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I've been dealing with hesitation and multiple misfire codes on the Intrepid. After much research and ruling out various other causes, a member of Di.net (the guy who wrote the 2.7-3.2/3.5 conversion manual) led me to Chrysler TSB 09-002-03. This sounded a heck of a lot like my problem, so I decided to take the plunge an embark the the most complex car repair I've ever done. The TSB calls for the exhaust valve springs to be replaced with an updated design, part number 04892082AA. Since I was in the area I decided to replace the valve stem seals with new Felpro units. So after I gathered all of the tools seals, and other goodies I needed I started taking things apart o…
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I've had this thing since I was like 3, dont know where it came from, my parents might remember, I haven't asked. But I've decided that I need to restore it. Shouldn't be too hard, the body is straight and most of the parts are there, it just has hellacious surface rust. For parts, all I'll need is a pedal (somehow its been through 3 houses and 2 storage units and only lost 1) the hubcaps, the seat cushion and a a new bell. The bell is there, but the dangly thing in the bell is M.I.A. I found most of the stuff online, my biggest concern at the moment is the graphics. They're painted on, and mostly there. I dont see any way around stripping the paint and starting ov…
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Heres my Riviera finnaly got around to taking a picture. I lost my hubcap the other day because I got new tires and the guy didn't put it on right (figures). Love the moonroof its all power from the factory.
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Hello i am new to the forums and thought i would post a up a picture or two. Here is my 1997 saab 9000 aero. Doing about 270 HP right now out of my 2.3L 4cyl Turbo charged engine. I have alot of new things planned for my car in the near future. My goal for this next year is to go over 400HP.! -Kaylan Marie
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Guess these pics got lost in the crash, so here they are again.
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It's a 1997 Mercury Sable Wagon GS. 117,000 miles. A Magic Seat. What more could you want? Side: Wheel: Back: Dash: Magic Seat:
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Well, i thought i'd "showoff" a bit in the Meber's Showoff Section, so here's pics of my 2005 Cobalt SS Supercharged Sorry if the pics are large...But enjoy!
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Tomorrow I will be trading in Sasha.. my 2014 Stingray Z51 for one of two Z06s I've been looking at. Both are immaculate. One is new and one is used. The Used one is a '16 Corvette Z06 3LZ Z07 package 7speed (with a MGW short throw shifter) with everything except.. Ceramic rotors, Suede steering wheel and shifter and Competition seats. Price negotiated from $73K to 68K. It has 10K miles on the odo and drives awesome, no issues in literally 15 miles of driving the other day the NEW one is 2018 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2LZ Z07 Package 8Speed Auto.. MSRP is $107K but due to various reasons I have it down to $90,000. It has the Ceramic brakes, Comp Seats…
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Picked up my wife's new vehicle yesterday. '06 CXL+. The 3.6 is very nice compared to the 3.4 in her old 'Vous.
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New 2006 GMC Envoy
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No, I didnt get one. My mom did on Tuesday. I will post pictures once I get them. It has a 6 cd changer, moonroof, 1 year on star, 3 months XM sat radio. Sad thing is my mom won't know how to use either haha. This is a new color for 2006 as I've never seen any like it before. Very, very sharp truck! Please, no questions about the Solstice.
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Almost 3 years after I bought her, she's still running strong at 127,500 miles. Some of those pics would've been better if my lens didn't fog up. Oh well
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Well, I finally traded off my 01 suburban yesterday. It had 187,245 miles on it when I dropped her off at the dealer. I put most of the miles on. My dad put on the first 30000 before I got it. What a great vehicle. That many miles and nothing but a new fuel pump, tires, and oil changes. (oh and a brief problem with the onstar, but it was warrantied) I traded up to a used 03 loaded with everything but DVD with about 80000 miles on it. I got a decent deal on it and I know the guy who owned it before me and he always takes great care of his vehicles. Its not my favorite color, pewter, but whatev. I'm going to add a few things to it hopefully if a come up with the cas…
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Well the Bonneville died (it was a $200 car) so I replaced it with a 93 LeSabre. I miss the Bonneville interior but this car is very classy. I should have pics soon.
