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One of the very few benefits of living up North is unreal tap water quality. Any houses I have lived in with access to CLE water tastes as good as bolted water. If you pour my tap over ice, and pour a bottle over ice, you could not tell the difference. The negative of this is being forced to drink bottled water everywhere I go because the tap water usually tastes like crap.

Looks nice. Where did they sneak a 4th bedroom in that place?

Nice! Your work?

Your both right. Updating the bath is the best thing to do in your case, but adding ADDITIONAL Baths and Bedrooms is the best way it increase resale value. Also-there is a 95% chance that bed room you wan to add in the basement will not be a "legal" bedroom according to the MLS and will not give you any value.

Trade for a 6.0 short block?

I do the same, but people make it seem like that is now a thing of the past?

Bullfuck. I drove an unloaded 3500 from Vegas to Ohio-felt like it lost 100hp at altitude.

You should honestly just hand your paperwork to a CPA, or at minimum someone who works for an HR block type outfit to have the "which way is better" question answered. It about impossible to answer that without seeing everything.

Wonder how much work was done to the trans. Making power is the easy part these days....its the transmissions that are allowing these cars (GTR/TTG and now 997) to do miraculous things in "street" trim.

Man, I thought that was a nice area down there?

Does anyone actually give out a "free" phone anymore, of is everyone trying to get you to pay for it and offer some BS rebate?

Claim the kid. No brainier. Also it sounds like he lived with you full time? If he was in HS he is considered a full time student no matter what he made. If you get audited, that's a transcript away from proven. As for your S/E income, its not income until it his your P/L. Also, none of your income matters until EOY anyways when the write off party begins and you pay against whatever your net ends up being on your Sch C (if you file it there)

Numbers still don't make sense unless your hyper-mileing There is NO way you get from Denver to the other side of the Rockies at 40 anything MPG. But either way I'm sure it was cheaper and more"rewarding" then flying.

BLACK AND YELLA BLACK AND YELLA Its fucking hideous isnt it?

Fixed;) Crazy to consider you can get these for used GTR pricing.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=44131&endYear=2016&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&showcaseOwnerId=0&startYear=1981&makeCode1=LAM&searchRadius=0&mmt=%5BLAM%5B%5D%5B%5D%5D&listingId=390515243&Log=0

I don't agree with that. In a RWD car, Auto, even off a foot brake a proper 500whp should get you there at that weight

Considering the proximity to IFO, I'd be willing to run one lane.

AZ had always been pretty good at keeping warranties. I have probably gotten 30+DSM wire sets over the years

Although I would not pay triple- I would pay a premium.

Commercial account will always keep local parts stores open to some extent. People will always need cars fixed and stores will always need parts same day. As for parts counter guys, its a joke these days. I had the store manager at a local Autozone (yes, the top dog there) try his best to convince me that if I did not buy platinum plugs for a 98 Rav 4 that it will likely cause permanent engine damage. Thats direct quote. I think a lot of the problem likes int heir HR and hiring methods. They hire any bum off the street even if they have zero automotive experience so they can pay McDonalds wages and keep their margins high. I have seen this at AZ, Advanced, and Murray's around town. The only places you can seem to find good advice and actual help are the smaller non-chain parts stores. I found this out first hand-I worked part time for AZ when I was 19, was offered a full time manager role in 4 months, and was the store manager 5 months after. I was the youngest store manager in the district by a mile. My store did great because we had a legitimate repeat customer base that came seeking our opinion/expertise. But, after seeing basically a slap in the face of a raise the next year, I re-evaluated my position and the company. I found out that if I stuck it out for 10-15 years, and did exceptionally well, I may be able to be a Regional Manager and make 60-70k (mind you, there was about 60 people ahead of me for that gig). I resigned, and made more the next year Bartending 2 days a week than I did as the freaking Store manager. Long story short, Amazon is not the reason big box part stores are dying, they are. They are set in their ways- and the guys at the top only look at the metrics-the numbers, and have ZERO idea what is actually happening in there stores.

Quaker is 2.2 hours, Norwalk is 1.5 I guess it just depends on price and availability....

If that is a copper or brass T- watch for vibration related cracking. May not be an issue with a show pony that does not see much seat time But I have seen them break on more than one occasion

Quaker will probably give a Similar price break. I agree, I just like how "loose" Thompson is.

Hit up Thompson-tell them you have a date locked it with Trails and your consider switching-they will give you better pricing.