jm1fd
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I've never thought of Toyota to be the type of company to do things just for the sake of bragging rights.
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Yeah...I think that may be the name of it. It is the Cavalier/Cobalt replacement. I don't know when exactly the standards were legislated into being....sometimes they'll pass a law but compliance won't be required for a decade or more. Numerous safety and emissions improvements were implemented during the mid 90s. Dual airbags were required for 1994. Side impact standards had to be complied with starting around that time, and they got tougher as the years progressed. OBDII was required to be in place by the 1996 model year.
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You shall. Ford is working on a whole line of engines using turbocharging and direct injection under the marketing name "Eco Boost". GM is planning on putting a little ~1.4L turbo D.I. 4-cyl in their Cavalier/Cobalt replacement. Indeed....of course you fail to mention that they had to meet a much lower set of safety and emissions standards than the cars of today.
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Yeah....at that corner we've now got a shady looking car repair place, a shady looking used tire store/car wash, a shady looking used car lot, and a rather un-shady bright orange Cuban/Mexican food place (el Rey) which is actually quite tasty.
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The store is closed but I've heard differing stories as to why. One story has it that they were losing money, the other story goes that they sold the land for 6 MEEEELION dollars. I find the losing money story more plausible....6 MEEELION sounds high.
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I heard la Madeleine...
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Rumor on the Garden Oaks mailing list is that it will be a bank branch....Washington Mutual I think they said...I can't remember for sure...all those big banks just run together in my head.
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Yes. On Shepherd near 43rd. The combination SEARS sign and bus stop out front is the best part.
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Pershing Middle School At 3838 Blue Bonnet Dr.
jm1fd replied to VicMan's topic in Katy and Points West
How unfortunate....that's a substantial tree. Only 80 years old? It looks older. -
Mansion At Pinemont Dr. And Mangum Rd.
jm1fd replied to emirate25's topic in Other Houston Neighborhoods
Neo-Hacienda Revival with an extra side of TACKY. -
Home At 2105 South Blvd.
jm1fd replied to sevfiv's topic in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area
WTF is an Islamic Sugarbrick? Never heard of it and neither had Google. -
Home At 2605 Calumet St.
jm1fd replied to rps324's topic in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area
Right. Some houses in there have SWIMMING POOLS bigger than that yard. -
Home At 2605 Calumet St.
jm1fd replied to rps324's topic in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area
There's definetly potential for upside in RT, but if I was going to risk my money over there it would be on a single family or multi family property with a fair bit of land underneath it. I just don't see enough appreciation potential in those townhouses and their tiny little squares of land to justify the risk. -
Home At 2605 Calumet St.
jm1fd replied to rps324's topic in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area
As long as there aren't any more murders in the park across the street, I would be inclined to agree. Unfortunately, I don't see crime decreasing over there any time soon because of the two LARGE apartment complexes just down the street from these townhouses. -
How about "mashed together"
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LOL I think the shiny new shreveport would be the riverboats....
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Some of these telecom bunkerscrapers were obselete before they even finished construction back in the 60s. They designed and built these, at least the first wave of them, to handle massive expansions of 1950s telephone switching technology which consumed enormous amounts of space to get the job done, plus they were factoring in 5 nines of reliability. Speaking of murals on telecom bunkerscrapers....the one in Shreveport has a HUGE mural on it.
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There's a little hand wash place that opened up not too long ago on Washington near Heights. I was pleased with the job they did on my vehicle. Very thorough, and the owner/manager was out there looking over all the cars to make sure the cars were actually clean.
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Better traction/control in messy conditions, and better handling in dry conditions.
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That was neat to see. It would be really cool to see then and now shots of all the houses. And now for the ray of sunshine: too bad the quality is so crappy.
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I was disappointed they didn't offer an AWD option on this car. Maybe they'll do a C30 R version with a high output engine and AWD later in the production run....
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Shadyside Residential Subdivision
jm1fd replied to mkultra25's topic in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area
LOL LOL LOL Look at the picture of the realtor in that listing!! She just has this huge TEE-HEE-HEE-I'M-GETTING-6%-OF-EIGHT-MEEEEEELION DOLLARS look on her face. Priceless! But seriously....incredible house and grounds. Puts most of what's in River Oaks to shame! -
Julia Bartels Mansion At 1518 Weber St.
jm1fd replied to fortbendtomontrose's topic in Historic Houston
Never fails. Somebody mentions a house and you pop up with the nearby schools. Priceless. Yeah...I'm gonna move into that place with my kids in tow tout suite. -
I think he's talking about the real thing. RACE CAR. You know...F1, Indy, NASCAR, etc.
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More efficient than RWD? How so? Smaller package? How so? AWD is even less prone to slippage in snow and ice than FWD.