The database guys just sent me the link to the official ride number 600,000–a pretty sweet AMC Rambler American. Jeremy has had this car less than a year. He recently completed the motor swap and the baby blue Rambler is almost ready to hit the road. Jeremy appears to be a new CarDomain member, too, so be sure to welcome him to the site. We’re gonna hook him up with some CarDomain swag.

Our staff had called Friday as the day we’d most likely hit 600,000 rides on CarDomain. But our awesome members beat us to the punch, and as a result we reached our latest landmark in the middle of today instead! Still, as promised, we’re going to be giving away a swag pack each day for the best new ride page and best updated ride page as though the countdown were still happening, because we sure wouldn’t want you to miss out on your swag. Congrats to Dawn on her newly updated Prelude, "Lucy Lude": having had her car stolen and stripped, Dawn’s had to show more than the usual persistence to keep it looking as nice as it does, and I think the slogan she runs on her multiple ride pages says it all: "If you don’t run your fingers over my car, I won’t run my car over your fingers." Nice, I think that’s going to have to be my new bumper sticker! As with updated rides, there were so many fantastic new rides that it was almost impossible to choose one—but I think it’s going to have to go to new member Dan for his absolutely badass Dodge Ram van. With its plaid captain’s chairs and floor-to-ceiling carpeting, how could you not want to welcome this ride and its owner into our community?

As loyal blog readers know, the CarDomain staff thinks we’re going to cross the 600K ride mark on Friday, May 16th. So to celebrate, we’re giving a swag pack to our favorite new ride page and our favorite updated ride page each day until then. Well, there were some dope rides added today, but out of all of them, Mike’s 1949 F-Series pickup stood out. While Ford purists might dig the Mustang front end this baby is rolling on, I get the feeling that the 350 mill might not go over as well. Hey, to each his own! As for our favorite updated ride page, we liked the one that Sly has put together for his ultra-clean Accord. He says he’s almost done with this baby, but somehow we doubt he really means it. Are rides like this ever really done? Congrats gentlemen! Jen will pick two more winners tomorrow!

Last year we made a pretty big deal out of the 500,000th ride page. Well, 600k is cool, too. So every day through Friday (we figure we’ll hit 600k by then) we’re gonna give a CarDomain swag pack to our favorite new ride page and our favorite updated ride page from that day. So, without further ado, my pick for today’s best new ride page is Serge’s 1973 Dodge Dart ride page. And my favorite updated ride page from today is Matt’s 1986 Olds 442 ride page.

So keep those new ride pages and updates coming! John will pick two more winners tomorrow.