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I'm going to keep it completely stock and not beat the crap out of it. I too have heard that the IRS is a weak point. Naturally, I will have to go over both of them top to bottom in person, and I'll do that to the CTS this month. I think there is a CTS-DI at the dealership ... I'll take a look/drive whenever I get the truck in for service.

Keep me updated Do you have any thoughts or remarks on either vehicle?

Comparing the CTS and 3 series. Will be looking at the CTS this month for sure. Something will be bought this summer.

I love my 7998 units. The wife has one as well.

I was worried about the same thing with my birch ply I used for my towers. After a few coats of sanding sealer they were just fine. My sanding sealer sands off white ... I'm sure you know already, but make sure you vacuum or blow all of the dust off the project as it is very fine. I followed with many fine coats of lacquer. Finally, I finished with a furniture polish applied by super fine steel wool and a couple coats of furniture wax. They should turn out just fine.

That is one of the ugliest things I have ever seen.

Jan 1st 2008 ... T - 15 years until retirement.

In-law staying with you, Mike? Always trouble!

No, no anything 14 feet tall The room is about 15 x 30. I would ideally like to do an ottoman (approx 18 x 18 x whatever length). This way I could use it in many different rooms as we plan on moving shortly and rooms may be changed around. It may even wind up at the foot of the bed with a different set of towers in the bedroom.

I can almost guarantee Jim quotes the first line and replies with some sort of naughty smilie face.

I'm going to make you happy, Jim. I'm going to pull the Uber and finally get it in the house. I promise ... it is going to happen this summer, late August at the latest. Way back when, Josh recommended running it with dual 18" PR's - I only have one, and he said that the single one may not cut it. Large ported box it is then ... it'll wind up being a very large end table or a long ottoman. He also mentioned that 1200 watts (at the time I was thinking about an EP2500) would tickle it and be 'enough' ... but 2400 watts is where it would come alive. Dual 2ohm coil configuration. I'm actually quite excited to begin this.

Score is right. Wow!

James, thanks for the links and advice - I'll probably just go right to the (2)x 2 GB sticks. 2.5 GB of RAM seems like a lot. But, I know little about computers.

Just took my first venture over to the eD site. Don't know why. Boy has that 'company' grown.

That looks great - I really like that TV!

Foghat - Slow Ride / The Who - Pinball Wizard // Pearl Jam - Jeremy /// Whitesnake - Here I Go Again //// Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim

That should be able to be done for around $150-$200, right? What sort of improvements would I see by adding that?

T2300 @ 1.66 GHz - 512 MB RAM I'll be looking to upgrade it sometime. I don't understand how it really works, but I'd just like to spend a little bit of cash and have some components replaced/added to make it a little faster/more up to date. The battery life is a weak two hours which is unfortunate. From what I can remember, it has always ran a little warm.

Sometimes my laptop runs fairly warm. Do those external fans that sit in a case and are placed under the laptop work well? I think the problem is the fact that there are 42 processes running all the time.

Looks great!

The shop should be starting to pick up now ... may be enough to cover that?

I know how that goes. Six is bad enough - couldn't imagine 11.

I hear you. I buy wood glue by theail ... no Titebond or Gorilla stuff. The wood breaks before the joint, so I guess it does the trick . Sort of the point I guess I don't see the point in paying that kind of money for something with a fancy name and picture on the bottle.

Woot for shit kicking some drunk idiot who tried to choke my friend out.