this is my first car and since its a jeep it is not know for securtiy but i have some neoprene seat covers and other semi valuable stuff in there do people steal from jeeps alot i mean there are alot of parts that can be screwed of
I think the tires I have now on it are..26" ? My dad just bought a jeep and I got his old one. and his new one has 30inch tires, mine are smaller, so they could be 26.. I just did up my interior, so it doesn’t smell like the inside of a tent anymore.. seat covers, steering wheel cover, air fresheners..nothing major, but it’s a Jeep, not a Cadillac. There are, 3 more ‘major’ things I would like to do to it to make it complete.
1. Get a grille guard
2. Bigger Tires
3. Fog lights
the thing is..a jeep with no lift and 30′s look alright to me. i wouldn’t mind that, but I was wondering how 33 inch tires would be with no lift, especially with a 4cyl, I hear it would slow it down. I don’t mind if it slows it down a bit, but if all i can get it up to is 65mph..I’d rather not do that. Also, with a 4cyl, if I got a steering box, or steering pump so its easier to turn the tires. ?
I’d like to maybe stay away from a lift, for now.
Thanks for any suggestions, I really appreciate any help!
**Basic Plot**
Leonardo Cole Anderson was just your “average” kid. Sally, his mother, died when Leo was very little. Kevin, his dad, never really did get over the loss of his “Dearest Sally.” Kevin had gotten cancer. Time passes, and the doctors think they got it all.
Samuel, Kevin’s father had bought a 1967 Chevy Impala when it was new, and passed it on to Kevin. Leo decided to rebuild the engine as a birthday present for his dad. It was on that day that Kevin passed the Chevy onto Leo, and Leo found out his dad’s cancer came back.
The story starts with that scene.
Then, it goes on and Kevin dies. Leo has to go and live with his aunt in Oregon.
He said, fine, as long as the Chevy comes too.
Leo went and fixed everything wrong with the Chevy in his fathers’ memory. Along the way, he remembers all the good times he had in that car, with his dad, and with his grandpa.
One night, it was dark and the roads were slick. He never saw the other car coming. It ends with both the Chevy and the truck that was transporting gas going up in flames.
**Beginning**
Leo was covered in grease, but he sat down in that 1967 Chevy Impala anyway. He made sure the car was in park before he put the keys in the ignition, and turned on that beautiful, black car.
“Listen to this baby purr!” He exclaimed as his dad poured himself into the passengers seat.
“You’re getting grease all over the leather seats, son,” Kevin said with a smile as he shook his head.
“Hey, I just rebuilt the engine for you. You can deal with the grease spots,” Leo said with a grin. “Besides, I have to make sure this baby still runs.” Then he looked at his dad with his eyes shinning in excitement. "Can I drive her?"
“Son, she’s yours,” was Kevin’s response.
“No way? But you love this car.” Leo then looked closer at his dad’s eyes. “Dad, I thought the doctors got all of it.”
“I thought so too, Leo.” He sighed. “I thought so too.”
~~~~~
So, my questions to you are:
-What do you think?
-Do you think I could pull off the type of story?
-Good, bad, boring?
-Keep going, or give up now?
-Questions, comments, improvements, anything?
Note: I’m just writing this for fun. I need something to do, and just want some opinions.
Brutal honesty please. I want to know what you really think, don’t sugarcoat it, and don’t suck up to me, because that’s not going to help me at all.
Thank you, so much for all of your time!
</3 Delilah
Even though I’m just writing for fun, I want to make it as good as possible. 
I know it’s cliche and has a lot of drama in it, but that’s just what I felt like writing. You can blame my subconscious for this one. It’s mostly based off a dream I had. All I really did was change the make and model of the car, oh, and give a reason for the mom being gone and all the sadness and anger in Kevin.
I hope that made sense.
Put mythical creatures in this? Oh yeah, totally. Blood sucking vampires, werewolves that go around biting people, and faeries that fly from place to place! :/ It just doesn’t fit with the story, but I’ll see what I can do Elena.
@ Jasper: I haven’t decided if he’s going to have one or not, but he does have a really close friend named Emma.
Oh, two more questions:
-If I said I was possibly going to change names, what would your suggestions be?
-If I were to use a mythical creature, which one should it be?
