Intrepidation

It didn't throw an codes at the shop, there's no idle hunting, it idles at the same rpm consistently. no lack of power or idle jump either. The other stuff I'm not sure about. The one thing I do know is that the chains do need to be replaced soon. We used it on my birthday and it behaved perfectly, so go figure.

Most of us no doubt have a collection of tools they use for their projects, be they automotive or otherwise. The question is: do you let them get dirty or do you try to keep them clean, and when they do get dirty to you clean them or not? I just bought a new tool, a Black and Decker Tri-Ratchet...which is awesome. I plan to keep it clean like all of my tools. I hate dirty tools, because then you get your hands dirty when you go to use a dirty tool, thereby getting other tools and anything else you touch dirty. I don't mind getting dirty, but I like my tools to look clean and new...maybe I'm just weird like that? My friend is the same way though. Neither of our fathers are though, all of their tools are filthy and they have no respect for other people's tools as they get them all dirty. I just finished cleaning my tool sets yesterday, Armor All works on anything! So what about it? Are you clean or are you dirty?

QTF

Except this actually looks much better than the Matrix, hell it looks better than the Vibe.

Not bad actually.

I'll atke the Coke.

Well not really "curse" so much as driver stupidity. I was on delivery in the $h!tier area of Lawrence, at an intersection with no light and poor visiblity. There was also some jackass parked at the corner. As I came to s astop this beat up 80's Town Car comes to a stop behind me, kind of short. I pull out a few inches to see around the car at the corner. He pulls up too but hits his braakes kind of hard, as I can see the boat nose dive a bit. I pull out a coupel of inches more and stop to geta better view and wait for an openning in busy traffic...then BAM! I'm rear ended...and more than a little pissed. Let's lok at the facts: 2nd accident in less than a month 2nd time being rear-ended in the same car It's the day after my birthday!!!!11! I get out and take a look, shaking a bit from the adrenalin + extreme angry. The driver, and older guy, probably in his 60's gets out and says "sorry I thought you had gone." I'm thinking "what the f@#k? How do you not see this big, shiny, red metal objects with it's BRAKE LIGHTS ON directly in front of you?! How the f@#k could you not realize I wa still there?!" We made an inspection of the "damage' but as far as either of us could tell there was nothing behyond a few scratches most likely. I say most likely because th bumper already had scratches in that aera...it came from the junkyard after all. His car, probably nothing, but the old Linclon was beaten to hell and back as it was. The bumper was held on with a bungie cord, the corner light was broken, the sides were full of rust and dents...it was apretty sad sight. He gave me his information but didn't take mine because he thought it wasn't necessary since there was little if any damage. I decided it was best to let it go. It wasn't worth the trouble of dealing with the insurance companies, plus the guy probably doesn't have much money to begin with, it all he needs I'm sure. Would YOU be driving something like that if you didn't have to? Maybe I'm being too nice? Needless to say my day was ruined. I was even more angered when I called work and myy boss tld me to hurry up and deliver the f@#king pizza when I was done. I gave him quite an attitude in liht of that, which he didn't like but I didn't give a $h!. I mean, where's the gratitude? I should have said I'm going home/to the hospital but instead I stayed, and no appriciation at all. Can't wait to quit this f@#king job. So that's the storry. Happy Birthday to me! And CARBIZ, if that was the present, I'll kick you ass.

Speaking of tht vintage of Continental. I saw one of those yesterday on the highway going 75 mph on the highway...with the passenger front suspension collapsed.

It is youtube after all.

As much as I hate to rain on the anti-import parade, I was unlucky enough to be rear-ended by an `84 Town Car while in the Prizm (you know, a Corolla). Pissed me off to no end that he wasn't paying attention but there was no damage to the car beyond a few scratches.

Welcome to C&G and don't be scared of of some of our more eccentric members. Nice fleet, the Monaro conversion is particularly sweet.

The seat rails are weird and look very cheap sticking out like that. the could have covered it or something.

I kind of liked it, but those C5 ads were way better.

The Cobalt was the only car I've driven where the steering felt unnatural. It was always weird...a strange disconnected feeling. I got used to it but every now and then I'd notice it. It was always refreshing to get back into my bigger car, whose steering is much better.

:rotflmao:

Looks worth it to me, the exterior is super clean...which is really the most important part. Cloth/vinyl/leather are much easier to replace than rust holes.

In the words of someone I know, Bitch please. I'd pwn you.

I canmake you one if you like, just tell me what you'd like it to be.

Our driveway is all Chrysler save for the Corolla that thinks it's a Chevy. There's also a black Prizm that one of the upstairs tenants owns (he had a Ford Tempo before that, a82 or so Olds 88 and before that an 80's Cutlass before that.) The other tenant has a N-Body Malibu. My cousin also has a Malibu of that generation, 2000 I think, as well as a Crapalier. My dad's side of the family has almost always bought Chrysler products, and the Ford and GM products they did own they had bad experiences with. I personally will always lean towards Chrysler but I'm open to anything that appeals to me.

I had a friend that farted that smelt like mint. No joke. We called him "Minty" from that point on.

Well I don't know how much skill I have when it comes to chopping :AH-HA_wink: but I can certainly try.

Last night a almost choked on my own fart...it smelt that bad!

Looks a lot like a reskinned Titan to me from the profile.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/30/spy-sho...-pick-up-truck/ Rumors of a German (or at least German-branded) pickup truck have been bouncing around longer than a Lamborghini sport-ute or Ferrari sedan, and may seem just as out of place. But the automotive paparazzi have brought the speculation back to the forefront, spying a developmental test mule of what is tipped to be a Volkswagen truck undergoing apparent cold-weather testing. The vehicle spied appears to be the mid-size quad-cab short-bed pickup rumored to wear the Robust nameplate. A variety of cab and bed configurations are likely to be part of the package when it goes into production in Argentina. An SUV derivative is also anticipated to be part of the package, slotting in the Volkswagen truck line-up between the Tiguan and Touareg in whichever markets VW winds up offering it. [source: Auto Express]