trinacriabob

Ok, I have the Regal with the 3800 V6 Series I 1992 that now has original mileage in the high 200,000s. Incidentally, they have no EGR valves. I will soon have to go get its emissions test to renew the tags. Here's the deal. In most states that I've lived in and in which the car has been registered, they test 4 emissions components (HC, CO, CO2 and O2). In California, they add NO (nitrogen or nitrous?). At any rate, the car has performed fantastically on the first 4 components...extremely clean and changed minimally over the years. However, it's not as clean on the N.O., though it has always passed. I heard that this is common: cars run clean on all the others and a little dirtier, or closer to the limit, in the N.O. department. It's been 2 years and I'm wondering how it will go. What I've heard/read is: 1 - you can tweak the timing...but these cars don't take timing adjustments, everything is sealed, and I'm not a techy 2 - run a bottle of fuel injector cleaner of a good brand (Techron) in the tank before or during its test 3 - consider bumping up from low-grade to mid-grade unleaded Any ideas on whether this is fact or fiction? If it's true, what's the logic behind this recommendation? Any help is appreciated.

I was thinking about this again last night while I walked back to my car after picking up some groceries at Safeway. I saw a beautiful silver/black 17 inch alloy 2006-7 Monte Carlo LT. It drove off and I saw some of its good angles. I thought to myself, had there been a little more "nip and tuck" to the styling update and had there been a 3800 V6 under the hood, I would have bought one...without a doubt. I still like my Buicks very much, but I know how much I like the coupe with bigger doors, buckets, a console and more of a wrap-around driver's environment. So I say "coupe"...even though I like sedans, though not as much. Your take?

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pool (swimming, not table)

People kayak in Puget Sound, right in front of the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett area. Pods of orcas are commonplace there. I would never kayak in Puget Sound. I have also stopped swimming in salt water, with few exceptions. I used to swim way out in Pensacola, to where one's feet can't touch. Then, that area of the Florida coast had a lot of "problems." I then decided that I wouldn't be swimming there anymore.

Dolphin shows are good enough.

Well, I guess they have trained killer whales perform all over the world, but handling them or training them is something that gets a "no thanks." I will say the same about sky-diving..."no thanks." What happened today at Sea World was very sad. Even sadder was the fact that spectators had to watch it. This whale was a problem, having done this sort of thing many years ago...they should have put him on a ship and sent him back to the waters of Puget Sound or the Inside Package. Story here Did this stun you as well? Do you think they should stop having these exhibits? Not having a killer whale show wouldn't be a deal breaker. Most famous world aquariums don't have them (Genoa, Lisbon, Monterey CA, etc.)

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For me, I prefer hardwoods in the living room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast nook. Even then, I prefer that most of those would be covered by area rugs. I want carpeting in any other room, except for the bathrooms and the laundry room. I don't like stepping out of bed onto a cold floor. I remember how nice it was to have marble floors when we lived in Europe. It was NOT considered a luxury. Every house had marble floors. Then, as a result of living in the U.S., I came to like carpeting and the fact that you can walk in your home barefoot. Frank, btw, you know you will always give directions as follows: "hey, you know, the house with the windmill!"

Daphne

souvlaki souvlaki

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holidays (home for the holidays)

The Canadian Rockies

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How did I miss this? This is GREAT. I'm one of those people who spends a lot of times looking at housing brochures from all over the country, so I know what EIK stands for! Also, it's great to have a two-car garage. Visually, it makes the house look more substantial...plus it's just plain nice to have. I have owned 2x. A detached home in the north Atlanta suburbs and a townhome in the Seattle suburbs. They were both really good experiences, especially the Atlanta house which was 4-sided brick. Be sure to post some pictures once you take possession. Congrats!

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I've had several jerk bosses over the years. One would think that a boss with a very different approach MIGHT be a good thing. Not so in my experience. I do much better with the "in your face, tell-it-like-it-is" bosses. That way, you blow up and get it over with. My jerk boss is a flatliner who, not surprisingly, is passive aggressive. He and I have had our problems. But THIS STORY is NOT about me. I have this annoying, geeky but well-intentioned co-worker that is nearing retirement. He put his vacation days request down on the calendar. It is understood that if no one says anything to you and the schedule makes it onto a spreasheet, you've got the vacation days. His vacation days are on the spreadsheet. Fast forward: he made reservations to go up to Vancouver with his wife and kids for the Winter Olympics. Boss says that we're busy and he may have to work next weekend. He would lose airline money and hotel deposits over this. Right now, an impartial higher-up is trying to adjudicate. Others have said we will work extra here and there so he can go. Let's see what happens. Bottom line: even though I'm not crazy about this co-worker, this really sucks...and this boss is a douche bag.

I won't touch the "language thing," but I always see that and think "misspelled." LOL @ that model name...more forgotten than the Silhouette, which I believe it replaced.