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My biological father recently moved back to Houston, and promptly totalled a nice 2005 Corolla. In looking for a replacement vehicle, the criteria for the new car was simple: Must be new, automatic, ABS, no more than $16,500, and must be a 4 door sedan - no hatchbacks. His experience with GM and Chrysler products...in the the 1980s and 1990s..meant that those cars were NOT allowed on the shopping list. Dad's was at first fixated on looking at a 2009 Corolla or Yaris. After much pleading, I managed to get the Aveo, Cobalt, and Focus on the consideration list. But those cars are hard to find with ABS. The only Aveos with ABS had other features which jacked the price…
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Hey guys, I figured you might like to see this. Two weekends ago, my girlfriend convinced me to start looking for a new car. I was driving a 2004 Focus that had cost me $3600 in fixes last year, and I was being too stubborn to look for a new car since I'm very dedicated on knocking down my student loans. Eventually I realized she was right and that I should get something relatively new so I don't have to be friends with the mechanics shop anymore. My main requirements were: manual transmission, 2008+ MY, <40,000 miles, relatively good fuel economy, and relatively good acceleration. So my initial list was: Sonic LTZ or RS MazdaSpeed 3 Fiesta ST Cooper S VW GTI A3 / A…
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Well, I finally had enough of that noisy Metro. It ran great but after working on a loud flightline all night I wanted a smooth, comfortable, relatively quiet drive. And I wanted something fun to drive. So, Tammy and I decided to look at a couple of different cars and by accident we found my new daily driver. Its a 2000 Fixed Roof Coupe and has the wonderfully fun 6-speed. We paid $19,400 and I was driving to work for about a week. Now the reason I hate that Chevy dealership. The sales manager was a jerk when negotiating. He was actually yelling by the time it was over. We were honest up from with what we could afford and he acted like he thought we had a lot more t…
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My Equinox is a lease andthe mileage is at 33k so I am trading it in early and I went to go look at the G6 and fell in love with it so I am getting a Emerald Green G6, this isn't the exact one, the one im getting doesnt have a spoiler or a pinstripe, but everything else is the same here- srry about that, didn't know the original link wasn't working but now it is
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Just installed them today. So happy I got rid of all that bling chrome in the front:
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hey all, im frank and i have 2 gm cars, a 1985 cutlass ciera holiday coupe (garaged and used for summer cruises) and a 1992 bonneville se (daily driver). heres some facts about them cutlass ciera bonneville miles 78,500 156,300 color beige green engine 2.5l 4 3.8l v6 condition show/street fair the olds has been in our family since it was bought new july 17,1985, with 15 miles on it. we have always had gm cars in our house, and there are few that i havent driven or we had. is there anyone else here with a cutlass ciera?
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It's a turbo 4 cyl, and it's an import, and is less than 10 years old. Any guesses? I got it so I don't have to drive the GTO as much, since I live 35 miles from my work. I'll take some pictures soon.
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Well the poor old Shadow is basically at the end of its life. The body rot is pretty horrendous and its having issues overheating, along with lots of other issues that have crept up lately. So with that he decided it was time for a new car. He had been looking for a second gen Grand Cherokee but in the end settled with something quite different: a 1999 Toyota Camry V6 for $4,500. I think he did quite well. It's got just over 100,000 miles. Body is in great shape. No rust at all. Interior is very clean and in good shape except for a few small things (missing radio button). The V6 is very smooth and might as well be brand new by the way it sounds. Very peppy too. The tran…
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After remarking to me several times that she wanted a more sporty 4door compact car.. and was considering trading in her Equinox (Below) for a Cruze or Sonic (no shit), my 17 year old wanted to make a move. We started discussing logistics. College is coming up... and a few weeks ago my she was accepted and received several academic scholarship offers from various well known colleges both in and outside of MD. She pointed out to me that she still loved the previous Cruze because it was more bold.. and if she were to get a new one.. it would be a hatch. We test drove both.. used and new Cruzes, no Sonics.. because i deemed it too small. In the end she saved dad a bunch of m…
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So I took a ride up to New Hampshire on Friday morning and this little guy followed me home: About three weeks ago or so now, on the way back from a junkyard with SpeedingPenguin, I spotted this thing sitting up at the road in front of a local garage. Being a fan of big tanks in general, and the Cadillacs of 1971 in particular (I love those separated quads; they make the car look ten feet wide!), I of course made it a point to stop and look at it, and I'm glad I did. The car has just about 103K on it, but was taken care of very well; the body has no rot really anywhere save for a tiny amount on the bottom of the rear quarters, and the black interior is perfect, save fo…
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I was going through an old Photo Album when I found these pictures... the first is circa February 1997 the day my Cavalier was picked up from Jack Carter Chev Olds Cadillac as a new car... Hard to believe that thing was ever "new". The last two are circa Summer 1997 and are of the Dustbuster minivan we had from 1994-1999 (My brother and I are of course in this one as well).
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I just bought a 2006 Pontiac G6 GTP Hardtop Convertible. I love it. The styling is top notch, as are fit and finish. The retractable hardtop works perfectly. The 227 hp, 3.9 L has plenty of pickup and it's fun to drive. All this for $32K MSRP. Great job Pontiac!!!!
