Dr. Pomade

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The car in question is a 2011 Ford Fusion SEL. It has approximately 48k miles on it. I have used it as a daily driver since July 2013 with zero issues previously. A few months ago, as I was driving on the freeway, the car kind of "shuddered," the check engine light came on, and the car lost all rpms. Like, I would hit the accelerator, and it would sound like it was revving, but no rpms. So, with the car now lacking any means of powering itself, I had to coast to the side of the road (which was kind of dicey given I was on the freeway) and there I turned the car off. Notably, all the electrical stuff stayed on - the radio, AC, etc. After pulling over, I waited a few seconds and turned the car back on. It acted funny - like the car didn't want to turn over - but eventually it did turn on. I drove off and, just a few minutes later, it did the same thing - lost RPMS, etc. and I had to coast to a stop. I called a tow truck and had it taken to a Tuffy's nearby my house. Tuffy calls me and verifies the check engine light was on, but says they can't find anything wrong with the car. They said something about it maybe being the injectors? In this vein, they also said the injectors for the make and model of this car were apt to fail, or something to that effect? They kept it overnight, drove it around the next morning (as they thought it might have had something to do with the car being cold), but still nothing. They said it was driving fine. I picked it up later that day. (Tuffy didn't charge me anything, FYI.) Since then, the problem has reoccurred about 10 different times. So, that's about once every 10 days or so. Each time, the problem is the same: the car will shudder, the RPMs stop, I have to coast to a stop, I shut it off and then start it back up, and every time it acts like it doesn't want to turn over. Notably, it starts up and drives fine at all other times. It's just during those weird instances. They typically occur in the first few minutes of me starting to drive. Like, I will get in the car, it starts up fine, I start driving, and then - bleh - it dies. It has never died on me more than twice in a row at any given time. Sometimes, it happens in the morning, at other times, it happens in the afternoon. The constant that is, each time, the car has been sitting for a while. Sometimes, it happens when the car is in first gear. At other times, it has happened when the car is in fourth or fifth gear. When it happens, I swear it feels like something weird is going on with the transmission. Of course, I know about zero about cars, so this could be me just making stuff up. So, does anyone know what is going on with it? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the novel, but I wanted to try to offer as much detail as possible.

I can't imagine how much of an ass I would have made of myself if I had Twitter or other social media when I was 18 years old. That's cool to hear about Cardale (@ Brad). I was impressed with how well Cardale threw the ball (@ everyone else).

We all know that's not true...I never have a bad hair night.

I'm okay with either - a late Thursday or a Saturday shindig.

I'd say $50 straight up. Also, let's agree that we'll all try to get together for drinks at BW3's or somewhere to watch a Thursday night game or something. Winner can collect there, we can all hang out and talk football, etc. We've been trying to plan a get together like this for a while.

OT: what up, Berto. I've got a good friend that lives in Indy now. I'll shoot you a text when I'm out there visiting him next and maybe we can get together and have beers. Or I can watch you almost die in a foam party/rave. You're choice.

<3 Wags

Ohio State is going to roll MSU. 42-17. You read that shit here first, people. jump'n'jive - you want to make a wager with me on this game?

"Quality loss" is oxymoronic, but yet I see it starting to become commonplace in the CFP nomenclature. Ole Miss looks to be about as overrated as most teams are in the SEC on a perennial basis.

Winfield is one of my favorite players of all time. I can totally see him being at the top of that list.

Winfield is one of my favorite players of all time. I can totally see him being at the top of that list.

I missed who Spielman said was his top 3 defenders. Who were they? DJ - Ashley and I were LOLing at Cardale destroying that dude on the tackle.

Wtf I've never seen a coach get an unsportsmanlike penalty.

Wtf I've never seen a coach get an unsportsmanlike penalty.

Already sick of this commercial.

I told you Gerogia would choke eventually. Of course the new narrative is that Florida was a sleeping giant, those losses were flukish, BLAH BLAH BLAH. Josh, shitty your upset streak ended with the TCU comeback. It was a good run. On the record again: i dislike our alternate home uniforms. Seriously can't we come up with something else?

Michigan deserves every last bit of ridicule. NEVER FORGET THE COOPER YEARS

That blogger needs a tin foil hat, ASAP.

If Mizzou had won that game, they would have played OSU in NC game that year. If WVU had won their game, then they would have played OSU in NC game that year. Had both Mizzou and WVU won their games, then they would have played each other for NC game that year, IIRC. I think Mizzou lost to Oklahoma in B12 championship game that year (and I expected them to lose that) and WVU lost to Pitt in the Backyard Brawl (which I did not see coming at all). I remember watching those games at Champps and thinking that we just needed either Mizzou or WVU to lose and we were golden. Of course, both of them shit the bed and we were left to get our asses handed to us again by a fucking SEC team.

I forgot about that; there's another reason for them to talk them up, or at least talk about them frequently.

Texas is to CFB what the Dallas Cowboys are to the NFL. I think it's the brand and the amount of eyeballs in Texas that accounts for it.

Before Texas AM joined the SEC, everyone was saying they were going to be slaughtered, oh the humanity, etc. Now, all of a sudden, Texas AM is this football juggernaut that might lose by 3 points to the 85 Bears.

Just wait - there's plenty of time for Georgia to shit the bed. They're about like Clemson - give them time and they'll find a way to underachieve. About every four years everyone gets on the Georgia train only to watch it derail spectacularly. Of course, everyone needs Georgia to be really good to maintain the integrity of the SEC East, considering - as you very eloquently put it - the remainder of teams are a dumpster fire. Florida is a shell of itself, South Carolina is about the equivalent of Virginia Tech anymore (highly ranked preseason only to cliff dive to the pavement four weeks into the season), Tennessee hasn't been relevant since the late 1990s, Kentucky is a bunch of idiots, and Vanderbilt is, well, Vanderbilt.

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