http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog Sandy’s F’uped Car Log, This FLog is about Cars, and stuff that bugs me while in my car! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:52:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well just a few more days to go. Me, my cousin, and friends make way to Monterey. While it has been a known issue that I despise car shows I attend this one with a usual glass half full (as I can be) attitude. Actually the Pebble Beach part of ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/08/13/pebble-beach-monterey-historics-and-the-italiano-concorso/ It seems to never end. Every time I pass a magazine rack you check out the cover car and they boast something like 590hp Civic, 670hp WRX, 800hp (YOUR BRAND HERE), etc. That's cool, someone modded up a car and made some big hp. But now those numbers are starting ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/08/11/800hp-is-the-new-500hp/ Seems being slow to finish my Cobra might land it on TV. Not that I really give a crap about that, it was funny coming across this while reading a blog about Top Gear USA Style. Looking and going well at least the car has some good company as I ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/08/07/the-rippers-world-famous-vse-cobra/ All this chatter about miles per gallon... You only hear about it when the price of gasoline goes up. Once it stabilizes we are back buying performance cars and SUV's. On with the discussion...     I want to create a couple of new acronyms, "EMPG" and "AEMPG" Effective Miles Per Gallon And what that means is this- The ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/07/30/effective-miles-per-gallon-empg/ I have come to the conclusion that I must have a bad a$$ blog due to the fact that I get a hoard of spam. I can say one thing that the Askimet Wordpress Plugin works so well that I hardly ever have to do anything to keep it out ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/07/18/my-blog-is-popular-as-i-get-lots-of-spam/ Well I bit the bullet and did the front brakes on the 'X'. I had started to have the standard vibrating pedal that most of the F250, F350, and Excursions have. I had a set of pads put in under the pre-paid service policy which amounts to the lowest cost ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/07/14/ford-excursion-brakes/ California’s New Cell Phone Law,  Safety Or Just Another Revenue Stream that is the question? At first I thought that the new DMV laws that are to go into effect July might be something that is really good. I’m still a bit torn as the question of safety while using a ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/06/27/californias-new-cell-phone-problem-or-new-revenue-stream/ Here is the information on the Tiger United 31, which is being held at Big Bear Lake. It is a quick drive out of Los Angeles, and if you have any interest in Tigers this is where you will possibly find the largest collection of them. Seems people are coming from ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/06/25/tigers-united/ I just added a Garage Sale page. Time to get some workin' room in the garage. Check out the page at GtSparkPlugs Garage Sale I have some of my 1965-1966 Mustang parts, some small block Ford stuff, some fiberglass parts, some big block chevy parts (just a bit, more coming). And ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/06/08/garage-sale-page-now-up/ Not such a big deal, but I did my first web tool. It is a Tire calculator. Given the tire specifications it will calculate the dimensions of the tire as well as revs per mile, etc. This is the start of the tools section on GTSparkPlugs site (not set up ... http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/06/05/tire-size-calculator-tool-now-up/