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As we all know, places across the globe are quickly making it illegal to use a hand-held phone while driving a car and Oregon will become one of these places effective January 1st, 2010. Knowing the police will be out in force on that day, I began seeking for an alternative to the earpieces. I have never been a big fan of the earpiece Bluetooth sets because it seems like every guy who thinks he's important walks around with one in his ear. But I like them even less because they're so small, I always lose them.

Enter the Parrot Mini-Kit Slim. This is a Bluetooth speakerphone that clips to your sun visor and can operate all your phone's dialing functions (including phone book entries) from the buttons and jog dial. It cost me $80 and so far, I LOVE it. Even when the car is moving, the voice command dialing picks up on the name I asked for 95% of the time and the conversation is effortless on both ends. They can hear you and you can hear them. For those with hands-free laws incoming or already in effect, I highly recommend this snazzy piece of technology.

I'm now getting More Miles between Fill up's for less. How much are you currently paying?

Crude Oil is said will hit $100 in the near Future.

I hope we have a lot of mac users on here.... unless everyone still operates *shudders* PCs

Anyways, the new magic mouse is amazing! Toronto Eaton Centre just put them out today... overall, i find it much smoother than the mighty. The multi-touch aspect is a great feature, I just wish it had incorporated gestures similar to the macbook trackpads. But overall definitely recommend it.
http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

Funny Article i was reading last night @work......
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-odd/2...Lagoon.Bugatti/
hahaha people are so dumb!!!

Can anyone please give me step by step instructions to add a Ticker please?

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Warning: Not for the weak heart...

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if Hyundai uses color pictures in there "regular" service bulletins. I have seen that they do use them in campaigns, but I cannot find any "regular" service bulletins online. Just curious.

If you have any non-campaign service bulletins with pictures in a .PDF format please attach to this thread.

Thanks

Let me start off by saying I LOVED the first Transformers. I am a fanboy so I'm not siding with the stiffs in the critic world, but after months of build up and trolling tf2005.com and countless teasers and trailers it was time to finally watch the second installment of what we geeks affectionately like to call Bay-Formers.

The question everybody inevitably asks first is: "Did you like it?" The simple answer is YES, I liked the movie BUT and this is a very complicated but, I didn't like it one bit as a sequel to the first one. Yes fanboys you heard right not one iota! So before you get your angry typing hands at the ready let me explain.

First the good;

It's "Giant F@%$ing Robots!" The CGI without a doubt was nothing short of incredible and that's where the "good" ended for me.

Now for the bad;

Starting with the story, on par with the subject matter? Yes. On par with Transformers lore? Not so much. Don't get me wrong, I'm over Optimus having lips! I never really cared about those minor details, I do however have a huge problem with a iconic character like Soundwave spending the entire movie latched onto a satelite like a giant space teet! Why oh why? To add insult to injury he's voiced by "Claw" from Inspector Gadget!? It doesn't stop there, the first movie had a lot of emotion with some comedy sprinkled in, this movie was the exact opposite, besides the cliche (SPOILERS AHEAD) Death of Optimus which we all new was coming and the scenes between Sam and his parents there wasn't a whole lot there. But seriously folks, Sam going to Autobot heaven!? <---- Okay not exactly but you get my point.

Speaking of characters returning and new......why introduce "new and exciting" characters just to kill them off within minutes of intorduction? Or barely see them on screen? So much time spent on obnoxious characters like the Twins but not of Arcee or Ironhide or even Ratchet. Where was Barricade? I mean it goes on. I'm convinced there more footage lying in Bay's garage because it's atrocious the way character devolopment went down in this movie.

I couldn't take Megan Fox seriously I really tried, but I kept thinking she just stepped out of a botox clinic with every passing close-up. I wanted to slap Bay for the Twins, seriously, the people are right they're ridiculously offensive, I'd be lying if I said they didn't make me laugh but that doesn't mean I agree with the characters, I'm just juvenile that way, I laughed my **** off with "Under the Alien's scrotum", but I digress lol I'm just saying I was watching the birth of lets say it together; "Jar Jar Binks X2 of the Transformers world." nuff said yo. <----- They were that bad.

