Drew Dowdell

and if we financially punish employers in such a catastrophic way so as to prevent the hiring of illegals, the suction will stop.

Agreed. We should impose financially catastrophic penalties on the people who hire illegals.... even if it's just to do once a week yard work. That will cut the cord on the vacuum cleaner in the first place.

My gut is telling me no.

Unfortunately, for me, this is a definite "NO". It's in really good shape for a $1900 car, but it's been heavily smoked in.... even the rear ash trays are full... the ash trays have ash trays. Never been a smoker, never will. I don't think I could ever get it clean enough. At this point, unless I were to gut the interior, the only thing this Buick is good for now is hauling slag.

I agree, but in this case, I'm looking for any suggestions as to what to look at on these cars.

Found this on Craigslist: 1993 Buick Park Ave Ultra - $1900 - 57,000 miles I got the address and it's still available. It's only about 15 minutes from my house. I'm going to look at it this evening. The guy says it has a small exhaust leak and the transmission cooler line is leaking, but those are the only known issues. Opinions? Things to look for? I know it's not a truck, but it's cheap and with only 57k miles it'll probably have a lot of life left in it. I could still use the CRV if I need to haul something large, but all of my tools would still fit in the trunk.

Cavalier in '83

Well, this story is kind of old and I believe was on newer (at the time) Pontiac Aztec

And resumed it in 1983?

We're still having fun. Power is still out here. They haven't even started working on it yet. It looks like the power pole is cracked and bending. I have a laptop and a cellular internet connection so I can keep tabs on you guys.

An advantage to being gay. Candles. A freak microburst brought down a tree and pulled down the wires on my street. Being gay, we have more candles than the Vatican on Easter Sunday. It feels like we have the lights on, just dimmed.

Ihre papiere bitte

Two of my favorites.

The last Oldsmobile I6 was the 2004 Bravada? Before that was 1950 for an Oldsmobile I6 '66 - '77 for the Chevy I6 in the Cutlass

Inline 6 engines have more journal bearings per cylinder and thus spread the stress out over more parts.

Was the Sequel on DeltaII?

I'd definitely go Regal Turbo. Think gas prices 4 years out... not just today.

They are very well balanced. So if you have snow tires, you should be fine. I had Dunlop Wintersports on the CTS and was very happy with them.... all the snow performance of Blizzaks at 2/3s the price.

Well the M-class has always been an issue for MB. I always understood the '96 E-class to be the last of the tanks for that class. The '05 S-class had electrical gremlins that it couldn't shake for a few model years.

The 05-06 S-classes, along with the M-Class of the same vintage, were some of the vehicles that majorly tarnished MB's reliability records. It took MB a few years to get that car sorted out.

I like it for how frank he is. Mark doesn't do PR/Lawyer babble

Come on guys! Mark isn't so sure he should tweet! Let us know!

Wow! That's really good looking!

My BP is so low that the machines they have in the drug store say that I should seek medical attention.