Satty

$6/week is easier to swallow than $322 in one lump sum.

Your own fault for underpaying throughout the year. If you had gotten $6/week held out, you wouldn't have had to pay in.

Yeah, after that bridge collapse in Minnesota, I started getting nervous kayking under 60 and 65, since both bridges are rather old.

The Prius ought to be paid off by the end of the year, the Mini by the end of next year. The Buick is already paid for. The house will be a while. Student loans wont be paid off for a long, long time.

The higher fat content probably kept it moist while it was being baked in the the form of a 5 pound ball with an 8-inch diameter. I hate using the 95/5 stuff for grilling because the burgers aren't as juicy as when they're made with 85/15.

One should never say to a woman, "How are the wife and kids?" then explain that wife=vagina and kids=boobs.

Somehow I doubt that someone willing to put 5 pounds of hamburger and 2 pounds of bacon between two frozen pizzas is going to be concerned with food safety.

Ahhh, the famous 5-speed automatic in your (and only your) Millenia.

I know, I used to live in rural Illinois. Iowa is a unique case because it is a mostly rural state, but it identifies politically with states that have larger urban populations. Iowa has a long history of social progress and equal rights for both women and minorities.

That black wagon really needs some Buick Rally wheels. So does mine.

I live in a socially backwards, repressed state and I can tell you that these people aren't interested in "freedom" they're interested in having things the way they want them in spite of the Constitution or any laws.

I group Iowa in with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois in the more progressive upper-midwest than with Nebraska or Missouri in the culturally and socially backwards, repressed lower-midwest.

Going back to the fleet-central numbers, Buick had roughly 40,000 fewer retail sales than Pontiac with half as many models, the least expensive of which has an MSRP of about $26k, about the same as the base price of the top-of-the0line Pontiac.

I assume this is going to reinvent urban transoirt the same way the Segway reinvented urban transport.

I'm thinking I'll repaint it the same color brown and put a fresh woodgrain applique on it. However, that black wagon is pretty hot. Either way, there is some body work that will have to be done first. A couple small rust spots below the rear windows and at the bottom of one of the doors, and I've got to figure out how to fix this: I've also considered the possibility that between now and 2022, it'll need a new transmission and rear-end, and since all that will be out, it wouldn't be a terrible idea to just pull the 307 I'm going to put in and replace the whole drivetrain with something a wee bit hotter.

+1 on the CV, with a bit of money later on, they can be made to haul ass

Hopefully between now and then, it'll get a paint job.

My son is going to get the LeSabre when he turns 16, for the next 13.5 years he'll be helping restore it and learning how to fix it.

If they cant get it running, they shouldn't be driving.

Not sure how I forgot this, but go with an 80's b-body. My wagon was $500. Keeping it running has cost less than $500. Insuring it is less than $40/month. Taking the engine swap and slight restoration into account, I've still got less than $2500 invested. It was getting 15mpg, which isn't great, but not that bad for a carbureted V8/4-speed automatic, 4500 pound wagon.

My brother-in-laws '92 has 230k on it. Second gear went out while I was driving it, but 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th still work and he drives it quite a bit. Most of the parts are cheap, and its pretty easy to work on.

After I wrecked my Dakota, I got my dad's '96 (A-body) Century when he bought the Sebring. That damned Buick ran forever. It wound up with over 210,000 miles when I traded it in on my Saturn. Original head gasket, original transmission. Only thing un-original was the driver's side of the bench seat. The spider gear broke and the seat stayed fully reclined. Got a replacement from the junkyard, cheap and easy. A Century/Regal/Cutlass Ciera/Cutlass/Malibu would be a decent choice as well.

16 year olds never want the granny car, but thats probably their best option in the short and long term.