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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ballsout
also you lucky bastards in the states will be paying half as much for your parts compared to what i had to pay in canada.
That's OK, when you drop the impact gun on your hand and break it (your hand, not the gun), you can get it fixed for free!

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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Ok, so I found out a few things today.
1. Moog sway bar endlinks that i got from Rockauto ARE greasable. (pics will follow tomorrow.)
2. If you replace one, you might as well replace the other...
3. Working on both at the same time is SO MUCH EASIER!!! (my buddy did only one, and it was a b with an Itch to do) Took only 15 minutes to do both!
4. The MOOG parts are helluva beefier than the stock POS!
5. I cant wait to replace all of the ball joints (may go with raybestos), shocks/struts, install 2" leveling kit and other front suspension parts minus the rack and pinion.

I am very happy with Rockauto, and Moog.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by northgator8
That's OK, when you drop the impact gun on your hand and break it (your hand, not the gun), you can get it fixed for free!

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if you dont mind waiting 2 years to see the dr....do'h
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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if you dont mind waiting 2 years to see the dr....do'h
Sorry for thread Hijack but . . . .

It's not nearly as bad as your Congressmen have made it out to be, my 2 year wait is just for a full physical - but I can wait, 'cause she's hot! I can get in to see my doc within a few days for something when I need it.

Emerg is just down the street from me, so when I do something stupid, I can walk before the ambulance arrives. If I'm about to die, I get seen immediately, if I have nearly cut off my finger, but the bleeding is stopped, I have to sit and wait while the treat someone with a broken back. Not unlike what I see on 'mercan TV.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 08:46 AM
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I know, just having fun with it. I was up there last week and talked to many folks about the misconceptions we yanks have about it.
 

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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 09:07 AM
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I know, just having fun with it. I was up there last week and talked to many folks about the misconceptions we yanks have about it.
I knewd you was havin fun, so was I.

If you don't think the country you live in is the best place in the world, you should work to change it or find somewhere else.

I'm OK with you thinkin the Excited States is the best, so long as you're OK with me thinkin Kanada is!

First real snow today - 8- 10cm (thats 3-4 inches) and still coming down. I'm thinking I might need snow tires . . . . the giddy-up is OK, but the Whoa is a little lacking.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by northgator8
I knewd
For god sakes man!!! Put your cloths on!!


Back on to the hijacked subject, I love Canada. I'm from a state that is probably the worst as far as 'ignorance to the outside world' is concerned, Utah. But I lived in Montreal for a year and have been all over the east coast out to Perce and I visit Toronto every year it seems like, twice this year.

I had experience with both sides of the free health system. My Wife, girlfriend at the time had to wait 6 months for a checkup which they messed up on and had to wait another 6 months, but when she cut her foot she got treated right away.

I drove what seems to be the country's only "interstate" and that was bogus, either you're stuck behind a guy doing 100kph or you're being tailgated like a **** when going 130kph. In fact, I was tailgated like a **** everywhere I went in Canada lol. I just began to accept it.

But driving in Montreal was really fun once you get the jist of it. There are lines on the road, but it doesn't matter. Just don't hit the guy next to you. Three lane roads turned into two lane roads that way though lol.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FrenicX
For god sakes man!!! Put your cloths on!!


Back on to the hijacked subject, I love Canada. I'm from a state that is probably the worst as far as 'ignorance to the outside world' is concerned, Utah. But I lived in Montreal for a year and have been all over the east coast out to Perce and I visit Toronto every year it seems like, twice this year.

I had experience with both sides of the free health system. My Wife, girlfriend at the time had to wait 6 months for a checkup which they messed up on and had to wait another 6 months, but when she cut her foot she got treated right away.

I drove what seems to be the country's only "interstate" and that was bogus, either you're stuck behind a guy doing 100kph or you're being tailgated like a **** when going 130kph. In fact, I was tailgated like a **** everywhere I went in Canada lol. I just began to accept it.

But driving in Montreal was really fun once you get the jist of it. There are lines on the road, but it doesn't matter. Just don't hit the guy next to you. Three lane roads turned into two lane roads that way though lol.
Montreal likes to think the are European - driving there is similar to driving in Rome or Paris - except in Montreal they are on the agressive side of assertive. I've driven in all three and would much rather drive in Rome than Montreal - in Italy the theory is if you want that space, take it, I won't hit you, but if you aren't using it, I will.

And hey, we are fewer than 35 million people in the second largest country in the world. We can't afford to have "interstates" all over the place. You were probably on the 401 (Ontario's "interstates" are the 400 series highways), the part through Toronto is perportadly the busiest highway in north america?
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
if you dont mind waiting 2 years to see the dr....do'h
it all depends, my GP i can see same day if needed but emergency here is usually a long wait. I blew out my knee last summer and got to emerg at 9pm, at 11pm the doctor working came to the waiting room and informed us that unless we are about to die nobody would be seen til the next morning at 9am. 10-16 hour waits in emerg are pretty normal here.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ballsout
it all depends, my GP i can see same day if needed but emergency here is usually a long wait. I blew out my knee last summer and got to emerg at 9pm, at 11pm the doctor working came to the waiting room and informed us that unless we are about to die nobody would be seen til the next morning at 9am. 10-16 hour waits in emerg are pretty normal here.
Damn and I thought waiting 20 mins when my wife cut her finger open was long crazy prego cravings
 
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