jporter12

That's an error, on Facebook's side.

That's a big shocker...... NOT!

So, check out the link I posted from here on my Facebook profile. The link to my profile is in my sig. Did I do something wrong, or is that an error?

How many posts did it take to finally get the OP's question answered?

It's the OR way!

That's funny coming from a Buell owner.

I never thought of that! once I read your reply!

The answer to the title......

Yes Dave, you are crazy.....

Somewhere between Republican and redneck. After one magaine, I would stop.... He's not worth wasting the ammo on....

I was with you' date=' right up until you went all "you're too stupid to know for yourself". That is NOT the problem. If some asshat wants to put his bald tires on the rear of his Town&Country.. so what? If he spins out of control, sending his entire family down a ravine to die in a terrible explosion.. .so what?[/quote']

That's when the lawyers come in and find someone to blame it on! It's never his client's fault, there's always someone else to blame and it's his job to make them pay.

Sad, but that's what it comes to many times these days.

Right' date=' and I agree, but if folks would rotate their tires like they should they'd be buying 4 new tires, instead of 2. My basic argument is this: If you can tell a significant difference in your front tire wear against your rear tire wear, you're doing it wrong. I should have to use a scale to figure out which tires have more tread. It should not be painfully obvious to the average WalMart cashier.[/quote']

Exactly!

With the tripletreds that I put on the wifes car, they wear so little that even with probably around 10k on the fronts, they weren't worn enough to be noticed by eyeballing them. We should be good on tires for several years, on both cars.

Ok now I'm really confused, because my last vehicle was a GMC Sonoma with rwd and no 4wd and when I bought it the guy told me that two of the tires were brand new and the other two needed to be replaced, so I went to NTB and they put the nice new tires on the front and the older ones on the back... Is this because it was rwd or are they just morons?

Since 2 of them were really new, it probably didn't matter. Same as my example, the existing good set weren't worn hardly any at all.

I just put 2 new Tripletreds on the wife's car, and they went on the FRONT! The set on the front doesn't have enough wear for all of this to become an issue, and hopefully we'll be in a regular rotation cycle with it now.

Not on the flash topic, but I got the chance to use a friends 100-400 f/4 canon lens to shoot my daughters gymnastics meet last weekend. Never figured I would put my hands on a big white lens. It took some awesome shots, not qute fast enough, but took great pics. I have the 55-250 IS lens, and it takes great pics also. I would like to get a 70-200 f/2.8 if she stays with the gymnastics and soccer, but the glass is high, so I may have to settle for Sigma or Tamron.

I have the Sigma 70-200 f/2.8. It's a really great lens for me. It could not justify (afford, either) the Canon "L" version, since this is just hobby stuff for me. I also have the Sigma 1.4x teleconverter that I use with it. I have used this combo up at Mid-Ohio with the old Digital Rebel, before I got the 40D, and I got some nice shots.

Withdraw are you kidding? We threw a party. Complete with hookers and blow.

That explains why the old guys didn't get his truck done, then....

BIG +1. Just some more nonsense to distract us from the real problems in the world.

If you own a Toyota and are really worried about these issues, REMOVE YOUR FLOOR MAT. Now pay me $100. I just saved your life.

If you own a Prius, wrap it around a tree and bust out your bicycle shorts. You are gay.

You forgot about calling for help on your iPhone......

You wouldnt be working with Porter.

Nah, he'd still be there. Not everyone gets the priveldge of being around this much greatness all the time. I'm sure he was going through withdraw yesterday, since I took the day off....

See if this works. I use it for everything.

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Care to share with me as well? :-) Please, pretty please with a cherry on top.....

Still need? If so, PM me.

Ouch!

50% of my post was giving you shit

50% was serious

I think the comparison you made above is a little off. It'd be more like the 70s when people ONLY USED GM PARTS... ya know what I mean?

Yeah, I figured you were just being yourself (an ass )

The GM parts thing is a MUCH better comparison. Although, when I built my Camaro engine, I used almost all GM parts, with the exception of the bearings, gaskets, and intake manifold!) right down to the oil filter! If I had it to do again, I know I could make quite a bit more power for less, but that's another story.

If it makes you feel any better, the 2 zoom lenses that I use all the time are Sigma's. I can't afford Canon L glass.

The 93 - 95 (I think that's all the older) blazers had some interesting issues with the CPI fuel injection system. GM should have left that one out of production.

96 and up is what to look for, but they still have problmes. Pretty much all that I've listed apply to them. Don't let the stuff that I've mentioned prevent you from buying, but do keep in mind that these things need to be looked at first, and that they might fail down the road. I've seen some that have had ALL the problems I've mentioned, and more, and I've seen some that have had very few of the problems. A little maintenance goes a LONG way!

Understandable. I mean, I trust a manufacturer like Toyota is big enough to work with the NHTSB to provide safe vehicles that stop.

Or that Firestone works with Ford to make tires that don't explode.

Or that ... well you get the idea.

Everything is perception and risk. You put a certain trust in Sigma & Canon, I'm willing to risk it.

are you talking about? Totally off in left field for the topic at hand. More relevant would be putting chinese made brake pads on your VW, pads from a manufacturer that may not even be known to VW, and not be up to their safety specs.

Again, if I still had my Rebel, I might risk it, but the 40D is a bit too much to replace if somethin would go wrong.

Hey thanks guys! I appreciate the info...

I wonder how can those 1995ish s-10 blazers and Jimmy's be so problematic but the truck isn't. I had one, my bro had one, my cuz had one and some others had one and we all will never own one ever again. I guess they fixed a lot of issues.

The trucks have the same problems. We just don't see as many at our shop. One thing the trucks have going for them is the reduced weight in the back.

That's something that really does need to be researched before you buy one. Any of the older cheapo's are likely to damage.... but the YN-465 is made for digital cameras.

I tested with a multimeter as well, never puts out dangerous voltage, highest I saw was 4-5

I'm still not going to go that route. I'm sure that a company like Sigma would work with Canon to make sure that their flash will work, and probably pay the proper licensing fees to be able to legally say that their flash is for Canon. Unless I was to use a pocket wizark to trigger it, or something.....

I was thinking about a 430 as well. I'm NOT going to buy a cheap-o Chinese knock off. I MIGHT get a Sigma Super though. I just don't trust the cheap-o's to not damage my camera, and replacing a 40D is a bit more than replacing one of the Rebel series cameras.

One nice thing about using Canon branded flashes is running multiples is pretty simple.

I've got an 01, and what has been said so far is true. 21 Mpg, bad intake gasket, fuel pump and whel bearings.

One other oddity is that the rear diff vent tube. It is run up under the bed. Since the crew cabs have a short bed, the vent ends up hanging in the open between the cab and the bed. Over time, some of them suck water in the vent. I had to put a pinion seal in mine, and discovered about a half an inch of water in the bottom of the diff. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how the water got there, until I finally found a reference to the vent tube.

Ya know, I haven't done many wheel bearings on them. I've done a shit-ton on front wheel drive GM's, and full-sized trucks though.

I've never heard of the diff vent problem! Interesting indeed!