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???? Move in Dec 1st 25+pics (santa clara) $500

???? Move in Dec 1st 25+pics 1 Room available in an upscale 5bd / 3.5ba home. Please reply to this ad and Adam will set up a time for you to swing by and see the place. ABOUT THE AREA/LOCATION: - New (4 years old) Planned upscale community in the middle of Silicon Valley - Community set atop of Communications Hill with amazing views (see pics below) - Very safe neighborhood with plenty of parking - Convenient location: 2 minutes from highways 87, 5 min from 85/280/101 - 2 minutes from grocery store and shops, 5 min from Oakridge mall - 7 minutes from Santana Row & Downtown San Jose, easy commute - Definitely a step or three above your usual neighborhoods in the area - Below are images of the neighborhood and panoramics of the view from the top of the hill and the street adjacent to the house. Also included are pics of the plaza that is 50 yards from the front door. Click on the images for larger views ABOUT THE HOUSE: - 4 year old house (not a townhouse or apt) with 5 bedrooms 3.5 baths - Four stories including garage – very clean and well kept – vaulted ceilings - New appliances (dishwasher, washer, dryer, etc) - Surround sound and 40in 1080p HDTV flat screen in living room - Very large kitchen with lots of storage space - Outdoor patio with BBQ – great for summer time - Have access to the community pool and hot tub - Outgoing / friendly neighbors in the area & plenty of street parking - Ping pong table in the garage, foosball table coming soon! - Lots of storage space in closets and garage - Full maid service twice per month (you’ll never have to clean a toilet again) - Below are pictures of the exterior of the front of the home and the walkway that leads up to the front door Click on the images for larger views ABOUT THE ROOM/LEASE: - size: 25x15ft, multiple windows, carpet, vaulted ceilings, standard closet - Shared bathroom (with 1 roommate – cleaned every other week by maid service) - $850/mo + 1/5 utilities + 1 month security deposit required - Prefer 1 year lease, 6 month and month-to-month considered - Utilities include: high speed wireless DSL, cable TV, TiVo, electricity, water, garbage - Full washer/dryer access, Full use of all common areas of the home ABOUT THE CURRENT ROOMATES: - Adam G: 27 year old, male, working in the tech sector in sales – snowboards in Tahoe, cooks a mean garlic prawn plate, RATM, Dre Dog, 90’s rock, buys wine as though its going out of style, ping pong , wakeboarding, hiking, camping, concerts at shoreline, etc. www.myspace.com/adamg81 - Navi B: 27: When she’s not stealing the spotlight of attention or pouring glasses of wine for everyone around her save herself, she is instead at the office logging long hours of what she calls “hard” work for a tech firm in the valley. Yea right. Also probably the best wingman a single guy could ask for. - Angel C: 27 year old, overly sarcastic, Bose storage manager in Santa Clara. Hobbies include eating pizza, poking fun at Ben and Regan, beer, cheap wine, movie buff, can get you a great deal on a Bose home theater setup. - Elisa T: 23 years old, absolutely hilarious, professional salsa dancer – world ranked (no joke, she is that good), student at SJSU interests include trips to SF, bartending, studying in the library, drag racing her Camaro on 101 north, wrestling (no joke - she’ll flip ya for real) WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: - Male or Female… makes no difference to us just as long as you get along with everyone - Working professional with a steady income & can prove it – we all do it, so can you - Someone who is outgoing and has similar sense of humor – sarcasm a plus - Active lifestyle - someone who enjoys going out on the weekends but keeps it cool Mon – Thursday - Ping pong / beer pong skills a definite plus – as are snowboarding, wakeboarding, etc - Drama free… the house is chill and everyone is very respectful of one another, needless to say we want to keep it that way Please reply to this ad via a MySpace message to Adam and he will set up a time for you to swing by and see the place. Click on the images for larger views Myspace Adam if you’re interested. Aptos boulder creek Campbell capitola Cupertino Gilroy Hollister los gatos Milpitas morgan hill mountain view san jose downtown santa clara santa cruz Saratoga scotts valley soquel Sunnyvale Watsonville willow glen / cambrian

Election Distraction: Cobra Jet Versus LS7 Camaro

If they were looking for press coverage, the folks at SEMA couldn't have picked a worse day to start their annual show. Everyone's reporting on the future of the free world and could care less about muscle cars and tricked out performance mods. We're here to give you a break from the wall-to-wall election coverage and talk about a great American drag racing rivalry from the past century that's been resurrected at SEMA 2008: Chevy vs. Ford. The Cobra Jet Mustang and COPO Camaros were legendary race-ready cars upgraded by just as legendary dealers. Their symphonic exhaust notes should be etched into the brains of any gearhead who remembers the Nixon administration. Ford and Chevy hope the Cobra Jet and LS7 Camaro have a similar effect on car-lovers who lived through two terms of George W. Bush. Details are sketchy -- but both look to be solid contenders for weekend racing. Vote for your fave after the jump... Ford Mustang Cobra Jet The 2008 Cobra Jet is a 40th anniversary tribute to the 1968 Cobra Jet, a collaboration between Ford and dealer/racer Bob Tasca. Ford says the modern recreation will be available for customers to race during the 2009 season of NHRA sportsmen classes. It's got a 400-hp 5.4-liter supercharged engine mated to a standard 6-speed manual transmission (you can get an automatic, but why would you?) and upgraded drag racing wheels and tires. Ford says the Cobra Jet is NHRA-legal to 10.00 second ETs and has an NHRA Stock Eliminator legal interior and is approximately 3,300 lbs. ?The Cobra Jet is one of the transformational vehicles for Ford Racing,? Ford Racing Technology director Brian Wolfe said in a statement. ?The 2008 CJ will get us more involved with the sportsmen racers in drag racing. At this point there are a lot of little guys who are running Fords from the 60s, 70s and even a few from the 80s, but those cars aren?t necessarily relevant to what we are producing today. Those Ford racers  are among the most loyal Ford supporters and customers we have,? he said. Though all 50 of the $69,900 cars are spoken for, Ford says there will be future Cobra Jets. Adventurous racers can upgrade a stock Mustang, as all Cobra Jet upgrade parts are available for purchase straight from Ford. Chevy Camaro LS7 Of the four concept Camaros appearing at SEMA, this is our favorite. With a 550 hp LS7 crate engine modified with a wet-sump oiling system and paired to a Tremec six-speed manual, this concept is meant to evoke the COPO Camaros of dealers Don Yenko and Fred Gibb. Camaro5.com assures us this is no stripped-down racer -- the interior is all base, but suitable for taking the family on a ridiculously fast vacation on long stretches of deserted roads. Even though we think "Victory Red" is a more suitable name for a paint code on a Moskvitch, the LS7 badges and drag-ready wheels and tires will ensure a crowd of juvenile delinquents will appear wherever you park this thing. Unlike the Ford, the Camaro LS7 is strictly a concept. The enthusiast need merely purchase an LS7 engine and the wet-sump oil system and bolt it into their 2010 Camaro in order to recreate the concept. We have no doubt it'll happen. Images courtesy of Ford and General Motors. poll by twiigs.com