Scamming sleezebag alert, counterfeit art being sold at car shows... help out my friends in the hot rod art scene, don't buy from anyone but the real artists.. not Joe Werner. He's selling copies from low-res bad quality images

 Joe Werner, sleeze bag at the Essen Motor Show this weekend in Germany. Deny him your support, keep your cash from someone stabbing a hot rodder in the back.

Want good art? From good artists? Hell yes you do, you want pinstriping from a pinstiper, not a roll on pizza cutter. You want lettering and race car numbers from a artist, a letterer, a sign painter. Not a decal you print at home.

Why? Pride. Proud that you are a hot rodder, an amatuer race car driver, a drag racer... a guy who is living his life with a real passion for the best you can achieve, the best speed, the best lap, the best car, the best parts.

Just like BOMONSTER, who wants just his best work getting into your garage, your bumper, your tool box... not a cheap imitation.

If I was going to ESSEN this weekend, I'd bring a bottle of tempura paint, and spalsh it all over his display. Then hold up a sign, that reads "FAKES SOLD HERE"... cause I'm that kind of guy. I got your back.

The foot resting on this Shelby Cobra Mustang convertible trunk spolier should be chopped off as a warning to others.

filthy feet to make it worse. Tattooed? Really? What, aren't your feet stupid looking enough already?

Dan, in Norway, is a far better PhotoChopper than I am, so he took her legs off!

Thanks Dan!

Even cars come with warning labels. What a stupid warning... it doens't mention the explosive force of a 1/2 tank of gas, or the battery having so much electrical power it can explode if shorted directly across the terminals

It's all about birth defects, and cancer. Nothing about the gas, exhaust fumes that kill (suicide in garage), ability of homicidal maniacs to use the vehicle as a deadly weapon, and that bit I mentioned about the power in a ordinary battery.. plus the deadly antifreeze that pets find tasty. What a stupid warning sign, it isn't complete, is single minded, and obviously due to a lawsuit

'Cuda rolls in a high speed DUI down Ashley Street in Ramona (near San Diego).. .neighborghood idiots request the speed limit lowered (no logical cause or effect but lots of kneejerk reactions)

So what my complaint is, simply... idiots are everywhere, and so are drunk drivers. Neither drunks nor idiots look at the speed limit, and if the residents who want the 45 mph reduced to a 35 mph think that will prevent another DUI, they prove themselves morons.

Harold... the inside scoop from Mike is that he had a awesome 440 six pack 1970 Challenger back in the 70's and after finally getting it near perfect, he wrecked it. This isn't Harold's first wreck of a fine Mopar. Why don't reporters get to the driving history of DUI drivers? It's obviously relevant.

"what an idjit maroon" I think Bugs Bunny would call this driver, drove 1/2 way into a sand trap at Pebble Beach Concours

Full story and more photos including this one at http://jalopnik.com/5832839/a-lamborghini-gets-sand+trapped-at-pebble-beach and I was thinking it would have been on Hooniverse!

California lawmakers can't pass or balance a budget, but get 5 million dollars worth of new cars annually for their personal use

Don't sweat it... it's the only state that wastes money on rich politicians automotive needs. Well, unless you count free gas and insurance... I bet your lawmakers and politicians don't pay for gas or insurance. I bet they get chauffered limos as a way around your state purchasing cars for them. You likely know they get a lifelong pension better than double your annual income, free medical care you can't afford, and you'd scream to be told the free overseas flights on "fact finding missions" and subsequent luxury hotel accomodations and vacation in overseas countries.

Wankers as the Brits would call them (in polite company)

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/12/03/free-luxury-cars-for-lawmakers-amid-calif-budget-mess/ has the following to report about it: (I'm summarizing to avoid copyright BS)

California is the only state to provide rank-and-file lawmakers a luxury perk as the state has a 6 billion dollar deficit.
The state buys cars for lawmakers unlimited use under a decades-old program.
It spent more than $5 million for the latest suite of vehicles, including a $55,000 Cadillac and a $52,000 Lexus.


I listened to this today on KNX am 1070 Los Angeles

Think all of this is nuts? Heard of Speaker of the House Pelosi?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=231461
"Since 2007, we U.S. taxpayers have paid $2,100,745 for now-outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to make 85 flights aboard a 42-seat Air Force C-32 – which is the size of a Boeing 757"