Category Archives: Daily Rants

It works!!!

I got my Saturn Ion 2004 back from the car audio installation shop this afternoon and tried out the new 3rd party pass/fail remote starter system. So far everything worked as advertised. I haven’t been able to try it out yet in the morning when I’ve had the most problems but this evening it fired up remotely on the first try. I had a problem just yesterday when it would not start the evening after 3 tries, i gave up.

I will give it another test in the morning to see if the extremely cold weather affects this new system.


Damn car…

Ever since the weather change to cold and icy I have been having this problem with my car starting up in the morning. My car is an 2004 Saturn Ion and the problem is well documented on the internet with hundreds if not thousands pissed off owners. The problem occurred over a span of years and there is really no known fix. One suggestion is to use a remote ignition startup that bypasses the factory pass/fail system. I thought I’d give it a try with a local audio installation specialty shop I took the car in at the pre-arranged appointment and now have to leave it over night because they can’t get my car to start at all! What’s up with that!!! I’ll see how it all play out tomorrow supposedly they are going to have it running…


Back to work…

Well after taking off work for about 8 months I signed an offer this morning to start work again. I will be doing the same function as before with the same company 🙂 Life is timing I needed to have a couple of surgeries performed and I had both of them done successfully. This was a tough year but the upcoming year is going to be awesome!


Short ride…

I rode the wing over to a Goldwing speciality shop or at least they used to be one back in the day. The total mileage was approximately 110 miles. That is still nothing for me but at least my strength is improving along with my neck movement. Next week I’ll make a few 200 mile runs somewhere that should get me ready for the ride in the end of the month.

Rolled with the buds…

I went for a further ride today. Went up to SacTown to checkout an upholstery shop, grubbed at a kicking tri-tip hole in the wall joint then to see the closing of the Elk Grove HD dealership. The more miles I do before the end of the month the better for my strength during the Northern Coastal run.

Rolling again…

I’ve been riding the Harley and VTX Custom around town the past few days trying to regain strength and becoming familiar with my physical limitations if any exist. So far, I’ve been able to ride without any discomforts like I used to have.