A Horse With No Name

Coming along nicely, BV!

Depends on how you define conservative... To me, commonsense ordinances like this are the real meat and potatos of gov't.... Anyhooo... At least we agree on this. Chris

Amazingly, this is a very cheap retro fit. A time clock and a set of electrical contactors can make things go dim for a few hundred dollards, installed. We have customers that leave the lighting on all day and all night...which makes NO sense at all. However, at $65 an hour for Bucket Truck service, plus the cost of lamps, ballasts etc...plus my markup...being stupid helps my bottom line. This is where I part company with "conservatives" because I think simple, effective regulation of light pollution/energy wastage could save us a huge amount of energy. Plus, lets be honest...I like looking at the stars at night. Chris

I think toyota will recover from this mess and continue to do well here. They have a lot of goodwill built up in their customer base. Thankfully, GM is now in a position where they can fight back...

We have a rendering plant on the South side of Columbus that I drive past on the way home...that place STINKS! Chris

Do a load calculation on a modern resteraunt, both for HVAC/Refrig as well as electrical. Amazing mount of energy useage...and I love to eat out. While I am of a more liberal stripe, I think what will really change things is when the cost of energy goes up. And yes, people who leave dogs out 24/7 in "captivity" should be shot. Chris

Sorry to hear about your chistmas, shadowdog. Merry christmas to veryone else... Chris

I think I've seen the same car...

Saw a pristine Mustang II on a ford dealers used lot.... Wonder who traded it in after all those years? Chris

Methinks we are all a little nuts. Front brakes should be pretty much a quickie....but I'm not sure they are your idea of a good Christmas ayem 'quickie" Chris

Good enough to answer my question...thanks! Chris

I wouldn't say that you talk too much...however...if you turned the drivers seat backward in the wagon... Then perhaps all that hot air would be an extra ten miles per gallon and an extra ten miles an hour! J/K and congrats on 20K posts!

While I don't mind some Japanese cars, I really don't like the ricer boys. Poetry in motion indeed!

I would like to know how much of a difference "loading it down for a trip" makes on fuel economy and driveability. Esp. through someplace like hilly PA...as in off of the turnpike. Also, would like to know if there are any smoothness issues with cold weather start up. Chris

HEMI FTW!

Look at the bright side, at least you weren't driving your new Toyota Avalon... (Stang Ducks) Seriously...someone ran into my car last summer and just drove off... Sorry to see this happen to the Caddy!

I wish more people knew what most of the gay people here in Columbus are like. most of them a re rather normal people and nothing like the people on queer as folk. Then again, I know lots of twentysomething females that are nothing like "The Girls Next Door" Chris

Interesting olds...as the father of two boys myself...I can tell you that the younger is much more "feminine" than the older. kind of always wondered why...that video had a neat logical explanation. Not aying my younger son is gay, he is only 11...but you never know. Chris

Olds, you might mention that the Ecotech I-4 won a Wards Ten Best as a motor... The Ecotech is one hell of a powerplant and I am really curious about what you end up thinking...

Well loki if you think about it...since he was bent over while he was shoveling...he did take twelve inches bent over for about two hours. No wonder he keeps posting those little smiley faces!

Keep us posted on the truck, 'blu. Chris

I do think your on the right track for the write up. Were I to be a car buyer interested in this, your review would be FAR more helpful than the usual Car and Driver/Consumer Reports drivel of..."it's new this year...fuel econ could be better...we give it three and a half stars..."

Good question...from the photograph the center stack looks very logical compared to a lot of cars. Chris

Again, great write up. It would be interesting to also test a 4 cyl. version for fuel economy and power. Sounds like the V6 was a sweetheart of a powerplant! MUCH nicer IMHO than the Nissan Murano. Chris

Quite possibly. Maybe I should have said openly gay construction workers that I know...