thanks guys for the kind words...
now for the rest of the story...on the parking spot
I only had less then a mile on the car and when I got in line to park a perma..type hose clamp wouldn't seal..sending steam everywhere, I'm feeling like an idiot and they are trying to figure out where to put me... i was way out in the back forty ( for you city folk that means out in the middle of tunerville surrounded by 4x4's) and some older guy came up and asked me if i wouldn't mind snaking between a bunch of cars to a spot that he had. YA THINK
I was praying like crazy on the way down to Vegas for a good spot
so I passed by several cars with the radiator sending antifreeze all over the engine compartment...QA1's dumped to the ground dragging tires all the way to the KILLER spot.
the leak is fixed, the car is clean and I'm going to sleep for like 12 hours-Chris