I left it out in the freezing cold rain.

 

OK, did all I previously posted. But did pull the rear wheels to clean up the brake components, then good adjustment..

 

I jacked up the BlackSwan and cleaned and adjusted the rear drum brakes, serviced the front brake pads slide pins then went for a cruise .

 

Went for a tour to Long Point on Lake Erie and clicked past 300,000 klms not yet 200,000 miles



I noticed 40 klms past the milestone or would that be kilometre rock?

 

Swapped out my rear tail and reverse lights with LEDs. Huge difference in brightness.

 

Well, I didn't do anything (except spend money) because I just got out of the hospital, but the HHR got a brand new GM 2.2 l. long block installed. The cost was about the same as another HHR would have been (and I seriously considered it), but I know my car and felt like I needed to fix it rather than one I knew nothing about. Pretty happy so far, although I think it's a little down on power from the original engine (it's only got 150 miles on it so far, so I haven't run it hard). After sitting down at my shop for the last year, it's had a few reactivation pains. It seems like it's having more trouble disengaging the lock-up converter when going up a hill, and it took a while for the throttle by wire system to re-learn itself (idle speed jumped around a few times, but seems fine now). On the plus side, it seems like it's getting a couple of MPG more than it used to!

 

Yesterday, drove Sweetie out and about then to her birthday dinner. We had dinner then drove home.

 

Cool! Now yer good for about 300K miles, right?

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!
May they continue for many years.
Thanks for keeping Oldblue.

 

Happy Birthday to Sweetie !