Hello from Winnipeg, Canada
 

Most forums like an official intro so here's mine. My name is Curtis, my handle is Gremlin (I'm a mischievious runt), married with an 8 year old son, and about to retire this coming December.

.... oh wait .... Ya'll wanna hear about my HHR ... doh!!

2007 Metallic Orange LS named Auggie by the wife and kid, very basic, no additional options. I'd post a pic but cannot find it so that will have to wait. Traded in a Jeep YJ for it and am very glad we did. Gonna head into lurk mode and get a feel for the place. So far I'm liking what I see tho.

:welcome:

:cool: From one Canuck to another --:welcome:

Thanks for the welcome folks. As I look around I realize this is my kind of parking lot.

And from another canuck :welcome: :lol:

Welcome to the family!

Another Canuck here too - Welcome :canada: :welcome: :canada:

Holy cow theres a lot of us here. Seems as if the canucks have taken over the place. ;)

Thanks for all the welcomes everyone.

Attachment 37099 to the site Curtis!!!

We won't hold this against you :p:

Welcome. Good call trading in the YJ, those are pigs on gas.
Around Toronto, I havent seen any SOM (Sunburst Orange Metallic) HHRs on the road, only one in a dealers lot, and that colour has been discontinued for 2009. I will miss it. :cool:

Ya know, I gotta be honest about that YJ. I bought it new in 1990, drove the p*ss out of ot for 17 years, had it off road, thru water, and everything else I could throw at it. It had a small 2 liter engine that was so cheap on gas right up to the end, it amazed me. That was why it was difficult to trade it in. In those 17 years the only issue I had was the rear differencial (spelling?) needed to be rebuilt once. It was my 3rd Jeep and the most reliable vehicle I've ever had ..... up to now of course. I got very lucky with that jeep. It just worked. A lot of them don't.

Funny story about Auggies color choice. It's a running joke in the family about how every vehicle I've ever owned except for one of the jeeps, turned out to be red. Now, I don't hate red but I'm sick of red vehicles. When we finally decided on a dealership to get our baby from, the rep's first words were "We have this beautiful red one just .." and the wife & I just cut him off laughing our butts off. Told him we would take any color except red (wanted something different for once) or black (to hot inside the vehicle - wife has med condition that we have to be mindful of).

With the orange one we ultimatly got, we like it partially because there aren't many of them in the city and it's easy to spot in a parking lot filled with grey, white, and various shades/colors of dark cars.