I really believe that this was rushed into production to capitalize on the first film, there is obvious signs throughout the movie that is vintage Bay rush job, example; he used the exact same scene from the first film when the Decepticons were entering the Earth's atmosphere, trust me, it's identical except the angle, also when Starscream fires his misstles at the Twins and Bumblebee etcetera in the desert scenes Bay used the same scene twice. He did this with Armageddon also which irritates me because it's lazy film making, the first movie and correct me if I'm wrong had not one repeated scene.

Even the soundtrack let me down. I listened to it by itself before watching the movie and I liked it a lot, but when used in the movie it's really lacking, with the exception of a few scenes like the forest battle I never got those goosebumps down my back like when watching the first movie. When Optimus enters the battle in the City in the frist movie and Transforms in motion while Megatron is ripping Jazz in half GOOSEBUMPS! Arrival to earth by the Autobots EPIC GOOSEBUMPS! But in ROTF I only had one semi goosebump moment and that's dissapointing.

Like I mentioned before way too much comedy.The parents were so **** funny that when It came time for their characters to have a serious moment it wasn't believable. There was tonnes of build-up to the Prime/Fallen battle which ended leaving you empty a little when it was over. Prime should have stayed dead until TF3, they could have had Rodimus become a Prime (Yes I know he's not even in the movie but he should have been), and have Optimus make a triumphant return in the 3rd. Too much story or lack there of crammed into 2 hours + which seemed way longer and unfortunately, not in a good way.

As a wonderful effects driven piece of eye candy it doesn't dissapoint. But as a sequel to the most wished for screen adaptation since LOTR it falls extremely short. Just as the scenes with Sector 7 made us roll our eyes and cringe in the first movie, Transformers 2 AS A FANBOY left a bad taste in my mouth. So, as mentioned earlier in this review, I did like TF2 but I also hated it so to that I say; Watch it, enjoy it for what it is, not what it's suppose to be. To the fanboys, let's hope they change gears for the 3rd movie beccause I don't see LOTR when I think Transformers now, I see Star Wars: Episodes 1 -3! Need I say more?

Anyone else getting the email from female users telling them how attractive they are? Almost like a computer bot.. I said honey! have you looked at my photo!!

This artificial Government backed rise in the Stock Market has Oil at $80 Today. The good times are gone.

I look for the second wave of the World recession to be worst than the first.

check this out, do the admins know about this?


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I really prefer to drive older cars, always have, never have and probably never will buy a new one. Cash for clunkers really **** me off because of the requirement to crush all the cars turned in. That's millions of parts people who drive older cars could use to keep theirs running, but then I think that is there plan. If they can't make us upgrade, they will render ours obsolete. Now today I was reading on my favorite auto site how the government is requiring a lot more new standard "safety" features. I really don't think they will be happy until the can actually control out cars themselves from a remote location. Sorry, my rant for the day.

Topics like these have taken off on other forums so I figured I would post one here and get a consensus on what everybody's musical tastes are like.

Personally, I listen to almost everything but prefer music from the '70s and '80s, mostly '80s music as I was born in '86 and hence, am too young to remember any of the hit songs from that era. Listening to them makes me feel like I'm connecting with the decade I'm from but don't remember. Example, I'm listening to Richard Marx's 1988 hit 'Endless Summer Nights' right now which is your stereotypical 1980s love song.

As for radio, my presets for the Santa Fe at home include country, classic rock, alternative, rap, contemporary, pop, and hard rock. My CD and iTunes collection is packed with less-than-mainstream older songs along with many hits.

So tell us...what do you listen to?

Looks like Mr. Spam showed up all over....check out 2G forum !

Hello

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Hello

I am looking at a set of 15x10 rims for my 32x15x11.5 bfg's.

The bfg's are on the stock 15x8's now. Any problem with going to the wider wheels? I'd like the wider wheels because I am going to go to 33's or 35's in the future and don't want to have to buy another set of rims.

