I found a pretty solid primer on this...

If it’s the 2.3L MZR, my wife’s old Mazda 3 had Ford stampings on all the major engine components. I don’t remember seeing much in the way of Mazda logos or nameplates.

I think all dealership mechanics are flat rate, but I don’t know about independent mechanics.

What does that have to do with premium cars, or even the article? Any car can have glazed rotors, unevenly worn pads, a bent axle shaft or rim, a tire with a slipped belt or a bulge in the tread, all of which could cause a vibration (among 10,000 other things). They can also all have intentional misdiagnoses, causing…

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Well, LM owns the design for the Viper, so they’d see that money, too.

All guided missiles under testing have self-destruct mechanisms that destroy the vehicle if it flies outside of certain physical parameters.

I just don’t travel enough, any longer. I spent three weeks at Fort Belvoir, then six at Walter Reed, back in 2013, and since then, I’ve only been away for a week, or the random overnighter. I lost my National status, too. Oh well, I’d rather be home with the wife, kid, and dog, anyway!

I missed Gold Elite two years ago by one night, and was SOOOOO pissed.

You’re ignoring one very key aspect of all the carriers - customer service.

I have no problem pulling LTE, wherever I am (minus my house, but NO one has good service at my house). Hell, I was all over the Florida Keys last week, and I rarely lost LTE, even when I was four miles offshore, fishing!

As half-baked as the last couple seasons had gotten, seeing two Olivia Dunham characters in every episode was amazing.

AFAIK, NASCAR does not use local yellow flags, only full course cautions or red flags. I’ve been watching NASCAR since I was a kid, and usually watch both road course races religiously, and don’t ever remember a local caution.

Yup, you’re right. I’m on vacation, and my brain is shut off.

I saw both a static example plus an airborne demonstrator at the airshow at MCAS Beaufort, a few months ago. Even the B model is gorgeous, up close.

I’m hearing more and more rumors about a 2015 Nexus 6, built by Motorola, and a 2015 Nexus 5, built by LG. I can only hope that’s true, because I love my 5, but want something new, that isn’t a behemoth, like the 6.

At least your time in NPTU is in Charleston! I could think of a lot worse places to be for that time period!

Bleach was a fantastic album, too, but never had as much punch to me, as Nevermind did. Maybe it’s just a matter of being a shade too young to have been impacted immediately by it.

YUP!

Break it out! You’d be very surprised at how well it holds up, after 20 years. “Serve the Servants,” “Frances Farmer...,” and “Pennyroyal Tea” just have so much more to them than they did when I was 11. There are layers that I never picked out until I was doing some mind-numbing XML development, and listening on…