# NYSpeed Automotive **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/c/nyspeed-automotive/5.md?page=672 [Latest](https://forums.speedlife.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.speedlife.net/categories.md) **Page:** 673 --- ## [Bob Lutz leaving GM](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bob-lutz-leaving-gm/62753)
**Author:** [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bob-lutz-leaving-gm/62753 "2009-02-09T09:44:16Z")
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090209/FREE/902099997 Some hearsay I heard was he was becoming a little to vocal about GM, and recently made some public remarks that may have led to this decision…but I have no info at… --- ## [GM in talks to buy back suppliers](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-in-talks-to-buy-back-suppliers/62751)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-in-talks-to-buy-back-suppliers/62751 "2009-02-09T09:24:13Z")
This would include Delphi Lockport. It’s friggin mayhem around here right now. http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/GM\_in\_talks\_to\_reclaim\_Delphi\_plants\_20090209 --- ## [Question on brake pad wear](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-on-brake-pad-wear/62653)
**Author:** [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-on-brake-pad-wear/62653 "2009-02-09T09:23:54Z")
First off, let me tell you that I hate doing brake jobs. I was going to have Mike do my brakes for me, but since it was near 50 out, I was like “what the hell, I’ll do it myself” :banghead: The bolts to the calipers wer… --- ## [Where's my Best Fitness crew at?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheres-my-best-fitness-crew-at/62741)
**Author:** [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheres-my-best-fitness-crew-at/62741 "2009-02-09T08:28:14Z")
:eekdance::eekdance::eekdance::eekdance: --- ## [Recomend me some Jazz](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/recomend-me-some-jazz/62671)
**Author:** [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/recomend-me-some-jazz/62671 "2009-02-09T08:25:47Z")
Don’t know if anyone listens to it here but I am looking for some recommendations on who I should check out in the jazz world. I grew up with my grandfather listening to it everyday but I never knew any of the artists he… --- ## [Im in love with Newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-in-love-with-newman/62749)
**Author:** [@elmisterioso666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/elmisterioso666)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-in-love-with-newman/62749 "2009-02-09T08:22:22Z")
Im in love with Newman I miss you baby:skunk: --- ## [Ask a cop! lol ticket for going to slow](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ask-a-cop-lol-ticket-for-going-to-slow/62747)
**Author:** [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ask-a-cop-lol-ticket-for-going-to-slow/62747 "2009-02-09T08:17:26Z")
:roflpicard: http://www.orlandoforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126522 lol why not just ask the cop that pulled you over and get the response you didn’t want. :fail: --- ## [How I spent my Sunday Pics inside](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-i-spent-my-sunday-pics-inside/62729)
**Author:** [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-i-spent-my-sunday-pics-inside/62729 "2009-02-09T08:17:19Z")
Hanging the TV was the easiest part… running power and HDMI chords behind the walls was a different story. Before: \[http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/johnnylude/House%20Pics/DSCN6888.jpg\] --- ## [street racer pwned (epic '09 thread)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racer-pwned-epic-09-thread/62680)
**Author:** [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racer-pwned-epic-09-thread/62680 "2009-02-09T08:08:54Z")
http://www.orlandoforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126522 read the first 4 posts. :picard::picard::picard::picard::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: --- ## [NYS Use Tax.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-use-tax/62745)
**Author:** [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-use-tax/62745 "2009-02-09T08:00:30Z")
After protesting claiming anything on my NY State income tax return under the use tax I finally gave in. For those of you who use Turbotax, the software gives you an option to figure your use tax one of two ways. The f… --- ## [handicap parking ticket LOL](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handicap-parking-ticket-lol/62725)
**Author:** [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handicap-parking-ticket-lol/62725 "2009-02-09T07:53:56Z")
NOT FOR ME, my buddy went into his apartment for like 2 minutes thinking nothing of it cause other parking spaces were too far away, comes out, 80$ ticket, amherst, should he fight it? his argument is that he had to carr… --- ## [The city, not the Hilton](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-city-not-the-hilton/62730)
**Author:** [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-city-not-the-hilton/62730 "2009-02-09T07:28:59Z")
Has anyone been to Paris? I’ll be there from the 15th til the 26th for work and would love suggestions for things that cannot/should not be missed. I’ve already got plans to hit the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, and th… --- ## [For the money this is a baller performance car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-the-money-this-is-a-baller-performance-car/62712)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-the-money-this-is-a-baller-performance-car/62712 "2009-02-09T06:02:39Z")
400hp Nice to look at. Practical (compared to true exotics) Its not just another Porsche, etc. Unique. I-talian car sex appeal. http://paulhermanmotorcars.com/AllVehicleDetails.asp?c=PaulHermanMotorcars&VIN=ZAMEC38… --- ## [F\*\*k potholes...need advice](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-k-potholes-need-advice/62673)
**Author:** [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-k-potholes-need-advice/62673 "2009-02-09T05:52:52Z")
I just ate my front bumper pulling into “THE NEW HAVEN LAWN CLUB”. nice 4" crack across the bottom of the damn thing…courtesy the biggest pothole I’ve seen since watching WW2 movies. Anyways…so I talk to the dickhead m… --- ## [Snow Dirt Bike!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snow-dirt-bike/62702)
**Author:** [@double\_j](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/double_j)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snow-dirt-bike/62702 "2009-02-09T05:44:41Z")
Do you love dirt bikes? Did you ever wish you could ride one in the snow? http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=13422&from=hp\_main\_tab3 --- ## [Picking up a new winter beater](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picking-up-a-new-winter-beater/62674)
