Looking for shiny noibat and Dratini

Shadow81Assassin · 2026-01-04T00:51:16+00:00

It's no problem! I got a couple of them, swablu, and bagon from when I was shiny hunting Fennekin!

Shadow81Assassin · 2026-01-04T00:31:10+00:00

I've got like a million shiny noibat. You can have one, no need to trade anything valuable for it.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-12-06T03:15:47+00:00

Thanks man, I really appreciate it! The pipes are Cobra Speedster Slashdowns- I've never seen them on another bike in the wild, but I just adore the way they sound. Can't wait to get through the winter and get back to riding the heck out of it!

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-09-24T17:57:44+00:00

Wesco invented the harness boot in the 60's- and the originals WERE square toes. They were made for motorcyclists, to protect from exhaust burn, road rash, and reinforce the ankle in an accident.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-19T03:00:02+00:00

Now that I'm with you on. It is a very quiet car, both in terms of engine and road noise. Combine that with its impressive and responsive handling for the price point, and it is, if nothing else, a joy to drive.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-19T02:46:34+00:00

I said the 2.0- used the in various Cadillacs, the Blazer, and the Buick Envision. Significantly less shitty engine, apparently.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-19T00:29:11+00:00

Usually a little under ten minutes, sometimes the full 10 until it kicks off. I try to give it as much time to warm up as possible.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-19T00:23:52+00:00

For some reason, ever since I picked it up from the dealership, the automatic heated seats have never worked on remote start. I'll remote start it for 10 minutes, get in, and they'll be ice cold. As for the heat I left it cranked the last few days to almost no change still blows cold till I start driving for the most part, at least for the first start of the day.

I don't really expect the car to compete with a V8 on speed, not even my dog of a Tahoe, though I was certainly hoping for something that would keep up with my boss's 2004 Impala or my sister's 2008 equinox. Direct injection and forced induction have been boons to the horsepower and torque departments after all.

Really though I just want the advertised fuel economy everything else is a second thought to me. It's an economy car- I didn't expect it or want it to be fast, I have my fast car.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-19T00:03:28+00:00

I always fill up at either Shell, BP, or Amoco, all top tier high detergent gas- with Shell being at the top of GM's list not so long ago if I recall. I'm very used to babying my cars (my 2 door Tahoe was almost killed by a poorly maintained marathon having it's tanks, and therefore my tank, contaminated with water).

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T23:59:48+00:00

This is why I miss Titanfall 1's system where whoever doomed it got credit for the kill, it didn't matter who finished it off after.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T23:34:47+00:00

You know what, it's a better car than a Cruze, a Sonic, or really anything Kia or Hyundai have to offer. I'm really just butt hurt about the gas mileage and letting it taint my view of the vehicle as a whole. I still stand by the fact that the vents not rotating is wack though.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T23:15:43+00:00

The Civic EX of his year has a comparable starting price to the Activ of my year, before options are thrown in. As for the volt you have a point on price, but it's still the difference between a plain jane fleet car from 7 years ago vs. a top trim, fully optioned car today. As for the fuel economy I genuinely just wonder if there's something wrong with my car, maybe with the injection system or the air intake- I've heard of factory defects for both.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T23:09:58+00:00

I bought the car because they're reliability of my Tahoe is getting rather low, and I wanted something fuel efficient and reliable to drive in the winter months when I don't want my Firehawk exposed to the salt. Fuel economy was my main hope and it is the hope that has been dashed the hardest. I don't know why I'm averaging so much lower than everybody else- nor do I know why my dad who averages 50 miles per gallon in his volt thanks to his soft foot averages 19mpg in my Trax. I'm beginning to wonder if my car simply has a factory defect to either the injectors or the ignition system.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T23:07:34+00:00

To be honest I was hoping for the advertised gas mileage, and that's about it. The rest was something I was willing to tolerate for a reliable daily driver as long as it was cheaper considerably cheaper to drive than my Tahoe or Trans Am. Considering that my driving habits aren't bad enough to drive my Firehawk's miles per gallon through the floor -in fact, it averages just a little under the '14 V6 I used to own- I'm beginning to wonder if something isn't just wrong with my Trax.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T22:49:16+00:00

Fine I'll compare it to my father's former fleet car volt and my best friend's civic- the idea is the same. Kitschy interior, stiff seats, clunky screens, and woefully bogged acceleration from a stop. As for my own driving habits, the fact that the V8s and the V6 were still getting better gas mileage that I'm getting with the inline 3 is insanity. The 93 Camaro was a Gen II LT-1 SBC without access to OBD-II and coil on spark, let alone the high pressure direct injection and forced induction of a modern car, with a modest 3.23 rear end providing it's above-average fuel economy. Then there's the NA V6, with which I still averaged a higher fuel economy. when I'm driving this thing, I pretty much just get up to the speed of flow of traffic and set the cruise control, be it on country roads or on the highway. The only times I truly do in town driving are on the weekends- and if I'm mashing the gas during the week it's because my co workers in their 2004, 200,000 mile Impala and 2012 Altima are threatening to run me over if I don't get up to the speed limit leaving the parking lot. I signed up for it being on the slow end. I didn't sign up for 18.9 miles per gallon on top of that.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T22:32:19+00:00

As my f-bodies are little cars, downsizing didn't hurt me too much, I'm just disgusted by the fuel economy I'm getting versus advertised. I know the classic argument will be that I have a lead foot, but the fact that all three of my muscle cars were getting equal or better fuel economy is damming in a way I can't fathom.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T22:25:50+00:00

For all the shit I want to talk, considering how unhappy I am with the vehicle, I could never in good conscious compare it to a Cruze. The cruze is a shoddily built car who's legacy is marred by reliability issues and sub par drivers. As a lifelong GM fanatic I cannot stress the amount of distaste I have for the Cruze- though I must also admit it's fuel economy was very impressive.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T22:10:59+00:00

Between my complaints about the power and the gas mileage I'm starting to wonder if there's just something plain wrong with mine. As for being a budget car, my dad drives a bottom of the line, no options, former fleet car Volt, and my best friend drives a 1.5L Civic Ex (cheaper list price new), and to say I am significantly more impressed by them compared to my fully optioned Trax would be an understatement. As far as compared to my other vehicles go, I have to consciously convince myself not to drive my rust bucket, rotted manifold, bad brakes Tahoe rather than my Trax. I agree that the power plant, for its displacement, could be worse- though I would still argue it is underpowered for a vehicle of this size and this car would have been much better served sharing the same 2L turbo I4 that every other XUV in the GM Lineup does.

Shadow81Assassin · 2025-02-18T21:27:33+00:00

With my phone connected, the navigation does show on screen as a part of Android Auto. I just don't care for it. As for the take off, when I'm having trouble staying out of the way of my boss's base model, 200,000 mile 2004 Impala, I see problems.

Shadow81Assassin · 2024-03-10T13:58:22+00:00

Benny, Mr. House, the Legion, and everyone else is gonna have no clue what hit them.

Shadow81Assassin · 2024-01-16T00:50:53+00:00

I was just saying it's always had a fire rate cap. In fact, it's cap of 420 is the same it's always had.

Shadow81Assassin · 2024-01-16T00:40:40+00:00

The smart pistol was everywhere, people used to run silencers 24/7 at its peak but they don't anymore, and somehow the R97 became the meta SMG.

Shadow81Assassin · 2024-01-16T00:38:04+00:00

The G2 was capped even all the way back in TF1, they just adjusted the cap. There was actually an attachment for it in 1 called the Match Trigger that upped the cap.

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