Welcome to Geekhack. I'm newb myself. I thought about making an intro thread, but probably will not ever get around to it.
What do you think about the Chinese company that recently bought Volvo? I think I haven't really liked Volvo's, since Ford bought them and whenever they stopped getting top safety honors.
Car wise, corvettes ('63, '69) are the top of my faves. From there I have some diverse taste in cars.
My desktop is only just beginning to show its age and I'm gonna need to rebuild (when you have to replace that much the term upgrade just doesn't seem relevant to me). Hopefully, the whole Win7 SSD thing will be much more affordable, when I got to bite that bullet. Just don't let the rusty intimidate you. Do your research and you'll be fine. It is like riding a bike. I was a little worried, but I had good success getting a budget AM3 rig built for someone - even with a DOA motherboard,
. I look forward to when I can afford a new beast.