Howzit from Hawaii
 

Found my way here while surfing for info about replacing the stock stereo in my 2000 Alero GLS Coupe (really just want to upgrade the deck to something with a USB port, but might swap out the UQ2 6-speaker set, as well). I am basically lacking in all mechanical skills and have no gumption for it but like to know a little bit so when I do take the car to the shop I have a vague notion of what is being explained to me. My car is currently all stock with 65K miles on it (most of that in the first few years of driving when I had a 25 mile commute--since then I have had the luxury or working out the house). I have had some of the usual problems, particularly with the window regulators on both sides. Now I think I have the dreaded LIM issue--on a whim after poking around this site, I popped the coolant cap and see the coolant has gone somewhat muddy *sigh*. Oil level and color looks good, so hopefully I am not in too bad shape. Will bite the bullet and take it into Goodyear (closest/only shop in my town) Monday.

Anyhow, nice to have found this site and so many friendly Alero owners hanging about.

(yes, been actively using SEARCH as well as a lot of heavy browsing on the forums already :D )

Cheers!

welcome aboard your gunna hear it alot so ill be first to say clear ur corners

WELCOME! and ~~~Clear your corners~~~ (Useing jedi mind powers)

Haha! When I first started browsing the forums, I kept seeing that "cleared corners" or "clearing your corners" phrase. I was like "WTH is that?" I did finally come across some posts showing what it meant, heh :rolleyes2:

welcome, I had the same issue about the corner clearing comments :P

Tint your tails.

i think your the 2nd hawaii member! neat.

welcome.

Welcome and hakunah matada, or whatever the spelling is. Yes choke your cat and dont post anymore... This website will comsume your life with its addictive controlling powers. LOL
-Smurf-

welcome.

welcome to the site.

which island are you on?


I did Hawai'i and Ohau in 96

Hi Redog. I'm on the west side of Oahu.

welcome! hows the weather over there you lucky bastard:lol:

Heh, Billy, I can tell you it's pretty freakin' hot, especially since I just walked the 1 klick or so from Goodyear back to my house after dropping off the Alero. A cursory look from the lead mechanic there has him agreeing with suspicions about a gasket problem. :( They will confirm it and get to work on it Monday. Hopefully have the car back by Tuesday . . .

That's great!!

I'm a city guy myself, I was happy on Oahu

Welcome to the site....Clear you seats too!...LOL

ALOHA!.... =]

resist clear corners!

Mahalo!

Welcome...at least we all have somewhere to crash in Hawaii now

aaahhhh, hawaii.... must be nice... no rust,

(walks away bitching about NH and the're lame over useage of salt....)

ahhhh, hooked on phonics.... must be nice... proper english,

(walks away bitching about how i don't know english....)

:lol:

^^pleh, you are stealing other people's jobs... and i just got up.... go yell at aleroracing, it makes me laugh....

lol when he says something i will...

we have to warn our hawaiian friend to look out for this alero racing

someone PLEASE make a motivational poster about him.... please... i need a good laugh

hahaha i am at work so i cant make one but this is the magnitude of fail from AR.

hawaii is an island, surrounded by an ocean......FULL of salt......... you do the math:lol: (facepalm)

welcome

Haha what he said. I live about 2 blocks from the ocean, so yeah, salt abounds. Lots of sand, too ;)

ok i found it LOL i didnt make this

aloha, good to have you aboard.

Ugh, Goodyear confirmed the LIMG is leaking, no surprise. Unfortunately, the water pump is leaking as well, surprise :angry:

Anyway, with my budgeted money (and then some) to replace the stock stereo and speakers going bye-bye, guess I will have more time to mull over what I will go with as the replacement.

But, thanks for the welcome to the forum :) Been having fun scrolling through a multitude of threads here.

very nice, get the gaskets and WP fixed, then get pics

lol that was funny welcome to the site
and ill say this "no ice in paradise"

I wish I had taken pics of the coolant sludge actually. But, when I get the car back, I'll probably take some random pic of the ho to use as an avatar--in all its unmodded, scuffed paint glory. :rolleyes2: