Banter Thread Part 3 (Back with a Vengeance, this time its personal)

Forgot to mention, I sold the car! I am getting paid and transferring the title today. So, now the hunt for an LS1 TA WS6 is on.

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What did the sorry sap end up shelling out for it? :grinno:

Oh, and I dont' care what kind of beer is being drank, but we all gotta start sharing, especially with the "problem and how to guys", folks are getting fiesty this week. :disappoin

King Cobra wasn't mentioned???

King Cobra wasn't mentioned???

:spit:

Cause no one drink recycled piss. There are limitations.:nono:

:lol:

What did the sorry sap end up shelling out for it? :grinno:

Oh, and I dont' care what kind of beer is being drank, but we all gotta start sharing, especially with the "problem and how to guys", folks are getting fiesty this week. :disappoin

We settled on $3750. I had it listed for $4K w/ a blown tranny, and we settled for $250 less. I am so happy. Its not even funny. At least its off my hands.

work blows. want a job in the workshop. sitting at a desk all day sucks.

Not bad......:uhoh:

work blows. want a job in the workshop. sitting at a desk all day sucks.

Thanks for cutting my post off, you're an ass.





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guess what kind of car this is...

http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture008wxs1.jpg

damn rat ass sob, can't paly those games at work, "DENIED" :cya:

guess what kind of car this is...

http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture008wxs1.jpg

I'm not good at guessing games, but is that the new camaro in black, finally?

guess what kind of car this is...

http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture008wxs1.jpg
Looks like the new Camaro to me...

better not be the new camaro. The fuel door is on the wrong side!

yea..but it looks like an effing mustang! f that!

It could be a 2 dr dodge charger.

no...its a camaro

http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture006wya9.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture007wga8.jpg

WTF, thats bull shit. Do you have any more pics of it?

nope...sorry :(

Nice trailer hitch......:disappoin

The fuel door is on the wrong side!

No, the steering wheel is on the wrong side.

If you are facing the car from the front the steering wheel is on the right side. It is correct.

Wow, is it just me or does that back end not look Corvette inspired?... Minus the trailer hitch of course. lol... What a redneck. :rolleyes:

So the Cobalt is dead... I am experiencing the most crazy bullshit with it. It acts like the battery is dead, yet I have full power to everything and zero turning over when I try to crank it... :( I'm gonna get my moms car and try to jump it even though it has power to see if it's just not getting enough power to crank the motor... Nothing like waking up to deal with a headache. :banghead:

So get this... Chevy sticks the batteries in the trunk now but they have jumper posted under the hood still, right? Well apparently those jumper posts aren't worth shit. I tried jumping it and still got nothing so I started getting worried thinking the starter went out on it. I was about to give up and I decided to throw the battery charger directly on the battery for the hell of it. I put it on 12volt high start and the thing fired right up on the first try. It ran rough as shit though like it had a lumpy cam in it. I'm assuming the system didn't have enough of a charge still, so I shut it off and started it normally and it started. Now I have the charger on it trickle charging for a while. But here is what I'm wondering, why the hell would GM put jumper posts under the hood if you can't actually jump it or charge it that way? Or is there some sort of block between the battery and that which prevents me from charging the battery that way? Either way it should have still started when I tried jumping it that way... Ugh... Cars give me a headache sometimes with their dumb ass designs...

Man have i been under a rock, Boyd Coddington died? :eek:

Man have i been under a rock, Boyd Coddington died? :eek:

Did you hear that too? My friend mentioned something to me about it last week, but I haven't heard a damn thing about it. He was watching some show, and at the end, it said, 'In memory of Boyd Coddington' or something to that effect. I was surprised.

Yeah Feb 27th. Was cruising the celeb obits and bam, there he was 63.

But here is what I'm wondering, why the hell would GM put jumper posts under the hood if you can't actually jump it or charge it that way? ...

HAHAHAH!

It completely fucked with your head didnt' it? :iceslolan

Mission accomplished :evillol:

usually those posts will only allow for jump starting and not battery charging. BMW have a similar thing, you earth off the chassis and there's a live terminal either one a rocker cover (if it's a V engine) or between intake runners on the intake manifold. (if it's a straight engine)

I hate school. I have a mid-term tomorrow over HTML, Javascript, and 2 chapters from the book on Info Systems.

why the hell would GM put jumper posts under the hood if you can't actually jump it or charge it that way? .

Look at your window sticker.....I bet you paid extra for them posts too...:lol:
Maybe since they were never used before, they always had a bad connection and you never knew it? Or your security system is acting up? :dunno:


I was on my way home from work today and guess what I saw....A Geo Tracker 4x4 with a ricer "fart can" muffler on it....... I think the world really is coming to an end....

I think the "Posts" were designed to allow people to jump start without fear of blowing up the battery. For the most part, they seem pretty useless. If you don't have a very strong charge going to/through them, they can't give you enough power. I am sure you have cleaned the connections right? If you have a bad connection you can have all electrical working fine only to have it all stop when you try to draw enough power to start the car. I've had more than one do this to me with loose or corroded connections. Everything looks fine when you connect it to the trickle charge as well.

The connections were very tight and clean... I don't even understand why I wasn't able to jump start it through those posts but I was able to directly from the battery... What a cheap car... Oh well, at least it's running again... For now... :uhoh:

What a cheap car... Oh well, at least it's running again... For now... :uhoh: Your not happy with it?? :uhoh: I was thinking about getting a one....It has something to do with $3.24 a gallon costing me $450 to $540 a month.(I always pay with a card and keep all my receipts, its THAT much!!)...I wish I could've seen into the future when I bought this house...:disappoin

I was on my way home from work today and guess what I saw....A Geo Tracker 4x4 with a ricer "fart can" muffler on it....... I think the world really is coming to an end....

This morning on the way th school, I was a Stratus with yellow foglights and ONLY a rear aftermarket bumper with a fart cannon complete with one of those silencers. I was like, WTF!?

....It has something to do with $3.24 a gallon costing me $450 to $540 a month

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Train pass to commute:$126/mo
Expense for gasonline per month: $0
Sleeping/enjoyning a beer on the train instead of in gridlock: priceless.

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Who says you can't enjoy a beer or 2 in gridlock?

Who says you can't enjoy a beer or 2 in gridlock?

A few people for starters:

Your local 'friendly' police officer, the district attorney, and the judge.

A few people for starters:

Your local 'friendly' police officer, the district attorney, and the judge.

That's only if you get caught.

If your car dead-stopped, turn the car off, take the keys out of the ignition, and crack open a cold one.

I don't know how they do it by you, but if you get caught with open liquor here (Chicago area), you're screwed, royally. Hell I caught flack for having my hood up and a beer in the engine compartment infront of my own house. :(

I don't know how they do it by you, but if you get caught with open liquor here (Chicago area), you're screwed, royally. Hell I caught flack for having my hood up and a beer in the engine compartment infront of my own house. :(

Are you kidding me? Was it in the street or in the driveway? I guess it doesn't matter either way, that's stupid.

But yeah, we have the open bottle law here too. But I think if you don't have the keys in the ignition, you can't really get in trouble. But if you parked somewhere, even in a parking lot with the keys in the ignition, even with the car NOT running and you are intoxicated. You can get a DUI or some shit like that. I don't drink and drive, so I don't worry about it.

Are you kidding me? Was it in the street or in the driveway?

Street. Found out it's a lovely little ordinance that it's public indecency past 10 ft of the property enterance. :screwy:

figured, the one cop on the beat I don't know has to be a prick. :disappoin

Who says you can't enjoy a beer or 2 in gridlock?Thats why you get the larger cups from the fast food joint, dump the soda, put your entire beer inside the cup, straw inside and lid back on. To everyone else in traffic, your drinking soda, when you get home then you just pitch the stupid cup and enjoy your beer. Kinda sucks drinking beer through a straw but oh well......:uhoh: ....umm, what I meant to say was don't do that...stay in school, keep off drugs, fuzzy bunnies, rainbows and all that happy crap..:rolleyes:

......:uhoh: ....umm, what I meant to say was don't do that...stay in school, keep off drugs, fuzzy bunnies, rainbows and all that happy crap..:rolleyes:

eh heh, shovels shit about as good as used lawn mower salesman. :disappoin

effin e-bay and all their big block stuff.....I cant look at it all....:runaround:

The hell is this boy jibber-jabben 'bout? :screwy:

The hell is this boy jibber-jabben 'bout? :screwy:

I think its a live demonstration of why not to do drugs...:banghead:

my memory is a good example. i forget everything.

Its ok, your just mentally challenged. Not everyone is equal.

Wright, If you don't mind me asking... what do you do for a living? I can only picture you wrenching on cars and drinking beer lol... but that's a compliment... i think....

I think its a live demonstration of why not to do drugs...:banghead:http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=893680
I hope this works as good as I think it don't...

Wright, If you don't mind me asking... what do you do for a living? I can only picture you wrenching on cars and drinking beer lol... but that's a compliment... i think....

Well for a modest living, I moderate this one automotive enthousiast site :uhoh:

In all reality, accounting. Decided to make the run at autmotive, too late in life for what entry pay is.

Truely sad part, I've been so wrapped in working on our god forsaken house, I haven't truely wrenched since putting new suspension on the wife's Tore-ass back in 06 :yikes:

i miss my old house, hanging with the neighbor until alll hours of the morning in the garage. :(

Fuck, my accounting classes suck. Its some tough shit.

They're classes, in the real world, eeeets not so bad.

Seriously, I hope you're right. There is so much detailed stuff, it drives me crazy. I just bombed my last test, so I am getting worried. I got GPA to maintain and scholarships that I need to keep. Or I can say good bye to the new car fund. But I am in a Financial accounting II class, when I think I want to get my CMA, and not my CPA. Life is confusing sometimes.

meh, I learned hands on, so can't really relate to bookwork and tests.

Hell, when it all comes down to it, all you need to know MS Access and Excel to get the raw facts, then the ability to crossreference the "rules' and make sure it's allowable.

I will be looking into internships pretty soon. So that will help me see what the work will really be like. I do have experience in Access, Excel, Quickbooks and Peachtree. I am so glad I am in the computer age where the computer programs can keep track of some of this shit for me.

You'll be fine. I would ass-u-me they are trying to load your head up with all the jargon of general business and financial practice. Doesn't particularly amount to squat.

I think I am just worried about keeping my scholarships. But I just took a test on installment sales, statement of cash flows, comprehensive income, and profit recognition on percentage-of-completion on long-term contracts. It was hard as hell.

dude, i'm telling you, out outwitt more than half the degreed folks around here, my ibggest thing I was always good with numbers and logical approach, all ya need. :thumbsup:

later, it's Miller Time. :cheers:

I hope you're right.