trinacriabob

bounce (the bouncier, the better)

Thanks. As one opens the door, the "cavity" they sit in and the bolts that hold them in, seem reachable. I wondered about the re-keying and am starting to look for the parts. OEM stuff is $$$...aarrgh.

Beja (that's where the crazy drunk guy on the 11pm-6am night train to the Algarve got off)

Not here. Today, on the freeway next to me, en route to the rail station: Last version (2005?2006?) Pontiac GTO - black exterior, red interior, black dash with red instrument cluster bezels. This is indeed a good looking car...had it only been silver...

Good call...living in the foothill suburbs to the east is palatable...oaks, slightly rolling hills, parched yellow/brown in summer, 100 degrees and rattlesnakes sunning themselves...in the winter, heading west to the Coastal Range is like encountering a carpet of green and there are some scary towns far north of the Bay Area and the Wine Country...with Lake County (Clear Lake) reputed to be a one big meth lab.

In San Diego, Phil's BBQ. Wow. I always go for the pre-shredded stuff, like what's in their beef and chicken combo meal, which is awesome. Sidebar: roasted almonds from the Central Valley are awesome...one must stop at the sampling places off 99 between Fresno and LA

earth

I waxed the 92 Regal this past weekend and got an oil change. So far, so good. Went to the train station on Monday. When I got to the parking lot after work, the door handle (spring) gave out. I had to get in through the passenger door, by unlocking the driver door through leaning over the console. What's the story with these? Easy to replace? Re-keying required? You can see most of the assembly inside the pillar. Oh well, after almost 17 years... Any help is appreciated.

That's true about everything, it seems.

Thanks. I'm definitely going to try for 300K ... only 47K to go. The driver's door exterior handle gave out last night...the kind that's up in the door pillar. Oh well. But, right, mechanically, it drives like a car with 75,000 miles, especially on the freeway.

There wouldn't be any tofu anything in Fresno. The Central Valley is not uppity / granola / politically correct like the Bay Area.

low-life

kiss my ass response to thread: Toronto (where they have Eaton's Centre)

epicenter (as in earthquake)

last chapter

always

Thanks for the info. That's right, the literature had that smallish V8 as a 4.4 litre. Yes, Grand Le Mans to Bonneville "Model G" on G-body 4-door platform for a couple of years. With the right seating, those were nice. Shared the GP dashboard as well. So, that engine (4.3 265) ran for 80-81 only. Back to original topic, so this newer 4.3 is from scratch, more or less, to be in the same family as that newer 5.7... I think that this engine is cast-iron block and head. I was thinking this Caprice/Impala was of the more appealing notchback sedan variety (previous gen), but it turns out it was the "funnier" rounded RWD one which many police fleets used.

Oh, I missed this. Wasn't online for a few days. Happy birthday, daves87rs

Yep, Oregon = granola, in every way. If you like "walking on eggshells" in every which way, it's a great place to live. If you don't, not so much.

Happy birthday, guys. (Feb 9, for me, will always be the day of the first major earthquake I experienced - this was the big Sylmar quake in LA prior to the even more severe Northridge quake). Never mind, enjoy your day!

anticipation (can't wait for summer)

combination

expensive camera

Correct, Sacramento suffers from a huge inferiority complex, as do a lot of inland towns. It's mostly those in the coastal metros that do the "highbrow" thing - "oh, so you live in (insert name of inland Ca city)....hmmmm" One way to split either a Bay Area or Sacto commute is to live toward Napa/Fairfield. It's under 60 miles to either. Still, that's far. Disagree on the OC comment...most all of CA is kind of brownish, except when the hills are "John Steinbeck" green during the well-defined rainy season, at which point they are stunning. Even the Sierras are brown/gray looking at aerial maps of the US. If BV were to move in CA, he would probably be unhappy in one of the less expensive inland towns such as a Sacto, Fresno or the Inland Empire (San Bernardino/Riverside). It's very tough right now to "have your cake and eat it, too" in California, even with the declining home prices.

Moltie, see my post immediately above. Though not particularly horsepowerish, I am an ardent fan of the Olds 260 because it shared Rocket V8 hardware yet was very, very quiet. I loved that engine.