May-June Optima Battery Freebie – For Charity

May & June’s Freebies… Well, they ain’t totally free.

I hope you didn’t stop reading there because this time, I’m asking you to GIVE a little to win one of TWO Optima Batteries. You’ll be giving to charity and you’ll be glad you did. The charity is for Progeria. Any donation of $1 or more will enter you to win. Please donate here.

Progeria is a heart breaking genetic condition that makes kids age 7-10 times more rapidly than normal. Children with Progeria rarely live past 16 years old. This is a very rare but fatal condition. The picture on the left is Kristian from Kristian’s Page. The picture is labeled “PreSchool 2005″ when Kristian was 3 years old. Kristian died on March 23, 2006.

Why Progreria?

I met Terry Foose, the mother of famed hot rod designer Chip Foose at the Grand National Roadster Show in 2008. Terry was raising money for Progeria when I talked to her. Terry’s daughter and Chip’s younger sister died of Progeria, but there’s no doubt, she lived courageously. Her story warmed my heart as I’m sure it will for you.  Please take the time to read Amy’s Story here. It’s hard to believe a story with such a sad ending can be so uplifting.

We’ve helped with Progeria before racing Hot Wheels so now it’s time to do it again.

For every person (member or non-member of MyRideisMe.com, it doesn’t matter) for every $1 donation you make, you’ll have a chance to win the Optima Battery of your choice. Yellow-top, deep cycle and starting batteries are a more than $200 value.

Please give.  Go to this page made as part of the Terry Foose Team and start donating. All donations will go directly to Progeria. There’s no administration or costs to cover from us. It’s 100% for the charity.

As hot rodders and custom car and truck enthusiasts, we are all fortunate. Let’s show we’re generous as well.

If you’d like to donate a prize for the charity, please contact pikesan@myrideisme.com

April 2010 Freebie Contest for MyRideisMe.com Members

Could it be easier to get free stuff?  She’s practically handing you your new battery!!

This is Arpil’s Freebie Contest:

I want to give you an Optima Battery or Lincoln Electric Welding Helmet. It’s Easy!

For the rest of April, 2010 forward our newsletter to a friend and say:

This is MyRideisMe.com’s newsletter. It’s hot rod and custom car stories & pictures. My Ride is Me gives away free stuff from Optima Batteries and Lincoln Electric so please check out the site and sign up if you like it. (it’s all free!)

Got it??

Not getting our newsletter? You can subscribe here.

Here’s some important details:

• Make sure to send it to freebie@myrideisme.com (so I can count your entries)
• For each person you send the newsletter to, you’re entered to win.
  • 1 newsletters sent to 4 friends = 4 entries
  • 2 newsletters sent to 6 friends (even the same friends) = 12 entries
• When? Until 4/30/10. Forward any newsletter, even last weeks!
• What do I win? There’ll be 2 winners:
  • One battery of your choice straight from Optima
  • One welding helmet
• Who? All MyRideisMe.com members. (not a member? Click HERE)
  • If you’ve won something in the past 12 months, you’re excluded. Sorry!

Please spread the word. You’ll be helping us and maybe helping yourself.

If you want to show buddies what past MyRideisMe.com Newsletters looked like, CLICK HERE. Or remember, you can subscribe to the newsletter.

Being a MyRideisMe.com member has some perks! So get started and send this email to a friend.

March’s battery Winner, Larry

Before and After. Get your own Optima Battery!

Free Optima Battery: I want one!

Could there be an easier contest? Just say, “I want one” in a comment below.

For Members only (signup now if you’re not a member), just leave this comment and you’ll be entered to win. I’ll count the comments, pick a random number, then send you a gift card from Optima for your battery. This contest is now CLOSED… as of Sunday March 28th. That’s 1 week! Make your choice:

I want a Yellow Top  or a Red Top Optima Battery:

Yellow Tops are best used for starting AND electrical accessories that didn’t come stock on your ride, such as: airbag compressors, high power stereos and winches for you 4×4 guys.  The Red Tops are best used for starting everything from your daily driver to the best performance and custom cars in the world!

For more info about how to choose, Red Top or Yellow Top, please read this story. Or you can go to the source: www.OptimaBatteries.com

In case you’re confused about how to enter, read my comment below, then leave yours! Look for more member benefits every month from MyRideisMe.com!

By the way, if this is your first time leaving a comment, I have to approve it. (thank you spammers) So please, one comment is enough!

This contest is now CLOSED… as of Sunday March 28th.

Larry from Cottonwood, AZ won! Members get freebies!

MyRideisMe.com Member Freebies! Welding Helmet

Member Benefits

If you don’t like free stuff. Stop reading now.

I’ve posted some how-to articles from the Lincoln Electric website in the past and since then have kept in touch with the well known welding brand. Lincoln even included at tiny MyRideisMe.com back in 1997 in their iWeld newsletter when we barely had any content.  (Sure wish they’d do that again!)

So now, Lincoln has asked MyRideisMe.com to make sure these brand new Viking welding helmets go to deserving members. So how do you get one? (If you don’t want one, this might not be the right website for you!)

How to WIN one of these welding helmets:

• Members Only. If you haven’t signed up, click here to sign up now
  • Members must have an avatar in their garage. (it’s easy, just click on it!)
• Maybe that’s enough rules.

Write a welding tip and leave it as a comment below.  My Ride is Me is a community. Car people, in my experience are a friendly bunch and willing to lend a hand. Do that now and get some new gear!

Ideas for Welding Tips:

• Tips or tricks you’ve learned
• Fables: Stuff you’ve heard that you know isn’t true about welding
• Welding horror stories (stuff to avoid)
• Your welding project, especially your hot rod, custom car or race car
• Not an expert welder (me either!) or just got a welder?
  • Tell us how you picked your welder
  • How will you learn to weld
  • Show us why you bought a welder… What will you use it for?
• Surprise us!

I guess you could say, write something about welding that’ll help another member and you’ve entered to win the helmet.  Any kind of welding is OK too… MIG, TIG or gas or whatever you’re good at, write it down.

Advice to win:

• Write a little and take a picture. Make it easy on yourself!
• Include a picture or pictures. Did I say to include a picture?
• Easy to understand is KEY. Bullets and lists are easy to read and retain.
• Use your own words. If I copy a phrase from your story and paste it into Google, I shouldn’t find an exact match.

When: The first of the 3 helmets (your choice of the 3 above) will go out the 1st week of April 2010. Submit your article as a comment below this story. Or, you can email it to admin at myrideisme.com (replace the at with “@”) no later than March 26th.

Some time in March, we’ll let you know how to win the other 2 helmets and probably the Optima battery we’ll give away EVERY MONTH starting in March.  Have you signed up yet?

Any questions? Post them here! (you don’t have to be a member to leave a comment)