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Thanks Scharmer, I really wish I grew up in a small town, I really envy my relatives in Nova Scotia in this sense. Anyway, my dad warned me today that even though this idiot is suspended and not supposed to be anywhere near my school tomorrow, that him and a couple of friends could be waiting in the parking lot tomorrow morning to give me a curb stomping (typical ex-cop). So I'm thinking I'll lurk in my car until a couple of my friends show up in the parking lot before I go out there (strength in numbers)

The best part is where they say that they need to stop living on past successes... It was a really motivational spot

Saw this on Autotrader, and had to share it...

The license plate bracket is a nice touch!

That TB looks nice in the colour you selected... Alas we have a lease coming up this time next month. We're actually going down to the dealer tomorrow in hopes that a 2007 LaCrosse CXL they just got in will be suitable... But I'll echo Dave in his suggestion to order sooner rather than later.

Nope, only when the car is not moving.

1999 Malibu LS V6 with its wheel broken off at the hub from hitting a curb after losing control on a corner (on a residential street).

Hi All, I'm posting this on behalf of my friend who owns a Naturally Aspirated 3800 Series II 1996 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight LS with about 175K Kms (108K Miles) and he says that when he comes to a complete stop at a stoplight and sits there in gear, the engine starts shaking real violently and the check engine light comes on. I haven't had the opportunity to witness the problem first hand but he's described it in this way... He's taking the car into an indie mechanic but I know that alot of you guys have 3800 H-Bodies and I was wondering if you can give any insight. He says he's gonna turf the car in favour of a LeSabre or Park Avenue if the cost of the repairs are any more than 1000$... So what are some possible causes? Keep in mind he witnessed the infamous Upper Intake Manifold Failure and the coolant leaked into his engine, causing it to seize just last June... The engine has been rebuilt as of July 07, and the head gasket had failed as a result of the coolant leak as well and was replaced at the same time... So far we put our heads together and got the following possibilities: -Bad Spark Plug -Bad Spark Plug Wire -Bad Valve -Bad Piston -Head Gasket Leak -Cracked or Leaking Head -Bad Powertrain Control Module (PCM) Are there any other possibilities you can think of and also... Do you think it would be prudent for me to advise him (and for him to do as I say) to take the Olds to a GM Dealer and have them run a compression test as well as have the dealer run the codes on it?? Any other suggestions as to what is causing this are appreciated as well as perhaps a notation of what you'd expect to pay in the USA for the problems I've already sourced would help him out greatly as well. Thanks! /CP

Cool... The Toyota Reciprocal!!! OMG TOYOTA IS TEH PWNS!

Ain't that the truth

Thanks again for the advice.... I decided that I'd see the VP today and keep on her until I get a favorable outcome... Apparently the SOB denied his harassments of me, and when I talked to the VP I listed off all the people I know who sees this stuff happen, and that seemed to cast less doubt on my story... She then called him down to talk to him with me in the room when he tried to get me to go down as well by bringing up the times I 'retaliated' agianst him by shoving him out of the way, while at the same time denying any sexual harrasment. First I told the VP "DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO JUSTIFY SHOVING HIM OUT OF MY WAY?!", and then to the twerp himself; "LET'S CUT THE CRAP HERE, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND I HAVE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE DONE WHAT YOU ARE DENYING. I HAVE MORE WITNESSES THAN FINGERS WHO HAVE SEEN YOU DOING THIS, AND ALL I WANT IS AN APOLOGY AND FOR YOU TO NOT DO THIS AGAIN." The floor was pretty much mine after that. I got the VP to apologize to me, and she suspended the guy for two days (one in-school today and Monday he won't be let in the building). So instead of facing his punishment, he goes for lunch, leaves and never comes back (they were looking for him) so chances are he's outta luck and might be suspended longer if he keeps this up. So overall, I think once I stepped up to the plate, I got business taken care of on my terms... Being forceful but polite goes a long way.

I've actually tried saying exactly the things you suggested, K.C.- For some reason it didn't faze him... He's a resilient bugger. Ding Ding Ding! You hit the Nail on the head, and this is a perfect layman's explanation of the Calgary Catholic School District's OFFICIAL POLICY on bullying, not just my open format school, but all conventional ones as well. I have been told as much by a few teachers who are on side with me and they are just as critical of the system as I am. Every time someone reports something like my problem, they get burned by the Admin on some sort of technicality or hair-brained theory and are told that people 'wouldn't pick on you' if you don't _________________. They indirectly assign blame to the victim as an official policy, saying it's district policy to assign some blame to both parties, sometimes they even blame you point blank. Here's the thing though, THE VICTIM IS NEVER AT FAULT in a case like this of prolonged harassment.

Dry Wit actually works about 99% of the time not counting this incident...

Chevy needs to read some of the comments about the Malibu in their ads...

These could go in either thread :AH-HA_wink:

+1 on that BV... I don't think he's a closet case either.

That is the best one!

