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In This Issue
Version 2.0 Update
How I saved $800!
New Events |
Calendar Girl Contest!
$1000 Grand Prize! |
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Classic Car Community is looking for the next Classic Car Calendar Girl. This contest is open to all members. Submit your poses with your favorite classic and you could be chosen to represent your community on the first of many calendars to come. More Here! |
Best Ride Contest!
Win $500 in Gas! |
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Think you have the best wheels on the road? Well put your classic car up to the test in the Community's Best Ride Contest. Submit a story stating why you think your ride rules the rest and you'll be entered to win a $500 gas card. Sign up here. |
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Version 2.0 Update
Well, my IT guys are working nights and weekends to get the new version of Classic Car Community up and running. OK, they may note be working weekends...or nights, but when they are working, they are working very very hard. I think. Anyway, here is what I approved for the next role out.
1) Dynamic Advertising on the Classified Parts/Cars pages. This means when you are looking for a Corvette fender, the ads that are populated with the results will be directed to Corvette Vendors. These are paying advertisers, so if you do not find the part from the listing, please click through the ads and keep this site free!
2) I am adding an Encyclopedia/Glossary of Classic Cars from around the world. So, when we have questions about what came with what car, click on the Encyclopedia and your questions will be answered. Also, a glossary of car terms will be added, so when the new guy in the corner doesn't know what a "3rd member" means he can look it up.
3) CAR CLUB DIRECTORY! It will be similar to the Events page, in that you can select your state, city and then type of car and hopefully all the clubs will populate from there.
4) We will be updating the news and newsletter features, update the search features on the events page and better search features on the cars/parts pages.
Plus, many other upgrades will be posted. My goal is to have them done by the end of the year. So, please, is you can think of other cool things you want to see on the site, send me your feedback!
How I saved $800!
So, my wife drives a Nissan Pathfinder and the other day the Brake light came on. Being the busy bee that I am, I didn't have time to look in to it. Now, if I was driving it, I probably would have let it go for a couple of days and get to it when I can. But this is the wife's car, and the wife asked me about 10 times in one day if I got it checked (no lie ;-). Being that I love my wife and the fact that I have no argument to wait on fixing brakes, I said "Yes dear." I wanted to say "Woman, I will get the car looked at when I am damn good and ready!" She probably would have looked at me, roll her eyes and pick up the phone to start dialing my mother (remember I'm Italian). So, off to the brake store I was.
Before work, I pull in to a local brake shop, let's call them BrakeBlasters, and on the window is "$99 Front Brakes, any car." Now, I know the ad is just a teaser and that it probably applies to only the "disposable cars"...you know the cars that run to 100,000 miles and then you just throw them away. I think you can even leave them on the curb for the bulk pick up on trash day. Do I have to spell it out? The Ford Escorts, Honda Civics, VW Rabbits etc. (I'm kidding Ford, Honda and Vdub fans, don't write emails please). So, I figured that I would have to spend a little more for the Pathfinder. I dropped off the car and proclaimed to the attendant, "CALL ME IF IT IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN THE $99, PLEASE!" My friend picked me up and I then went to work.
Sure enough, my cell phone rings and its BrakeBlasters.
BrakeBlasters: Sir, you need to change both front and back brake pads/shoes, turn the rotors and there is a small leak from the back passenger cylinder.
Me: So, what's that gonna cost?
BrakeBlasters: $789.90
Me: DO NOT DO ANYTHING. TAKE MY CAR DOWN FROM THE RACK AND I WILL PICK IT UP LATER.
I arrive later that afternoon, and you guessed it, my car is still up on that rack, tires off and all. The guy behind the counter brings me in to the bay to show me the problems. He shows me the brake pads in the front.
BrakeBlasters: See here, you only have about 12 to 15,000 miles left on these.
Me: How many miles a year do you think I put on this thing?
BrakeBlasters: The back shoes are worn as well.
Me: It looks like they have more on them, then the front?
BrakeBlasters: Here is the leak?
Me: Where?
BrakeBlasters: Here...see. It started leaking.
Me: There's like 10 drops coming out of there, and it sealed itself back up because it stopped leaking. Take my car down.
So, I drive away from BrakeBlasters pissed. Now I have to do the brakes myself. Then it dawned on me. These cars have sensors for everything. There is probably a sensor for the low fluid in the reservoir. I go to AutoZone, buy a $2.98 container of brake fluid, pop the hood, release the cap, pour a thimble size amount of brake fluid in, secure the cap, start the car and the light goes off. Un-freaken-believable.
What's the moral of the story? Thank your father (or the father figure...or mother for that matter) for teaching you how an engine works, how brakes work, how the AC works, how everything works. Because, an engine is an engine, braking is braking, an alternator is an alternator, power steering is power steering, no matter what year the car is! Don't be intimidated by the big fancy machines that these shops have. Logic is Logic. A donut without a hole is danish (name the movie?) Thanks Dad for helping me not get screwed from BrakeMast....er...Blasters.
Recent Posted Events!
It looks like the most active part of the site is the Event Calendar. I have been approving probably 4-5 events a day. So, log-on and post your events...even if they are not yours, post 'em! Part of the Version 2.0 is going to be a "Repeats" feature, meaning if the event is every Saturday during the months of summer, then you will only need to add it once and select all the day that apply. More to come. So, check out these events and get out there and join in on the fun!
Texas - Kruse, Snow-n-Show, Swap Meet
Arizona - Good Guys, Gilbert, Barrett-Jackson
Florida - Corvette Party, Super Sunday, Gaslight Parade
California - All kinds..log on!
So there you have it. I hope you have enjoyed this Newsletter. If not, let me know.
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Thanks everybody!
We at Classic Car Community believe that the most important part of a community is its members. We ask that you join us in our quest to provide a state-of-the-art community for classic car enthusiasts
Sincerely,
Joseph Montenegrino
President
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