Blake Noble

See the post above that one.

... Indeed you weren't. I'd rather use Satty's bus pass.

I'll be long gone by the time Burreuh has a public transit system. You'd think a town that built an So-Many-Odd Thousand "eco-village" a few years ago would really frown upon cars. No; in fact, there are a lot of Subarus here, which should tell you what makes up a good percentage of the town's population.

Actually, you only pegged me half-way right there. I'm not a 5-door hatchback sort of guy. I don't really doubt I can fix the tie rod and whatever is up with the oil pan if I had better place where I could work underneath a car. I highly doubt I could tackle the lower intake gasket. Another issue with fixing the lower intake gasket is that there is very little room to work on the engine near the back of the engine bay on a 3.8 Camaro. The back of the engine is basically setting underneath the dashboard.

While I didn't have any hang ups working on what the Cutlass needed mechanically, I'll admit I'm a little doubtful to trust myself to work on the Camaro. Neither am I. In a way, I wish like hell I saved my Firebird, but everyone kept saying, it's totalled, you can't fix it for under 5k, etc., etc. That car was excellent mechanically and it probably would have kept running all the way to 200,000 miles without any major issues. If I still had it, I could have made quite a few modifications to it by now and it would have been a brilliant car. Hindsight is always 20/20. There's a lot of mods I've been wanting to do to the Camaro. Someone was going to sell me a set of great C6 5-spokes for $350 and I was going to do it, but you know how the rest of the story goes.

While you do make a good point, I'm just sick of having to spend, spend, spend on a daily driver. The whole point of a daily driver is to own a car that you can drive everyday and not worry about small things going wrong all the time constantly. The only car I've really been able to enjoy has been, of course, the Cutlass. I haven't been able to enjoy, well, nothing I've bought as a daily driver. You're a prime example of someone who's really been able to get the most out and really of their car, upgrading things on your car just for the fun of it and upgrading and making the stuff that needed to be replaced better. That's how I'm seeing things.

Update: The clutch master cylinder was the root of my problem, but that's going to be the least of my worries. In addition to a bad clutch master cylinder, Burford Chevrolet also found the following issues during one of their courtesy checks: -Cooling issues* -A bad tie rod end -Oil pan leak** *Apparantly, my Camaro was half way low on coolant. Jack Burford ran a $20 dollar pressure test and found out the lower intake gasket is going bad and they'd want $800 bucks to fix it. **This is strange because I've haven't seen any significant oil leaks in my driveway. So what am I going to do? Shell out the $300 bucks to pay for work done to the clutch master cylinder and the cooling system pressure test. Then I'm going car shopping. Again.

I don't know what you're talking about. Nothing says class like a nice piece of ass. ... Sorta.

Yep. Actually, I'm beginning to suspect a bad line. I checked for any external leaks and noticed some of the gravel in the driveway under the driver's side of the car were saturated with fresh fluid. So I have a leak inside the car and probably outside as well. I don't know what else it could be but a punctured/leaking line.

lololo G6 meets G6.

I misphrased that a bit ... I meant buying a GM front-driver would mean I would be using that car as a beater and keeping the Camaro around to sort out. You know, I could see myself giving a W-Body Monte a chance. Maybe a Riv, like I said, or an Aurora. But it would have to be an addition to my fleet, not a really a replacement. I actually discovered something while eliminating some things: the solenoid is pouring fluid into the driver's side footwell, so that may just be my problem after all. Damnest thing, I've never noticed it leaking like this until now. It's really gushing the stuff.

Oh, I know I'm in for a hell of a lot of heartache. The criteria I look for in a car is hardly matched by anything anymore and I just refuse to compromise. A owner/buyer like me, especially one as young as I am, is pretty much a novelty. I don't think they're all complete crap, but I do know I can nitpick about them easily, and by that I mean I don't own a pair of rose colored glasses to put on when I see one. A '66 Toro would just be a nice resto project, nothing more. That's a good suggestion, and I would probably buy one, but doing so would mean I would be keeping the Camaro and using it as a beater. And if I have the same luck I do with buying DD as I would buying a beater, then that would just be money ill spent.