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This weekend installed: -KYB GR-2 struts with H&R Sport lowering springs (~1.5in lower) -stainless brake lines -rear disk brake swap (buh-bye drums!) -all fresh brake fluid -new pads/rotors all 'round (Hawk pads front, WearEver Gold rear) -rear strut bar -upgraded adjustable rear swaybar Have already done: -auto to manual trans swap -short shifter -front strut bar -aftermarket wheels (not yet identified, manufactured by Enkei) -suburban overhead console w/working homelink module -all-aluminum radiator -AEM cold air intake -clear corner lights -Chevy Corsica rear view mirror with map lights -passenger seat lumbar support adjuster -…
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A couple weeks ago, there was a little accident on the farm. One of the guys we have working for harvest sideswiped my dads 04 Silverado with a piece of equipment. Destroyed the whole driver side of the pickup. The insurance company totalled it. Hopefully tomorrow my dad will be picking up a 2008 Silverado LT1. Optioned for the 5.3, the 3.73, and trailering package. Nothing too special, but will be much nicer than his 04 Silv. LS. If he gets it tomorrow I will try to snap a few pics.
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More than 3 months after I bought it, I finally got some new pics of both it in general and also some mods I completed. It was a BUSY Easter break, to say the least! First, the car itself.
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Many thanks to my buddy Ray B for updating my website, including these new pics...!!! Click on each picture to see the larger image and, in some cases, to read more info about it. New pics of my MCs: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/newpics/newpics.html Specific MC posters/ad pics: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/posters/posters.html Cort:33swm."Mr MC" / "Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker MCinfo.hobbies.RTs.pics.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Take my way, it's the highway, that's the best" ... John Mayer ... 'Route 66'
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Thanks to my buddy, Ray B, the most-recent pictures I have taken of my Monte Carlos are now on the website.... All 5 MCs: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/montecolle...007_01_jpg.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/montecolle...007_02_jpg.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/montecolle...007_03_jpg.html '72 MC: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1972/72m...#1007thumbnails '76 MC: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1976/76m...#1007thumbnails '79 MC: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1979/79m...#1007thumbnails '81 MC: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1981/81m...#1007thumbnails '87 MC: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1987/87m...#1007thumbnails ENJOY! Cort:34…
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I took the following pictures 11/20/2010 and 11/28/2010.... my 1979 CAPRICE CLASSIC, w/1980s CC model: my 1st GEN 1972 MONTE CARLO, w/1970 MC model, HotWheels: my 2nd GEN 1976 MONTE CARLO, w/1975 MC model, HotWheels: my 3rd GEN 1979 MONTE CARLO, w/1980 MC model, HotWheels: my 4th GEN 1981 MONTE CARLO SC, w/1986 MC SS model, HotWheels: my 4th GEN 1987 MONTE CARLO LS, w/1987 MC SS Aerocoupe model, JohnnyLightning: Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | *** 3rd GEN MC (1978,1979,1980) FORUM RE-LAUNCH > http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi *** "It's a pudding made of figs...and bacon" ... Gonzo to Miss…
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Finally got a new set of stainless pipes and mufflers last week (along side the two old tailpipes in this pic) Test fitting: The correct chrome tips came on Monday. Replaces the "turkey-gun" ones that were on the old busted pipes. This car was hobbled together before I bought it. Four exhaust hangers three completely different styles. Of course I bought all new hangers that match. The Avanti uses the "X" frame from the Studebaker Lark convertible to give the fiberglass car more rigidity. The added bonus is the X frame in the middle that the exhaust has to slide in and out of twice on each side. It makes this exhaust a difficult one
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Well I did it.....I am the new owner of a 2006 Cobalt Supercharged SS.....The color??? Sunburst orange metallic.....Gotta love the 0% for 72!!! I take delivery on friday...pics coming soon
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Just got it last week... its a 99 with 96k miles (155km)... love it so far, has a few little issues to take care of but it runs great and I love that supercharger whine!
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Well, don't hate me, I'll foever be a GM girl, but last night I traded the Avalanche for an '08 350z Touring. I don't have any pics yet, I'll post them soon. They are delivering it to me today, after the tint, detail, etc. I'm so excited, I needed a toy. I was going to buy an old Cutlass and build her, but this is way easier, and sexy as hell!!
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Well. Didn't want to get the blower. Wanted to wait another year. Decided wasn't gonna baby the decades old beater anymore Needed to get a new mower last year, but didn't. Planets aligned and picked these up, well they'll get delivered this week. Ariens. The mower has a SUBARU engine! The blower has fuel injection! No choke, no prime, sealed fuel system, no shut off. Can even use E10 in it if you want but i still plan to use only non oxygenated gas in it. Made in US.
