Yay my using >, part of my message got mistaken for html :D.

It should say "when you enter '(car make here) P####'"

There's this thing called the internet. On the internet there's a place called "google." It's amazing what comes up when you enter " P" on said site. No dealer involved.

Spend $60 on a hand held ODB II reader instead. The most common code set by vehicles is a fuel system code that gets set when you don't tighten your gas cap down all the way. You absolutely can get shop manuals for new vehicles (for GM anyways, I imagine Ford and Chrysler are the same), it's just not cheap and you have to know where to look.

In trucks you're just not going to get a useful amount of torque out of V6's. Small V8's maybe, but in the size trucks these were going in (generally 1 ton pickups and above) you'd be hard pressed to find a useful gasoline V8 other than a big block. If people need trucks diesel is the answer though, so it's not really a horrible thing from all perspectives.

No, the LS7 is NOT a big block. It's a large displacement motor with dimensions similar to a Chevy small block engine (but not actually a SBC, it's based on the LS1, which was a 346ci V8). High displacement doesn't not make it a big block. People have bored and stroked LS1's to around 427ci, but it certainly isn't a big block and shouldn't be mistaken for one.

Also, good luck finding replacement cartridges 2 years down the road, if your printer makes it that long.

I have an HP PSC 2175 that I bought back in 2003 that I have no problem finding ink for. Sadly the cartridges are still way over priced, but finding ink for a printer from a larger manufacturer isn't that difficult. Drivers for new versions of Windows are another story (in HP's case).

You should be using Media Browser with MCE. You'll be able to play .mkv's just fine.

"Wireless" charging was done before that. GM charged its EV1 with a "wireless" inductive paddle system. Google Magne Charge. I'm sure the technology was around before that.

Edison not a crook? Oh now there's a good one. I suggest you do some reading about the man and his actions instead of relying on the words of someone who was under his employ. "Le Voyage dans la lune" might be helpful in your search for accurate information on the man.

who cares? If you don't want to use it then don't. It's not like the fact that some 10 year old kid next door or 3000 miles away uses "demo mode" actually impacts you in any way.

I dunno about the H2, but the H3 is *not* the same frame as the Colorado and Canyon that are built in the plant in Shreveport. It's quite a bit beefier that the frame used in the Colorado and Canyon.

Unless I wanted a vehicle for off-roading, I wouldn't buy one and I used to build the damned things. The gas mileage is horrifying and hello wind noise because of the nearly vertical windshield. Never mind the anemic I-5 they put in most of them. They started putting a small V-8 in them after I left GM, but that adds way too much to the price.

Yes! I spent a week and half in Europe last month and traveled exclusively by rail to get from Paris to Munich, and then to Amsterdam and it was a great experience (and my first long distance travel by rail).

After that experience I would much rather take the extra time to travel by rail because it was a much more enjoyable experience than the nonsense we endure in order to fly.

Excuse me sir, we prefer the word "fascist".

A sucker? ;)

We've got a 12kW Generac here that does the whole auto-on when the power is out longer than a minute or so; it's great. We're sort of out in the sticks and this area tends to get foul weather during hurricane season, so it's a really nice thing to have.

It's big enough to power the furnace/AC, 2 fridges, a freezer, all the lights in the house and just about anything else in the house, really.

It's the best thing since sliced bread if you live in an area where you lose power fairly often.