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Ride 'em cowboy!

Is this the one with the 502 in it?

Please don't take this personally, but the TB EXT was an absolute pig.

I was a heterosexual. On the outside. Sometimes I still am. No amount of bopping over the head will change what's inside though. /corny heartfelt sharing :AH-HA_wink:

Cool, this will give you experience, seat time, in lots of different vehicles. Have fun!

Croc, aren't you home in the Indy area now?

Yes.

Agreed, Enzora, it was a sort of torture being around him 5 days a week. This might be very good for me in that and other respects. Thanks for the supportive comments, guys.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

I just had a dip of Bluebell vanilla today at Outback Steakhouse (my dad's favorite chain restaurant). It was good.

When I reread Sixty8's original post, I think "FWD" was a typo, I think he meant "the Toronado would seem a little weird with RWD..."

Ugh, it's never fun, no matter how old you are, to watch your parents divorce. I hope you can see both sides, and I hope you can remain close to both of your parents through this difficult period.

Johnny Cash

No, they weren't bought out by anyone. Since I started there in January, '03, I've had 4 managers. The last one before the latest left because he purchased his own shop. Before he left, the word creeping through the office was that the new manager would be asked to be a "hatchet man". This has been borne out. The writing was on the wall, but for some crazy reason I hoped I would be immune because of my work ethic. I was so obviously wrong. I am thankful for the support of my family. Just because I worked there, my brother bought a new '03 Silverado there and came back for warranty work. My father bought a new '04 Silverado there and came back for warranty work. I bought my Colorado there. My mother bought her new Cobalt there and came back for oil changes and warranty work. My father brought two of his vehicles there for body repair. When my brother totalled his old truck, it was brought there. A cousin brought her Jeep there for body repair. I had body repair done to my ION there. My mother brought her Cobalt there for tape stripes. I have written and sold untold thousands of dollars of body repair for them. We will not spend another dime there.

I think Chevrolet can support two RWD coupes. Camaro and... whatever they call the two door companion to Impala. The Chevrolet brand has a lot of power, a lot of overt and latent loyalty. The right products are all that's needed to really start a fire that Toyota cannot duplicate.

No, but I remain optimistic. I got fired on Friday without warning (we all felt when the new manager started that he was told to clean house by upper management, and it's happening), but then I called a former coworker who works at another local dealership bodyshop. I go in for a second interview there tomorrow morning, they seem very interested in me, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I will miss "my" guy something awful. This will be a test to see if our friendship was real or just a matter of convenience. This has been a tumultuous weekend for me, to say the least.

Have fun at camp, bud. Give us a play-by-play when you get back.

I love thunderstorms. They're beautiful in their power, and they usually bring temporary relief from summer mugginess.

If mammary serves, those special editions were based on the Esprit, Sixty8. That was a highlight of picking up the new brochures every fall, to see the Firebird Special Edition that year.

I can't stand for anyone to be touching my vehicle either.

Sixty8, did you take a peek at my hard drive? Except switch "Celica" to "tC" :AH-HA_wink:

I voted Monte Carlo. The flat spoiler doesn't look bad (and you guys know my stance on spoilers) because it hides the hump without drawing too much attention to itself. The new front and rear ends and the interior revisions work well to update the car. Like someone said, you strike me as a coupe guy, and this car is your last remaining choice within GM. I would have said LaCrosse coupe if they made one, but alas...

(...wondering why anyone would want to revive a Viper thread... hmmm...)

deeze nutz

How about this: these photos could cause a mini-rush on sales of the current truck, until the new truck comes out, people will see it with their own eyes instead of distorted through the camera lens, and they'll drop their 800s like stones.