Gave Herbie a bath today, then a trip down Lowes for my 4 hr pounding the cement in the outside lawn and garden trying to answer question about flowers and plants, get to do it again Sat & Sun, but 8.5 hrs each day.

 

X3 I also bought my HHR from a Ford dealer. Today I did an oil change, replaced one of the rear speakers that was blown, and cleaned and detailed the interior as well as exterior. Now the HHR is ready to go for Super Chevy Show 2012 in Memphis tomorrow.

 

I sure hope this place stays around. I've found myself spending a ton of time searching through the old threads and waiting on new threads to pop up. I really enjoy the folks so far...everyone is helpful and courteous...things you don't see on many sites anymore.

 

Gee, the last time I passed Herbie he looked mighty spiffy, didn't think you ever got him dirty Al.

Watch out for nails in the lot, picked up a shiny new roofing nail there the other day, not amused. Why is it that new tires and nails are mutually attractive?

 

I don't think we're going anywhere, thanks to the amazing people here.

There was some concern last year when the plug was pulled on the HHR....but I didn't have any fears.

Keep up the good work chef.

 

Support it, don't screw it up. And it will stay.

 

Amen brother!

 

X2

 

Actually it was Yesterday but the site seemed to have a Hiccup and my post was Lost, and the site wouldn't load after that for 10-20 minutes or so.

Anyways, the wife took Morticia out to do some shopping and I always fear she won't take the time to find the Perfect Out of the Way parking spot to Avoid any chances of getting it dinged by someone who has no respect for other peoples things.

I will drive around a parking lot for 20 minutes if I have too, to find a Safe Spot.

Morticia came home with no dings Thankfully.

But at least this time I had something to do while Morticia was out and about without me.

My new Wacom Cintiq 21UK DTK-2100 arrived.
I have had a Wacom Intuos3 Pen Tablet for 6 years or so now, but you draw on the tablet on your desk while Looking up at your monitor, a little awkward, but doable with Practice.

This past week craigs list was Hot, I sold several items, including the HHR Ebony cloth seats front and rear I had after adding the black leather seats. Sold a few woodworking tools as well.
So after Drooling over the Cintiqs since I bought my Intuos3, I pulled the trigger on one and had it UPS Overnighted to me so I would have it to play with over the weekend. ($3.99 for overnight shipping as a Amazon Prime member so why not. lol)
You draw or edit photos ect. right on the Cintiq screen in real time, 21.5 inch screen.

I Love it already, Awsome if you like messin with Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw and SketchBook Pro, and alot of other software programs.
I have Photoshop CS5 Extended so I have some 3D capability in it and in Illustrator CS5.
My recent video card upgrade (EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX550Ti with 2048MB of memory) has 2 DVI ports and 1 mini HDMI port but still only supports 2 monitors, so I will need to add another one so I can still run Dual Monitors plus the Cintiq.

So hooking it up yesterday and installing it's software and just playing with it kept my mind somewhat off that Morticia was out and about without me.



The stand allows you to tilt it back or upright, and rotate it 180 degrees left or right. Allows for you to draw and turn it like you would while drawing on paper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inrl7JgnYK4

 

Did some logging on my latest tune now that the roads have dried up a bit. I haven't had a chance to review the log yet, but during logging I could see fairly high fuel trims due to the new K&N drop in + lid lift. After I get my afternoon log on the way home, I'll make the changes to the Mass airflow sensor table in the tune and reflash. This should help idle on cold starts as well when the skewed fuel trims make it run rough until it warms up. I managed to get a good boost that looked about halfway between 20 and 25 on the gauge. Hooray for boost.