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CSX Car crash Hammond, Indiana
prrguy wrote: This is the parking lor camera footage from the NICTD Hammond station of the recent Car crash of a Minivan with a mother and her 4 children inside with 2 CSX Freight trains.
Accident provokes outrage in communities
kobtv4 wrote: utraged — after a suspected drunk driver slammed into a chain of cars, killing two young women. police say they will release their identies tomorrow. but tonight we are hearing from a basketball coach of one of the women — who says she’ll be dearly missed. misa maruyama is here with tonight’s top story. misa? it’s a heart- minute thumbnail 10:00 pm wrenching day — after a five car crash in santa fe killed two young woman in the same car, from the same family. two other family members in the car were in the hospital today, in stable condition. the tragedy has some advocates outraged. one day after a crash ended two lives far too soon. nats – truck tears will likely flow in this town tonight. people who knew the two crash victims say they lived in this community. gary morrow was a basketball coach for one of them. everyday when she came into class, she had a smile on her face, always a smile. and just a friendly person, an excellent student. just the kind of person you love teaching and…
Scooby Doo Monster Truck – Dapto
southtech wrote: Scooby Doo Monster Truck in action at Dapto on sat 20th Sept 2008.
Cynthia Witthoft – Monster Truck Madness
sexywitthoft wrote: “Cynthia Witthoft” Song: “Monster Truck Madness” Album: “Drunken Orgy In Hell 2 – 2004″ In the late 1970s, modified pickup trucks were becoming popular and the sports of mud bogging and truck pulling were gaining in popularity. Several truck owners had created lifted trucks to compete in such events, and soon competition to hold the title of “biggest truck” developed. The trucks which garnered the most national attention were Bob Chandler’s Bigfoot the first Monster Truck, and Fred Shafer and Jack Willman Sr.’s Bear Foot, and Jeff Dane’s Awesome Kong, At the time, the largest tires the trucks were running were 48 inches in diameter. Sometime in the late 1970s, Bob Chandler drove over cars in a field making BIGFOOT the first Monster Truck to crush cars. Chandler drove Bigfoot over a pair of cars in a field as a test of the truck’s ability, and filmed it to use as a promotional tool in his four wheel drive performance shop. An event promoter saw the video of the car crush and asked…
Toyota Signs New Three-Year Deal with AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts
After a successful one-year partnership this past football season, the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts and Toyota have signed a new three-year contract which maintains the automaker’s status as “Official Vehicle of the Indianapolis Colts.”
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RC car demolition derby 2
lakesidefan wrote: This is the second derby I have uploaded, this time there are 3 Junker 1/24 RC cars laying in the field to be thrown around like rag dolls by the giant 1/8 scale RC cars.
GMAC May Never Repay Part of Government Aid
At least $6.3 billion of the $17.2 billion in taxpayer support to GMAC will likely never be repaid, according to the congressional panel overseeing federal bailout money. The panel criticized the Treasury Department for not attaching more conditions to the money as it did with Chrysler and GM.
Treasury wiped out the shareholders of those automakers and demanded detailed plans for how the companies would return to profitability; that was not the case for GMAC. Treasury also did not require an increase in consumer lending.
Chairwoman Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School said the Treasury Department should have taken GMAC into Chapter 11 bankruptcy to increase accountability and protect taxpayer investment.
GMAC and Treasury both insist the company is solvent and that GMAC will continue to lend money to auto dealers and consumers while paying back taxpayer dollars.
GMAC lost $8 billion in 2009 when its mortgage lending subsidiary ResCap imploded after pursuing a high degree of subprime mortgages and selling them in bundled securities.
Panel: Some Aid to GMAC Will Never Be Repaid (Detroit Free Press)
Send a Tweet, Win a Jeep
Normally we don’t cover promotional giveaways, but when you introduce Twitter into the equation, it becomes part of the “social media is the new plutonium” story. Thus, we report to you that Chrysler is offering to give away a brand-new 2010 Jeep Wrangler Islander through its Tweet-to-Win Contest.
Starting Monday, March 15, through Friday, March 19, you need to have a computer or smartphone handy. Follow Jeep on Twitter, and each day Jeep will tweet a new Jeep-branded trivia question to followers. The first person to answer the question correctly will win a trip for two to the 2010 New York International Auto Show next month.
Then, on Thursday, April 1, all five winning contestants will have the opportunity to win the new Wrangler Islander by digging through a massive sandbox constructed specifically for the show. They’ll barrel through the sand until they find the “Golden Tiki,” which wins the new Islander.
To take part in the competition, start following @Jeep at www.twitter.com/Jeep.
Toyota Recalls: Where They Stand
This week’s news of two Toyota Prius hybrids experiencing alleged sudden acceleration has reminded us that Toyota hasn’t tackled every car it has recalled. To date, Toyota says of the 5.7 million vehicles included in the various recalls, more than 1 million have been repaired.
The 5.7 million figure is the total vehicles affected by the recalls and not the total number of recalls issued; nearly 1.7 million vehicles overlap between the two accelerator-related recalls. It also includes the nearly 150,000 Prius and Lexus HS 250h hybrid recalls due to faulty brakes. Toyota was not able to provide a breakdown of each recall's repair rate.
Toyota spokesman Bryan Lyons says that while the first recall over floormat entrapment was issued in early November, the company only started to implement fixes in January, and it views completing more than a million recall-related repairs in the past two months as “phenomenal numbers.”
Lyons did say that the fixes for the Prius and the other models in the first floormat recall will be developed and implemented throughout 2010.
So far, only the 2007-10 Toyota Camry, the 2005-10 Toyota Avalon and the 2007-10 Lexus ES 350 have a solution devised and are being worked on at dealerships. Lyons says that makes up 50% of owners involved in the floormat recall, which was for 5.3 million vehicles. Meaning, even if every repair to date were for just those three specific models that would leave roughly 1.5 million owners, who are able to receive repairs, without them. Obviously, the number is much more than that. The other 50% of owners, which would be 2.6 million, still waiting on a fix to be even developed include:
- 2004-09 Prius
- 2005-10 Tacoma
- 2007-10 Tundra
- 2008-10 Highlander
- 2009-10 Corolla
- 2009-10 Venza
- 2009-10 Matrix
- 2009-10 Pontiac Vibe
- 2006-10 Lexus IS 250 and IS 350
The more recent recall over sticky accelerator pedals included 2.3 million vehicles and does have a fix. However, even if the more than 1 million repairs made were for this specific recall that leaves more than half of the recalled vehicles without the new shim. If you’re one of the owners of the vehicles below, you should contact your Toyota dealer immediately to schedule service.
- 2009-10 RAV4
- 2009-10 Corolla
- 2009-10 Matrix
- 2005-10 Avalon
- Certain 2007-10 Camry models
- 2010 Highlander
- 2007-10 Tundra
- 2008-10 Sequoia
- 2009-10 Pontiac Vibe
Thief Tsk-Tsks Car Owner
Talk about adding insult to injury.
After a thief broke into a car in Aurora, Ill., during the early morning hours, the crook left behind a note just rubbing it in.
“I could have taken your vehicle, too,” it said.
The thief only took a Garmin GPS unit and a Bluetooth earpiece from the car, but after finding the keys sitting on the console unguarded, the thief apparently put them in the ignition just to make a point, police said.
In this case, we’re going to have to side with the thief: The console is a pretty awful place to leave your keys.
Thief Leaves Warning Note for Car Owner (Suburban Chicago News)
