Opelmania's '98 GLS 2.0 5 Speed

[vwgary]

That's one wide driveway

[Opelmania]

Yeah it is. The house is pretty wide too. When they moved into it, my brothers and I called it the West Wing.

On another note, last night after pulling Gayle out of the garage and warming him up, went to grocery store to pick up a veggie tray for my bro's house and restarted Gayle and no CEL. Of course because earlier I made plans with Herbie Tom to scan him on Monday and re-adapt his throttle. Gas mileage has been down to about 28, but I've also been warming him up so I wasn't that concerned. He had a spunk to him yesterday with the light out! The 15 degree cold air prolly helped too.

[Opelmania]

Busy past couple of days. Anyway, went to dinner with an old friend Tuesday and after got some gas and a car wash. It was hard drying him off in the 12 degree temps. Took some pics but I have to crop 'em down to post. This one is the elusive tunnel pic I've been trying to get. The tunnel is from "Groundhog Day" when Bill Murray was escaping with Phil in the pickup. I'll post the others later after I get a chance to crop them down.

[Kuplamies]

"Groundhog Day"... I like that movie much

Bill Murray is very good as a reporter
Oh, and Andie MacDowell is so sweet (and good also)...

[Opelmania]

As promised, here are the other pics. These are from the Woodstock Square. The Opera House was built in 1889 and was the Hotel for Andie MacDowell in "Groundhog Day". I took my stepson, Vance to his first concert there last summer. Saw folk guitarist Willy Porter there from the 4th row. My neighbor went to college with him and still keeps in touch so it was pretty to hang out with him at the local watering hole after the concert. I told Vance that most concerts are not like that. Enjoy the pics.

[vwgary]

Awesome pics as usual, but my fingers are numb at the thought of car washing at 12 degrees.....yikes

[bug_dude]

The new pics are cool, especially the ones in front of the Opera House; and your Bug looks nice and shiny!

[Opelmania]

Thanks for the comments guys! Kinda hard to get shots at both of those locations. 1 lane tunnel and no parking in front of the Opera House. After I took those shots, I was sitting in the car putting away my camera and Officer Friendly drove past and sat at the stop sign right by the snow mound.I turned and by the time he knew I left, I was in my driveway.

Here are a couple of pics from last night. Car is super dirty again.

Next photo stop, the Inn Bill Murray stayed in. 1 block away.

[Opelmania]

I've been super busy with court and work and haven't been on in a while. Still taking pics. Here are some from last Saturday at work. Imagine that.

[SixChuter]

Thanks for posting the pics. Can't wait to get mine out in the sun. Supposed to get a fresh 10" of snow tonight.

[Opelmania]

So after work I went out and ended up not driving my car to where I was staying. Gayle was parked out on the street in front of a snow pile. Woke up to a 3" dusting on top of the car and went to start it from the passenger side so no snow would go on the driver's seat. Great idea, right? Wrong. Car was in 1st and when I let out the clutch, not good. Went right into the snow bank. After restarting and cleaning off my car, I tried to back out. Key word "tried". I was stuck. After about 30 minutes of rockin' and rollin', I was out. And so was my grille and 1 screw from my plates. Here is a pic.

[SixChuter]

I hate winter! Sorry to hear about your troubles. Don't really like pics like that though.

[Opelmania]

I finally got to the local grocery store at noon to get ready for my Super Bowl Party I was hosting. Keeping in mind I couldn't drive the night before, I was not in my usual never sitting still always going kind of moods. Did my shopping, chatted with the neighbors while they were shovelling, my brother stopped by, grabbed a double cheeseburger from the Golden Arches, took a half hour to eat that, next thing I know it's 3:30. Company coming at 4. Yikes! Shovel the front walk again, Herbie Tom comes over, we B.S. 4:30 an Tom and Packer Fan neighbor sitting on the couches watching pregame as I am fixing my grille. 5:30 grille fixed and on. 6:10 1 beer down, shower taken, and 3 lb. beef roast cooking on the grille. Happy ending.

[vwgary]

If the pics are chronological, you have the grill/fogs reattached?

[Opelmania]

Yes they are Gary.
Saturday night, no driving for me.
Sunday about 10:30 am, snow bank.
Sunday at 5:30 pm. Good to go.

[Palmettoguy]

After seeing the above pic, I had to do a double take...looked like all of your oil decided to jump out of the pan, lol.

Glad to see you got your grill put back on w/ no probs.

Car is lookin good

[Opelmania]

Looking back at that pic it does look like I lost all my oil. Thanks for the compliments.

ToD prep is officially under way. It will be a slow process as I'm going to be painting. I also picked up some LED strip lights for my bud vase and accent lighting. I temporarily did my footwells.

[vwgary]

Cool

[peanutsmom]

Sweet... Just basics for Smurfette for now.. I am so sad.

[Palmettoguy]

I like the footwell LEDs that you did. I may have to do the same thing

How are they wired? Just a simple on/off switch or are they wired with a rheostat so you can dim/brighten them?