Please help..

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Hey Guys! I bought my accent a month ago...and still no plates? I'm in California...when do you usually get them ?

The fact is that I'm moving the 1st of September..and want to get them before I move...

The dealer when I bought it said it will get to your mail in a month but nothing yet

Thanks in advanced!

Just wanna make sure everyone's aware... There is a sidewalk sale at HF today. Some items have the lowest price I have ever seen. There is also a 20% off coupon (on a single item) that will stack with the sale prices.

Here's a link to the post on Slickdeals.

I just got a service cart with 5 draws (ballbearing slides) for 75 after tax and coupon! This thing normally goes for 150 on sale at HF.

3000 lb. aluminum racing jack for 51 after tax and coupon! Very good reviews from people who have this. Basically very functional (as long as you don't exceed the 3000 lbs) and you will NOT find anything at this price anywhere else.

Happy shopping at HF!

Yiran

how old is everyone ?

im 16 =\

Whats your opinion on finding parts at the junkyard? For example, I was at the junkyard the other day and found 4 nice 16" wheels, that more then likely ill be going back to pick up. Like is it a good idea to pick things up from there? and also any body know who makes our exhaust...im trying to a new system and dont know where to purchase them from?


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Chris

Well guys, I probably won't be driving for the rest of this month and possibly another 3...depending on what the judge says on August 5.

As many of you in the 3G Accent Forum know, I go to school 65 miles away from my house. To get there, I take I-90 East. For the past couple of years, there has been a lot of road construction on I-90 in the Rockford area because they have this crazy expensive project of putting in a new ramp and adding a 3rd lane for 11 miles, into Wisconsin. The project is scheduled to be completed by Fall 2009, which I know is not possible by the looks of things.

For 3 years I have been taking this route to get to school. In those 3 years, I've wrecked my car, replaced the damages, had a semi tire blow up next to me and destroy my brand new bumper...and he didn't stop, and many more things, but I have NEVER in my life been pulled over for anything....until 9:30 yesterday morning.

I had just gotten onto the interstate and was on it a good 2 miles. The construction zone starts at the state border, I believe and ends just before Belvidere, IL. From where I enter the interstate, I'm in construction zones for about 14 miles. The speed limit is 45mph. It's marked everywhere! Does anyone obey those signs? Certainly not. Do I obey those signs? Heck no! I follow the flow of traffic, but not anymore. Everyone around me at the time was doing between 75-80mph. I know, crazy fast for a construction zone. Then everyone scattered like cockroaches when you switch the lights on. I didn't understand what was happening until I saw the state police officer on a motorcycle just ahead.

I knew I was screwed. There is no shoulder to pull off on, it's concrete wall, lane, lane, guard rail. So I had to drive another mile or so to get to the nearest ramp where I pulled to the side. This officer was a real piece of work. He says he clocked me at 77mph, told me my insurance was expired, which it's not! The card says it expires today, July 3, 2009. I had to wave him down to explain that to him. I said,"Sir, my insurance doesn't expire until the 3rd." He said,"I know, which is today!" I then replied,"Today is the 2nd sir!" He just stared at me. I've never said "sir" so many times in my life.

All is said and done, he gave me a speeding ticket for $105, my court date is scheduled for August 5th, which the judge will decide whether or not to slap me with the $375 fine for speeding in said construction zone, PLUS additional court fees. My stepdad is a truck driver, he told another state trooper about my situation and said I was lucky. He could have got me for reckless driving, reckless endangerment, towed my car and thrown me in jail!

In the afternoon, my mom found out that 300 people had to attend court July 1st for speeding in the same zone I got pulled over in. 300!!! They needed 2 judges to get everyone in. Just about everyone was slapped with fines. They are really crackin' down in this particular zone. They've put up cameras, have aerial survailance, cameras in trucks and vans....it's horrible. I could face up to $2000 and 3 month suspended license, but since this is my first offense they may go easy, or they could be pr*cks...who knows. Needless to say, I was late for class this morning.

