G. David Felt

This is way too funny. Sent it out to family as there are a few members that seem to thrive on trying to tell the rest how to live and what you can and cannot do. This sums it up in one clear note!

I totally agree, invite them both over for dinner and let them know your running a science experiment that you would like their help with. Then build a whole list of nice fuzzy warm adjectives and find out if they are true or not!

WOW, My how big he is and your right totally screwed!

I remember seeing this posted along time ago in a movie thread. Too funny that someone is trying to now make this look like a new story.

For not taking Pictures

That is too freak-in funny but true as I have seen everyone of them the few times I have gone. I hate to admit it, but I think we all go as they do have good prices on stuff.

Just glad your mother is OK. I have entered that same time of having to deal with my 72 and 68 year old parents and the last few years they have changed so much from the charging parents I grew up with to being scared of so many things.

I can understand be sentimental about something, but people also need to be realistic. Just because you can throw the money at it and rebuild it does not mean it is wise and smart thing to do.

I assume they all were petite like you Drew being in the 5'6" height crowd. While the Cruze is a nice auto and I take nothing away from it. I could not take it on a long road trip as I would be cramping up in the 2-3hr range unlike my Full size SUV's where I can drive for 18hrs straight except for stopping to gas up.

Zoomba Pants

LTS? That's the letter combination they trademarked IIRC... LTS = Luxury Transport Sedan?????? Luxury Touring Sedan? Like how DTS was Deville Touring Sedan, STS was Seville Touring Sedan, ATS is A Touring Sedan, CTS is Cadillac Touring Sedan, and XTS is Xtreme Touring Sedan... Sad that they have lost all creativity in the naming department.

Yeah road salt's not fun, but the rust is pretty much all limited to suspension parts not the body itself. Those struts are most likely 12 years old with 210k on them, so I'm not surprised they look the way they do. I'll be doing the other side next day I have off, I only had the time yesterday to get the broken one replaced. Gone are the days when the sun was still up at 8pm. As an aside, for anyone who uses Haynes/Chliton manuals as a guide, take their torque specs with an enormous grain of salt. They call for the small link to strut nut to be torqued to 75 ft-lbs! That's more than the torque spec for the much larger link to bar nut. A check with the FSM confirms that it should only be 17 ft-lb! Maybe they are trying to drive part sales so it keeps people employed.

WOW, Just WOW in all kinds of wrong ways.

WOW, Glad to hear she is OK Ocn. Has she thought of moving someplace else or maybe into something a bit more solid than a trailer? I always wonder why the homes in the mid west are not built more often with a in ground level so there is a protected place to go to. Also why allow trailers when the destruction is so bad. I just figure there has got to be a safer more stable housing structure for everyone that would be reasonably priced due to the storms and the need for something so solid.

Ocn if gluten is a problem for you, then all breads and pastas would cause you to be gassy out both ends and have stomach discomfort. So if you are burping and farting and stomach discomfort, cut out the pasta, breads, dairy and cabbage based vegis as these all cause gas. If it gets reduced or goes away then you can adjust your diet. Good luck.

I agree Olds that the Focus and Sonic are good rides and many will like the fuel savings with them. My one feeling is that people will only go so far in going small. I think right now due to the world wide economy we will see many drop down to smaller size but only to a point. Eventually people will drive less to keep the comfort of the bigger auto. I do not see millions moving to the compact / subcompact market. This is a niche area for auto sales and while it needs to be a quality product, I still see the mid size sedan as being the sweet spot.

Very Cool, so is it just weight that keeps the truck on these things? I have no audio where I am at so I cannot hear what they are saying. Pretty sweat setup.

Speaking of which, go to /mlp to really see some f@#ked up horse $h!. I dare not go, but I've heard things. Nah...I don't want to see things I can't un-see... You guys crack me up. Guess I will have to go check 4chan/mlp out as the curiosity always kills my cat.

Very cool notes on the Terrain, I am excited about the 3.6 V6, but I do wish they had the Turbo 4 in it. I think it would really go a long ways in helping the Terrain to sell in much larger quantities. The Turbo 4 with a denali package would be kick ass.

Not worth it even with all the sentimental feelings in the world, Neon should be scrapped rather than repaired.

I actually like this bad boy

WOW, That looks like it totally was helped with a heavy cement block in the bed or maybe a sander. Either of those would cause a rusted out frame to snap. I suspect it needs a serious frame replacement with the rest of it. Probably best as a parts truck.

Very Nice, MOOG parts are very good, I love the fact that they are so superior to OEM parts. Thanks for the update as it is really cool to see what others are doing. Amazing what that road salt does to a car back there.. WOW

Thanks Drew, Question for you just to make sure everyone is clear on this including myself. If we see the spam post, we just hit the Report Link at the bottom of the post correct?

Make sure to take care of yourself Drew. We do not need you sick. Get rest, snuggle with a loved one and recharge when you can. Have safe travels as we go into the nasty winter season.