I have my eye on a 2006 Toyota Matrix. Does anyone have any knowledge on how
fixed Toyota is on their price quotes? In other words, do they "bargain?"
—
Ron P

Just remember….if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off.

I almost feel sorry for those drivers of those bigass SUVs. Notice I
said almost.

Last night I was on the East side on Indy, on US40/Washington street, around 10 pm.
It was dark, and that is a very rundown area of Indy  with few street lights.
I suddenly came upon a Black dude nonchalantly riding a crappy mountain bike
without any lights in the  middle of the right lane.  He was very slow, waving, not going
in a straight, and after I passed him,  I realized that he was riding without hands
and that he was drinking from a big bottle! Amazing. Somehow, I’m sure that this guy has a
better chance of surviving traffic than many of the cyclists equipped with lycra suits,
helmets, and lights… Anyone would slow down for such a clown, and give him lots of space, which
is the opposite of what many drivers do when they come behind a properly equipped cyclist who
rides obeying all rules.

I love it when a cop car travelling in the left lane
at 20-30 mph over the speed limit is suddenly blocked by
a scared shitless LLB who, no matter how aggressively
tailgated by the cop, will keep matching legal speed with
vehicles in the right lane, trapping the pig behind

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:43:17 GMT, mith…@iafrica.com (Grantland)
wrote:

>Katrina Kicks Off the Blindfold by Shaun Walker
>Broadcast Date: 09-10-2005

>http://www.natvan.com/internet-radio/ts/091005.mp3

>Shaun Walker says: From uniformed Negro police looting buildings, to the latest
>count of over 200 New Orleans police that have just up and quit during these
>events. The blood will tell. You can take a Negro out of the jungle, but you
>can’t take the jungle out of the Negro. Millions of Whites suddenly were hit by
>a strong force of wind and Katrina knocked the blindfold of racial ignorance off
>many Whites. And with this glimmer of reality many more Whites will learn to
>understand the importance of our Cause, that of racial separation.

Those who recall the negro riots in the 1960′s were not surprised by
the New Orleans chaos.Same DNA.

Will

Hi,

Three weeks ago, we had our 1997 Mazda 626′s right axle & CV boot replaced
at a garage with a good rep. There have since been some clunking noises on
turns, and the steering wheel shook at 60 mph+. I live in Nova Scotia,
Canada.

On Friday we had a front break job done at another place, pads, rotors, etc.
I stayed in the bay and the mechanic showed me several things, before he
began any work.

- The ball joint on the right was loose since the nut and bolt securing the
joint was loose and stripped. He replaced it with a hardened bolt/nut, then
took me for a test drive right then. The clunking was gone.

- He then found that the new wheel nut hadn’t been crimped (where a cotter
pin was used in older cars).
 He said mechanics are only human, make mistakes, and didn’t bad mouth the
other place

I took the nut & bolt to the garage who’d done the axle, said I was upset,
that we could have been killed if the ball joint had come off, and I now
didn’t trust his work. He apologized, then asked what I wanted him to do. I
asked what he would do. He didn’t answer, or offer anything. He bad mouthed
the other garage.

The danger of a ball joint falling off was so scary that at the time a full
or even partial money refund didn’t seem appropriate.

What do people think? I know this happens, even surgeons make errors which
can kill.
Is it reasonable to go back, say I’ve been thinking, and ask for a refund?
Full? For labor only?

Thanks.

Dugie

so today I had to drive home from Tyson’s Corner during rush hour (a
peeve in many ways… I hate malls, for one, and I knew that traffic
would suck) anyway it was worse than I expected, I was already
committed
to taking the inner loop of the beltway when I heard on the radio that
there was a truck fire about 10 miles ahead of me, and everything
ground
to a halt.  To make a long story short, I took off "cross country" and
eventually (literally hours later) ended up on MLK just outside the
beltway.

I saw a PG county cop a) speeding (understandable) b) changing lanes
without signaling (no excuse IMHO) c) ignoring a driver with their
brights on after dark (no excuse there either, and one of my pet
peeves)
d) ignoring a driver with no lights on at all (I can understand this
one, I barely saw the a-hole myself) e) IGNORING THE MOTORCYCLIST
PULLING A WHEELSTAND RIGHT BEHIND HIM. (?????)  I was puzzled by this
until I pulled up next to him at a stop light, and added two more to
the
list – smoking one of those cheapass cigars in a plastic holder that
seem to be fashionable among the ghetto set, and TALKING ON A HANDHELD
CELL PHONE.

If anyone has any doubt in their mind why people have no respect for
and
make disparaging comments about law enforcement officers, I hope that
this cleared things up.

nate

Alexander Rogge wrote:
> SUV driver in the passing lane, matching speeds next to a tractor
> trailer and in a blind spot.  Instead of passing, it looked like the LLB
> was braking with the left foot.

Great idea.  The the deadly and criminal speeders have to stay behind
instead of doing their usual 100 mph and posing a deadly menace to
everyone else.

Engine V6, multi port fuel injected

-gasoline stinks really bad when idling
-when idling, runs a little rough but not too much, just a bit more than
it used to
-lost some power, kicks down gear and labours hard getting up a hill.
Before it was climbing the same hill like nothing on highest (3rd) gear.

-when accelerating it makes a noise like one cyl does not fire and the
whole car shakes a bit
-driving around city, looks like it uses a lot more fuel than before
-looks like highway fuel use is the same as before

-Spark plugs all are like they should be, nice light beige. No signs of
any carbon deposits.
-Oxygen sensor brand new.
-I could not find any disconected wires or tubings.

With my limited knowledge I have no idea what might be wrong and have no
more clues what to check.
I will greatly appreciate any suggestions, but a new car or a shop is
out of questions.
Thanks.

http://www.stormfront.org/

Some things of interest.

Will