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Buddy of mine is ready to throw 11 lbs. of supercharger at his Camaro SS. I can't wait to ride in that!! With the cam, and all the other work he's done, his power output should be similar to this here:

I had one nurse that left me black, blue and REAL sore from a blood sample. That normally never happens. Taking blood should be straightforward and relatively pain free. Not with this butcher ...

Wow, those are sharp looking trucks! First I've seen of the new ones.

Oh, that would happen to me! Surprised it hasn't. I'd better shut up now ... Computers!

That usually is from either disconnecting the battery, or clearing codes without the drive cycle completing. You'd need your own personal race track to get a drive cycle completed in an afternoon. Nice system GM porked us with there ... These friggin communist northeastern states have us over a barrel. Pay pay pay, for anything and everything ... and it's never enough! Then, they take that money and piss it away, and whatever's left they use to restrict our rights. Thank God for liquor ....

Don't know what planet that guy came from - the 5th gen is just fine in my book. Apparently it's a planet where money trees grow ...

Totally hear ya. What a friggin joke. Hope you get the answers someplace ...

That's what infuriates me about GM. The engine by itself is bulletproof, and the block & lower end is stronger than the old 350's of the day, but then they go and throw substandard lifters in ... and top it off with hit-or-miss crap electronics. Can't win today .... I love my engine by itself. Thing makes a ton of power and gets the same mileage as my '94 did -pretty impressive. But then they throw in an unreliable AFM that makes it burn oil. NONE of my cars or trucks in the past have EVER burned oil, even with close to 300k on the clock. Mine started burning at 50k ... My parent's could have bought 3 of their houses for what the average SUV sells for today too. For that kind of money, these things should have the reliability of military aircraft. God knows GM didn't pay $50k a piece to build these things ...

Shouldn't be long now ...

Yeah, I'm due for that and coolant, since I'm going on year 9 in January. When I'll have time to do it remains to be seen ...

I bet neither Lincoln you own ever had this problem! Total joke manufacturing is these days. It's not enough to spend $40 LARGE on a truck - they have to throw sh** parts in it that fail 5 years (or less) in. What a world ... If it were me, I would leave the thing alone, and drive it until it grenades - then, I'd throw in a long block built by a reputable engine builder. That engine will last just about forever. I wouldn't spend one more dime at GM for the same crap quality parts. Just my humble .02 ....

I noticed the same on my fronts when I did my first brake job on mine years ago. The inner pad on mine was thinner than the outer - dangerously thin, so tried to swap their positions ... like you could do for years and years on prior model year trucks. Of course, GM had to put a big block of metal on in the inner pad, preventing it from being moved! Was so pissed. Ended up cutting the pad so I could swap positions, just to get by until I had the time to replace the pads. Boy, I'll tell ya ... I'm glad they went back to drums on the rear of mine. So much better than the "asshat" rotor/drum system for disc/ drum parking brakes. Up here in the northeast, those things are a CONSTANT pain in the ass. Always rusting out, seizing, and breaking, parking brake shoes delaminating, little retainer bolt busting off inside the axle assembly ... total horror show. With the drums, as long as you have the spring compressor for that large, single torsion spring, it's literally a 5 minute job per side to swap shoes.

I haven't washed mine by hand in 2 years I think ... Stopped giving a crap after the billion scratches and dings.

Yeah, ain't life in the Northeast fun? Welcome to my world - that's the crap I deal with day in and day out. It's a wonder I can still see, with all the rust that ends up under my safety glasses, and in my eyes. Gotta buy some riding goggles for working on these turds ...

I think that was his point - they're ALL overpriced.

I was too ... until I had to repair several post '96 GM cars and trucks.

In those days I had more faith in them to build a great product. These days, not so much ...

I just thank God GM doesn't build aircraft ....

My '94 had 266k on it when I sold it. Was on it's second engine (probably blew a hose, or forgot to put oil in it and previous owner melted it down), but the ball joints and U-joints were OEM at 222k. Quiet cab, and got off the line faster than anything on the road. Never gave me grief. I've already spent more on repairs for my '07, and it's only at 81k .......... yikes!

Me too! Guess they were surprised because they don't own one ...

Yikes - sorry to hear that! My neighbor went through that with Ford over the Ecoboost their top engineers from Detroit couldn't even figure out. Boy does that say something about complexity of modern vehicles when the people who designed them can't even FIX them!! What a world we live in ... I'm gonna run my vintage junk with (a few) modern parts until the day I die.

I threw a pair of these on my flatbed trailer. Best thing I've EVER done to that thing. Can actually see backing up now, instead of trying to focus on what little light the LED's reflect off the ground in red ... Like I mounted a pair of headlights on the back. Really impressive light output! Plus, they actually survived being bathed in salt, then buried under 3' of snow for a month ... and one of them was nearly run over by a Volvo wagon - not a scratch! Luckily it just pivoted, & avoided being busted off. Still working, over a year later. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200615334_200615334

Anything aluminum, since you have to carry it. HUGE difference in weight (and price ...$$$). I used to carry my grandfather's old Sears 1.5 ton jack from my parent's shed to the street (150' away) when I was a teenager, any time I needed to do work on the truck, car, or motorcycle. I still have the same jack - it about blows my back out now just dragging it across pavement ... let alone carrying it! Still works, & we've done nothing to it in 35+ years. My newer jack (8 years old) just started failing this week. Needs fluid, it seems like. Just one more thing to waste time screwing with. My grandfather's trusty Sears has the same fluid it had back in the early 70's.

Ahh, good idea. Anything to keep the salt off.