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1999 Mazda Miata Ford V8 2015 Car Craft Summer Nationals
ScottieDTV

Published on Apr 15, 2016
A 1999 Mazda Miata I shot at the 2015 Car Craft Summer Nationals... Now a Miata is not a Car that you would usually see on ScottieDTV... But when there is a crazy Ford V-8 under the hood...I thought I may need to take a closer look...I'm glad I did...Very cool Car...Check it out!!!..To see more cool stuff please visit www.scottiedtv.com The Coolest Cars On The Web!!!

Fast And Furious' 1970 Dodge Charger R/T - Drag Race!
MattyB727

Published on Oct 12, 2015
Here is one of the Dodge Charger R/T used by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) in the scenes of the famous film "The Fast And The Furious". Now this car belong to an italian muscle-car collector who decided to test its potentiality on the Rivanazzano's dragstrip only for this time due to its elevated value!

- Event: Wide Open Spring International
- Where: Rivanazzano Terme, Italy
- When: 17th May 2015

Daniel Ricciardo on front row for Chinese GP

Daniel Riccairdo has put his Red Bull on the front row of the grid for the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.

The Australian driver only bested by the flying Mercedes of championship leader, Germany's Nico Rosberg.

Rosberg recorded a time of 1:35.402, while Ricciardo was .515 seconds behind in second place.

The Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel will both start from the second row of the grid.

Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton continued his horror start to the year, suffering engine problems and will start the race from last on the grid.

Kiwi pastafarians the first to legally tie noodly knot

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster held the world's first legally recognised marriage in New Zealand today, with the offbeat movement hailing it as a milestone toward acceptance as a real religion.

Church adherents call themselves pastafarians, wear colanders on their heads, revere pirates and believe the world was created by a giant deity made of spaghetti.

But while they have a love of pasta-based puns and celebrate holidays such as "Talk Like a Pirate Day", followers insist their religion is no joke.

New Zealand officials agree, giving Wellington-based pastafarian Karen Martyn the legal right to conduct marriages last month after ruling the church was based on genuine philosophical convictions.

Martyn conducted her inaugural wedding as an ordained "ministeroni" today, when Toby Ricketts and Marianna Young became the first couple in the world to "tie the noodly knot" in a legally recognised ceremony.

"It's a formal recognition that we are a church and that's just great," she told AFP ahead of the ceremony.

She said many more weddings were planned, including same-sex unions, which were legalised in New Zealand in 2013.

Karen Martyn from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster poses in the pirate outfit that she will wear at the church's first legally recognised wedding to be held on April 16 in Wellington: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's Karen Martyn.

"I've had people from Russia, from Germany, from Denmark, from all over contacting me and wanting me to marry them in the church because of our non-discriminatory philosophy.

"We will marry any consenting legal adults who meet the legal requirement."

The wedding took place on a charter vessel decorated as a pirate ship at the South Island town of Akaroa, with guests dressed in costume.

Ricketts, a filmmaker who discovered pastafarianism while making a documentary about religion, said he knew some people may not take the marriage seriously.

"That's kind of what attracted us to it," he told AFP. "We were never planning to get married and have a conventional wedding but this allowed us to do it in a way that we're comfortable... our families are 100 percent behind us."

Prophet and hammock enthusiast

Pastafarianism first appeared in a 2005 open letter written by Bobby Henderson to the Kansas Board of Education in protest over its decision to teach intelligent design in schools.

Henderson, 36, a self-described "hammock enthusiast" and computer nerd from Oregon, is regarded as the prophet of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM).

Karen Martyn from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster poses in the pirate outfit that she will wear at the church's first legally recognised wedding to be held on April 16 in Wellington: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's Karen Martyn.

He argued that believing a pasta god made the universe was as no less valid than intelligent design, a form of creationism promoted by Christian fundamentalists, as both theories had no scientific merit.

Since then it has gained popularity and Henderson's website venganza.org details member activities ranging from public parades to campaigns for the right to wear colanders on driving licence photographs.

"New Zealand is one of the few places that has formally recognised us," he told AFP via email.

'Serious about beliefs'

Not all are happy with the decision, including professor Peter Lineham, a religious history specialist at New Zealand's Massey University.

"I am not at all convinced there's a genuine statement of values (in the church)," he told Fairfax New Zealand when the original decision was handed down.

"I know some people who think The Force is rather more meaningful than a spaghetti monster," he added, saying FSM was essentially a satirical body that mocked religion.

Martyn disputed the view and said a strong belief system underpinned FSM.

"We are anti-discrimination on any basis for any reason and we truly believe there should be a complete separation of church and state," she said.

"We believe in challenging ourselves and other religions and challenging cultural superstitions... we're very serious about our beliefs."

She said there was a major distinction between a joke church and a church that can take a joke and laugh at itself, such as the FSM.

"Laughter is the best medicine and it makes life much better and maximises our happiness," she said. "We embrace that to the fullest extent."

Going through the japan auction listings and it seems like about 80% of all Skyline GTR's ever sold are for sale, especially R32s at incredibly inflated prices. Exploiting the American market I guess. On the other hand, early model NSX automatics are a bargain. 30-40k difference between the automatics and manuals. Is it really worth that premium for a manual? I think not

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard fly to Gold Coast ahead of Boo and Pistol court hearing

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp landed on the Gold Coast this morning

Actor Johnny Depp has returned to the Gold Coast with his wife Amber Heard ahead of a court hearing of charges relating to the illegal importation of the couple's dogs into Australia last year.

The ABC has confirmed the couple flew into Coolangatta Airport this morning, which was earlier than expected and meant they avoided media scrutiny.

how difficult is it to find rotary engines on the site, and what prices - if they're there and available - do they go for?

For FD's anywhere from 20k for base model and 60k for Spirit Type R in Aus. Most are around 25k mark.
FB are 10-15 k and FC are around 6-8k in Aus. These models are far more difficult to find than FD RX7s

Senate votes down ABCC bill, providing the trigger for a July 2 double dissolution election

'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Doris Roberts dies aged 90: report

Actress Doris Roberts, famed for her role as Raymond's mother in the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, has died aged 90.
Ms Roberts died in her sleep on Sunday night in Los Angeles, spokeswoman Janet Daily told 5NBC Chicago.

The cause of her death is not yet known.

Ms Roberts received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her decades-long career, which began in 1951.

As well as playing the meddlesome Marie Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond, she has also starred in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

She is survived by her son Michael Cannata Jr, who works as her manager, and her grandchildren.

Well, turns out the mightyboy i was buying was stolen 3yrs ago and then passed threw 3 sets of hands before the guy i was buying it off.. so im happy to walk away and see were it ends up.. police are aware now and i believe the insurance company will end up with it.. who knows it might end up at work hahaha

Hmmm,

that doesn't make your day.

2016 ScottieDTV.com Dirty Dozen Pigeon Forge Rod Run
ScottieDTV

Apr 18, 2016

I walk through on the Scottiedtv.com Dirty Dozen from the Pigeon Forge Rod Run....Twelve of the Coolest Cars On The Web....In place...At one time....How Crazy it that!?!?!..Only at the Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run and only from ScottieDTV!!...Check it out!!
For more cool video please visit www.scottiedtv.com The Coolest Cars On The Web!!

Some random took a hammer to all the cars on that side of the street.

Just the mirrors though...
The shit is that I'm selling in 2 months anyway!

fark hey, so how'd you pick up on it being stolen? had you payed out any money for it?

Decided to do a check on the vin at work and showed up as stolen. Yeh i had put a deposit down but the guy was happy to return it once he found out what was happening

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