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  1. didn"t realize it was a photochop until I re-read what you posted.
  2. CTS, can you be my dad?
  3. lakefire

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    Oh man, I love citroen, it's my favorite car. Here's a good link to google. www.google.com and type in citreon into the image search.
  4. You can't get the silverado w/ the 6 litre and 5 speed can you? I think you can only get it with the weak engines.
  5. woah, he converted it from left and drive to right hand drive (or vice versa, I always get them confused).
  6. Yup, I was about to say, make sure you are wrappin' your willy if you've done all that since friday. But I'd hit it as well if I didn't have the ole ball and chain.
  7. GTO, Colbalt SS, Solstice just off the top of my head.
  8. where in NC? I live in charlotte.
  9. ya, don't sweat it. It's not a career, it's a job. Just be yourself and you should be fine. BTW< where in the souf do you live?
  10. That's where me and my fiance met. At a BAAAARGH! Oh, and one of Anne's friends met her fiance through the internet as well. That website called eharmony. But you gotta be serious about finding people. I took a quiz to sign up for one of those sites and they pretty much told me that I wasn't a good candidate (which I wasn't). Of course that was years ago. Granted, she was the only respectable girl I've met a bar.
  11. I see them everywhere here in Charlotte.. But some of them are rental cars actually.
  12. a little bit of sensationlism imo.
  13. but it's a honda accord!
  14. the piss poor interior, plastic grill, and fake plastic bolts on the wheels were the reasons I did not buy the colorado and ended up with a dakota.
  15. People need to quit looking at the technology and start looking at the returns. Here is a tail of two engines: Engine 1: HP: 260 @ 5200 rpm Torque: 280 @ 3600rpm MPG: 18/28 Cost of Ownership: Low to Medium Engine 2: HP: 240 @ 6000rpm Torque: 241 @ 2800rpm MPG: 18/26 Cost of Ownership: Unknown (medium to high) THat's comparing a Supercharged 3800 vs the new 3.9. Of course Cost of Ownership is something I have a feeling about and is not a proven fact.
  16. http://www.3800performance.com/Merchant2/m...ategory_Code=PA
  17. I don't think it's a problem w/ the users computers because my forums don't have this issue and it's very similar software. THere is probably a setting in the admin control panel somewhere.
  18. not to mention that you can get a turbo kit for the series II for grand prixs, regals, etc and get 300hp AT THE WHEELS, and 400 lb tq. This engine is not the weak point, it's the transmissions. We rented a lesabre this weekend and it was averaging 30mpg on interstate driving. You find another full size car on the market that can do that w/ 205hp, 240 lb tq.
  19. perhaps they will sell it to a company that can still manufacturer. I would still buy it even if GM didn't own it. As long as they didn't change it.
  20. No reason to call people names in here because you don't agree with their point of views. Although I may not agree with you, I will defend the right for you to say it to the death. (Or something close to that in regards to a famous quote). In regards to a payphone I can't help you out, because I haven't used one in about 15 years. No way I can argue any other direction. There are many jobs out there that are very labor intensive that are also considered "white collar." For instance any entrepenuer starting their own business would need to work the "dirty" jobs while his business starts up. For instance if he started a restaurant sure enough he'd be making the food. Or if he started a lanscaping business, sure enough he'd be mowing lawns, etc. Again, there are more to white collar jobs than shuffling papers, sitting at desks, and and being at one cubicle all day. I would love to tell you about my job if you are interested. What I don't think that the Unions (outsource haters) understand is that when companies outsource things (and they work successfully) then the country is better off. You have to remember that anything and everything is outsourced. Do you think GM makes those tires, or the rims, or the exhaust system, or the gears? All of that is outsourced to both companies located inside and outside the United States. I have more points, but I have to head off to work.
  21. razor, I do not understand why you want a self-sufficient america. The fact of the matter is if you try to keep everything in America you will actually increase the unemployment rate not decrease it. You must look beyond the first layer of the goal and into the 2nd, 3rd and 4th. For example, when Reagan lowered taxes the first layer of thought would tell you that the government would not have as much money to work with. And although the deficite (sp?) grew in his tenure the GDP grew 10 times as much as the deficite (sp?) did. If you bring all jobs to America the first layer of thought is that these people can get your jobs back. But the cause and effect of this is that it will raise the prices of the products and demand for the goods will decrease. Because businesses won't be as profitable because the goods aren't selling as well the business will need to cut costs (IE fire people), and in the long run you have a higher unemployment. The beautiful thing about capitalism is that there are other options. As long as there is demand for something, there will be a need to supply it. IE if something happens with Chinese labor (rates going up) we would move to India. And to sum it up, the wealthy people don't make other people poor. They have no ability to do that. People have choices that they can make throughout their life which rely on their shoulders. If you don't want to make $7/hour, then work for a degree and find a higher paying job. There are several programs out there to help financially burdened familys and students to get the education they need to succeed. The only excuses why not to succeed are if you are not mentally capable of doing it (ie, mentally retarded) or addicted to drugs / other "bad" habits. Even then it doesn't exclude you from succeeding.
  22. You just can't hit anything...I think.
  23. http://hawt.net/viewflash.php?id=637 34.88
  24. No, what I am saying is that having everything handled in house is going to significantly drive up the costs of the automobiles. So a cavilier that use to cost 14000 might just cost 28000 and a Lacrosse that costs 28000 might just cost 48000. Then GM would go out of business because they can't sell cars for that must money. And to emphasize what Sciguy said. I could operate a fork lift at GM and make $100k (or whatever the hell they are paying the union guys now) but I would absolutely hate that job. It offers absolutely no mental challenge at all. It is a job that I could perfect in probably a year or less. People that go to college and graduate should be rewarded for their investment in their higher education. I'm not saying that all college grads should make more than all blue collar jobs. But what I am saying is that on average they should and they do, so I have nothing to complain about. The nice thing about my job and my posistion is that if I want more money, I just work harder and it comes to me.
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