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I'm one for kitschy rides, but what worries me as they age is the Aztek is based on Chevy Venture technology: I've seen more than a few of them with serious electrical gremlins. Buying an Aztek - especially for someone not car-savvy - might be a maintenance nightmare.

That was HUGELY informative. Thanks for the post. So...looks like the UHB jet from the '80s is similar to this modern jet, with the main fan on the RR Trent is shrouded, and acts as both the compressor for the jet engine AND the bypass fan for pulling air through the nacelle (much like a propeller). One other big difference I hadn't thought about is that many turboprops have variable-pitch prop blades. Most modern jet engines like the RR Trent have fixed blades: HUGE cost/reliability/simplicity benefits to assembly, operation, and maintenance. The external blades still LOOKED cool at least. I had a tough time with his capacity references: "squash cart"? "phone booth"? How much more UK can this guy get?

Kevin Clifford, but he's a little slammed now if you need the job done within a certain timeline... My friend just had Kevin repaint his A5 after debris fell off a dump truck on 270. The man does great work for a great price.

I lurnt my lesson after Dr. Meth... Just say no to these games http://i2.ifrm.com/7610/38/emo/suicide_anim.gif

Sounds to me like you found your car then. :thumbup:

I recommend exercise and water consumption to start. Wife has been running with her gf's since last year (ran the half-marathon, Hot Chocolate 15k, etc...). I just started back up as I'm running the Cap City half-marathon in May. For us, once the routine started building our appetites changed. Drank lots more water, which naturally cut back on soda and alcohol. Just a little consideration towards more fruits and veggies changed our overall consumption without needlessly counting calories. No quick fixes, but at the bare minimum make small changes that work and are easy for her to stick to...good luck to your wife!

Considering what you can get for "only" a few grand more, why not look at something newer and/or a nicer paint job? If you wanted to fix that up, you're looking at thousands right there alone... I'm noticing a trend here for 80s 911's... No engine/trans: $10k Engine trans good, interior exterior rough: $15k Powertrain good, appearance good: $20k Price varies slightly by differences in each example. I guess the question is how much do you want to fix up whatever you buy, or are you truly going to buy, drive, and sell it in a year?

Price of 911's is pretty damn strong right now. Even with high miles, it should be a good investment and a great fun car.

Not to hijack your thread...take away from your client base...but allow me to show you some of my maaaad welding skillz: http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=669&pictureid=7494 CLOSE ENOUGH Been slicing up Tom's old Z06 crossover pipe...piecing it together to make a finished exhaust for Cleetus...PM ME FOR PRICE QUOTES

I typed the message...realized it was on CR...figured it would "go that way"... I'M GLAD IT WAS YOU, MITCH...

Dayum, Alex...great work!

Jones, you gotta give my daughter a test-drive like this when the weather warms up... ADORABIBBLE No shit...this thing has over 775k views??? Can we strap a Go-Pro to the dash and you and I can share in the profits?

As I veg here for a bit on a snowy Sunday (I swear I'll get outside and do some projects in a bit ) I figured a few of you car guys might also ponder the following videos... Fast-forward to 1:00 to avoid the 1991-tastic intro graphics and music... I'm certainly hopeful that jet technology has improved since the '80s, but the idea of unducted fan blades pushing more air from around the nacelle off of the same fuel consumption seems to make a lot of sense to me. The GE engine featured in this video has the exterior, unshrouded "props" being driven off of internal hot-side engine compression...in effect, it's like a turbocharger where the hot exhaust gases spin an additional wheel for more air movement. Back when the video was made, they spoke of $0.50/gal fuel:wtf::no:!!! I'm pretty sure we've seen $8/gal for JetA at OSU Airport, and 100LL for general aviation Cessnas is still around $5-$6+/gal consistently. Can someone tell me why this technology never took off? (pun intended ) Another thought...as energy storage (battery) technology improves and becomes more reliable, I'd love to see a hybrid jet/electric fan system on planes where a jet-fueled engine could be used for take-off and acceleration, and electric ducted fans could then be used for cruising. In power-off situations, the fans can also be used as regenerative motors to recharge onboard batteries. I'd imagine the fuel savings would easily be 33-40%, though you would have to amortize the cost of the battery/electric fan technology over a long time for that to break even. We live in a pretty marvelous time...considering airplane tech hasn't changed dramatically since the '50s - some Cessna designs still date back to post-WWII era, and you can look at Convair jetliners from 1958 and easily see similarities to modern passenger jets - but technology and propulsion is on the cusp of making some pretty major leaps. Looking forward to what the future has in store!

Looking at the seats and rollbar, are you yanking the rear seats out? Unless the seat track flips forward (I dunno anything about 911s) those Recaro's will make ingress/egress damn near impossible. Rollbar too... NEED THIS WINTER TO BE OVER

I'm sure no one from the Farkas clan understands what you're talking about. Andrew...looks killer! :thumbup: Definitely looking forward to seeing you out and about this season!

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Intadested as well.

I'll swing by :thumbup:

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/15/vw-chattanooga-workers-reject-uaw-union/ Praise be to the car gods! Hopefully this sends a message to the UAW trying to organize at Tesla and Mercedes...

Just hauling the same 500lbs of snow from UA to downtown and back again... Good to see you, Erik. :thumbup:

Seems legit...

That is pretty kewl. Where are they painted? Found some other ones... http://i.imgur.com/8Y6kOoR.jpg http://www.pri.org/sites/default/files/migration/PriMigrationsDamanticWordpressAttachmentsImagesMigration/www.theworld.org/wp-content/uploads/Jesus-Painting.jpg

Freaked me out also. I'll bet there's 24-hour surveillance around that tower now...

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/14/michael-schumacher-beats-pneumonia-still-comatose/ WELL, that was fast! :thumbup: Just hope he makes it through. Even if he's in a state of reduced mental capacity, this world is for the living.