K.C.

Starting growing food that would otherwise be expensive from stores

That is a great idea. May do that next year once we're set up in the new house.

Not liking the wheels on it. Never liked the driver side only fender marks either. It doesn't match then. EEEEEEEEEEK!

I don't really see the point where, limited performance increase. This is the only way to get the Z51 suspension? No no no!

Thanks Z06 and Satty. I've not even seen an SS Panel yet. Cool.

Fun, good looking, useful and safe, what youngster wouldn't look good in an HHR?

When J brought it up to her, she scoffed. I said, "Ok, buy your own then." She quickly warmed up to it. I want to get her an SS, but they are hard to find. Anyone seen one on a dealer lot lately?

I cut back by getting the Acadia after the accident that totalled the Avalanche, turns out they get the same mileage. My home is very "green" in that we have geothermal heat, wind power, and solar running various parts of the house at various times, so the power company hates us because our bill is never more than $50 for a 3500 square foot home. The house being built down in CenTex is being built to LEED gold/platinum standards. It will also be smaller than the current home.

At the business, I have changed all the light bulbs to those high efficiency ones. I have also had more extensive door and window seals to reduce the drafts in the building. This is all in an effort to save on the power bill. I am also requiring employees to bring their own coffee cups and plates. I have also required them to bring cloth napkins or their own paper towels for their lunches. It has saved me about $200/year.

At home we have the high efficiency bulbs, but we also clip coupons from the Sunday paper. We only eat out once a month now, more for our health than to save money, but the first month we saved $300 by only eating out once that month. In the summer, we grille out anytime we can to keep the house cooler. Everyone is required to turn off the lights as they leave the room. For small appliances in the kitchen and bathroom (toaster, shaving cream warmer, blender, hair straightner etc.) are to be unplugged. Even when they are off they still use up a small amount of electricity. We dont run the water constantly when we brush our teeth, and we have one of those tankless water heaters. I have also begun taking a 7 minute shower rather than a 20 minute shower. J and my daughter are also taking shorter showers.

Outside the house we are not running the fountains in the landscaping unless the house is being shown or there is company here. The exterior lighting on the house has been change. The lighting along the pathways, sidewalks, and driveway are solar so those stay on.

For driving, we are making one trip of errands during the day instead of 20. We have also consolidated supermarket trips to once a week only. This has saved us $40 in gas/month as well as some wear and tear on the cars.

For buying clothes, we have joined every rewards program imaginable. It has helped when buying new clothes. Men's Warehouse has an awesome rewards program.

I have stopped buying CD's and started downloading songs from iTunes. I figure its cheaper for me to just buy the songs I want rather thant he whole album for $14 each. J has been doing the same thing. iTunes is awesome like that. I used to spend $500 a year on CD's. Now I spent $200/year at iTunes, plus the $250 for the iPod touch. I've saved $50 so far. Now that I am strictly digital, I will continue to save money.

So thats how we save money here.

The BMW is gorgeous! Nice F150 too. Great trucks!

The next planned vehicle purchase for me will be for my daughter, who is 15 now. She wants a Camaro, but now that I've thought about it and talked it over with the other half we're thinking along the lines of an HHR for her.

Does anyone else think that smilewide emoticon is annoying?

Whoa, what's that hanging between its back legs?

Gosh ocn, don't you ever stop looking there? Even the Christian God took a day off.

I'm thinking some people need to take this to heart:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

And maybe tack on something about having a sense of humor.

True dat!

You're a complete tool.

"Pontiac circle-jerk"? f@#k YOU!

Why don;t YOU leave this forum and start posting

on "Prius Drivers Who TROLL on GM forums (.com)"

Vulgar humor is annoying as f@#k when that is all

you spew. Your posts just come off like pure

disgusting, perverse, juvenile idiocy.

Gawd, I never thought I'd know a GUY who is more

sarcastic & more of a bitch than my wife is during

her visit from "Aunt Flo"

Sorry some of us are "circle-jerking" about Pontiac

you f@#k-stick, If you could actually discuss CARS

for once instead of just acting like a $h!head

juvenile delinquent spewing insults, innuendos &

nasty digs at fellow members, you might notice

that ANOTHER part of Americana is being put

to death at the Guillotine... or perhaps at the

"Catherine wheel" More American history, legacy

& prosperity is being flushed down the toilet.

But you just go right ahead & keep posting about

your usual hobbies: Mullet Envy, sodomy, incest

& circle jerks...

Dear 2006,

I really enjoyed the Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Diesel that the Chrysler Corporation let me borrow for a few months. It pulled around a big jeep and a bubble and I went all over America in it. I liked my butt being tosty in the heated seats, and the nav that got us lost (sometimes asking me to make U-turns with a huge trailer) and the Sirius Radio with Howard and Bubba.

I wish it was still 2006 sometimes.

I love these trucks. The Cummins is a real hauler and for brute force you just can't beat them. I have a buddy that owns one of these, Cummins, 6-speed. He loves it. Does all the pulling and hauling that he throws at it and asks for more.

Thanks for sharing!

He must have made a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

Go Blackhawks!

The Red Wings are the evil empire. I hope they go down soon.

Saw some beauties today when out and about:

black 2010 Camaro 1SS

black 2010 Solstice Targa

black 2009 G8 GXP 6MT.

No Corvette? I can't imagine a GM without it.

G8 =

The new Legacy looks like the last generation Sonata to me.

Moving to Texas (Austin area) this summer.

How about they just take the G8 ST, put a Chevy badge on it, and call it El Camino?

I am truly saddened by this news, although I kind of expected it. I will save my GXP as a collector car now in honor of Pontiac. I am just glad I got the last good Pontiac ever made.

Now, I think Kappa should go to Chevy, and a redesigned G8 would be a great Lucerne replacement. It'll never happen though.

Happy Bday fellow G8'er! I hope you have a great day today!

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