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This is my (new-to-me) '04 Silverado LS 2500HD Crew Cab. DuraMax 402 / Allison 1000 powertrain. It's a late '04, so I have the 310-HP / 605-TRQ 6.6L. For 5883 lbs (without driver), it's F-ing fast. Picked it up off the original owner last month. Price was very good and tho it has some dings & scratches, I know from research & testimonials that it'll last for years & years, plus now I can fit the whole brood in the truck (it's supplimenting my '94 F-150 regular cab/long bed, which is still running strong at 146K). I'm still acclimating to it, but it's a very impressively overbuilt machine, and very comfortable. Ergonomics & features are great. So far I lov…
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Coming soon! 19xx _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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My wife bought this last week. One one of the last 05 V6 AWD Vues in Canada. Has the nice 17" tires too. Only option was the MP3 player. Very, very smooth Honda 3.5L DOHC V6. Sounds awesome too. First tank of gas got great mileage 8.7L per 100km or in english that means 26.9 US MPG (or 32.4 CDN mpg) City driving too. Can't wait to break it in a let her loose! :P Fastest FWD based SUV in the market---well 2nd fastest thanks to that 269hp RAV4 :angry: :AH-HA_wink: No real complaints--the window switches are placed oddly, no hatch release on the FOB (I don't think there is an interior one either) and the interior could be a bit better. Like the design but …
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I know some might flame me for this (Being that it is a Mopar) but I figured I would post some pics of my ride.... Modifications: Mopar Stage 1 - Maxxfab 3" O2 Housing - Needswings Downpipe with Electronic Dump - Maddog Short Throw Shifter - Chrome Powdercoated Stock Wheels Best Time: 13.9 @ 103 (Because I am a crappy driver :P )
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Just wanted to drop a line in here... figured I'd peek in here to see how things go. Anyhow, my house is pretty much a GM house, with products from three decades and four divisions. My main car is my 2004 Pontiac GTO in silver, now almost completed with the process of a LHD Holden Monaro conversion (only missing some seat covers). Some pics: The exterior: Underhood - I tried my hand at airbrushing some Corvette fuel rail covers: List of mods: Engine: * K&N AirCharger short-ram intake & baffle * Hand ported/polished throttle-body w/ coolant bypass * NGK TR55IX Iridium Spark Plugs (gap to 0.055 inch) * Taylor "409" 10.4mm wi…
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[FONT=Times]I sold my 2002 Vette a month ago, missed it bad til this came along!Vette/T.B. SS pics
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So now that my girlfriend Jessica is up here with us, so is her car, the infamous Prizm. This also happens to be the first GM car to be in my family (we are traditionally Chrysler owners, and even though it's technically a Corolla, hey it's at least got a GM badge on it)I decided to take some pics and show everyone. Now, these pics have been taken after I've replaced a lot of the broken stuff on her car: - HVAC knobs - 2 broken and wouldn't stay on - Interior driver's door handle - housing broken off - Exterior driver's door handle - handle broken clean off - Rear view mirror - adjuster broken, wouldn't stay in place - Driver's door Window Regulator - broken to &…
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It had been like 18 months since I took my car to a drag strip, felt good to be making passes again. Pics taken Dec 21st at El Paso Motorplex: The mustang beat me, it's running some serious boost and got me at the top end.
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Back in high school, before I even had my drier's license, I worked at Star Market (later bought out by Shaw's) in No. Reading, One day I helped an elderly couple get their groceries in the trunk of their Lincoln TownCar, they frequented the store once in a while and one day they asked me, wile I was again putting their groceries in the cavernous trunk of their (almost new 1993) Lincoln, if I would be interested in doing some landscaping for them. Well that was 1996 an over the next few years I spent many sat. & sun. mornings mowing their lawn, planting trees or laying down bark mulch and a million other things. Our families grew close and …
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Well, it has finally happened: I'm getting rid of the Cobalt. I can't take the monthly payments anymore while I'm in school, and this seemed like a good alternative... I took a 7 hour round trip over to the west side of Michigan yesterday and picked up a 2004 Dodge Neon R/T. It's got 78,xxx miles on the clock, manual transmission, leather interior, power sunroof, and is Blaze Red Pearlcoat. Here’s my initial review of the car… Unfortunately, on its first trip it only averaged 30.4 MPG (5.1 MPG less than my sister's automatic '08 Pontiac G5 that was the companion car on the trip) and wasn’t as peppy as I had thought it’d be. Given, this was with fuel injector cleaner i…
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First hand-wash job of the Spring... *Note: I did have the dealership fix the front bumper at the passenger side headlight. However, it looks in that picture to have returned. Whatever, I've already got one or two rock chips in it, and I'm thinking about getting an aftermarket front bumper...
