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That's not how you drive in mud! THIS is! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2481259911_b32a6e5d5b_b.jpg

Work to live, don't live to work. I've never understood people who work 40+ hours, then do overtime and weekend work, plus have to do stuff for work when they're home. What's the point of doing all that if you're never able to enjoy what you're working for?

Pop 'em one in the tit.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/05/technology/personaltech/sharper_image/

Pink Floyd FTMFW Hmm... Not sure exactly how I'd like to die, but I know what I want to happen after.. 1st, cremate my body. It's stupid to pay all that money to have my corpse rotting in the ground. 2nd, no cryfest funeral. Take the money that would go towards a funeral and throw one big Cookout/Party for friends and family. Might as well have my death be an exscuse for a party. 3rd, spread my ashes on the Nurburgring. Just put my ashes in an open cannister on the tail of a Zonda F doing a fast lap of the Nordschlife.

The downside with ionizers is that they can create Ozone which is harmful. If you do get an ionizer, research it carefully. Sharper Image just had to settle a big lawsuit because their ionizers were pumping out huge amounts of ozone.

Other than the fact that she's probably too much trouble for a long term relationship, yes. So what's the punchline? No feet?

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Ok, I'm near Roberts pretty often, I'll keep my eyes open.

Reason #592 why I'll never live in Kalifornia.

That sounds good. I'll have to try them out. Where are they located?

I happen to like Papa John's pizza. But I agree with TripleThreat; Donatos sucks. The cracked corn they lay down under the dough is like eating sand. Now Flyers Pizza.. That's probably my favorite out here so far. But you crazy midwesterners and your grid-cut pizzas...

This is probably a repost also.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIGw2Exx3Gg&feature=related

Squid would be.. SQUished IDiot?

M1 Prototype :thumbup: MZero Prototype :thumbdown:

http://www.greasecar.com/ Convert your diesel car to run on filtered vegetable oil. Not biodiesel, but the straight oil. You still need a little bit of diesel or biodiesel to start the car. But once the vegetable oil warms up, you can run your car on vegetable frying oil you get at Sam's Club. You can even get used oil from restaurants for free, you'll just have to filter it. There's an article about it in the latest Grassroots Motorsports magazine (june 08).

http://www.newsweek.com/id/135610?GT1=43002 Wow.. What a tool.

Thanks... Now I just have to get a new Slow Burn Fuse.. Seems Napa has never heard of one.

Jr is working!! Believe it or not, it turned out to be that fuse. This has been a pretty educational experience. But what's weird is that the fuse didn't blow. It fatigued! But I have a spare just in case, but Jr runs and all the accessories work. So I'm happy. I simultaneously feel dumb and happy about going through all that. I have a much greater understandng of my car's wiring, and really, with the information I had at the time, I felt I made the right decisions. What I didn't do, is do the diagnostics in the right order. And in my defense, the fuse was labeled SBF-4.

I'd like to find the problem with the original wire just in case there's a bundle cutting itself in half on something. Otherwise, I'd fix this problem only to have more down the road.

Thanks for the idea, but it key does absolutely NOTHING. However, I've found what the problem is.. Just not WHERE it is.. When I was checking the ignition switch I assumed that one of the leads was Ground. And when I checked it against the body it checked out as a ground. So I didn't question that. But I've been thinking about this (really, I can't stop ) and I realized that if the common wire was a ground, then how in the hell is anything going to get power?? So I got the wiring diagrams and began tracing.. Bingo, that ground isn't a ground! I traced the wiring in the diagrams back and found the fuse for that line. I pulled the fuse (SBF-4) in the engine compartment and, as someone suggested, it was blown but didn't look like it. So it probably blew when that wire grounded out. Now, I have to find out where that wire goes and how it possibly got grounded. I checked that wire at the ignition switch (now just loose ends) against the chassis with my multimeter and the connection was still there. So the issues is AFTER the fuse. Now to narrow it down further... This makes me wonder if there is a chafing issue other impreza owners might need to check into...

Nope, still can't view any of those links. I have the service manual for the car. (twice over actually) But now I can't locate the steering column harness.. Figures...

Thanks for the help. AJ's links are down right now, but it's 12:30am, so maybe they're doing work on their servers. The early WRXes don't have chipped keys, so the security system shouldn't be doing this. As it is, I think most ignition kill systems don't concern themselves with the accessories.

But do you think that would stop the accessories from turning on?

Ok, I was wondering if anyone would like to try to wrap their brains around this issue I'm having. The car is a 2003 Subaru WRX. Problem: Yesterday, I met some friends for lunch. Up until that point the car was working perfectly, not even a hint of any sort of electrical issue. No stuttering or oddball behavior. When I went back to my car after lunch, I couldn't start it. Here's the oddness. The key does nothing. The car has power, and whatever detects the key in the ignition starts dinging. However there is no response to turning the key. No accessories power up, nothing ignition related (fuel pump, windows, status lights on dash, etc.) powers up either. The car behaves exactly as if all I did was slide the key into the slot and never turned it. What I've done: Checked fuses. Any fuses ignition related check out. Plus this doesn't explain the lack of accessories. Other items that don't require the key work fine (parking lights, interior lights, etc.) Pulled the igntion switch. I was getting some odd results with my multimeter when I checked the ignition switch. So I pulled it and double checked. The results were inconsistent. Sometimes the switch would connect the proper leads, other times it wouldn't. And some times I'd see cross-talk between the IGN and ACC curcuit. So, thinking that was my problem, I cut the switch from its harness and tried to "hotwire" the car directly. No good, same exact behaviour; No Accessories, no ignition, no starter. So I'm at my wits end. If I can't get this at least diagnosed by Monday, I'm going to have to take it to a shop. And considering it's electrical, I'll probably have to take it to a dealership. So any ideas would be a great help. Thank you