Drive carefully ya'll.
-Dawn

Hello my friends in Canada. I am going to be in London, ON on Sunday Sept 13, 2009, I would like to know if the American football game between Chicago and Green Bay will be on NBC at around 7:20pm CST. Does Canada even get any US television? I really do not know.

AL

Why is it that, when we visit the USA, everyone expects a tip?

Held once every two years the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA (Internationale Automobil Ausstellung) is the largest in the industry. If there's anything the Germans are known more for than bratwurst and beer, it's finely engineered vehicles. From Volkswagen to BMW, from Mercedes to Porsche, the German automakers take center stage at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We'll update this preview page with developing stories about which models are expected to make their world debut in Germany. Live coverage from Frankfurt starts September 15th.

More: Frankfurt Auto Show 2009 Preview on AutoGuide.com

You know how you have to wait hours for a tow truck?

Well my brother came in from Allentown last night and went to a party. He calls me at 11:45 saying he has a flat tire. I told him to call roadside assistance and he called my dad too. My brother knows nothing about cars, so he couldn't change it. My dad and I wound up going but it was pouring out so we didn't bothering changing it. He was also in a bad neighborhood. Roadside told him 35 minutes and they got there in 30 minutes, not only that but 3 tow trucks showed up! They had it changed in 5 minutes.

My suspicions were correct, he hit a pothole and bent the rim. Hyundai roadside assitance is excellent!

Just watched the Michael Vick interview on 60 Minutes. This guy should be licking the streets of Philly clean as opposed to being paid to play football. No better yet, he should be licking the streets of Green Bay....in winter.

My thoughts.

Hello all, anyone here ride? I'm currently on an 09 GSX-R 750, blue and white, full Akrapovic racing exhaust system, K&N air and oil filters, fender eliminator, removed mirrors, and a 190 rear wheel.

Wow, looks like I missed alot in the last 2 1/2 weeks. I am back in Las Vegas. Finally moved back to the desert. The wife got tired of the big city of Chicago. That and we moved back to help take care of my sick parent's. But that is besides the point. If anyone is out west and wants to go on some drives through the mountain or desert roads, please feel free to hit me up. I know alot of bad *** places to go. There are to many posts to try to catch up and post to all of them. I will try to keep up with everything now, lol.

just came on to see if anyone is going to Road America for the ALMS races this weekend...my son and I are going for friday practice, with a full day of action from P1, P2, GT1, GT2 and GT3 classes...Formula BMW, Jetta TDI cup, Speed World Challenge, and go kart rentals available all day on RA's infield go-kart track!!! I can't go saturday, because Hyundai invited me to drive the Genesis Coupe at the Autobahn country club in Joliet, Illinois... did anyone else get the invite to drive the genesis coupe?? the next stops are in St Louis, Phoenix and Los Angeles....

Waves, caused by the blowing of wind over ocean surface, carry immense power. The power of the waves can help in generation of electricity for nearly 10% of the world’s demand. Ocean wave power can be tapped using point absorbers, which resemble offshore buoys that measure environmental data except they are larger. Their popularity is due to their ability to absorb energy from oncoming waves in all directions.

The Ocean energy is created by taking advantage of the vast temperature difference. The temperature on the surface of the ocean water is different from the temperature of the water lying below it. It is hard to believe that in some areas, especially tropical, the surface water can be more than 40 degrees warmer than the deep water.

The ocean possesses mechanical energy from its tides, waves and thermal energy from the sun’s heat. The energy present in the ocean is so large that if tapped, only 0.2% of it will be sufficient to charge up the whole world’s demand.

According to SI Simon Fraser University (Div II) in BC has been admitted to the NCAA, all sports, starting 2010. Wish them the best of luck keeping up with us south of the 49th parallel.

I know it's a hairbrain post, but I figure there's got to be someone as anti-unnecessary-injury as I am somewhere on this forum.
I cut myself pretty badly across the middle finger trying to bring the left section of the backseat back up.
I would avoid putting fingers in the little hole labeled as death in the photo, if I were you.
That is all. =)

Since Miami became a Mod he doesn't have as much time to harass us in the 4G area?

