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My father's Grand Prix was a rental. 90,000 km so far with no problems.

I live downtown, I work in Pickering.

Nice try at a coverup, asshat. Usually nobody's comments on here get to me, not even Croc. This sneaky way of gay-bashing is definately not cool.

At 101,000 km: I have replaced: Oil (and filters) Wiper blades Tires Taillight bulb That's IT. I'm extremely happy. I realize this is not everyone's situation, but I just had to support the car which has been so awesome to me. edit: forgot the filters and bulb

I'm happy and not happy at the same time about these new fascia spoke wheels. This is because I have two problems with hubcaps. 1. They're ugly because typically it's obvious that they're two sets of wheels hiding one another 2. They stick out past the tire and so you scrape them on the curb if you get too close when parking (vs. rims where the tire sticks out further to protect the rim) Fascia spoke wheels address #1 but not #2.

It's not that much bigger, something like 4". It's just enough to make it not fit in the garage though.

Sebring and 9-3 both don't fit her initial requirements. Sebring is too long. 9-3 is too expensive.

She took one look at the Solara at the auto show and said, "Ugh, I thought they were going to stop making those things???"

One of her requirements was "no sedans". Boo hoo, Camry didn't make the list. :AH-HA_wink:

Ok then... Now I need to find some barbed wire to wrap around the bat. Good to know.

*thinks to self* Do I have.... 1. A baseball bat? 2. Enough gas money to drive to Michigan? :AH-HA_wink:

OK, so the choices have been narrowed based on her requirements, and the cars that fit them that she likes have been selected. So here is the final list of all the ones she is considering... 1. Eclipse (Spyder or coupe) 2. Mustang (Convertible or coupe) 3. G6 (Hardtop convertible only, doesn't like the coupe) 4. Altima coupe 5. Accord coupe 6. BMW 128 coupe / cabrio 7. Mazda RX-8 Eos, MINI, and C30 were all considered and dropped from the list. So, of those seven, what would you choose and why?

Holy crap that's a lot of torque from a 2 litre!

Chevy: 05 Cobalt (mine) 99 Lumina sedan (mine) 98 Cavalier (friend's) Pontiac: 91 Trans Sport (mine) 01 Sunfire (mine) 05 G6 (test drive) 03 Grand Prix (father's) GMC: 97 Suburban (father's) 94 Safari (father's) Saturn: 03 Ion (test drive) No Olds, Buick, Caddy, Saab, Isuzu

On a more serious note... I've always wondered why exercise bikes and elliptical trainers both use motors to impede the force you apply to them without generating electricity from it. You could be pushing back out into the grid when you're on one of them. It wouldn't be much power, but people are going to use these things regardless if they make electricity or not, so why not use the free power?

It's a female friend who took the picture. The straw is to save her lipstick.

Uplander. But I'm pretty sure that's already been done.

""PB+J FTW" <---- QFT!" <---- LOL!!! How many more acronyms can we tack on there?!? Just think... that in 25 years, this is possibly what the internet will degrade to, just acronyms?

article Eating plant-based meals conserves natural resources and slows global warming Looking for small ways to make a big difference for the environment? Why not start by making yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? As members of the PB&J Campaign (no, I’m not kidding) like to say, “You don’t have to change your whole diet to change the world. Just start with lunch.” Eating a plant-based lunch (such as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a bean burrito, vegetarian chili, or a hearty salad) instead of an animal-based lunch (such as a hamburger, a tuna or grilled cheese sandwich, fish and chips, or chicken nuggets) will save water, preserve land and slow global warming. How Eating a PB&J Sandwich Slows Global Warming Every time you eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or other plant-based meal instead of an animal-based lunch, such as a hamburger, you save the equivalent of almost 3.5 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, including 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide. That’s about 40 percent of the carbon you would save by driving a hybrid vehicle for the day instead of a standard sedan. How Eating a PB&J Sandwich Saves Water Growing plants for food takes a lot less water than raising animals. As a result, every time you substitute a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or some other plant-based meal for an animal-based meal such as a hamburger, you save about 280 gallons of water. Eat three PB&J sandwiches a month instead of animal-based meals and you can save as much water as you would by switching to a low-flow showerhead. How Eating a PB&J Sandwich Saves Land Raising animals for food takes a lot of space. For example, animal products require 6 to 17 times as much land as soy to produce the same amount of protein. Eating a plant-based lunch like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead of a hamburger, ham sandwich, or another animal-based meal saves anywhere from 12 to 50 square feet of land from deforestation, overgrazing, and pesticide and fertilizer pollution. How Eating One PB&J Sandwich Helps the Environment By eating lower on the food chain—plants instead of animals—you also consume fewer resources. Why? Because, basically, everything you eat comes from plants. You either eat plants directly—in the form of fruits, vegetables and plant products such as peanut butter—or indirectly after animals have converted plants into meat, milk, eggs, butter and cheese. The problem is that animals are not very efficient as living food factories that convert plants into food for humans. Animals use most of the plants they eat to produce the energy they need to walk around and keep breathing. To stay alive long enough to become part of your lunch or dinner menu, every cow, pig and chicken has to eat much more protein, carbohydrates and other nutrients than it will yield once the ax finally falls. As a result, it takes several pounds of plants to produce one pound of beef, pork, chicken, eggs or milk. Inevitably, that means it also takes a lot more land, water and fuel to produce one pound of meat, milk or eggs than it does to produce one pound of edible plants. Not only do the animals need food, water and room to roam, but growing the plants to feed the animals that will, in turn, become food for you requires even more land and water as well as fuel for farm machinery and irrigation pumps. To help provide some context, the PB&J Campaign says the water required to produce the beef in one hamburger could grow enough peanuts for 17 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. And the land required to put that same beef patty on your bun could produce enough peanuts for 19 PB&J lunches. How You and Your Diet Can Make a Difference Basically, this all comes down to your power as a consumer. Every time you choose a hamburger, omelet or grilled cheese sandwich over a plant-based meal, you’re telling your local restaurants and supermarkets to buy more meat, eggs and dairy products. By choosing more plant-based meals, you’re asking for less meat and a more efficient use of resources. Either way, your unspoken but unmistakable messages are received by your local merchants and conveyed to wholesalers and farmers. Want to do more? Share this information with your friends, coworkers and family members and urge them to take action. Urge your school or office cafeteria, or the local restaurants you frequent, to offer more plant-based dishes. Organize a weekly PB&J lunch (or other plant-based meals) at work, home or school and calculate the positive environmental contribution you’ve made. I realize there's a serious message here, but I can't help but laugh at the way it's presented.

Don't be so afraid, he probably just wants to take a ride in NOS's car.

This is probably a bit of a stretch. If she's truly the woman who will, then you are the luckiest man I know.

I can haz bibel? stupidity