Cory Wolfe

I'll just make my own dictionary. It'll be better.

Paying off the Cobalt will bring forth a celebration.

Interesting.

Sweet.

*coughadiddle*

I was going downhill. *nods*

Come Sunday, June 21st, the annual Laurel Festival comes to a close. As with every year, it ends with the car show and cruise at 12 pm. Starting last year, Dr. Steven Greenburg of Brookville opens his collection of Cadillacs to the public after the car show at 4 pm. It contains everything from early '30s Caddies up to a roster of recent Caddies, totaling up to at least 3 dozen vehicles. I went last year and took many pictures, but lost them to computer issues before I could upload them. If anyone is interested in coming, I'll be available to show you to the complex they will be located at. Admission is free and he invites fellow Cadillac owners to bring their own for display after contacting him.

I febreezed the hell out of my Grand Am for a while and the smell eventually went away.

Happy birthday.

Oh well... That first speeding ticket had to come sooner or later.

If you burn an audio CD, you will be fine 99% of the time. If you burn a data CD with MP3 files, that requires MP3 playing capability.

Craftsman is a almost a family tradition.

Some notables: A few new Mustangs, a few new Equinox's, a few new Taurus's, a Fiesta, what I believe was a Mondeo, and more $h!ty, smoking, rusted POS's than I've ever seen before.

Oh, I'm overjoyed. No thanks to a speeding ticket on the way home. I think that trooper was just waiting for me to return to PA... I wasn't but a few miles into the state.

A Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge.. A few Porsches... A few Vettes of differing generations... Etc.

I think the TT-S might be a little faster. Just a little.

I'm driving far, far away and never coming back.

The engine isn't the issue, here. It's stellar.

There were some crazy deals being thrown around when gas was $4/gal, remembering back. I certainly don't think that Hyundai dealership out your way was the first by any means.

Those are more common than you'd think. I can't remember which, it was one of the Big 3's dealerships in the area that was offering their smallest car free with the purchase of a full size truck.

Understandable. I simply can't fathom these correlating to each other. It was driven daily most times, weekly at the very least shortly before my Grandma passed away. The car never sat for any period of time. It seemed like a perfect candidate for a stress-free daily driver. I wasn't figuring on having to put the amount of money I have into it. That is frustrating, regardless. If I had the time to do all that myself, that would be wonderful. I don't, however. I'm still slaving away at my two jobs in the hopes of getting the Cobalt paid for atleast by the start of next year. It's due for an oil change, as well, and I'm considering taking it somewhere to get it changed because of my time constraints. This would mark the first time anyone but myself changed my cars' oil during my ownership. I'm turning into a Simpleton. When I find the time, I may take another look under to see what I can find. I originally diagnosed the control arm bushings by doing so. One thing I'm sort of curious about is how well they're holding up. I feel as if they've gone bad on me again. It's starting to get that same 'clunking over bumps' issue back again. There's a faint bit of deviation from the original clunking, however, so I'm thinking it may also be the steering issue that Ocn and others have had. The feel is more pronounced through the steering this time around. We'll see. You have mail.

Have I said it was unreliable? I followed the line of conversation to where it lead me. Someone brought VW into the conversation, I responded. Someone implied VW was less reliable, I brought my personal experiences into it and so on. Did I specifically mention the Cobalt anywhere when I was speaking about GM's reliability? No. Again, have I said it was unreliable? No. Am I bothered that I've had to put more money into it than I had with the Jetta? Yes. Am I bothered that something is still amiss in the front suspension meaning I will have to put even more money into it? Yes. Do I think it's rather pathetic that a vehicle which was not abused one bit in its life, is essentially in new condition with very low mileage has so many problems? Yes. Are there any more questions in need of answers? I'm not sure if that's supposed to be some sort of back-handed compliment or if its of a sneering nature, but it's true.

So... I should praise GM for their few expensive and reliable vehicles it sold rather than consider 90% of the cheap and unreliable vehicles it sold? That makes total sense.

Say wha..?