Lol @ the replies. those were a good reminder, that i'm not the only one.

I did get my oil changed last night, after the rain in the wet drive way. Now i just have to get rid of the oil.

As for the thermostat, I once took mine out of my old prelude, and ran for a couple days without it, somehow the housing held a seal, much to the confusion of everyone. I didn't know the seal was in the thermostat itself at the time. then the bolt broke in the housing and came out by just the threads holding it together.

Radiator, did that at a friends house for my dad's truck, lol my bud races dirt track so he kept the old rusty coolant.

Alternator. . . well they can't all be on top i guess. I blew 2 within 2 weeks on that same prelude when I installed a subwoofer, had to go to one from an accord that had more amps. Wish I could find that option on our the aveo.

oh and working in the shop is just cheating =D>