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  1. CMNTMXR57

    💸 For Sale 2009 Pontiac G8 GT

    Just putting this up here for shits and giggles. I am not in a crunch to sell or in dire straights, but figured I'd get a flavor going... As many may know, I am courting a new lady in my life and if I can sell this, I can put a nice down payment on a new cow. Car: 2009 Pontiac G8 GT - 78,000...
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    🔖 Deals Harbor Freight opens in Elgin

    As of last Friday, Harbor Freight has opened a location in Elgin, up by the Hobby Lobby (Randall and 20). This could be a dangerous thing for me...
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    NEW RIDE CMNT Does another MOPAR thing.

    Santa was good to the CMNT household this Christmas. My Mother bought me my Dodge Charger Hellcat.... Even has the Widebody kit on it. . . . . . . . . . . .
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    💦 Detailing Wheel/Rim Polish recommendations

    I went through the cleaner thread, didn't see anything, but also felt having a dedicated polish thread would be cleaner... With that said, the Camaro SS's will be coming off the G8 shortly and I wanted recommendations on a good polish. I think I used the Black Forest (or whatever the name is)...
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    Food / Drink White Castle testing and implementing robot fry cooks

    Testing them right here in the Chicago area... https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-castle-rolling-fry-cook-080858261.html
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    Emergency Alert test at 1:20 PM CST Wednesday

    Just giving everyone a heads up so you can turn your phone off, opt out of alerts, put in airplane mode, etc. Kinda sorta defeats the purpose of the test. :D https://www.yahoo.com/news/heres-why-your-cellphone-emergency-alert-wednesday-fema-183706214.html This cracked me up in the article...
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    Food / Drink Portillos major expansion plans

    So Portillos is planning to expand to 920 locations, primarily in southern states, in the next 20 years. So basically they're going to get the diluted, lackluster, corporate owned crap we've had to deal with the last couple of years...
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    📰 Auto News UAW Strike??

    Can't believe no one has posted on this; https://www.yahoo.com/news/auto-workers-want-four-day-154233711.html Just vote yourself out of a job folks... All this does is push the big 3 to invest in more automation.
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    July 30th: Car Show West Chicago VFW hall

    Saw it on their marquee while driving past today. Sunday July 30th, West Chicago VFW hall. This is on Route 59 and has the F-84 jet and the tank sitting out front.
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    Corvette vs. F-88 battle in the late 50's

    On linkedIn, I am connected to Bob Gerometta. He is the editor at Over-Drive (an online magazine). He posts a lot of articles on many cars throughout the day. Today, this one came up and I thought was an interesting read. I had never even known the Oldsmobile F-88 existed (so to speak)...
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    Vehicle History on pre-1981 cars

    Just thought this might be a good discussion (and perhaps a story) for pre-1981 vehicles, as that's when 17 digit VIN's were standardized and can be (or should be) able to be found on CarFax or something. So, going through some old paper work, I found a VIN card for a car my Grandmother had...
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    🔧 Technical Vevor air jack

    Anyone have experience with these? https://www.vevor.com/floor-jacks-c_11489/6600lbs-triple-bag-air-jack-pneumatic-jack-lifting-jack-stands-adjustable-3-ton-p_010353078759
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    Fuel stabilizer in the winter?

    All this talk about bad gas...
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    💸 For Sale Free: Good Year Eagle RS-A - 235/50/18

    Cleaning up in the storage unit, came across these that I had saved to have as spares. What they are: Used, varying states of wear, Good Year Eagle RS-A's Size: 235/50/18 These would've come off either my Impala SS or Bonneville GXP as both used that size tire. If you need something that...
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    📰 Auto News Rivian recalls nearly all vehicles (both R1S and R1T)

    Over a loose nut... https://www.autoblog.com/2022/10/08/rivian-recall/
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    💸 For Sale Free shit

    Cleaning garage out at the other house have a couple freebies... I'll have more shit too as I continue... PIck up is in West Chicago. First, any of you W: body guys/gals, 2, 225/60/16 tires. One is a Kelly Charger, the other is a Goodyear Aquatred 3. Both worked fine, I kept them to have as...
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    Howard Hesseman GONE!

    Another... Sad Panda here being a big fan of WKRP. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/howard-hesseman-dr-johnny-fever-173930996.html
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    24 hour restaurants in the Chicago area

    So, as the title states, where are their good 24 hour restaurants in the Chicago area? Be it breakfast type places, pizza, general restaurant, etc... I looked at the Denny's and IHop here my me, but they close around midnight or thereabouts. Reason I ask, is reading an article on Waffle House...
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    Pontiac 389 build time-lapse video

    Came across this while daydreaming about eventually rebuilding my 389 and thought it was pretty cool. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1120957_zen-out-with-this-time-lapse-rebuild-of-a-pontiac-gto-389-v-8-engine
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    Attention: TCG Stacks/Sugar Daddies

    https://www.engadget.com/google-is-banning-sugar-daddy-apps-as-part-new-sexual-content-restrictions-081012698.html