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In addition to the '13 LaCrosse eAssist in my sig, my parents have a '14 LaCrosse eAssist and '05 LeSabre. And today we added another one: a 2006 LaCrosse for my son to commute to college. CXL trim, 3800 Series III, 113k miles on the odometer. It's nice enough I briefly considered selling my '13...

At work, we're moving to the HP EliteDesk 800 Mini. Dimensions are barely bigger than a paperback book - 6.97 x 1.34 x 6.89 in. You can find them used/refurb on eBay for less than $400; Dell and Lenovo equivalents are likely priced the same. Mount it to the back of a monitor and call it good.

+1 to this sub-forum, tomshardware, and bleepingcomputer. All three are solid resources.

Basically any compact truck from the last 25 years was pretty good. At a $3k price point, it's all about the previous owner(s) and how the truck was kept.

In about 2008, we canceled cable and used our Wii with the Netflix app, and added the Amazon Prime Video app later on. In 2010, I built a HTPC with USB TV tuner for recording broadcast TV with Windows Media Center. Still using that setup on the same 40" plasma TV. It works, and does what we need.

Originally Posted By: JTK Originally Posted By: Astro14 You have yet to teach one of your children to drive... Ugh.. Yep. Just starting that adventure. I also hate being a passenger when my darling bride drives. She's not a bad driver and drives old ladyish, but she never stays steady on the...

TaxAct was over $100 for me this time, federal plus two states - I work in KS and live in MO; my wife works in MO. Had I known it would cost that much, I'd have done it on my own. My wife and I each have W-2 income, 1099s from interest and dividends, and education tax credits for a kid in...

2013 LaCrosse eAssist Pros: Comfort, quiet, fuel economy, interior space, just about everything that makes a long commute suck less. Cons: Rear visibility, trunk space, OE tires (recently replaced with Cooper CS5, and saw a big improvement in wet and dry traction)

The LaCrosse eAssist in my sig has a cavernous back seat. My 3 kids have ample room - they're 21, 18, and 12, and their heights range from 5'4" to 5'10". I've averaged nearly 30 mpg in mixed driving over the 26k and 17 months I've had it. You can get them CPO off-lease for under $20k all day...

Originally Posted By: dishdude Originally Posted By: das_peikko Buick LaCrosse For comfort, this is a good choice. I guess if MPGs are the most important thing, a Prius would be a solid choice. I picked the LaCrosse in my sig over a C-Max specifically for comfort on my 60+ mile round-trip...

I applied the Mint update, as well, and everything has been smooth sailing.

With the cannister-style filters (like the wife's Accord, the daughter's Galant, and all my previous cars), I hand-tighten and use a wrench to remove. My LaCrosse has a cartridge-style filter, with a so I need the wrench both ways.

I just picked some 5w30 up last weekend at the store nearest my house. Now I need weekend temps to be warm enough to do the deed.

With my last car I used a pack of perforated sheets of blank business cards for printers. Tore off a new card every time I took a sample. After the sample set up, I wrote the date the mileage and the oil/filter combination on the card. Then they went in a binder with plastic business card pages...

Highest was a 2002 Chevy Prizm, 1.8L, 5-speed MT; I averaged 39 mpg over 5+ years of ownership. A 2005 Scion xB, 1.5L 5-speed MT averaged 38 mpg over 5+ years of ownership. Lowest was a 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250S, 2.5L straight six with dual carbs, 4-speed MT; I averaged 14 mpg over two years of...