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Good luck and I hope to see some nice pics of it soon

Looking to carry 4 full size bikes on the back of our minivan. Please point me towards a good hitch and more importantly a nice bike rack if you have one to recommend. I had a nice bike rack on my SUV years ago but that was a much larger version than what will likely be mounted on a minivan. Insight appreciated.

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My original Quote: I grew up in the snow belt of Cleveland and worked in Toronto for 4 years, living there 5 days per week for 2 of those years. I also drive all over the Midwest and Northeast to this day for my job. My skills are fine. It's the fun aspect of a RWD High Power car that fails 50% of the time in our environment.

I just got back from a 6.5hr trip to near Philly PA and on the way home my AC unit froze up. QC wise, I'm done with Ford. I like some of the cars and for the first 30-40k they are fine but it seems after that they suck. All cars do really.

I drove a tuned CTS-Vsport with the twin turbo laying down enough power to push it to low 12's and it was damn fun. In an odd way more fun than the Gen 2 supercharged V8. IMO it was the way the power came on.

^^ this. for me absolutely. I'm still in decision mode but living in OH with rain and snow and colder temps even, to have significant power in a RWD car, limits the fun aspect to about 50% of the time behind the wheel if it's your daily. I'm very surprised GM has put together an AWD CTS-V. I'll give up a bit of what performance AWD takes away to get the added benefit of capability it offers.

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just an update, Casey, I have a call into Lori and am likely going to go through her. I may decide to take Vinny's suggestion as a place to stay as she doesn't go outside what Disney offers and that doesn't mean there aren't better options. Thanks everyone. Keep the feedback coming as it's really helping as we put all this together.

BB is a good one. However, I do use Germain and haven't had any issues.

Because I get tons of requests for making people look better than they really are. Don't believe all you see on those dating sites as I know a lot of requests come from ads I have up there helping make them take the shots they are currently using and glam them up a bit I see several on Linked in too. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/Before%20and%20After/Comparison-4_zpstroz64he.gif http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/Before%20and%20After/Comparison-13_zpscykpgwb5.gif http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/Before%20and%20After/Comparison-2_zpspg5ralrf.gif It's not just the ladies either :burn: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/Before%20and%20After/comparison-3_zpsjd5ppsu3.gif

Last minute in terms of a big trip I know but who cares..... Wife and I are looking to leverage AAA and other items to plan a trip to Orlando and Disney. Never been there with family, many times for business though. That said, looking for a great deal but simplicity is the key here. I would like to look at theme park tickets. Park hopper? Not sure what all that is, etc... We'll be driving down in the family hauler not flying. Looking for cool kick ass hotels and experiences. Not looking to spend $10k but I'm not cheapening out either. $3-6k range is fine. Will spend whatever gets us an awesome time. Please post back insight. Thanks!

Thought you might LOL at this: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/158662213.JhJ8NhGR.ee_zpspiaekpt9.jpg

Mustang is 300% better looking. If it's tranny's didn't suck, it would be the car of the year.

IMO not with what's left to do to it.

Compound for an extremist group in the making. Looks like a rehab facility.

The wife usually does. He's a sugeon thus she likely has way more time. court isn't going to force him to be a part time doctor which would then cut into the finances even more.

Turned out to be a wad of debris.....the mouse I found on the filter a few weeks back....it was his nest. Blocked up the blower motor. Refrigerant was a little low he said so they ran a dye test but found no leaks. Topped it off and so far it's as quiet as new and cold as ice.

^^ exactly what I was thinking. We do quite well but there's no way I could justify spending 30% of my own money on a car. It's a fucking car already....I can have fun with far less and way more fun spending 30% on something else other than a car. same with a house; there's no way I'd want a morgage that's 28% of our monthly gross today. If you're mortgage is that damn big then you're likely pissing away a lot of interest, especially early on. I'd hope if I'm buying a really really nice house, there's money down and a ton of equity down to help lower a monthly payment to the point that it's not 28% of my gross monthly. Sure, we could afford both, but IMO niether would be worth it. We live way, way below our means and have tons of fun. Different strokes though....some like cars more than vacations and other things. Cliffs: For my own money I'd be hard pressed to spend more than $30k on a car.

Ford's 6spd auto works great when it's working.... My co. car and several others that my team uses have all had Tranny's fail at around 40-60k. I loved my F.Sport but it's had over $3,400 in out of warranty repairs needed in just 70k miles. No thanks. I won't personally buy/own one until that's resolved. FWIW I had an Acura and Accord with shitty auto tranny's too. Gun shy there still.

Mini R8 in appearance. Though all these manufacturers need to ditch the dumb ass looking wings.

It will change airflow directions from floor to vents to dash/defrost but still hot on driver side. However, I thought that mode position was seperate than the blend actuator. My neighbors Honda Oddy you can see the actuator move.....it's tucked up under the driver side of the dash. Not sure yet if I can see it on ours. Wife is out now but will take a look-see at it shortly.

Wife's Hyundai Entourage has small problem. With the AC on full/max, the passenger vents are cold but the driver side two are hot. I'm not familiar with the systems but with an Dual Zone Climate system I'm assuming there are little actuators or motors something that opens and closes things and one of them is broken? Read that it could be low on refrigerant too?? It as the blower "sounds" funny as if a door is 1/2 way open/closed so I'm hoping it's not an AC Leak. Thoughts? Unfortunately it's also impacting the rear too so that then makes me think it could be leaking? Have an appointment at the dealer Tuesday but am curious as to what it could be. Insight appreciated.

No way he was the aggressor. Not based on the number of punches. He threw very few punches vs what he normally does. He just couldn't get past such a solid defense ( Typical Mayweather fight really) and based on what I've seen from him before, he looked as if he didn't have the stamina he once had. I was disappointed in Paq. I don't care for Mayweather. He plays his part too well and sure it's part acting/marketing but he's still a dick. Pussy put off fights with Paq in the past bitching and moaning about drug/PED testing, etc. He just was being a bitch IMO. He waits 'til now as Paq is past his prime IMO. He's been-there-done that with a number of really big league fights. He's a scrapper for sure. He's tallied up his wins but has several losses too. He had no fear and took his wins and losses like a man. I like the phrase Peoples Champion as he really lives up to that. Mayweather is in way better form, faster looked as if he could have gone another 12-15 rounds even. Knows how to win a fight as they said, like a business man.

I agree with you on the boring part. However, I went over a buddies house and we all chipped in $10 to watch it. The 2nd under card was as much fun as the main event and no that's not saying much, but good times were had. In the end, split the costs.