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[topgun 262]

So my laptop issue got upgraded to a priority safety claim, the safety people are suppose to be calling me back in 24hrs from last night. Apparently a battery leaking, terminals eroded, corrosion all over on the underside docking station connector, and it not working is a bad thing...

I would say it is a VERY bad thing.............Hopefully it didn't do more damage than you priviously noticed.

J

Eh, Its warrantied.

[Acidburn 10]

Looks like the GM Chrysler merger is all but official...

Fuck.

I thought that was just a running joke on another forum I visit

[///M5 2,833]

Seriously?

[///M5 2,833]

I guess putting an LS in a Charger is now more logical

[///M5 2,833]

The UAW is worried that people would be lay'd off, I say fuck it fire the whole damn UAW and suffer for 6 months why you rehire and then come back to being a country that actually builds real cars.

[///M5 2,833]

downwiththeUnionTop

[JimJ 11]

I got flamed pretty hard about making a comment on another forum about letting Ford & GM fail...apparently I'm "dogmatic" about "hands-off capitalism"

[vladd 26]

i was arguing about that merger with another certain person that pisses me off regularly. I said chrysler will benefit the same way they did with mercedes. Which isn't much as a company but they'll take a few stupid things and implement them in their cars like a mofo.

he argues that chrysler never took any technologies from MB........

it would be really nice if chrysler could come out with a small sporty car with the ecotec turbo in it. Sadly i'm not sure of what gm will be able to get from chrysler except the hemi. Even that would be a tough option as i like the LS more than the hemi but the variable displacement is well worth the difference.

[vladd 26]

4.5 hours until my nap, i cannot wait.

[///M5 2,833]

i was arguing about that merger with another certain person that pisses me off regularly. I said chrysler will benefit the same way they did with mercedes. Which isn't much as a company but they'll take a few stupid things and implement them in their cars like a mofo.

he argues that chrysler never took any technologies from MB........

it would be really nice if chrysler could come out with a small sporty car with the ecotec turbo in it. Sadly i'm not sure of what gm will be able to get from chrysler except the hemi. Even that would be a tough option as i like the LS more than the hemi but the variable displacement is well worth the difference.

They'd get more cheap crap plastic.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

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[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Looks like the GM Chrysler merger is all but official...

Fuck.

I thought that was just a running joke on another forum I visit

The reality is a joke. It is a meeting of two massive companies, one of which failed then was saved by the US gov't once (or was it twice?), came up with the mini-van, then failed again, Damlier buys them, loses a crap ton of money, then sells them off, now they fail a 3rd time, all the while charging too much for poorly designed, mediocre at best products that are over priced for the durability and reliability..... joining with another massive company that has laid off more people then I can remember and care about nothing but selling as many vehicles as possible regardless if quality is up to par while their flagship vehicle which should be one of the best in all aspects, vehicles in the world, is still essentially just a big motor and a pair of seats. And we wonder why American cars are so far behind the imports.

[Tmax98 3]

i was arguing about that merger with another certain person that pisses me off regularly. I said chrysler will benefit the same way they did with mercedes. Which isn't much as a company but they'll take a few stupid things and implement them in their cars like a mofo.

he argues that chrysler never took any technologies from MB........

it would be really nice if chrysler could come out with a small sporty car with the ecotec turbo in it. Sadly i'm not sure of what gm will be able to get from chrysler except the hemi. Even that would be a tough option as i like the LS more than the hemi but the variable displacement is well worth the difference.

They'd get more cheap crap plastic.

it will be interesting to see what they take and give to each other. it will be sort of interesting seeing HEMI on the side of a chevy lol

[Tmax98 3]

orange blue red orange orange orange

[JimJ 11]

Time to change the battery in the van, and of course I took all the combo wrenches I had here back to NC the last time I went

I think I have a small pair of vice-grips left though...

[topgun 262]

Needed a small SATA external HD case. So I went to best buy, bought a 250gig Passport portable drive, took it apart, put my laptop HD in there so I can pull files off if it. Copying the files to the work computer, then going to put them on the passport drive.

[Acidburn 10]

i was arguing about that merger with another certain person that pisses me off regularly. I said chrysler will benefit the same way they did with mercedes. Which isn't much as a company but they'll take a few stupid things and implement them in their cars like a mofo.

he argues that chrysler never took any technologies from MB........

it would be really nice if chrysler could come out with a small sporty car with the ecotec turbo in it. Sadly i'm not sure of what gm will be able to get from chrysler except the hemi. Even that would be a tough option as i like the LS more than the hemi but the variable displacement is well worth the difference.

LSs have cylinder deactivation as well

[topgun 262]

Zoom in and look at those top two terminals, that is on my laptop where the battery connects.

[Tmax98 3]

nasty!

[Tmax98 3]

top^

[vladd 26]

tom, didn't know that, i thought they looked into it but never could implement it. it's obvious how obvlivious i am

[2kchevy 3]

dun dun dun

[Acidburn 10]

tom, didn't know that, i thought they looked into it but never could implement it. it's obvious how obvlivious i am

yep, in the Gen IV motors

it cuts off oil to the hydraulic lifters so they bleed down and don't open the valves

[JimJ 11]

Bat cave runs again

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Looks like the GM Chrysler merger is all but official...

Fuck.

I thought that was just a running joke on another forum I visit

Seriously?

It's not completely airtight as of yet:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/17/deal-or...ed-in-next-two/