February 22, 2006

Also Available at:
http://www.rodandpiston.com/Tune-Up/2-22-06_newsletter.asp

WNYCarClubs.com Meets RodandPiston.com
With just about 7 million page views and only about 5 years old WNYCarClubs.com has grown faster then we had ever anticipated. It has grown so fast in fact we decided about a year ago that we needed to start looking for a new domain name for it. With visitors from all over the country and even from across the sea visiting, we decided the “Western New York (WNY)” part or our domain was no longer a good fit.

Last August RodandPiston.com was started. The original plan was to run the two web sites in parallel; one would cater to our national/international audience and the other for our local WNY audience. This is what we’ve been doing for about the last half year. Unfortunately running two web sites (even similar ones) is twice as hard and takes twice as much time. Since we do these web sites “part time” we realized in order to do a web site and do it right we need to concentrate on just one. So we're sure you noticed the slow transformation and merging of WNYCarClubs.com into RodandPiston.com. Our first merging of the two was in the forums, and slowly we’ve been migrating sections over. As you can see our E-mail newsletter is the latest merge and from now on you'll be occasionally be receiving RodandPiston.com Tune-Ups, instead of WNYCarClubs.com Newsletters.

Is this the end of WNYCarClubs.com? Not by any means, just a different skin and far grander scale and plans for it. As RodandPiston.com grows we will not forget our Western NY base, and we hope all of you that got us started as WNYCarClubs.com continue to help us build RodandPiston.com.

In this Issue...

1.) 4th Annual WNYCarClubs.com Super Cruise - Sunday July 9, 2006
2.) Alice's Kitchen Spring Dinner - Sunday February 28, 2006
3.) 2006 Buffalo World of Wheels
4.) Photographed Events for February 2006
5.) Upcoming Events for March 2006
6.) What the heck is a Widget?
7.) What's New with RodandPiston.com?
8.) 1986 Suzuki Intruder 1400 for sale - 1800 miles!

1.) 4th Annual WNYCarClubs.com Super Cruise - Sunday July 9, 2006



The 3rd Annual WNYCarClubs.com Super Cruise turned out to be a huge success. Over 400 cars, bikes, and trucks registered for the show. We gave out 240 awards to some of the nicest vehicles in the area. We tried a few new things like online registration with PayPal and a new voting tabulation program which helped make the show run smoother than past years.

Mark your calendars for Sunday July 9, 2006. Plans are already in the works to make the show even better. New this year will be a craft show and we've increased the number of classes to 50. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the show, please contact us at show06@wnycarclubs.com. You can help us make the show even better!

Complete and current show information can be found at:
http://www.wnycarclubs.com/wnyccshow06.asp

Current Sponsors Include:
MAC's Antique Auto Parts - www.macsautoparts.com
Knight Industrial Supplies - www.kis-inc.com

If you are interested in sponsorship, vendor opportunities, or have any questions, please contact us at show06@wnycarclubs.com.

2.) Alice's Kitchen Spring Dinner - Sunday February 28, 2006

We can taste the amazing food now. This weekend is the Alice's Kitchen Spring Dinner. Due to popular request, Jim is holding it on a Sunday. The dinner will be this Sunday February 28th at 6:00pm. There are still some seats available. Reserve your seat now.

Where:
Alice's Kitchen
3122 Sheridan Dr
Amherst, NY 14226

When:
Date: Sunday February 28, 2006
Time: 6:00PM

What:
Includes appetizers, buffet style dinner, punch, coffee, tea or choice of soda, assorted desserts, tax and gratuity.

Cost: $14.00 - Includes food and pop. Cash bar available

50/50, door prizes, etc. If you went in the past, you know how good it was.

Bring a photo of your car for our photo album

Reservations required. Call 834-4182 with name, phone number, and number of guests that will be coming.

Tell them you heard about it her

3.) 2006 Buffalo World of Wheels

The indoor shows are coming, the indoor shows are coming. It almost feels like the winter season goes by quicker when the Buffalo World of Wheels show comes to town.

The 5th Annual Buffalo World of Wheels will be held March 17-19, 2006 at the Buffalo Convention Center. This is an ISCA Sanctioned event.

