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  1. Back to the run game... lovin it

     

    Edit: Looking more and more like my Ohio State team every second.

     

    Yep. Defense needed a thumping, they got it via an Iowa TD, and now it's game on again. :)

     

    Speaking of thumping... wish they'd show dude's mom again.

  2. o rly? that truck spent every weekend (from augest to may) for the first 5 years of its life in the sand in the dezert in california... an then i moved to ohio an ive been playing with this thing in the mud an dirt as often as a can.. good try dingleberry

     

    Only two things come from Kalifornia, communists and queers - I'll bet your thing sees the mud and dirt often.

  3. awww look at the little trailblazer how cute... dudeee u shodl of taken scott or my advice an got with the tires we suggested those tires look like they came stock on a kia sportage lol. truck looks good but dang it needs mooooreee life an more tire.( my expedition has more beef on the tires then this lol)

     

    congrats though should be fun to commute with :lol:

     

    Dummy, I didn't want more tire. What I got is *exactly* what I wanted for the reasons I pointed out - this is my commuter and I wanted severe service rated. This size fits perfectly in the wheel well, doesn't stick out farther than the fender flares, and the tires are nearly as quiet as the HT'ish ones I took off. What is stupid as fuck is posers with Expedition's that have a ton of AT or MT tire and never go off road - or that would get walked by a Trailblazer with Goodyear's. ;)

     

    What kind of gas mileage you get with the bigger tires on it? I heard they weren't that great on gas to start with.

     

    I regularly got 22+ mpg, not bad in my opinion. I dunno what I'll get now, haven't driven it enough to average yet. I'm assuming it'll get down to the 18'ish range.

     

    I disagree if you have a TB especially if it's a TBSS. They look sick lowered and are LSx based (TBSS) which makes it more favorable to mod for power other than to lift and take it off roading.

     

    Having a TBSS is another story, it's a purpose built street performance truck. I would lower one of those before I lifted it, that is unless it came with real 4WD and not AWD. If it were 4WD... again would be another story. ;) But in the end I would probably keep it stock height, I like driving over things.

  4. You know, I've read on forums for years about high mileage engines switched to synthetic potentially having leaking/burning/etc. issues and I just don't believe it's a normal occurrence. Here's my experience:

     

    1988 Mustang 5.0 switched at 155k.

    1998 Grand Prix GTP switched at 98k.

    1996 Explorer 4.0l switched at 132k.

    1999 F250 5.4l switched at 109k.

    2004 Saturn Ion 2.2l switched at 64k.

    2002 Trailblazer 4.2l switched at 54k.

     

    None of these vehicles burned/used more oil after the switch, nor did any "new" leaks happen. In addition to these I've overseen several other vehicles over 100k switch to synthetic with the same results. I'm not saying that negative results don't happen, but I believe negative results to be the outlier and not the rule.

  5. Schools are for learning. If they have to make sports and music pay to play, thats fine with me. School is for learning.

     

    A school without sports, arts, competition, meaningful social engagement, and extra curricular activities is called prison. You're aware at how successful those are at teaching.

  6. And Chris/root you bring up very valid points as to why it shouldn't have passed the way it was. The problem is the "anti 3 ads" didn't bring up such logical cases. They basically said "Vote no on 3.... ITS THE DEVIL!!"

     

    I agree and thought those were ridiculous. There were far larger points of contention with this issue that could have been more successfully debated, but many of them appeal only to educated people or people willing to learn and pay close attention. Unfortunately, as any politician (or PR person) knows - you don't have to convince the educated, you have to convince the majority. In this case, the religious right took aim with morality and social issues and failed. When you're broke and jobless, the average ape could give a fuck about family values.

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