[ryannel2003]

It's been pretty quiet here in the world of Seville, at least until something goes south next week.

My slightly off idle I reported last time... turns out to be a poor camshaft design by GM that effects some early 2000-2001 model year Northstar's. The original owners never gotten it taken care of, and I'm going to continue that trend. It's not worth spending that kinda of money on a 9 year old car. I did get new spark plugs installed and have been using premium gas, so that helps it a little bit.

After my unfortunate blowout, I finally got new tires. Cheapy 225 Uniroyal's (I'm not made of money here). I'm not crazy about them at all. They don't handle well, and make more noise than the Michelin's did (you pay for quality). They ride nice, and 90% of my 65-75MPH vibration is gone. My brakes still vibrate terribly. Guess they need to be resurfaced... again. I'll cross that bridge when the time comes.

The outside of the car looks better than ever! Finally got that foggy headlight cleared up, though it still doesn't look as good as the drivers side. Oh well, not worth spending $500 for a new one. Got a few of my spots touched up with GM touch-up paint. Has some dents on the roof but otherwise, the outside is immaculate.

My problems with the car continue to be the "Service Theft System", a noisy aspirator fan, warped dashpad, and noisy passenger side strut. The fronts will need replacement soon, though I'm hoping I can go another 10k miles before replacing. I'm going with Arnott.