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It's a project nonetheless. It's a late 70s/early 80s Schwinn Traveler that I saved from being trashed as a single speed/fixed gear bike. At the time, the Traveler was Schwinn's middle-of-the-road bike. I'll try as best I can to bring it back to what it looked like when it was first built. The frame and the finish looks to be in great shape - worth the $30 in my opinion since older Schwinns in any condition are increasing in value. I have an old Royce Union road bike that's got a bent rear frame that I can't straighten for the life of me (even though I was the one who bent it, somewhat intentionally). The rear tire doesn't align properly and the bike pulls to the r…
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Not So Super S-Dime
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Photos of my truck with a big apology for the quality, although it does flatter the truck somewhat. Better photos next month. (Play a game here. Let's call it "Spot The Damage." Title explains the rules.) A short list of what is wrong (posted in another thread).
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Also played with the settings on my camera. This is the first round of photos of my car with the new camera. I'm annoyed that I forgot to turn down the ISO, so they're a bit grainy However I like them enough to post them anyway. Nothing like sunset photos! Yes, I noticed the driver's tire is a little flat...I put air in it afterwards.
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Here's my wife's '09 2LT Malibu : Red Jewel Tintcoat, Ebony interior. Only cost options are the Red Jewel & body-color side moldings. The 6-spd manual & TapShift are included. Also included are aluminum rims, leather/suede upholstery, dual heated seats, AM/ FM/ XM/ CD, a bunch of electronic doo-dads and the usual lazy-man's answered prayers. For those impaired folk who judge a car's 'nationality' based on where it was assembled- it was assembled in Kansas City KS. So far, it drives, rides & handles very smoothly & competantly... and impressively. I need to get a few more pics (ran out of time), esp the interior. VERY nice car, I must say. Also …
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"My world is changing" __ Faith Hill __ 'Where Are You Christmas?' If it wasn't completely official yet, it became so 12/12/2012, when I put the license plates on it: WELCOME to the family, 1989 Caprice Classic Brougham! The same day, I put the keys for both of my Caprice Classics on the "'Caprice' w/CC emblem" key rings that a friend sent me. Now, I just need to give my 1989 Caprice Classic its 1st detail.... As I put on the plates, I was excited but still had a twinge of sadness, which probably will never completely go away. This 1989 Caprice Classic just sort of fell into my lap. A friend & I went to look at it, figuring it would be nothi…
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I decided to give the Cutlass a halfassed wash job and take some classic BV pics. Enjoy.
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She bought something... finally. And honestly... I have no details about it. She bought it without any input from me. I can't tell you any more than what the pictures can show you. So, here you go.
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picking up later today
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Had to get something to replace the Malibu lease end?
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When Marcia's away the Tight Whips Car Club will play. Since this sunday at around noon the Camaro will be on a car trailer headed to Upstate New York I thought that it was only right to have one last earth shakin', tire fryin' burnout spectacular! Me & Speeding Penguin drove to an undisclosed location in New England and took some photos of the Malibu next to the Panther-Camaro. Then the fun began right when the tape started rolling. Make sure to check out the video, it's a quicktime. At one point I think I starved the car of fuel with the constant Gs. Then I flooded it but as you will see it started up fine. We have three videos all togeather but I…
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Well, TAmmy and I were selling our 99 Z/28 because I was thinking about another classic car and I wasn't using the 99 as a daily driver, which is why we bought it. We found this... They gave us $7000 for our 99 which had a lot of miles on it and we argued them down to $14500 for the 71. As soon as I get a nice day around here that I don't have to work i will get some better pics of this one. Hmmm, looks like my website needs updating, AGAIN.
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So as you may recall, a few months ago some jackass in a stolen Integra sideswiped both the Intrepid and the Prizm. The Prizm is more scratched than dented, and plus I haven't found any matching doors for it yet, so it hasn't had any work done, we may just leave them on, since the car will be repainted eventually. The Intrepid meanwhile took a nasty hit in the rear driver's side door. It's cost prohibitive to have it the dents removed and have it repainted, but I have left it on there until i could find a matching door for it. We found one at the $50 day at Holland's Used Auto, but unfortunately it was pretty badly scraped up and dented, so I never bothered. I'm cheap,…
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Went the next county over to check out cars for mom today. I helped her wash up her Kia Forte because she wanted to see what it was worth. She ended up signing paperwork on a 2021 Kia Soul LX in Mars Orange with gray and black interior. For about $500 more MSRP v. a Hyundai Venue SE, she got a bigger, nicer car overall, and it's what she really wanted. She's tickled. I drove it back from the dealership, it's a nice driving little car. And since cost was of paramount concern, the fact that her lease payments are $2.00 LESS per month than her unloved Forte, it makes me feel better that she can comfortably afford it.
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...it's that time again? Of course you are.
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Here are a few pictures I took of our Tahoe in Lake Tahoe. The truck doesn't have 4x4, but it did just fine. This one was taken in the parking lot at the beach. The weather was warm and sunny almost the entire week, so we didn't get to ski at all! Here are a couple I took outside the house, when a snow storm hit... the day we were supposed to leave! Enjoy!
