A few weeks ago it was Google who was scrappin' with the Chinese, and now we are too.

Here's what's up. Over the last few days we have had many of you contact us about the spam you are getting from "lovely woman" and other such spam-type email. We have tracked all of these down to messages coming from China. They must have a whole stadium full of folks online just trying to spam sites like Motortopia.

But, hey, we're workin' on it and with our Yankee ingenuity, we'll figure out how to squash 'em. But, we need your help to keep us alert of what is happening.

Here's what to do....

If you come across a message in your Motortopia inbox that is clearly spam, just click the "Report as Spam" link in the message. We'll take care of the rest.

And, if you get an notification in your email box that you have a message on Motortopia, and when you click on it the message is nowhere to be found, that's because it was spam and we got to it (and the spammer) before you did.

Dirty Commies. We'll keep you updated.

Thank you.

The Motortopia Team!

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Hemp is touted as great fuel substitute.

We are starting to do some year-end clean up here at Motortopia.com. Part of that process takes us through story suggestions by many of our members. Here's one that seems interesting for year's end; and, quite frankly, one that we would like to know the thinking of our members about.

Various sources tell us that hemp would make a great bio-diesel.

Other sources seem to indicate that while hemp could be a good fuel, there are some performance characteristics to consider.

And, then again, if it doesn't work our for a fuel source, it seems to make good diapers.

Thoughts, anyone?

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Utah may be one of the snow capitals in the world with lots of great slopes and resorts, but it may also be the dumb-car-thief-capital this week.

It is a short, but amusing, story. Guy steals car. Guy gets caught because the police can follow his tracks in the snow.

That folks, is just plain dumb. So, if you live in a snowy region with a snowstorm going on, like we do here at Motortopia HQ, then you should be calling your insurance agent asking for that snow discount? Whad'ya think they' say?

You canread more here.

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We all heard the terrible news; last week that police officers were killed in Seattle and Parkland, Washington.

Recently the Lakewood Mustang Club honored the officers with a memorial, processional drive.

More than 40 mustangs took part in this solemn, slow line of Mustangs as all remembered those who had been killed.

Read more.

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Win a Griot's Garage $250.00 shopping spree by helping Motortopia grow. It's so easy!

Join for Free or Invite others to Join for Free. That's it.

Invite your buddies, club friends, and other car, bike, plane, or boat enthusiasts to join Motortopia! Just use our awesome, invitation system. (or click on "Invite" in the Motortopia top navigatoin bar)

For each person who joins Motortopia from your invitation - you increase your chance to win the $250 Griot's Garage shopping spree! An early Christmas for you.

We'll announce the winner at noon on January 20, 2010. So, get started inviting folks to join the best place on the internet for motor enthusiasts.

And, by doing so, you will help Motortopia.com -- entirely created and provided by car enthusiasts.

Thank you.

The Motortopia Team

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When you look up at the moon tonight - (ya, we know, Motortopians are the type who stare at the moon each night and receipt muscle-car poetry) you can think about how the first lunar vehicle started roaming around on the moon way back on November 17, 1970.

The mission was the Luna 17 and it was a mission of the Soviet Union. Sure, the USA first set foot on the big piece of cheese in the sky, but the Soviets were the first to cruise around with their own RC-controlled vehicle.

Top speed was about one football field an hour. But the battery lasted five times longer than expected.

And, comment on this post if you can think how many they had in the pit crew when this thing was roaming about the moon.

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Trick our Treat is over. . . but it seemed like a holiday to us.

We promise, we'll get your some car stories and pics soon (tonight) but thought you should have these right away.

And, remember to leave those trophy votes on the photo slideshow to show your appreciation.

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It's an annual event. SEMA and the Women of SEMA. Won't write much. Just take a look and your comments welcome!

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Walking all day at SEMA does wear you out; or at least make you thirsty for a cold brew at the end of the day ;-).

Lots of great stuff. On Tuesday we decided to start the day with innovation -- new product offerings at SEMA. See the attached photo album for a view of some of these products. See something you like?

For a full list, information, and contact information for all the products displayed here, just download the product report.

Enjoy!

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We're sure there have been a lot of folks at GM, Chrysler, Ford and other American car manufacturers who have been praying for sales to go up.

And, we're sure that plenty of you have prayed to find the right car or the right part over the years.

Of course, none of could miss President Obamas comments about those of us who "cling to our guns and bibles" during the campaign (man, aren't we glad that is over!).

So, we thought we would do a bit of poking around and found some very interesting books about motorsports and prayer.

Here are a couple of books that have some genuine devotions and religious insight.

So, let's all remember...this is the day the Lord has made, so let's get those engines running!

And, here is a good book on Nascar devotions that we recommend.

Oh, and by the way, we are proudly clinging to both our Bible and our guns!

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