I don't think I'd be able to practically swing that, perhaps a tape recorder, but you know that wouldn't really prove anything... Besides, my school doesn't have classes. It's one big self-directed free-for-all.

Good Advice, guys. I appreciate it. @'76 - Check your PM.

Mmmm... Buick. That's one sweet GNX

As a 17 year old twelfth grader, I expected better from my school administrators, I expected a better attitude from the admin when I'm being victimized. Just a look at my profile picture will give you all an idea that I didn't have an easy time about school. People are always afraid of what's different. Now I'm the victim of Sexual Harassment. And what was done about it, you may ask? Well, so far, nothing good at all. When I started going to this High School, a special Catholic high school that not only supposedly boasts an agreeable learning environment and a format of self determination, but also a no-tolerance policy on harassment. The district's standard operating procedure on bullying, well, I'll get into it in a bit... but first, the lowdown: For the last two school years and my summer courses over the summer, this popular volleyball player has been making comments to me with a sexual undertone, and when we would pass in the hallways, he'd either try to grab my chest, my rear end or some such... His friends (the popular pillars of the school are in on this and think it's pretty damn funny). I initially though it strange and wrote it off, but it just happens all the time now, and I really felt powerless to do anything. I know he doesn't MEAN anything sexual by what he's doing, as he's dating one of the more popular girls in the school, and obviously thinks he's found something that bothers me and makes me grossly uncomfortable. No, I'm not homosexual, and I don't think I'm wrong to say that other guys touching me in such a manner makes me pretty damn uncomfortable, I don't have a girlfriend either, but that shouldn't mean anything, should it? So it all comes to a head yesterday in the computer lab, I have a confrontation with the asshole. I tell him that he'd better stop now, lest I get the principal and the police involved (my standard threat) but this time, the kindly old lady I've befriended who works down there notices the confrontation and comes in to get him and his idiot friends the hell away from me. I feel kinda bad about causing a disturbance so I go down to her desk and explain to her what's happening. She tipped off the admin and the Vice Principal, Mrs. Langer talks to me. She chides me for not bringing it up sooner (she's right) and says that before they go forward with dealing with these guys, since he's like the captain of the Volleyball team, they want to check weather other athletes are involved, and if I have any witnesses before they even touch the GOLDEN BOY f@#kING ATHLETE (as if my word wasn't good enough, but I do have witnesses). Frankly I was insulted. It gets worse. She said that she'll try, but she "COULDN'T PROMISE THAT IT WOULD COME TO A STOP" I mean seriously, WTF PEOPLE!!!!!?? You are the vice principal of a High School. It is your job to stop stuff like this. It gets worse. She knows from previous occurrences that I want my Hard-Line ex cop father dealing with the bullying issues, but since my dad had a bout of Prostate Cancer this fall (even though she knows and my homeroom teacher knows he recovered completely), she decides to deal with my mom; caring, but blissfully incapable of dealing with such matters.... She says in her message to my mom that she's INVESTIGATING (casting doubt on) ONE REPORTED INCIDENT about a case of HARASSMENT. She can't even realize the severity and extent of these issues even though I told her EVERYTHING. If she can't note the severity, then how is she going to communicate the severity to the perp? Well Now my dad is incensed as I am. I was seeing my Musculoskeletal Orthopedist and wasn't there to see the asshole get called to the office... But I know enough from my friends to know that a matter of SEXUAL HARASSMENT was put back until late in the day, not the first order of business in the morning... Obviously not taking my problems seriously. After he got called to the office, my friends say I was called down to the office. Langer told me she'd get back to me on Friday because she knew I was busy on Thursday, indicating that if she wanted to talk to me when she knew I was swamped, it indicates that the kumquat lied and now she's trying to blame me for my own problems as so many school administrators have tried in the past. So now it's the Twerp Unintelligent Star Athlete's Word vs. the Short Nerdy Debate Club President's word, and I am DAMN SCARED THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO BLAME ME FOR THIS AS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. What did I do to cause this to happen, Get out of bed in the morning? When I was in the Seventh Grade, I was told by the Principal that it was my tucked in shirts and parted hair that caused me to be bullied, and that they couldn't do anything to stop it, and the best thing to do was to conform and change what I believe and maybe people won't be so hateful (anyone who knows me well enough, knows that I'm a rampant individualist and that suggestion was just out of the question). I felt betrayed by the incompetent Catholic School Board then and I FEEL f@#kING BETRAYED NOW. On top of that, there's always rumors about my sexuality because of my Preston Manning herniated cat voice and lack of female companionship... Now everybody looks at me funny in the hallway, and I don't know what to make of it. So there is my big rant, I really needed to tell someone else about it, and I hate to burden people I don't talk to face-to-face to with my personal problems, but I just had to vent because the last week has not been easy for me and I just had to tell someone about it.

WTF would you guys drive??? I've been thinking about this recently. For me, I'd probably be driving Volvos (likely a V70 or XC70) or a Ford Taurus. What would your non GM rides be?