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So, a couple weeks ago I was driving my Regal when the unexpected happened. Since it was a 99 with 205,000km, it didn't take too much damage to write it off. Not the end of the world since everyone was ok and I wanted to replace the car anyway. So, the new car search started. Originally I planned to go brand new... A Fusion or Malibu... but the more I thought about it, the more I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to have a decent sized car payment weighing me down. Even a Focus or Elantra would cost me over $300 a month with what I had to put down, and that is a lot of money for a car I probably wouldn't even like. So, on to the used car search. I decided I want…
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*sigh* For all the headaches this car has caused me over the past year, I've got to acknowledge that other than routine maintenance, it didn't yield extra repair costs for ten years. It was also my first car. I'm gonna miss the little guy, no matter how much better it's replacement is.
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So the Grand Marquis' transmission has started being temperamental about whether or not it wants to go into 1st gear. As it so happens my neighbor has a regular customer who has several Crown Vics, including a `93 Interceptor he was planning to scrap. It sat for 10 years and the engine seized, but its only got 83k and the transmission is good. So he bought it off the guy for scrap value, took out the transmission and fuel sender, and told me to have at it and take whatever else I wanted, then it would be loaded full of scrap and sent on its way. We briefly contemplated putting the GM's engine in it, but it really isn't in any better shape, and a car sitting for 10 years…
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Additional project details later.
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I had the opportunity to meet Rivieraranch and have dinner with his family while in South Florida about 3 weeks ago. Rivieraranch posts primarily in the Buick forum. It was a good time and meeting such nice people added to the vacation. His LaCrosse CXL is in the background. It is Cardinal Red Metallic with the neutral leather interior. The fit and finish is quite nice. In the foreground is my rented base level Grand Prix with the white exterior and black cloth interior. It is amazing to think these two cars have the same underpinnings and engine/transmission yet provide such completely different driving experiences. Look at the sawgrass, palm trees and lush vegeta…
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I learned how to use my camera today. I also learned upload photos. I tried to use image shack, but it took too long and I never got a password. These files may be large. I am sending them three at a time until I upload the whole thing. Thank you Ninety Eight Regency
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I was still trying to hold out a little longer but I went to the mailbox and opened a letter from GM Card. I'd gotten a "top off" on my usable earnings from slightly over $ 2,000 to $ 3,000. They had to be used by January 31 which meant I couldn't order, so onto the Internet I went to GM web sites to locate the TOP 3 cars everyone knows I craved. Second runner-up: Pontiac Grand Prix This would have been my choice over the LaCrosse because it was a sporty sedan with a kick-ass dash and had the 3800 V6. This car would have been stunning if it wasn't for the following which probably alienated some buyers: - the overstyled front end which could have been handled mo…
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Ok, I just got an oil change this a.m. at 265,391. So, here was the Regal yesterday, reliably carting me to San Francisco, less than 2 hours away. The Regal with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, taken from the bluffs immediately to the west of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, near the Presidio. Estimated mileage: 265,240. The Coit Tower, taken past the traditional multi-story bay window from a street in North Beach's Little Italy. The Transamerica Pyramid, taken from a side street near Columbus Avenue, the main thoroughfare through Little Italy. One of the towers on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, taken from Broadway before it slopes down t…
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Hey, I was pretty wowed to make it to 200,000 miles on the original powertrain. I am ecstatic to have made it to 250,000 miles on the original powertrain! The reliability of this 3800 V6 equipped car has been incredible. Odometer turning over to 250,000 miles - Lake Tahoe (NV side) - 12/13/2008 Exterior view of the car upon returning to CA the next day - 12/14/2008
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Now I just need to sell a 2015 200S. ? If anyone knows someone who is interested, let me know! I picked up a 2018 Cadillac CTS Luxury 2.0T a couple of days ago. Here are my initial impressions: The suspension is not as stiff as I have heard other people say. It absorbs the bumps pretty well with no real harsh impacts but it does squirm around quite a bit on the heavily potholed Michigan roads The 2.0T is a bit unrefined but has plenty of power for the application The stop/start occasionally causes the car to shudder on the stop and almost always causes a shudder on the start. It is pretty quite though. Kind of the opposite of the stop/start o…
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Well, here are some pics of my latest mods... Basically, I put on black projectors a few weeks ago, painted the SS badges on the side, did a $h!ty job painting the front bowtie, cut the stock antenna down, and today I got a dual outlet exhaust installed. Projectors and painted badges: Exhaust cut-out (not perfect, but I still like it): How she looked stock: How she looks today: And a quick video of how she sounds... idle and rev: Video doesn't really do it justice, as expected. It's quieter and a throatier than perceived through my camera. It's not very loud at idle and still not extremely loud at all at WOT, but I ac…
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So, yea...I washed my car today and decided to take some shots of it. I don't actually think I have psoted any shots of my car on here as a matter of fact. I am not a very good photographer. I know some of the shots are more or less the same, but I figured for the most part, those rear/side angles are probably the best sides of my car at the moment. I'm not too fond of my front end at the moment. I need newer angel eye headlights with the clear corners, and a new M5 bumper would be nice...All in due time though, so I decided to hold off taking too many pics of my front. Hopefully I'll be able to get a nice set of headlights before Bimmerfest in a couple months. So, with…
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The color is Purple Haze, and yes I have Jimi Hendrix on as I drive! My friend took these pics because I'm all thumbs! The river in the background in most of these is the Delaware River, you know the one that George Washington crossed. Hope you enjoy!
