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Awesome, thanks! That's exactly what I needed! :-)

A couple of weeks ago, my 08 'Trac got rear-ended, and I took it to the Ford dealer to get repaired (the other guy's insurance company was paying, so I figured it would be the best choice). Well, today I got it back, and it looks like they just randomly stuck the backup sensors into whatever...

I need to buy about a dozen sheets of 4x8 drywall and somehow get them home without damaging the drywall, my 'Trac, or myself. The obvious problem, of course, is that Ford somehow managed to overlook "carrying home sheets of plywood and drywall for DIY projects" when it came up with its list of...

Well, Sun DOES have a couple of things in their favor... positive cash flow being one of them. Sun might give most of their products away... but the ones they DO charge for, well... dear god... they make Oracle Enterprise software look downright cheap. "Java" is only "free" when the end-user...

Sun ("JAVA"). Their stock is GROSSLY undervalued at the moment. On the other hand, I'd recommend avoiding Sirius ("SIRI") unless you can afford to buy at least a thousand shares, and risk losing it all if they go bankrupt. Why at least a thousand? With their current price (40c/share), a...

Hmmm. Maybe I HAVE been trying just a little too hard to avoid running a new wire at all costs :-) I'm actually kind of frustrated at the moment. I tried buying the (alleged) SportTrac installation guide from Scosche, only to discover that they don't actually HAVE a guide specifically for...

> In the last 4 days I have bought just over 3000 shares of Sirius stock. I have to admit, I've been seriously thinking about buying Sirius stock, too. It's so cheap right now, it's kind of like buying a lottery ticket... buy a few hundred shares for ~45c/ea, then forget about them for 5-10...

Any idea what gauge the pre-existing wire is, or the amperage of the fuse that protects it? I know that amps need lots of amperes (sorry, bad pun), but I also know that the prevailing practice (in Miami, at least) of routinely using AWG4-8 wire for amp installs is usually gross overkill for the...

Do yourself a favor... get LASEK, not Lasik. Yeah, you'll go home from the procedure with what's basically a medically-induced corneal abrasion that'll sting for a day, burn for 2 or 3 more, leave you functionally blind (able to do things like watch TV, but not reliably read) for about a week...

Reading through the archives, I've gotten the impression that there's a set of +12v and ground power wires that might be suitable for driving a sub amp already present inside the passenger compartment behind the front passenger's kick panel (normally used to power the OEM sub's amp). Does...

I got my 2008 XLT with v8, tonneau, bed extender, towing kit, backup sensor, SYNC, upgraded cloth seats, and the upgrade packages that include the deluxe rearview mirror/keyless entry/running boards/fog lights/cruise for $24k "out the door" (including 6% tax, tags, fees, and everything else). I...

Are you talking "real" stucco, or "knockdown cementious compound" (which is what 99% of new non-custom homes in places like Florida, Texas, and California REALLY have on the outside)? REAL stucco is horrifyingly expensive... something like $8-20/square foot. Cementious knockdown, on the other...

Just noticed this now. If you get a corneal abrasion, DO NOT wear contacts for at least a few weeks afterward. I gave myself a corneal abrasion in 1998 taking out a contact lens while drunk, put them back in the next morning (feeling a sting, but unaware that I had an outright abrasion), and...

I'm probably going to buy a new one, but if I happened to trip over a pristine 2k8 (maybe even 2k7) used SporTrac being dumped at a ridiculous price by some hysterical person freaked out by gas prices (you know, the kind of idiot who'll throw away $12k in equity, and pay a $10k premium for a...

I'm seriously considering buying a SportTrac, but I have a few questions before I actually hit the dealers :) 1. I really want a heated windshield. In South Florida, it's common to encounter weather where the windshield fogs because it's 100% humid outside, and 70 degrees inside (due to...