers Licenses -... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Clunkers identified ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Americans are unloading their gas-guzzling SUVs and vans under the Cash for Clunkers program, and are buying <span style="font-weight: bold;">foreign</span>
sedans, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/06/financial/f154045D56.DTL&amp;type=green">data suggests</a>.
The <strong>top trade-in&#39;s</strong> under the program, which requires that discarded vehicles get 18 mpg or less, are as follows:</p>

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  <li>Ford Explorer 4WD</li>... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Here is what &quot;Lucky&quot; looks like (picture heavy, no dialups) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is a single car</span></font>
<br>
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<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/rburkheimer/WM%20Automotive/misc/Audi1.jpg" alt="image">
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<img... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Haynes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For those of us that have ever used a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1241282443_7" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">Haynes Manual</span> in
<br>
attempting home maintenance of a car.
<br>
<br>
For those who have not used a Haynes Manual, these
<br>
are the books aimed at car-owners who want to fix their
<br>
own cars and which keep qualified mechanics in paid
<br>
employment putting things right afterwards.
<br>
<br>
They are chock full of photos, diagrams and... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ What SPAM looked like in 1928 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/rburkheimer/WM%20Automotive/misc/Carsalesspam1928front.jpg" alt="image">
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			<title><![CDATA[ Women drivers ]]></title>
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  <font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;" lang="SR"><font size="4">Okay...Okay! </font></span></font>
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  <font size="3"> </font>
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  <font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;" lang="SR"><font size="4">If you didn&#39;t know who was driving, (Man or
  woman)...</font></span></font>
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  <font size="3"> </font>
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  <font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ JB Weld the head on? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ran across this elsewhere:
<br>
<br>
I  actually JB welded an aluminum cyl head on my Datsun truck. It corroded
<br>
as the PO had never changed the coolant, and it undermined the metal ring
<br>
under the headgasket, allowing the gasket to blow. The hole didn&#39;t actually
<br>
enter the combustion chamber. I figured i would junk the truck rather than
<br>
buy a head, so i used a spot-blaster to clean the metal, epoxied it and
<br>
filed it smooth.  It&#39;s been 4.5 years and still... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ It&#39;s different in Britain ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <pre>
UK Man goes to garage to pick up his car.
Mechanic says that&#39;ll be £1127
Man says he&#39;ll pay £950
Mechanic says no.
Man calls cops.
Cop says mechanic has to lower price(!)
Man insists on paying no more than £850
Mechanic says NO
Man mentions £550 as his final offer
Mechanic is incredulous
Cops arrest mechanic

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2008/08/17/anger-at-arrest-79310-21547006/"></a><a... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Jiffy Lube - Service not performed ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
  <p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Arial;">Jiffy Lube caught on tape</span></font></p>
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  <p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><a title="http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0503/9152183.200k.asx" target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ All those cars being towed South down I35.... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080" size="3"><strong>Mexico Bans Imports of Older, Used U.S. Vehicles</strong></font></font></font>

<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Under pressure from the Mexican auto industry, the Mexican government has tightened restrictions on used automobiles being
imported from the United States, allowing only vehicles that are exactly 10 years old to be brought in. Previously, cars 10 to 15 years old were permitted to
be imported.</font></p>... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ good quote ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <pre>
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.            -- Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
</pre> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Those &quot;green&quot; California drivers ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From Styling &amp; Performance magazine:<br><br><br>Despite what anti-car, former Vice President Al Gore may think or say, sales of gas/electric hybrid vehicles in California were not motivated by buyers who wanted to drive &quot;greener&quot; cars. More likely, hybrid owners were willing to spend more than $20,000 on vehicles that qualified for a yellow sticker, allowing them to drive alone in the High Occupant Vehicle (HOV) lane and bypass stopped traffic in the other lanes. In other words,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:12:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wages ]]></title>
			<link>http://wmpartsplus.yuku.com/topic/629/t/Wages.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A man owned a small auto parts store in East Texas.  The Texas Wage &amp;<br>Hour Dept.  claimed he was not paying proper wages to<br>his help and sent an agent out to interview him.<br><br>&quot;I need a list of your employees and how much you pay<br>them,&quot; demanded the agent.<br><br>&quot;Well,&quot; replied the rancher, &quot;There's my counterman<br>who's been with me for 3 years.  I pay him $600 a week<br>plus a discount on his parts.<br><br>The delivery driver has been here for 18... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ 28-oz water pump ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A woman calls an import parts warehouse and asks for a 28-ounce<br>water pump.<br><br>&quot;A what?&quot; asks the confused parts guy.<br><br>&quot;My husband says he needs a 28-ounce water pump.&quot;<br><br>&quot;A 28-ounce water pump? What kind of car does it fit?&quot;<br><br>&quot;A Datsun.&quot;<br><br>As the parts guy writes down &quot;Datsun, 28 oz. water pump&quot; the<br>light in his head goes on. &quot;Oh yes ma'am. We've got 28-ounce<br>water pumps. We have 24-ounce and 26-ounce... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:05:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Investigative Reporter - Jiff Lube ripoffs ]]></title>
			<link>http://wmpartsplus.yuku.com/topic/632/t/Investigative-Reporter-Jiff-Lube-ripoffs.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is one segment of a three-part report on an investigation carried out by reporters Joel Grover and Matt Goldberg and the news team at television station NBC4 in Los Angeles in April 2006. The report was entitled &quot;Is Your Mechanic Cheating?&quot; and detailed the results obtained by the news team when they took cars to various Jiffy Lube locations around southern California. <br>    Through the use of surveillance, surreptitously marked parts, and tiny cameras hidden within the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:22:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hover Creeper from Whiteside ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ (from Gizmag.com)<br><br>The Hover Creeper floats on thin air<br><br>July 31, 2006 Its not often you can pinpoint the innovation point where a new product concept was formed, but for the Hover Creeper, it was at the point where 73-year-old former Westinghouse Electric engineer Ralph Kalkbrenner said, Mechanics already have compressed air in their garage for tools, why not take advantage of it that a better mechanics creeper was conceived  one that quite literally floats on thin air.... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:05:09 GMT</pubDate>
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