Intrepidation

I saw a new Aveo

Wow, that's terrible...very sorry to hear that you're having so many serious problems with your car man. If you try to hang onto it I would definitely go with a replacement engine if you can find one.

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So in addition to tinkering with my car I've started tinkering with my plane. After not one but two crashes yesterday which managed to do a good chunk of damage to the plane, I fixed it up and did another upgrade. It now has larger wheels, because they look cool and more proportionate, but more importantly they make the plane more stable during taxiing, takeoff, and landing on grassy surfaces. Since we always fly in a field, this has made life much easier. Made a huge difference today. Naturally I can't resist an excuse to take photos. Besides, Captainnbooyah wanted to see them.

That's a great idea! Thanks Camino!

Well f@#k it then, greedy bastards.

Could be a virus/worm/trojan. I would run an virus scan. If it doesn't have an antivirus program, download this: Avast! Antivirus Home Edition I use this at home and for every computer I clean out. It's free and works very well. Plus it's not a resource hog and intrusive like McAfee or $h!ty Norton. All you have to do is register it (free) and enter the serial they email you and its good for a year. When the current expires you just register it again. AVG is pretty good and is also free, I just don't use it.

Yes but unlike the gen Tundra, it's not in danger of braking in half.

You have to use http://www.cheersandgears.com on IE for some reason. You can use either on Firefox.

I have to go check the odometer but the Shadow has 214,000 or 215,000 miles on it.

Took it for it's first flight with the LEDs, and my friend finally got a battery for his T-28 Trojan. It went well until I saw of the corner of my eye his plane slam into the ground and basically blow into pieces, and in that moment of distraction I crashed mine. His crash caused the engine to be ripped off its housing and out of the plane, breaking the cowl he just put on it, as well as ripping the wings off. As for mine, I was able to pull it up enough so that the landing gear took most of the damage (it's flexible metal), but it did rip off one of the rubber bands that secured the wing. Since I forgot to put two of the four bands back on in the first place, this caused the wing to shift enough to break one of the wing struts and a wire that runs to the tail LED. Didn't break the propeller though...for once., haha. So we go to the hobby shop in the next town and get the parts we need. $&.30 and a little soldering later and it was ready to fly. So it's dusk now and we can really test out how the lights work. This time the wind has settled down and we go through 3 batteries no problem. He was in control of it and turning around to land, when he made a mistake and it ended up cartwheeling on the ground. This ripped the engine mount off (but didn't break it) and fractured the fuselage just forward of the tail. It's currently at his house while the gorilla glue dries. So that was my day. This is an accident prone hobby.

Which ones? Got a source for that? -Edit- Nevermind, I looked it up myself. That is pretty $h!ty.

Performance isn't just about going in a straight line. I'm pretty sure the Cutlass can't do anything that remotely involves handling, especially compared to the NSX.

Unless you are burning them up at a light, you wouldn't need tires every year. It may not have millions of foot pounds of torque, but it's very light as I recall.

I hope it does well but it isn't on my shopping list. I already drive a small car that gets good fuel economy. When I buy new (and assuming they still exist) I want it to be RWD and powered by 8 cylinders.

I would have beaten the living $h! out of the kid repeatedly.

No...I'm pretty sure no one would ask anybody to go an buy a carfax report for them. I was just asking if anyone happened to currently have (1 month) unlimited reports if they would mind checking. If I happened to have it, I certainly wouldn't have a problem doing it...I think I did at least once when I had the reports.

Yeah I kinda figured...hey if someone happens to have a valid carfax account maybe they could. $40 can go to the a/c idler pulley I need to hunt down.

Unlimited for a month. Too bad I didn't save the info when I had paid for it.

Not an apples to apples comparison. As I recall, one of the rags who first reviews the Camaro said that handled well. However, whereas the G8 seemed to be able to push the limit of what was possible for it's size, the Camaro didn't seem that way. One of the reasons the new Mustang has gotten a lot of praise is that it pushes the limit of what's possible with its architecture.

I'm not braking any laws.

So it's heavy, name me a modern car besides dedicated sports cars and the Nano that isn't? BMWs have never been about bang for the buck, they've always been about the driving experience.

I might score a set of 18s for $200.

The X3, X5, and X6 don't stray from BMW's philosophy because they're all RWD, and the best handling in their class. Also not being pretty is a BMW styling hallmark as of late, so they qualify for that too...although I think the X5 is handsome. Bangle styling doesn't stray either. BMW does their own thing, and when they do other companies end up copying the design. Mini is a seperate brand, it's not diluting BMW. As well, Minis are premium, excellent handling cars that have sold well since launch.

If so, I'd like to request a favor. I want to look up my car again to get the name of the dealer who serviced it prior to my owning it. VIN: 2B3HD46RXYH369039