**Author:** [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/picking-up-a-new-winter-beater/62674 "2009-02-09T05:34:00Z")
Ok maybe not a winter beater but it is great in the snow. I will be picking it up Monday. \[http://carad.ebayimg.com/i14/02/a/000/7a/54/3819\_4.JPG\] 2008 STS 4 V8 with 1SG and performance package -All Wheel Drive -Moo… --- ## [FEAR 2](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fear-2/62628)
**Author:** [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fear-2/62628 "2009-02-09T04:36:03Z")
The demo is out and free on steam and curious if others have downloaded/gone through it? I really enjoyed the first one has it was one of the only FPS games I remember actually making me slow down because I couldn;t reac… --- ## [Wireless Electricity](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-electricity/62627)
**Author:** [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-electricity/62627 "2009-02-08T21:47:08Z")
Don’t think was posted yet, but its a good read: http://tech.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=17337626>1=40000 --- ## [Appliance Hookup?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/appliance-hookup/62665)
**Author:** [@RobtC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobtC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/appliance-hookup/62665 "2009-02-08T21:39:18Z")
I searched and didn’t find anything for this, but I’m looking to buy a free standing gas range and refrigerator for my house. If anyone has a hookup or knows of any decent deals let me know. --- ## [Techies, school me on phones](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/techies-school-me-on-phones/62704)
**Author:** [@DetailWNY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DetailWNY)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/techies-school-me-on-phones/62704 "2009-02-08T21:32:38Z")
Looking for a phone on VZW network. Would love it to have some sort of word processing and some decent memory for that. Internet access(not just email) is a must Blackberry plans turn me off because of the 30dollar co… --- ## [Hard Anodize Locally?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-anodize-locally/62705)
**Author:** [@Firehawk853](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Firehawk853)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-anodize-locally/62705 "2009-02-08T20:17:30Z")
Looking if any place in WNY does hard anodizing? Thanks --- ## [older stunt video trailer gsxr gets murdered](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/older-stunt-video-trailer-gsxr-gets-murdered/62684)
**Author:** [@roxy69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/roxy69)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/older-stunt-video-trailer-gsxr-gets-murdered/62684 "2009-02-08T20:16:23Z")
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2867592 --- ## [Buffalo autoshow thread!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-autoshow-thread/62633)
**Author:** [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-autoshow-thread/62633 "2009-02-08T20:01:46Z")
Who went? I was jaw dropped a lot of the time. Loved(In this order) 2010 Camaro 2009 Mitsubishi evo x Pontiac G8 Corvette zr1 Cobalt SS turbo 4 door 2010 Mustang kr500 2010 Mustang GT 2009 Nissan 370z 2008 Min… --- ## [Ethics Poll: So I found a dollar today...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ethics-poll-so-i-found-a-dollar-today/62609)
**Author:** [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ethics-poll-so-i-found-a-dollar-today/62609 "2009-02-08T20:00:12Z")
So today I found a dollar on the floor at work, I looked around and couldnt see anyone so I pocketed it. Whats the cut-off for you to keep the money or find the person or turn it in to security/hr/who ever? --- ## [you are too fat vs. car alignment (video)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-are-too-fat-vs-car-alignment-video/62591)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-are-too-fat-vs-car-alignment-video/62591 "2009-02-08T19:50:02Z")
http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globaledmonton-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven\_playerId=troubleshootermedium&maven\_referralObject=3475882 warning: fat woman, kia, and “changing society” con… --- ## [funny comercial](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-comercial/62724)
**Author:** [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-comercial/62724 "2009-02-08T18:45:16Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQALeeHWJyE made me lol --- ## [Now THIS is how you study. \*PIC\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/now-this-is-how-you-study-pic/59126)
**Author:** [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/now-this-is-how-you-study-pic/59126 "2009-02-08T18:07:09Z")
\[http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/mrpaulo77/studyinyo.jpg\] I wish I had a video camera with me. I shit you not, 30 seconds after I took this picture, he fell off that chair. He has not been studying a whole lot. J… --- ## [Super bright light in the western sky](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/super-bright-light-in-the-western-sky/62620)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/super-bright-light-in-the-western-sky/62620 "2009-02-08T15:19:32Z")
What is it? Deneb (19th brightest star) --- ## [Fresh Oreos - a Public Service Message](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fresh-oreos-a-public-service-message/62640)
**Author:** [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fresh-oreos-a-public-service-message/62640 "2009-02-08T14:48:34Z")
I’ve noticed a lot of people don’t like oreos because of the black cookie part. That part isn’t suppose to be hard or “stale,” if it is your oreos are too old. Let’s talk about shelflifes. Shelflifes: In the snackfoo… --- ## [cars got the hicups =(](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cars-got-the-hicups/62560)
**Author:** [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cars-got-the-hicups/62560 "2009-02-08T14:42:30Z")
basicaly my car hicups when its cold, today it was -17 \*F, the car has no egr or cat, bored out TB and IM and a header, 97 sohc auto 72k, this is the way i got the car, plugs are new, and i ran seafoam through it, fluids… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/nyspeed-automotive/5.md?page=671) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/nyspeed-automotive/5.md?page=673)