Those performance figures for the Monte are easy to improve on, though, simply because of all of the aftermarket performance parts you can buy for a SBC. That's why I'm not really worried about stock performance here. I haven't driven an Intrepid, so I'll trust your word on this. You are, after all, the Intrepid guru. I personally haven't driven a front-drive car that made me go, "Yeah! I can own just this and not have something rear-drive alongside it." The Regal couldn't because a.) it had a 307 and b.) it had 3.73 gears. That's a real match made in heaven. A 305 or mild 350 would do excellent with 2.73s and upwards, but not much farther up. So not all '80s model rear-drivers would act the same as my Regal, topping out at 60 mph, provided I could find a cheap, decent one that's been left unmolested or set up right. Noted.

Nice list, but like an idiot I guess, I have reservations about each car. GTi = can't find one cheap, a little too small. Prelude = can't find one that's not ragged out or riced out. Cooper S = too expensive at the moment, too small. Cobalt SS = well ... I can't really complain about much here at all except it's really out of my budget. Focus SVT = can't find one. Integra = see Prelude. RSX = see Prelude and Cobalt SS. Neon SRT-4 = see Prelude. Civic Si = see Prelude. I guess I shouldn't exclude all front-drivers. I would rock a '66 Toronado or an Aurora. Actually, speaking of Auroras, this one would make a nice beater: http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1887908206.html However, they can be a PITA on maintenance, so I'm by no means set on one. Going back to the GMT-400 option discussed earlier, I'd actually love to have a nice 2-door Tahoe. You can usually pick one up cheaper and in better condition than you can a Silverado of similar vintage. The issue is tracking one down and tracking one down with a owner who wouldn't mind having a Camaro MP at that. EDIT: speak of the devil: http://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/1871945375.html

IM LIEK A BAWSS BECAUSE I HAEV A BIG SPOILER LIEK A G6

GETTIN SLIZZERD INNA BLIZZERD LIEK THEE-SIX AND ROLLIN OVER LIEK A G6

Crash into a pole LIEK A G6 when I'm drinkin LIEK THEE-SIX:

From the world of YouTube music, I bring you another smash hit from questionable means: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvgJEznqtms&feature=player_embedded#! I can just see it now ... pure driving EXCITEMENT!!!!!! scooting across a TV screen ... probably black in color ... chorus comes in and pure driving EXCITEMENT!!!!!! does a skid on a wet track ... then Don LaFontane or James Earl Jones comes in with, "Feel fly in your G6 with this new attractive lease offer of $1400 down and $199 a month."

Offered another Monte, this time an '86 SS. I'm waiting to have some photos e-mailed to me.

Something-something thread. Something-something worthless without. Something-something pics.

"I walked right into that one."

You know, I don't blame him for riding this thing as far as he can. Not one bit.

I hate to go on a Sixty-Eight style rant here, but I hate the way a front-wheel drive car, such as an Accord, handles and drives. I'm used to rear-wheel drive small trucks and coupes. That's what I started out driving. For example, I really find that my parents' Aura is pretty awkward for me to drive anymore. Don't get me wrong, it's a really nice car, and it's perfect for a family sedan. If I were a married dude, I'd probably even break down and put one in my driveway. But, for a personal car, it's not for me. It's preference, and realistically an impracticable one, but that's just the way I've been when it comes to buying DDs. I don't intend on changing that. Anyway, I finally got a third, real offer. Someone just offered me this: http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1866269969.html It wouldn't take much to visually turn it into something like this: You can buy the nose cone and front fender extensions easier than you can the interior pieces. As a matter of fact, the junkyard down the road from me had an '86 LS that someone started an SS conversion on if they haven't crushed it yet. But, if something else should go bust, then I would have the same headaches I had with the '84 SS I had. Highly tempting. I will most definitely sleep on it, though.

Holy shit. Not even Bob Dylan can go this deep. Really? I think the dude has some of the flamboyant vibe of Hendrix without the guitar skills.