ArmyofOne

i didnt think so, it looks like a fakey plastic crap. but, my grandmothers mercedes does :P

i realize you are not an idiot, i never said you were, i was just responding to the last post you made. there are several facts in the one above that i did not realize, but i do now. the fact that blacklists are legal here, is what has taken so long to implement GSM here totlaly to begin with.

yes i also know that verizon walks all over us and i also know that the V60 was ACTUALLY released in TDMA first. then the CDMA, then the GSM and i realize that the CDMA phones re still being sold. (the TDMA ones were the first gen, motorola no longer updates software on TDMA phones.

the post before this last one, stated that "you believed..." i felt obligated to correct you. there are a lot of politics in this, and the Motorlans high up in the command are figuring that out. for right now, we will jst sit and wait.

Motorola has given VZ deadlines about the GSM network (some info i am privy too, i work on the GSM conversion project, as well as the iDEN team).

we are going GSM, whether Verizon likes it or not. how ling it will take, we dont know yet, but it will definately be before 2010. Verison is one of our biggest customers, yes, but they also rape us on everything form warranty repairs, to shipping and recieving costs.

anyway, BOT, IMO, Motorola is the best cellphone co.

:D

SW03ES, i apologize if i seemed harsh, but i too know what i am talking about. it is coming, i gave a range of time. thats when IMO it will happen, but i have been told by "very high people" that by 2010, the US will be ENTIRELY GSM. VZW wil either have to exceot that or go somewhere else for their phones, and guess what, when this happnes, there wont be anywhere else to go to get phones.

samsung is alomost completly GSM already.

LG is working on it

Kyocera is still CDMA but not for too much longer.

Sony-ericsson is alomst entirely GSM

Motorola WIll be Entirely GSM by that time

Nokia is about 80% GSM now and will be 100% by the time this happnes.

Audiovox will either stop maiing cell phones, or convert.

verizon will eitherhave to switch or go under...their choice. IMO, Motorola is taking a gamble doing this, yes, because we are calling the bluff of VZW.

we dont supply many sprint phones anymore, maybe 1/8% of total revenue comes from sprint.

BTW, i have nothing against you personally. you are puttingup a good argument, and i like a challenge, forgive me if iseem a little testy, i have a lot going on right now. but i dont mean to be an !Removed!. ;)

yeah, i love how carwax takes the scuffs away. pledge huh??? i never thought of that.

my moms concorde doesnt have real wood does it???

dude, i just had a smimlar situation with my old car, a 1995 ford contour.

damage totalled $5500. my airbags did go off (i cant believe yours didnt!!!)

when my airbags deployed, it sent a crack across my dash from pass side to drivers side, under the vinyl covering. the car was worth approx $2,000 before i wrecked it. i had over $3,000 in mods. so it was a $5,000 car. it had a 1 year old coat of paint on it too...oooooo i was *BLEEP*ed.

anyway, glad to see you are ok. depending on prices for the lex....since you still have your bags i woudl say between 2000-3000 w/ paint. a body shop here quoted me 850 to pull my core supports straight and drop a radiator in.

irregardless of what you have been told, i work for Motorola. GSM will be fully implemented in the US and you will have the same coverage you do now, possibly even better. have you been to europe?? take a GSM phone over there mext time you go, you dont get the dropped calls, the waiting times, the "all circuts are busy now, please try your call again". it doesnt happen over there. they have been fully dependent on the system for about a year now. it works fantastic. its not a matter of "beliefs", its a matter of time. when GSM is up and running, your CDMA will be the one Dropping calls.

and the V710 isnt even top of the line CDMA (i know, im bashing my own phone here). its CDMA 1x. if you want to go CDMA, go 3G. i have a 3G (3rd Generation) QualComm Kyocera through sprint. i do not have the motorola because i lost my last one, and the company will only buy me 1 a year.

this isnt to say that your CDMA serivce will not remain for a few years after, im just saying better options will be there.

cingluars service does suck, motorola doesnt work with them very much anymore because of a fallout they had with a contract we bought, but they gave to nokia. we are having the same issue with sprint and samsung.

the V840 will have some SERIOUS upgrades. you wont have to upgrade to GSm right away, but motorola will quit manufacturing (or convert) all their existing phones in the future. one fo the first phones to ever go GSM was the V60 from cingular. all gsm. you know how mahy i see throught eh WRC (warranty repair center)???

not many.

again, its a matter of preference, you have your opinion, and i respect that. but you "beliefs" have nothing to do with what IS happening even as we speak.

i have been using car wax up till now on my moms 2002 Chrysler Concorde Limited. it comes out great every time. however, im picking up my lexus in a week more than likely and i need a better way of doing this. the lexus has no leather, so wiping the wax off the fabric would be a bit hard. suggestions???

the lexus is a 1990 ES250.

a few more,

WARNING, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

engine bay

Poor Baby

hood up

side view

Torn Apart...

:cries: :cries: :cries: :cries: :cries: :cries:

i think i can live with it, if im not stop and go, im contantly freeway. hardly ever a mix of the 2. i wont miss it that much, Ft. WorthTraffic is a B****. im probably going to keep the contour too, fix it as i come across $$$ and time. for $850, i can have the structural damage repaired, and then the rest i can do from there. will need a new dash too, thats gonna suck ($1,100)...:chairshot:

but overall it is a VERY nice car. the outside, like i said is a bit discheveled, but no more than your average 14 year old car. the paint is still shiny, though it has its share of dings (paitn peeling off of rear doors) and the motor is very sound.

i checked the carfax and the following mileage/dates were posted:

6/23/02

Passed Emissions Inspection

Mileage: 132,957.

