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Dude, just take my word for it lol

I saw a Jeep Liberty, Grand Cherokee (new bodystyle), and Commander all in the same person's driveway..

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Yeah, I compared them to Charger's in the one pic he showed. Then I looked up some Chinese chick's boobs and I see the resemblance.

Oh, the one saved on my desktop?

Yeah, but I'm keeping the weight off my shoulders. I'm pretty much trying to forget about the money portion of it all because I know I'm pretty much broke and I'm going to have to pay my dad back for all the dues, although he keeps saying he's paying for a portion of it. I know it'll be better when it's all done and I know it's going to be better than ever before. Until then, I get to drive the Grand Prix, but I'd like to drive my own car. Meh, whatever, I'm not too worried about it: it's going back together one way or the other and it'll be within the next two weeks.

Me too.

You must be Chinese, too?

:rotflmao: Great analysis..

Yeah, I know about the plenum intake problem. I did have it, too, about a year ago. We replaced both the upper and lower intake manifold gaskets and that problem was gone (we were losing coolant but it wasn't an apparent-by-vision leak).Oh, and most people with that problem get it around 70,000 miles; we discovered ours around 40,000. And, honestly, we have no idea why this could've happened at all. I'm hoping my cousin can come over tomorrow (the dude I explained as being the head mechanical engineer for an engine-designing company.. well they design suspension and other stuff, too, but yeah..) and maybe be able to figure something out. He's really effing intelligent. lol Thanks anyway, the questions/answers may help somebody else diagnose the problem..

Damn people of Asian (Chinese?) descent. Just had to at the expense of Charger4u. Sue me?

We bought the car in 2000 with approximately 14,000 miles. I mean, it's been 41,000 miles and 6 years since the old owner had it. I'd think these problems would've showed up just a bit sooner, wouldn't you?

Please lock this? It's pointless, bull$h!, and not on topic.. period. Charger, take a chill pill.

I don't remember the interval for the rearend and don't have the owner's manual on me. The cam is above the crankshaft and everything else that went bad. We had to pull the engine to fix the problem we have now.. we didn't even have the heads off when replacing the cam. Also, we lubed, oiled, and greased everything possible and changed the oil right after doing the swap. Even the coolant got replaced. And, I know you're not picking on me, but I get it from people everyday at school that rag on me saying I beat on 'er when I don't do that at all. They make assumptions, and you know what they say about doing that...

Yeah, my friend's '95 Neon feels a lot faster than mine, but that don't mean a damn thing :AH-HA_wink: Anyway, there aren't many gorgeous girls or great places for a teen to visit in Michigan..

The mods were only in the car 200 miles. There's no way it would've been torn to hell that quick with how much damage there is to multiple cylinders: I asked a mechanic of 15 years and a head mechanical engineer from an engine-building company. There was never any noise from the rear end. As soon as the knocking noise began, we didn't drive the car at all. We only ran it about 3 times for maybe 20 seconds each before tearing everything down. Also, I didn't drive the car hard daily, only once in awhile. Even if I did, I know of people with vehicles over 120,000 miles who beat their car day after day without a problem. Oh, and I really don't expect GM to pay for anything; my car's not under warranty. However, I feel they should be aware of this because under no condition should any car go bad after 55,000 miles at this time in age, where cars that can reach anywhere from 150-300k miles are not unreasonable. Hell, even my dad's 1990 Cavalier that has gone way longer on every oil change than any car ever should, is running strong at 130,000 miles (except the body work, but I'm talking mechanical).

Well, we're getting all brand new rod bearings, seeing about the main bearings, a few new pistons, a few new rods, maybe new piston rings (not sure yet), new oil pan gasket, painting the block, getting the crank ground (hopefully we won't need to buy a new one), and sending GM the bill. Well, I'm going to write GM telling them about the piece of $h! they sold me and see what they say. Oh, and when the guy put in my 3.73s he said there were bearings or something in there that were totally shot and he replaced those, too..

1998 Camaro for those of you not in the know. 3.8L "3800 Series II." Automatic Transmission. Every piece of the motor is apart from the other, after a major knocking noise started to occur. This is what we've found: A few worn main bearings A few worn rod bearings One completely torn up rod bearing (looks like a rodent got to it or something) A couple scratched/scarred pistons and connecting rods because of the bearings The "bearing" (or whatever it's called) on the crankshaft for Cylinder One is worn almost flush with the ridge that's supposed to be there The thing that sucks the oil up is totally full of metal shavings and garbage And this is only after 55,000 miles.I changed the oil 200 miles ago and the oil was darker when we drained it this time than my grandma's Saturn that was overdue for an oil change for at least 1000 miles.

I saw a riced '05-06 Mustang. lol

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Chicken4u's mom. (Oh, we've already done that one? )

Beautiful

I think that made me puke a little in my mouth..

I saw my car on the flatbed of a tow-truck!

Wow, I didn't think I'd take anything in the top three. Thanks for the votes, guys, and congrats to you other two!