@ CJ: Glad to see you’re still alive
I own a 2006 Chevy Silverado work truck. For those of you unfamiliar with what a "work truck" is, it is simply the lower class model of the truck. It has manual everything, including door locks and windows. It is a regular cab as well meaning I have no back seat whatsoever. It is ALL stock on the inside currently aside from my floor mats.
Lately my truck has seemed very dull, and I want to do something to spruce it up a little. I am thinking of buying a backup camera and monitor (to make backing up my 8ft bed easier.) What should I do? get a backup camera? cool seat covers? a new stereo system? tint the windows? I am just looking for some input on what would add some unique qualities to my plain truck.
Thanks!
Ok, so our hot water heater, which is only 8 years old, sprung a leak this weekend. This flooded our basement 4 inches from wall to wall. Well, we were told to clean it out, and we did throw out a few items due to space issues. We had to get to the basement floor to drain it. We took photos of these items. Well they don’t want to cover them (dvd’s and clothing) because they cannot see them, but in order to get the basement cleaned out we had to throw SOME out. I did keep, wash, dry and fold over 300 pieces of clothing and put them into bins after. But about 100 pcs were just soaked and the color was running into the box. The dvd’s, I have 2000, about 300 were damaged and soaked, so we took a photo of the box that was soaked (filled with dvd’s) and then discarded them to be able to make room to clean. They say they aren’t covering them.
The other question, what about my electronics? My treadmill, 2 air conditioners, my Kirby Vaccum system, and my sons Clamshell Apple Ibook was down there …on the bottom storage shelf. THey are STILL there (treadmill on the floor) But were in 4 inches of water. I didn’t throw them out because I figured these were the things they would want to see. Anyway, they are trying to say that they can be "dried" out, and should function fine. I pay ALOT for my REPLACEMENT cost policy, and I feel like they are being awful. We spent 9 hours with shop vacs, and pumps draining our basement ourselves, and had people help us move things, wash dry and fold the clothing, and all in an effort to be as cooperative with them as possible…What can I expect for the items that are in the basement still that were filled with water???
Treadmill
Air Conditioners
Crib Mattress
Breast Pump
Computer
One Twin Size Mattress
One boxspring
Baby swing
Car seat
Beanie Babies (yes I know!!) with tag protectors
??????????????????
Our water heater has records of being checked yearly, and it seems that the gasket cracked and leaked. The water heater itself is in great shape. That is why. In order for my DVD’s to be in the same state they were before (which is what insurance is for) they would have to purchase new hard cases with slipcovers. WHICH you cannot do. My DVD’s are a collection and are usually the two disc copies. I have reciepts for ALL of these BTW.
Apple Ibook or not, it IS what is down there.
I have photos from all the damaged items, I don’t expect them to pay for each dvd, but I would like to replace as many as I can.
I have the manuals for the electronics…
Hi I was just wondering about how much would someone pay for my truck , I did an estimate on the Kelly Blue Book , but i just want to know what someone would actually want to pay for this truck , its a 2004 Chevy Silverado, 4.3 V6 Vortec engine, Work Truck Package, Extended Cab 4 door, Wade bug deflector and wind deflectors, 18" aluminum Eagle Alloys rims with Michelin Cross Terrain all season tires with a reasonable amount of tread on them and also comes with brand new set Goodyear Fortera tires that i have not even mounted yet, 53K miles , custom made seat covers, aftermarket Kenwood stereo, bed liner, Extang Tuff Tonno tonneau cover, some scratches, no dents, no rust, most of the miles are highway miles, driven to Mexico twice, receives oil change every 3000 miles, up to date on all tune ups, tinted windows, no power windows or doorlocks, running boards and chromed door handles.
^ there is a picture of it taken on July 2008 in Mexico , the sticker you see in the middle of the window is a pass that is needed to enter Mexico and let others know that the vehicle is foreign.
Please post about what you would be willing to pay and what you think of it.
thx.
Ours is a 2002 model. The driver’s seat controls won’t let the seat move forward or back, and the blower on the heater/ac is stuck on high. These problems seem more common than I thought.
Anyone reading this have the problems, and what did you do to correct them? How much did it cost?
