Cordell

Not sure if serious.

Well.......what do gingers drink? Jameson? I'm down.

Looks cool to me, aside from the Vette and Camaro GM is lacking some interesting cars. Buick could really use this, and with the CTS going away Caddy does too.

Drives me crazy just thinking about that. People wonder why I typically only drive my cars to work (where it sits in a fenced in private lot next to the Corvettes) and CR meets where I know others care enough not to hit it. I drive my beat ass truck to the store if I can't get my wife to go. There is something to be said for owning a big POS that I don't care about, but I'm still very mindfull of others who may have parked near me. I have never dinged someone's door and my daughter was taught at a very young age to be mindfull of the door and dragging her feet across the sill getting in or out. Drives me nuts to see the kids who are never taught any respect.

Thanks again Doc, always an enjoyable evening getting out of the house taking a drive and hanging out with friends. :thumbup:

I didn't realize it was an Optima, they are not going to get wet like a traditional battery, but they also don't test like a regular battery. With battery charged and the car off you should be close to 12.5 volts, with maybe 11-11.5 key on. However this is not how you test for a draw, the first step is to make doubley sure it has a good power source ie battery, then you need to set up to measure milli amps, this means hooking a multi-meter in series with the negative battery terminal and cable. Like I said though verify the battery is good.

Okay I'll be up before 9.

Have the battery retested, and make sure it is not leaking if it looks wet the battery is bad regardless. Check the wiring you fucked with on your alternator. Then if all that checks out I'll explain a draw test.

An admin did and when you learn to use the tech section properly they won't be deleted, this one will disappear shortly.

Texted Doc and he thought no one would want to come out tonight. I would like to do something but Sawmill isn't worth the trip when its getting colder by the hour.

:finger: fucking cop

Some interesting effects, but it makes the car look like a slow mall cruiser, unless thats what you were going for IDK.

I'd think you'd know from most of my posting that I agree with you, it was an answer that simply made me smile at how lame it was. Police pushing the boundaries and trying to get away with things like this is quite the bullshit.

Well for a half ton truck you can't go wrong with hardly any of them, companies know how bad full size trucks can tarnish their image and everyone makes a decent one. Personally I'm a little biased towards the Chevy, but out of all the cars I work on throughout the week I get very few trucks occupying up my bay. The worst we see are colapsed AFM lifters, and some higher mileage trucks having cam/lifter issues, but for the most part the trucks are great. The 2010 Silverado I had before the Miata was a great truck, it just wasn't fun to drive, but it's a truck I used it to drag my camaro around on a U-haul trailer a couple times and even with the 4.3 V6 it drug it around without issue albeit a little too underpowered for that. I drove a late model F-150 we had on our used car lot not too long ago and was pretty impressed with the leg room and road manners. Also drove a Ram that was dog, but I think it had the little engine in it. Never been a fan of the big broad dash and even cheaper feeling interior then GM in the Rams, the newer Rams just do nothing for me. To each his own I think you may be questioning it because there isn't a really horrible truck out there, you just need to pick the one you like.

Drive extra 20 minutes buy gun in Cleveland? :shrugs:

They did change the source of the chain, but I've seen a handfull of rod issues on the 2011-2012 cars/SUVs. The 2012 camaro with the 3.6 I had last week spun 2 rod bearings at 15k miles, though I'm sure that car was beat on. I think they are worth the risk at this point for the newer ones if you do more fluids then GM recommends. It's really sad how much GM has caved on oil life due to enviromental groups cracking down on oil waste, that is where the long oil change intervals that the cars are equipped with and DexOs oil comes from. However the newer engines, 3.6L especially, have much more going on with the oil like piston cooling and variable valve timing that is overly senstive to oil quality and condition. I tell everyone how changing the oil on these engines is so much more important then ever no matter what GM says.

The 3.6 DI V-6 has seen its share of issues, and I will say it runs great when its right. Typically if the oil is chaned at 3k mile intervals and the eninge is taken good care of we have seen some do quiet well, however oiling seems to be the issue. Chains wear, seen broken rods, and spun bearings, all seems to stem from GM's stupid oil life system. Just my opinion from what I've seen. I've been considering buying a 3.6 Impala, but I'm not scared to fix it as I have no issue working on the thing. What keeps drawing me back is GM's worthless 6 speed automatics that keep breaking waveplates and killing transmissions, those I am not a fan of and do not like dealing with.

Funny thing is thats a 427 convertable that other then the stiching you can see in the headrest has nothing to do with the 60th anniversary.

Cool car, drove one with the Callaway package on it, sweet car nice details on them.

Does it get any warmer if you rev the engine? One hose cold coming out of the heater core is typically a clogged heater core, unless that cold line runs to a heater bypass valve that isn't opening.

Not sure if serious Gm still makes shit with problems.

I guess not

If those Camaro headlights aren't all cloudy I'll take them, you got any pics?