More information on the show can be found at their official web site:
http://www.buffaloworldofwheels.com/

There are still spaces available if you are interested in showing your car, truck, or bike for this weekend event. You can contact Gordy or Kevin at 542-3150 or mail@buffaloworldofwheels.com

4.) Photographed Events for February 2006
5.) Upcoming Events for March 2006

http://www.rodandpiston.com/shows.asp

A few of the local (and not-as-local) shows coming up in March that we will be at:

March 3-5, 2006- 13th Annual Advance Auto Parts Cavalcade of Cars
http://www.rodandpiston.com/shows.asp?eid=2976&m=3&y=2006

March 10-12, 2006 - Performance World Custom Car and Truck Show - Toronto
http://www.rodandpiston.com/shows.asp?eid=3028&m=3&y=2006

March 17-19, 2006 - 5th Annual Buffalo World of Wheels
http://www.rodandpiston.com/shows.asp?eid=3007&m=3&y=2006

If you are holding an event, you can now add it to our automated events listing.

Submit your car show(s) at this link:
http://www.rodandpiston.com/submission/addevent.asp

Submit your cruise night(s) at this link:
http://www.rodandpiston.com/submission/addcruise.as

6.) What the heck is a Widget?

http://widget.yahoo.com/info/
" The Yahoo! Widget Engine is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather.

What sets Yahoo! Widget Engine apart from other scripting applications is that it takes full advantage of today's advanced graphics. This allows Widgets to blend fluidly into your desktop without the constraints of traditional window borders. Toss in some sliding and fading, and these little guys are right at home in Windows XP and Mac OS X..............................."

Introducing the RodandPiston.com Widget
http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=38807

A week ago, even we hadn't heard of Yahoo widgets. But now we already have our own. Use it to stay in touch with what's happening with RodandPiston.com even when you're not on the web site.

It's still in a Beta version and not all the features are fully functional yet, but feel free to download it and try it out. You can follow the development progress as new versions develops in the forum topic: http://www.rodandpiston.com/db/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=932

* Remember in order to run our widget you'll have to have the Yahoo Widget Engine installed first. http://widgets.yahoo.com/

7.) What's New with WNYCarClubs.com and RodandPiston.com?

Automotive News Section Added - http://www.rodandpiston.com/newsfeeds.asp
Automotive News feeds that let you stay up with current auto news and trends

Shows/Events Section Updates - http://www.rodandpiston.com/shows.asp
- Forum/Site membership required to view complete listings
- New format with calendar this year
- Beta version with embeded Google Maps - http://www.rodandpiston.com/shows-beta.asp
- 72 Events currently listed for 2006

Event Photos Section - http://www.rodandpiston.com/photos.asp
- New gallery viewer system with no pop-ups

New Advertisement Banners
If you've noticed a whole slew of new advertisment banners on RodandPiston.com its because we've setup some affilate programs with Google and others to help us finance and keep the site up and running free for all you. We've done our best to keep them non-intrusive of web site content. All banners we setup are based off contextual banner advertising so at the very least any advertisements should generally be related to the content you're looking at perhaps may be for a product that intrests you.

8.) 1986 Suzuki Intruder 1400 for sale - 1800 miles!

We are listing this for a friend. They are selling their SUPER low mileage 1986 Suzuki Intruder 1400 motorcycle. It has around 1800 ORIGINAL miles on it. It is in immaculate condition. It has been locally driven and garage kept. The owner is asking $3500 or best offer. More details, pictures, and contact information can be found at:
http://www.rodandpiston.com/db/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=696

Summer weather is coming and this would be a perfect bike to enjoy the nice warm nights.

Would you like your vehicle classified mentioned in the next Tune-Up? Contact us (http://www.rodandpiston.com/contact.asp) for pricing.

Is your club or event looking for Dash Plaques, Awards, or Trophies? Photo-Action can help
Full color magnetic dash plaques and award plaques are now available locally. If you were at the WNYCarClubs.com, Time Traveler's Olcott Beach, Tri-Five show and many others, you probably have seen them. Some samples can be seen at:
http://www.wnycarclubs.com/dashplaques.asp
 
For pricing and information contact: info@photo-action.com

CyberSpokes.com

Want to know what's going on with 2 wheels instead of 4. Check out our friends at http://www.cyberspokes.com for a listing of local biker events. Cyberspace for Biker

See you at the shows!
Joe Haniszewski Jr. & John Christensen

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