I need to make my basement look cool. It has bare cinderblock walls, a plywood ceiling with airvents exposed, and cement floors. In the main area is a nice couch and a nice love seat, a rug covering the floor, and hot water heaters next to it. There’s a ping-pong table and a bunch of boxes. I mean a LOT of boxes… the stairs are wooden and in the back is weight machines. It’s really kinda ugly… what can I do to decorate it? So far I’ve got adding carpet and a drop-down ceiling. Imagine Eric Forman’s basement in That ’70s Show but with a weight room. It’s pretty bad. Help is appreciated, thanks.
My book is about a young woman who is hired to watch an elderly lady for one night only, only to be terrorized by assailants throughout the night.
Chapter 4- We don’t bite
“Oh Rick, stop it!” giggled Portia. Portia and Rick sat in the backseat of Rick’s Jeep by the lake, which was a yard away from the cabin in which they were partying. They were in the middle of an intense make out session. He and Portia had gone to a friend’s family’s cabin for a party.
“Ok, I win,” Rick breathed a sigh of relief. His breath was intoxicated by the smell of beer and party snacks. “Now you have to chug.”
Richard pulled out a can of beer and handed it fiercely to Portia. He and Portia had made a bet of who could survive the make out session the longest. It had gone on for five minutes and Rick won.
Portia stared down at the bottle with an unsure gaze. She had made this promise to herself. She just couldn’t drink. “Rick, we’re 18.”
“Oh, come on!”
“Seriously, I don’t think it’s a good idea,” argued Portia. “Who’s the designated driver?”
“I am,” Rick assured her. “You know I can handle alcohol.”
“I’m not so sure after last weekend,” she told him, staring at him with a you-know-what-I’m-referring-to look.
“Things got out of hand at the last party, I admit.”
“Out of hand? I had to drive you to the damn hospital, that’s out of hand!”
“Whatever,” Rick started. Suddenly, there was a knock coming from the trunk.
Portia gasped and plunged upward from her seat. “Did you hear that?”
“Yeah, it’s fine.”
“Rick, I want to get out of here,” she said, whimpering. “It’s way too late.”
“I know this party didn’t go as planned but,” Rick stopped midsentence. There it was again. A loud, forceful knock. “I’m going to go check it out.”
“Okay,” Portia said, crossing her arms to keep warm. Breathing heavily, she took out a cigarette from her purse. She took a match out of the compartment nearest her in the car and lit up the cigarette. Her phone beeped. Startled, Portia grabbed her phone and checked her messages. A text message beeped onto her screen. It said “YOU’RE NEXT.” The number was blocked.
“Rick?” Portia called. “Rick?” There was no answer. Carrying her phone, Portia got out of the car.
“Rick is this some kind of joke?” She held the phone up. “I don’t think it’s funny.” There was a faint cry in the distance, carried on the breeze. Portia was scared now. She ran to get back to the house, but tripped on a twig.
“RICK!” Portia screamed. She looked down to find the edge of the twig impaled into her ankle. “RICK!” All of a sudden, Portia heard a scream in the distance. It was definitely a scream this time. Then there was a bang.
“HELP!” she called desperately. Portia looked behind her, only to find shadows in the distance. Overcome by panic, Portia got up and tried to walk, but fell.
“PLEASE STOP! GO AWAY!”
Getting up once more, she hopped and found it more successful. Pretty soon, she was hopping furiously towards the cabin until her leg gave in. Looking behind her, she noticed the strangers had disappeared. There was eeriness in the air and a slight mist started to form.
Portia crawled closer to the cabin in a slow manor. Her ankle throbbed and she found it hard not to just give up, but she grasped the ground with her fingers and slid on her stomach. Looking ahead, she discovered the cabin was not very far away. This came as a great delight to her, and she smiled.
All of a sudden two shadowy figures approached her and grabbed both of her legs. One of them yanked the twig from her ankle. The other wiped a cloth on her face just as she began to scream. Portia moaned until she couldn’t stay awake. She was passed out. One of the figures took her into their arms and carried her. The mysterious assailants arrived at a clearing in the woods, where a white truck stood in the middle.
“Don’t worry,” one of them whispered into the unconscious Portia’s ear. The attacker removed the cloth from her face, which was now covered in blood. “We don’t bite.”
I’ve been looking for about 1 month…I’m trying to find seat covers for a used truck that had different seats put in it before I got it…I’ve found a picture of what they look like any help would be greatly appreciated:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/venture-style-truck-seats/p2030157.jcwx
I have a 1994 Chevrolet Silverado extended cab.