7/14/03

Passed Emissions Inspection

Mileage: 134,993.

so they guy drives like, 2.5K miles a year...damn good IMO.

hmmm, i did not know that, is that why it feels more like vinyl than my grandmothers LS400?

There is a Henesey 1000TT Viper Venom at the big dodge dealer here. only #1 of like 120 i think...sumthing like that.

I've been using Sanyo phones on Sprint PCS for the past couple of years now. If cars are my thing then cell phones are my other thing and I don't keep them very long. Sanyo makes a fantastic phone, very high quality heavy feel with nice screens and okay cameras. Just yesterday I was shopping for phones and wanted a Bluetooth phone so I could install a bluetooth kit in my car. Sprint doesn't have one and wont for the next couple months, the model they have coming out is not very appealing to me (I like flip phones). SO I defected over to Verizon (always wanted Verizon service) and purchased a new Motorola V710 Bluetooth phone with 1.5MP camera and all the doo dads. I'm still waiting for my number to be ported from Sprint so I haven't been able to make a call yet, hopefully within the next 20mins or so. Verizon crippled many of the Bluetooth features on this phone so customers have to use their pay services which isn't very cool, but I wouldn't use those features anyway. Currently it only kind of works with the Toyota/Lexus bluetooth because the crippling stopped the ability to import phone books and the phone won't ring, but Motorola and Verizon are working on a way to allow those features while still limiting data connectivity.

I had a whole bunch of StarTACs a couple years ago, which were groundbreaking phones but never lasted very long, they'd only work for about 10,000 minutes and they'd get spotty reception and have to be replaced, then I had a Motorola Timeport (the StarTAC like one) which was the same way, then I switched to the Sanyo phones (I've had 4 now) and haven't looked back (which wasn't hard since Sprint stopped selling Motorola phones). To me Motorola has always been a kind of cheap looking and feeling phone next to the Sanyo phones (Samsung is the same way, cheap feeling) but this V710 is REALLY nice. Wish I could make a call on it...anticipation ;)

wityh all do respect, i hope you intend to upgrade very soon...im hearing rumors at work, there will be a V710 "counterpart" thats GSM, 4.5X zoom and Video feed.

BTW, your V710, is a CDMA phone, you will be upgrading in 2-5 years anyway when everything goes GSM.

hey army is that your Viper?????

my dream car..... :P

i WILL own one some day

yes... :whistles:

...NO! LOL. i wish though. 800 TT... i will own one someday too...till then, ill just have to sport the lexus, when i get it that is... B)

Hi All,

I know this topic has been discused many times before but i haven't found any information as to what tools i will need to help me get the job done. My car recently crossed over 100K and i feel it's time to change the timing belt, v-belt, water pump (maybe not after inspection) and tensioner. I'm planning to tackle the job myself with some help from my father, who used to be a mechanic for 20 years, some 10 years ago. I was hoping you can provide me with the diagrams and a list of tools that will help me.

Would i also need to flush the cooling system if i change the water pump? <_<

you have a 99 ls400 and its using timing belts??? i would have thought it would use chains...

i wasnt clear, sorry.

i want an all natural leather conditioner. not like meguaires or that sutff, but real, old fashioned leather coditioner. and i knwo its going to be expensive...thats what i meant to say

i would tend to steer towards a head gasket myself, but valv seals will also cause it.

ah, you are right

*hits himself over head*:chairshot:

they are 215-40-R17 i believe.

they look like total sleepers, something grandma would drive...my mom wants one.

ok well thats why i asked, im looking for a natural additive to put on my moms Chrysler COnocrde Limited, no conditioners, i want expensive.

i work for motorola and i am VERY biased.

I am a cellular Phone Technician/Effeciency Systems Analyst for Motorola. B)

205, 70 r15...try that one, i think thats right.

has anyone tried baby oil???

I hydrolocked my wifes car the other night but it was fine since it was only during cranking with the starter which is slow enough to not cause damage.

B) you got lucky man...seriously.

a good rule of thumb is if its up to middle of your rims, dont do it.

not he contours intake was directly behuind the headlight, so i could go up to the top of the wheels before i had to worry, but thats the contour, and i knew the car coudl do it...

would you believe i had to do that twice and it didnt leak either time!! B)

ok lets start with these 2 questions i guess:

does it have a factory amp??

what brand of sound system did it come with from factory?? (bose, harmon kardon, Infinity...etc...)

tell her to let off the gas, contour Automatic trasnmissions are not the most abuseable trannies on earth (plastic gears!!!)

the 5 speed like i had was fun to zip around town in, and can take up to 400 FWHP, so the 140 my little zetec was throwing at it was nothing. the CD4e Auto can only handle 130-140...so tell her to back off, if she has a v6, shes wayyy over on power for that tranny, i dont understand why ford put this tranny in this car...

Fwiw, Zetec (I4) stock motor makes 130 HP, Duratec V6(1995-97) makes 165. 1998-200 Duratec makes 170 HP and the 1998-1998.5 SVT Duratec makes 195 HP, and the 1999-200 SVT Duratyec makes 200 HP.

the auto didnt coem with the SVT's.

anyway, back to the lexus...any querks i shoudl knwo about???

BTW best 1/4 i ever saw out of my tour was 15.7...i wont expect anywhere near that withthis car, i probably wont even race it.