He'll probably lock this thread as "threatening".

Well the details are out on the new government website. I wasn't sure where to post this but if you bought a car after July 1st you can still get a rebate

http://www.cars.gov/

Is anyone have the serial of theShine DVD to AVI Converter?

I'm hunting for it, A Free one, please!!!

if you have it,Please contact!
this is my E-mail:

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

Every day my work place process over 500 iphone a day for repairs and already alot of 3GS has come in too last thing i want after work is seeing another iphone

Happy 4th of July to everyone and their family's,Have a safe one and to whoever is traveling drive safe.

Sincerely, Me and My Sonata <-- now that makes it sonata related

I got this email from a friend today and thought it was some good advice if its true!

*HELPFUL TIPS FROM A GUY FROM THE FUEL RETAILING BUSINESS for the "4G Sonata*

"I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol.... but here in Durban we
are also paying higher, up to R7.35 per litre. But my line of work is in
petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more
of your money's worth for every litre.

Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline where I work in Durban South Africa, we deliver about 4
million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.
One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We
have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres.

Only buy or fill up your car or bakkie in the early morning when the ground
temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their
storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the
afternoon or in the evening.... your litre is not exactly a litre. In the
petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol,
diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important
role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But
the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast
mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low,
middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby
minimizing the vapours that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at
the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of
the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being
sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less
worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL.
The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less air
occupying its empty space. petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine.
Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as
zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the
evaporation.

Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is
temperature compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a fuel truck pumping into the storage tanks
when you stop to buy, DO NOT fill up--most likely the petrol/diesel is being
stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the
dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

Hope this will help you get the most value for your money."

So I walked out of my girlfriend's apartment today and I heard the smoke detector going off in the apartment across the street. There was a small amount of smoke coming out of the kitchen window, so I ran over and asked if the lady needed help and she was just screaming hysterically, and said that her baby was in the back. Her kitchen was completely engulfed in flames and the entire apartment was clouded in thick smoke (to the point of virtually zero visibility).
I ran through the engulfed kitchen, grabbed her baby from the back of her apartment and ran back through the kitchen, got all of her neighbors out of the house, and called 911 while doing so. It was crazy.

ANYWAY, here are the pics of my Accent in the midst of the action!! lol
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Parked right behind another black 3G Accent hatchback the other day haha
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The coolest car I have ever seen. And it's supercharged. I have no idea what make or model it is
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http://www.popeater.com/television/article...s-dies%2F546990

I just got off the phone with McGard the automotive wheel lock nut company,what a crappy company !. I bought a set of exact fit McGard locks for my Accent back in Sept. of 08 and I have just noticed that they are beginning to rust,so I call them and they told me that i must send them all back to them with proof of purchase at my cost so they can determine if they are going to replace them or not.I have not removed them since I put them on the car nor have I taken any of the tires off the car.I don't see why i should have to pay to send them back without reimbursement of the shipping cost, It's not as if I didn't pay a good bit of money to buy them in the first place. At this rate I should have just bought the cheep ones from Walmart as I did in the past, I still have them and after 6yrs all year round use they are still in new condition with no sign of rusting and they where half the cost of the McGard ones. Never again will I buy their product !!!!

what make you smile today? although the weather is very hot now, i believe something will bring us fresh air!

I got this in my personal message inbox. Did anyone get this? Mods please take action.

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Hello
My name is miss Lucy
i saw your profile today on(www.hyundai-forums.com)and became interested in you,i will also like to know more about you,and i want you to send a mail to my email address so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am. i believe we can move from here.I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.Remember the distance or colour does not matter but love matters allot in life. Please reply me with my email address here (goodlucklucyi@yahoo.com)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN
YOURS LUCY.
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Do we now have sex-bots joining this forum and sending personal messages?

Anyone else have this issue?

Anyone else getting these SPAM mail messages from a girl who thinks she is in love with you because she saw one post. LOL

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