This guy sounds like me six years ago...aside from the lush part. New to country living and to lawn tractors. Managed to destroy my first Craftsman LT in five years - which is actually a testament to how WELL they are made! The up side is I learned my lesson and baby the heck out of my new Husqvarna ZT after I give it a workout. I have also learned quite a bit by tearing apart almost everything on the old Craftsman to get it running again in my spare time - and by asking you all a ton of questions. Don't knock the idiots too hard - they keep the economy rolling and make you (and my wife) look like geniuses.

I guess there are two kinds of testers, OB 1 and OB 2. In 1996 new cars were all OB 2. Mine has an OB 2 computer but the connector inside the car is an OB1. We forked out the money for the OB 2 because it reads ones like mine. He tries it on our new truck and it works fine. But on the Cirrus it still cannot locate link to computer. We are going to replace the computer. Some say that jump starting can damage the computer and I fried my battery twice in one month. All indicators point to the computer being dead. In the end we will have a code reader for when other things come up on cirrus. And it will work on truck if it ever codes. It cost us 350 but we would have spend almost the same on tow, diagnostic, and tow back home (they would have told us computer was dead and we would have towed it back home to repair ourselves). We have decided battery is fine. When battery is low or dead nothing works on car, not even horn remote. Everything works on this car, except the check engine light won't come on and engine won't fire up. Battery is doing it's thing, we think computer is preventing it from doing the rest. It is on order, I will let you know when it is installed.

plumorchard- I asked the gentleman that owned the store why he thought the results were different. I think between his information and my personal experience, the difference was in the ranges natural convection. It is a vaulted oven which allows the air to naturally swirl around the food. It is known that convection fans do dry food some, and without fans, this oven has the benefits of convection without the drawbacks. My husband and I are configuring colors now on the Chateau 120 with the double ovens. The Cornue fe cooked excellent as well, in fact, if it was made the same as the Chateau line of ranges, that is what we would be considering because it is the most beautiful range I have ever seen! We want to step it up a notch above the mass manufactured ranges like the Cornu Fe and Wolf etc. I just hope we can afford to do it..! Happy cooking.

Maureen I sure hope you and your dh are feeling better soon and that your trip will clear up any remaining cold symptoms. I drove back and forth across southern Spain twelve times when I was working for a Spanish company years ago, and at the time I was familiar with every little bend in the road. But things will have changed since then. But here are some tips and must sees. If you need a hotel, there is nothing better than the Spanish National Paradores......the government chain of inns located in old castles and modern buildings, in some of the most beautiful and historic places in the country. The menus in their dining rooms reflect the local cuisine and I can't praise them highly enough. Here's another site with info and photos of the Paradores. Places not to miss: - the white village in the province of Almeria.....a beautiful Moorish town perched on a hill, and looking down over the Parador of Mojacar. NERJA - another charming town......albeit somewhat touristy now. The focal points are the caves and the Balcón de Europa, a magnificent viewpoint. ANTEQUERA - a beautiful medieval town. MIJAS - another lovely white village on the Costa del Sol. RONDA - another must place to visit, having one of the oldest bullrings in Spain, now a museum. A historic and beautiful place with lots to see. GRANADA - of course The famous is a MUST see. Keep your camera batteries charged and have lots of memory cards when you go! I'm sure the southern coast is now somewhat overdeveloped with holiday apartments and mass tourism, but once you get out into the villages you will still find much of that Andalucian charm. Food.....try places where the local folks are eating and avoid the eateries populated by tourists. Ask a local person....taxi or bus driver, news agent etc. where they would recommend trying the typical dishes of that area. PS....Oh and if by unfortunate chance you are stricken by "travellers tummy" (hope not)...one of the best Spanish products to help you out are tablets of "Salvacolina" available at all pharmacists. And if your cold symptoms persist, a very good remedy is a medicated hot lemon drink which comes in a box of little pouches of powder which you dissolve in hot water called Frenadol which is what I use to stop cold symptoms. No prescription needed. Good Trip....¡Buen Viaje! SharonCb