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Green SW2 in my garage - finish stripping any parts I want to keep or think I can sell, call a junker to pick it up and get half my garage back. White SW2 (business car) - fix squeeling AC compressor, replace squeeky radiator fan, fix 2 non-working power windows, check wire that sometimes comes loose that controls the rear wiper. Gold SC2 (project car) - replace front end suspension components, install poly bushing kit Red SL2 - drop engine & trans in, bleed brakes, fix a couple other little things, and sell it. Regular maintenance on the wife's SC1 and our Suburban.
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Should be an awesome squishymobile. I'd rock one.
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GM News: Explosion At GM Tech Center *UPDATED*
PurdueGuy replied to William Maley's topic in General Motors
Hope everyone is alright. Plus side, GM now knows something not to do, or a condition to prevent. Better to learn that now in a lab than in a car (or truck, or bus, or ?) later on. -
Cheers or Jeers: 1978 442 W-29 Cutlass Salon Aeroback
PurdueGuy replied to wildmanjoe's topic in Auctions and Classifieds
I'd rock it for the right price. -
I looked at a cube once. It struck me as cheap, but roomy, and a front seat that made me think more of a couch than car seating (which has pros & cons). It seemed like it could be an ok choice for someone who has no enthusiasm for driving, and wants a vehicle that's different for the sake of being different. I could also see it as ok as a business runabout, with vinyls all over the outside. A rolling billboard of sorts. It's probably the last choice for any kind of performance.
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Yeah, if it's MySQL based, you can get a FULL backup by doing 2 parts - database (SQL) and the files themselves.
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I was gonna say, it may not be much longer, but it is noticeably larger. It's not a wagon, it's a CUV/SUV. Thing is, I really want to like the Legacy/Outback, I grew up mostly around Lafayette, IN where it's built, and almost had a teaching position during grad school at Purdue's educational facility there.
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That would be geek heaven. But wouldn't Bluetooth restrict more bandwidth intensive programs? When my tablet is tethered via BT, it's woefully slow. I believe the new Bluetooth 3.0 is capable of much larger bandwidth. At any rate, some kind of wireless interface seems like it would greatly improve standardization, so that all the dock needs to do is hold the tablet, not have standard location connectors. That's probably fine, I'll just wait the approximately 4 days it'll take for someone to crack the nanny features & make sure I can make my own judgments.
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Standardized tablet stand/mount + inductive charging built in + bluetooth interface = win.
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Chevrolet News:GM Launches Ad Campaign To Rebuild Volt's Confidence
PurdueGuy replied to William Maley's topic in Chevrolet
Here in Idaho we pay 4-5 cents per kwh. -
One plus side to the name changing - if you say "I have a Cobalt", you know exactly what they have (outside of particular specs). Still, since most of the public doesn't pay enough attention to cars to keep track of the gazillion different model names, I agree that it is probably very helpful toward image building (and thus marketing) to stick with the same names long-term. That way when someone says "I love my Impala", it may help sell a new one, even if the person who said it was talking about their early 90's car that has absolutely nothing to do with the current model.
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From the image itself, or from the metadata?
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Chevrolet News:Here's The 2013 Chevrolet Trailblazer
PurdueGuy replied to William Maley's topic in Chevrolet
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So let me get this straight... the Forester, Subaru's small SUV, is now going to be smaller than the Legacy/Outback, their car/wagon? I'm so very disappointed in the bloated ugly thing the Legacy/Outback has become, maybe the Forester will actually remain a nice vehicle.
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Vehicle: Chevrolet Cruze Eco LT (2012)
PurdueGuy replied to gmpartsgirl's topic in Member's Rides Showcase
I will be seriously considering picking up a low mileage used one of these in a few years when my wife's worn out her SC1. Congrats! -
Michael Green, you complained about the Volt's cost, then complained about the amount of domestic content/assembly of GM cars. There's no quick or easy way to have 90-100% US content in GM cars and keep costs at a reasonable level. You can't just have your cake, eat it too, and dictate the ingredients without some kind of sacrifice. I too would like to see an increase in domestic content, but there is a limit to what's reasonable without tradeoff.