trinacriabob

Mr. Roper

pretentious

Grand Le Mans (that's not a Grand version, though) WMJ - LOVE that signature

I've been twice now. Wednesday of last week and on Monday (when I also got a very helpful massage by a LMT in that same practice). I go tomorrow. It's weird. Each movement and adjustment doesn't get a popping sound, but some do. It seems to help, but then there is still pain that returns about a day later. So it's like 2 steps forward, 1 step back....at least I am 1 step forward per each visit. This whole thing has been so weird....all from rolling off an air mattress into a cold lake. It's definitely a pull of some kind and it occurred on July 29. God, I swear, I hope I'm back to about 95 % by Labor Day because I plan to be out of town.

Benjamin Franklin

That's what I'm asking. Grab only the rubber boot inside the heat shield... ...or grab the heat shield from the outside including the rubber boot? What is the heat shield attached to...if anything? Thanks.

Ok, time to change the plug wires. Brought a dirty change of clothes to work and so did a co-worker who is very cool and helps me with minor items. Have a 3800 V6 in W-body Regal. Got the 3 in the front in about 10 minutes. It cranked over fine, so I did it right. YAHOO! Started in on the rear firewall plugs. Took of the manifold decorative shroud and the clips for the plug wires. Good God. There are these heat shields around each plug and he and I tried EVERY plug and we couldn't pull ANY of them. We tried pulling on the rubber boots and then on the heat shield... NOTHING on any of them. WHAT'S THE DEAL? I mean...my hand clearly reaches every plug. Is there a TRICK to this? H-E-L-P. Thanks.

Very creepy looking, too.

speculation (Ocn's, that is)

Well, that's the only way I would buy a 3500 (or what was a 3400)...to get those 32+ mpg. I've reported elsewhere that I have consistently gotten 31 to 33 mpg on rented Impalas and MCs when driven purely on the freeway. For such a heavy and comfortable car, that is stunning. It is the high mileage number that would justify the purchase and have me grinning ear-to-ear. At 29 mpg, I'm just "eh" with it.

I love the "ravine look" of the 90s dashes...be it the Lumina as shown or my Regal with instrumentation spread across the "western" 1/3 of the dashboard. In fact, I think the Japanese secretly coveted it such that the 2nd gen Avalon has a "ravine" type dash, as well. Now, while I like wraparound cockpit dashes such as on the current GP, the "ravine" dashes with a cowl extending all the way across impart a feeling of spaciousness and "cleanliness" to the interior.

stoner dude

Bingo. I have never seen that in French. As I have said before, it is also a place. It is a suburb of the city of Messina in Southern Italy, on it southern end, as you exit the toll road there. I wish I had taken a picture. Also, can someone actually dig up any documentation on how Chevrolet first named this car? With such a cult following, one would think this would have been publicized.

I would NOT want to live in SF. I don't think it's particularly livable. Give me Walnut Creek or the Peninsula where the prices are less and you have less density.

It was 1996 according to the articles.

My...my....defensive, aren't we? Heck, you're probably right. I know the dude and I don't think he's as up on cars as most of us are.

spice (of life)

I had to go to a luncheon for continuing ed (it was free) and got a ride with one of my co-workers. He drives a 1986 BMW 635 coupe with 130,000 original miles. I got in it and was surprised at how noisy it was. Not only that, the transmission shifted with bumps at each shift point. The air vents were not particularly well placed and it didn't direct enough A/C to keep me comfortable. This was a high line BMW in its day? Come on. I was not impressed at all. Granted, a lot of it comes down to maintenance. I doubt my co-worker babies his car the way I do. By comparison, my newer but more heavily used Regal (227,000 miles) has a much quieter engine and a tranny with almost imperceptible shifts. Makes me kiss the ground I have a GM car (archaic as the FWD W-body may be). My last hit at foreigners was a similar surprise in riding in a co-worker's 1990 Camry to a field visit. The Camry was noisy and not at all tight in its assembly, at least at this point in time. Aren't you glad to be driving an American GM car or truck? Any German car P.O.S. tales?

THANK YOU. Exactly. Why the difference in the 2 gas engines? What does 400-425 mean in your first listing?

Reg, I am not a condo fan; however, I do like towhomes (garage at ground level and two floors above that are fee simple ownership and have a smidgeon of property in front and in back). Gee, I never thought of myself as a mainstream middle class person. I just like the suburbs because, well, I always have. Yup, damn those urbanite liberal granola yuppies. Can't stand the mo-fos.

Dude, your imagination is WAY too active.

This is one of the weirdest cases ever - almost to the point of having been forgotten. The little girl was slain in Colorado. Evidently, the family hails from the Atlanta suburbs, moved to Colorado and has since moved back. It also appears that her mother has passed away due to illness in the intervening time such that she isn't around to see someone brought to justice. Obviously, with no leads, the parents were viewed as suspects. The person that has been captured is a 42 year old school teacher from another Atlanta suburb. What a relief to see that someone may be brought to justice. What a sick individual to have done something like this. What a weird situtation that it took so damn long (10 + years) to piece something together. Do you remember this when it first hit the news? Weird!

hee haw

Hey, TC, what side of the street do they drive on in Hong Kong? Also, look at some of the cool building's like IM Pei's Bank of China with the slick geometry that tapers as you go upward.

tampon for an elephant