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Sorry I havn't been around too much, my daughter was born on 11/04 and my wife and I have had our hands full trying not to screw up our first born.

To Burnt: Though not proven some people have the theory that fully inflating tires before some sort of break in period can cause problems in the future, while I don't have links to specific web pages I have seen it brought up on the forums a few times. I would recommend incrementally increasing the tire pressure.
Maybe start at 35 psi and increase 2 psi every thousand miles you go.
Due to freaky temps my fluctuate from 39 psi warm @ 40 degrees (9pm yesterday night) to 43 psi warm at 70 degrees (9pm tonight). I would keep that in mind when inflating your tires.
As for pics....the block I put up was my first shot and only temporary, it is actually in bad shape now. I used Plexiglas and took a small stone to my lower grill which cracked it, but I guess better my grill block then it hitting my radiator.

I am planning a more permanent lower grill block but I just need to find a lost bumper. I plan to make the lower grill block on the outside instead of the inside of the grill and have a piece of flat car bumper cut and colored to match. You would be surprised how often I see a bumper along the side of the road from where someone had an accident. Seen 2 in the last 6 weeks alone. Unfortunately both times I already had a car full of stuff and I was unable to pick it up.

I will take pics of my old grill block then as well as making my new one. I also picked up some mirrors and I plan to take off the passenger side mirror and make an internal one but my wife and I are having a "discussion" about that. My main talking point is of increasing mpg and saving gas and money, hers is that she doesn't want to be seen in an ugly car.
Guess I will just have to wait till she goes out of town with the baby to do it, maybe she won't complain too much once it's finished.

To Coastrider: I believe the fuel shutoff was a feature added to the Cobalt in '09 that was not part of it on '08. One of the things that gave the '09 a rating of 1 mpg higher then '08. When I coast in gear my mpg meter will always display lower mpg while being in gear vs being in neutral. While your advice is good it will only benefit those that have a fuel shutoff while in gear feature in their car.

To Jammer: You definitely need to watch it when running multiple electrical items if you are going to EOC. When I EOC I am just running the radio and vent fan/heat. When it is raining, especially at night I don't EOC. Not just due to the extra danger in doing so but when wipers and headlights and window defroster are running a battery can be drained pretty fast. I have already seen my numbers start to drop and doubt I will be able to pop over 50 mpg will next spring.

To discover: Due to popular demand I will try my best to get a pic thread started when I have off Sunday and Monday.

Off to change a diaper......
I feel weird, helping the environment by using less fuel and then turning around and going through 10+ diapers a day. My wife and I are in "discussions" about going to more Eco-friendly cloth diapers. I'm for it but she is for "the convenience" of disposable.

*sigh*