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... I thought I'd share some new pics from the Indian Uprising car show last weekend: Her new exhaust tips, 04+ GP parts: These are my Pontiac diecasts: If you go to my CarDomain page, there's a link to the other Uprising pics I took, many a fine Pontiac on hand. And the Cruisin' Tigers GTO Club should have their own pics up any day now, http://www.cruisintigersgto.com. Thx for lookin'! :D
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Our new 2006 HHR 2LT
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* I've finally written a bit more.... FAMILY OF CARS Article opening... ...the rest of the story (AND pictures!), here: http://www.motorgnomes.com/2012/01/pictures-a-family-of-cars/ ROUTE 66 STORY Chapter #25, 'A Long Meeting & A Visitor', is complete: http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2012/01/24/_thats-the-highway_-16/ Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort * post-surgeryPARTY = 5:30p-10:30p, SAT, 02/11/12 | Beef Villa, 1225 W Spring St, S Elgin IL * "My heart takes off on a high speed chase" __ Lifehouse __ 'Falling In'
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This last weekend was my reserves UTA and while I had a nice dayshift schedule on a beautiful day I used my lunch break to take some pictures at a park on McChord AFB by a old C141B. 72 Skylark Custom Convertible 71 Camaro RS Z/28 I am so looking forward to driving the Skylark down to Reno for Hot August Nights.
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As most of you know my wife bought a Camaro, sight unseen on Ebay. This might be most guys dream, but my wife didn't see if it could seat 4. See, this Camaro has a 4-point roll cage bar, instead of 4 seats. To make a long story short, it's now up for sale. I got some decent pictures of it after having it detailed and some minor issues taken care of (center console replaced). You can check out the pictures at Camaro ad. The other cars are also for sale because she doesn't need 3 cars, and I want a new one. HHR in Craigslist / HHR in Autotrader Park Avenue in Craigslist / Park Avenue in Autotrader
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I had to hang with an Impala for a day until I got switched into a Monte Carlo. This was a 3.5 and en route to the Palm Springs area, I spotted a Bob's Big Boy in Calimesa off I-10 (SCREEEECH). Actually, I stopped to eat (YUUUUUMMMMM) and take the photo on the way back. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 3.5 at Bob's Big Boy, Calimesa, CA Then, upon returning it, I spotted this Monte Carlo LT 3.9 at the Burbank airport. If I were to opt for the MC, this is virtually identical to how I would order it. This particular vantage point is attractive...a couple of angles on this car can be clumsy. YOU LIKE? I know KnightFan does. I know Pantho does not.
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Post pics of your rides, but try and get them all in one frame!
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So... I have a broken '70 Catalina 4 door hardtop. I picked it up about 10 years ago as a parts car, for its drivetrain. It was hit pretty hard in the front... but I still drove it home. I was surprised by how nice the interior/body was, and didn't have the heart to part it out immediately. The engine/tranny is still coming out, though. A little bit later I got a '70 Bonneville parts car... it was a rustbucket, and it was promptly disassembled. While looking at the two cars, it was obvious I could fix at least one car from the two. The major problem with the Catalina is the front frame horns... so I saved the horns from the Bonneville, in case I was going to attemp…
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So as I'm sure many of you know, the Prizm's had a pretty hard life. Kansas heat, Massachusetts winters, being totaled by a moving truck, being hit by a stolen car, and now with over 200,000 miles on it. With all this added to the fact that the car is 16 years old, the paint has seen better days. The roof in particular has become very faded and oxidized. The trunk and rear bumper are as bad, but those are also from another car. Since the spare driver's door for my Intrepid cleaned ups o well with the rubbing compound and waxes I had lying around, I decided to see how they'd work on the Prizm, and hopefully bring some life back into its paint. Because the paint is in rou…
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Had to make a hard stop on the highway @ a light this morning, and blew out a brake line. I drove it back home (about 4 miles); I've had more than one experience piloting brake-compromised vehicles home. Seems like a simple enough repair; drop the fuel tank, the line goes from whatever the mid-cab distribution block back to the axle- maybe 7-ft (I didn't measure it).... but as a matter of course, I should just replace them all. Twin lines running forward are looking crusty, too. For the F of it, I called the dealer. It's less than 2 miles from me, and I'm on a first-name basis with the service guy via regular service on the Malibu. He told me he replaced all the lines on…
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PROJECT ACHIEVA It is coming up on 3 months since I bought my 1995 Oldsmobile Achieva S. Here is an update on some of the things I have done in that time. First up, was a complete cleanup of the engine bay. Here is what it looked like on June 4th (2 days after I got it): And here it is August 15th (with new alternator and battery): I spent a few hours every morning cleaning by hand. A labour of love...and not quite finished yet. The hood was the hardest part (in terms of bending to get to all the small spots) I also added some blue LED bulbs for the footwell lights. They add a nice touch complementing the cars colour. I hope to get better ones t…
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Project Camino! 1 2 3 4 10
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it arrives!
