Intrepidation

Might be easier just to go to a yard and get a whole mirror (unless its body color). Otherwise I don't know how to get just the mirror off.

So this past weekend I got a few things done at the Meet. My car is now smart enough to tell what direction it's going in. It now has the OTIC and an auto dimming mirror, and I finally took that dealer sticker off of the trunk.

From what I've seen as far as members leaving and then coming back. Most of the state that they either left for personal reasons, or from the negativity surrounding both GM and the fights and hostility that would go on between some members. If you just join a site and see someone ripping apart other people for seemingly harmless things, would that make you want to stay? I think most of the fighting has calmed down, which is a good step. Another key step is to get exclusive news more often. Thanks to Ted's sharp eye, we did manage to get some. We just need more of this sort of breaking news. How we get it, is a good question. FWIW evok does still come and post from time to time. As far as C&G goes, I what has always drawn me to this site is both the community and that interesting discussions go on. It's not all one-sided discussions and arguements, which is rare for any automotive fan site. We have a long road ahead of us to bring the site up, but I think we've also made a lot of good first steps, and we have a dedicated leader. It just takes time, just like it will take time for GM to recover.

I'm still not sure whether I like it or not. I will say that that the lines and cues of the Essence didn't translate as well onto them M as the designers would have liked.

Van DeKamps Makes excellent fish sticks.

How about the LHS?

You can also shop on newegg for whole computers and get better deals than from worst buy.

They didn't come with center caps, but Charger ones will fit. So I'll pick up a set of those soon enough.

Why did it need a new driveshaft?

Got the car back today. I'm so happy! No more exhuast leak!

BMW, hands down.

Thing is that newer Benzes aren't as well engineered as your old Benz either.

Great idear though.

Badass bike. Lousy reporting. `nuff said.

The processor will be more than sufficient but the graphics card not so much.

Well I only suggest clearcoat because it will help protect the paint from coming off since that area will see foot traffic, and chrome paint has a habit of coming off.

Just a quickie Comparison. I knew it made a difference, but holy crap I didn't realize how much it made a difference until I compared photos!

Yeah I'm not using Fram anymore besides maybe their TG line. Gonna go with Bosch, PureOne ore Mopar from now on.

You're 3 days too late. http://www.cheersandgears.com/index.php?s=...st&p=528796

STP and SuperTech are the exact same filter. Decent filter area but cheaply made and the felt end caps detached from the filter media with frightening ease. No by-pass valve. Mopar and Purolator PremiumPlus are the exact same filter. Plenty of filter media with metal end caps which are impossible to remove from the filter media as seen by the dead Mopar filter. Purolator PureOne and Bosch are the exact same filter. Largest amount of filter media with metal end caps which are also impossible to remove from the filter media. All four of the latter are made by the same manufacture with the only difference between the two sets is the Mopar/Purolator PremiumPlus has the by-pass valve in the front, built into the stem.. ...and the Bosch/Purolator PureOne has the by-pass valve located in the back via a 45-speed record adapter spring thingy along with 4 more pleats of filter media. Also, the PureOne has the best paint job. A nice royal blue w/ pearl coat The Wix and NAPA Gold are the same filter but the NAPA Gold had 4 more pleats (61 vs 57) than the Wix. Was this by design or was it a machine assembly variance, probably the latter since everything else was exactly the same. The filters were similar to the Mopar and the Purolator PremiumPlus but made by someone else. They had a similar stem based by-base which was not attached to the filter media but loosely sits in the end-cap without a gasket. The Wix and NAPA Gold also had the second least amount of filter media. They had metal end-caps with the filter media permanently attached. The Mobil 1 and the K&N are exactly the same filter less the 1" bung thingy on the K&N. Both are heavy due to their thick bases and smaller inlet holes. They too had the stem based by-pass valve firmly attached to the end-cap but only had 55 pleats, the second fewest. It did have the deepest pleats which equals fifth in area and the filter media was slightly thicker than most. Had metal end-caps with the filter media permanently attached. Here the #'s (sorted by price):

This is from LH forums. Pretty neat info if you're looking for oil filters (besides the Mopar one, unless you own a Mopar). Oil Filters - Dissected I was wondering what the differences were between some of the current oil filters. The study done at Engine Oil Filter Study is quite dated. So, I bought some oil filters from the local stores, grabbed my hacksaw and away I went. All filters had an anti-back flow gasket. Findings: The basic Fram is still crap. Fewest pleats and therefore least amount of filter area. Cardboard end-caps. The TG Fram is better. Still has cardboard end-caps but has 15% more filter media and a screened by-pass valve. The XG Fram is, can't believe I'm saying this, a decent filter. This is the only filter tested that used a different type of filter media. It was more fiberglass in nature vs. paperish for all the rest and is supported with a metal mesh. So even though it has less area, it is 2-3 times as thick.

There's a spyshot of the refreshed ES hanging around somewhere, and it looks worse than before.

This is what happens when you put 1000% effort into the vehicle you build.

I love this car, inside and out. Apparently IL is fond of it too.

It's worth reading the captions too.