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Archive for September, 2005

GTO Warranty Claim an Error

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, September 30th, 2005 in Quick Takes

Turns out the 4-year / 50,000-mile warranty purported to be on the 2006 GTO was an error courtesy of the GM web publishing department. The 3/36 status quo remains.

Last Ford Excursion To Be Built Today

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, September 30th, 2005 in Quick Takes

Ding dong, the tanker’s dead. This one was too big and fat for most of even the American population.

With His Fate Sealed, He Tasks Me

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, September 29th, 2005 in Cars, GarageBlog

Decided to take the WS6 out for a drive today. I don’t drive it too much anymore, maybe once every week or two, since I’ve been working at home full time. Since this is also the slow season at Apple’s restaurant, she doesn’t work as often either, so usually when I want to [...]

Futurama is WHAT?

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, September 29th, 2005 in Quick Takes

Okay, I just read a review that said Futurama is anime. /slapes head

Restaurant Cheapskates

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, September 29th, 2005 in Rants, Stupid People

My wife Apple works at a restaurant, so of course there are always plenty of comedy bits to hear about when she gets home. Tales of stingy customers, drunken fools, employee drama, etc. are always entertaining, sometimes maddening. I heard a story last night of a party who was determined to get their [...]

Gulfstream Design Center Visit

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 in Life

Today we stopped by the Gulfstream Homes Design Center for a browser appointment — meaning an hour-long guided tour of all of the standard features and custom upgrades available for our new house. To put it mildly, we were impressed with everything — from the standard materials to the available customizations to the employees [...]

4/50k Warranty for ‘06 GTO?

Posted by Chief Oddball on Tuesday, September 27th, 2005 in GTO, Quick Takes

According to the GM Fleet site, it seems that the ‘06 GTO gets a free upgrade to a 4-year / 50,000 mile warranty. Trying to confirm if this is correct.

Potential CAW Strike Could Affect LS2 Production

Posted by Chief Oddball on Tuesday, September 27th, 2005 in Auto News, Cars

Right now, GM is in labor talks with the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) which could affect production at the St. Catherine’s plant in Ontario where the LS2 (GTO) engine is produced. Apparently the union says they are close to an agreement, but that the talks could still be derailed if GM doesn’t agree [...]

Pissed at Netflix

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, September 26th, 2005 in Rants

WTF is going on with Netflix lately? About a week or 10 days ago, all of a sudden their reaction time went down by 50%. It’s taking them twice as long to turn around a movie. If they get a return on Monday, now they don’t ship the next one until Wednesday. [...]

86′ed

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, September 26th, 2005 in Quick Takes

Sadly, Maxwell Smart has died. (Don Adams, by any other name.)