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In terms of my relatively short time (compared to seasoned veterans like Camino and balthazar) buying, selling, trading, hunting down, working on, and enjoying older vehicles, it has been my experience thusfar that sometimes the best and most interesting things of all are not found; they find you. Such is the case with my current project car: a 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado coupe. This is so because at the time at which I came to own the car (October 2006), I was not at all "in the market" for a giant two-door American land yacht to cruise around in, or for any other car for that matter. A 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme I had bought on a whim the previous fall and a…
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Project INVICTA 1 2 3
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Some brief history first: My buddy & I used to cruise all over central NJ & eastern PA looking for vintage iron. We were both Pontiac men, but always had an eye for other American iron (Cadillac, Buick, MoPar, independants). When we rolled up on this '59 Buick in Doylestown PA... ...I remember saying 'If it's an Invicta, it's mine'... Series 4600 Invictas used the smaller 123" wheelbase LeSabre chassis with the big car Electra engine; the 'Wildcat' 401 CI. This was the 'performance' series in Buick's catalog, preceded by the '54-58 Century and followed by the '62-70 Wildcats. Always into performance, the Invicta was the most exclusive B-…
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Project Mothertruck 1 2 3 4 6
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For now, this link to an old thread is all you get. I plan to finish this one after the wagon is done. http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...;hl=Mothertruck
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Ratillac for now, anyways, but hopefully not forever. For whatever reason my girlfriend and parents really love this car (you should have seen some of the looks most of my past beaters have gotten!) and that alone is enough for me to make it nice as time goes on. Maybe I can convince one of them can "babysit" it for me if I find myself in need of space for a new toy a few years down the road :AH-HA_wink: So as you all probably know by now, I picked up a 1970 Cadillac Sedan DeVille a few weeks ago for the princely sum of $600 off of two fruity yuppie brothers in southern New Hampshire: The dorks at the front and rear of the car are them. The dork in the middle wear…
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Well, not so much a full-blown project as it is more like "getting ready to sell" project My step-son Antonio purchased a 1998 Buick Regal LS Sedan in September of 2011, his first car, with cash he saved from working a part-time job. He did this practically with just six or seven months of saving up! He worked the drive-thru of our local Boston Market and watched each car as it came through. He saw a maroon colored W-body Buick Regal one day and told me he really liked how the car looked. Our search brought us to my selling Buick-GMC dealership that had the '98 advertised for the Labor Day weekend sale. Fast forward to this week. Antonio graduated from high school…
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So after some looking around my brother has decided that he wants the Shadow instead of buying a car. While I'm sure some of you are laughing your asses off, or wondering why we'd bother with some 80's FWD, Unibody, pillared, $h!box...f@#k off. Kidding. Seriously though, the car's been good to us for most of it's time with us. Plus, unlike a "new" car, which can be a good car (like mine) or a never ending sea of misery and problems (BV's Beast), we know everything that's good and bad with it. I've wanted a car to play with for some time now, something I don't have to worry about rushing because someone needs to drive it. I can take my time and do it rig…
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So today we finally got the other door on. We also put the horn back on it and painted the rockers. Not professional, but still a big improvement and a cheap and quick way to make it look decent until the real work is done. And here's the old door. Had it inspected after we did the work. Somehow it passed emissions, but more importantly it passed safety without a problem. Good times.
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Project: 1981 Oldsmobile Toronado This is my project thread for restoring my 1981 Oldsmobile Toronado as close to factory as possible. Immediate term: Replace trunk struts - Don't always hold the trunk open. Replace the hood ornament - this wasn't high priority, but current one is cracked and I found one in great condition on ebay for $15 Replace the rear air shocks and springs Diagnose and repair the automatic leveling system (ELC), the compressor doesn't even kick on Fixed, was the ELC relay under the dash. NOS part found on E-bay for $20 Replace the front shocks. Replace the catalytic converter and rebuild the smog equipment Replace the tires. Replace fron…
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