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m4a1mustang 11-30-2012 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2039838)
Aww, mann... it ain't like that! My Ranger is a 2000 with 145K miles on it. It's in really good shape and was well maintained, but it still qualifies as a $3,000 paid-in-cash beater.


Aside from not wanting to drive my Z in PA's winter, mainly to avoid the salt and other crap on the road, being a homeowner who is really into his yard and other home improvements makes something more "utilitarian" than the Z and absolute necessity.
That said, I regularly take my Z to the airport with my luggage and I can fit my light kit and stands in the hatch when everything is arranged correctly. All those years of playing Tetris paid off for something. My beauty dish does have to ride in the passenger seat, though.
Can I live with my Z as a daily driver? Sure! But it's easier to go to Costco in the truck :tup:

:iagree: I just always get a laugh out of the hardcore folks who seem to get really upset if they see people using their Zs as anything but Sunday drivers. Whenever we see a bike rack thread it turns into a flame fest. :rofl2:

fullmonty 11-30-2012 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2039898)
:iagree: I just always get a laugh out of the hardcore folks who seem to get really upset if they see people using their Zs as anything but Sunday drivers. Whenever we see a bike rack thread it turns into a flame fest. :rofl2:

Thats because Bike Racks are beat

m4a1mustang 11-30-2012 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by fullmonty (Post 2039932)
Thats because Bike Racks are beat

My 370 was the test car for the Boofsquire roof rack. :tup:

onzedge 11-30-2012 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2039950)
My 370 was the test car for the Boofsquire roof rack. :tup:

:tup:

m4a1mustang 11-30-2012 09:18 AM

I'm all about having fun with my cars. I dream of driving very long distances in random, quirky cars. Hell, I almost flew to Portland back in 2010 to drive a 1995 Volvo 850 T5-R 2800 miles back to DC. I wish I did. That would have been awesome.

m4a1mustang 11-30-2012 09:20 AM

And when I bought my S2000 I thought it'd be fun to run out of fuel in the streets of Chester, PA. With the top down. In the middle of winter.

That was fun.

From Urban Dictionary:

Chester, PA

1.) Just a bit south of Philadelphia on your map of the USA - The only place on earth where you can get jumped, stabbed, robbed, shot, and then robbed again all within the span of 2 minutes. Also, the first place in the world that hoodlums would hold people up at gunpoint over a pair of hot kicks

onzedge 11-30-2012 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2039959)
I'm all about having fun with my cars. I dream of driving very long distances in random, quirky cars. Hell, I almost flew to Portland back in 2010 to drive a 1995 Volvo 850 T5-R 2800 miles back to DC. I wish I did. That would have been awesome.

I agree. In 1980, I drove my 1975 Celica from Annandale, VA to Orlando then to San Diego then to Eureka, back to San Diego and then back to Annandale.

I guess I did not get enough of that so in 1981, my brother drove my Celica and I took the 1967 Datsun roadster from VA back to San Diego. I only had two roadside repairs in the Datsun -- voltage regulator replacement in Roanoke and a slave cylinder replacement in South El Paso in 100 degree weather in a Church's Fried Chicken parking lot.

It adds a bit of excitement when part of the adventure is wondering if the car is going to continue running.

m4a1mustang 11-30-2012 09:27 AM

I want to take the S2K on a long road trip. Preferably one that requires I have a trunk rack on it with additional luggage.

Pintsize725 11-30-2012 09:39 AM

:yawn:

JARblue 11-30-2012 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 2039870)
I'd go full leather -- just never full retard. Don't believe me? Ask Sean Penn, I am Sam -- 2001. He went full retard, came back empty-handed.

:iagree:

And no offense Mr. Onzedge, but I love that movie and we need the full quote :icon17:

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Originally Posted by Kirk Lazarus
Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...



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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2039879)
:iagree: Moddiction just mentioned how the suede doesn't breathe at all, so summer with the top town = massive back sweat. :icon17:

I would have said the same thing. I had suede seat covers once - literally one 15 minute drive is all it took before I took them out and gave them to a friend. :shakes head:

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2039898)
:iagree: I just always get a laugh out of the hardcore folks who seem to get really upset if they see people using their Zs as anything but Sunday drivers.

I'm with you, Steve. I really enjoy doing things that most people would never think to do in a Z. And I enjoy the reactions of people who think it's blasphemous :tup:

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2039978)
I want to take the S2K on a long road trip. Preferably one that requires I have a trunk rack on it with additional luggage.

:icon18: Almost every trip in Texas is a long road trip. I've put over 400 miles on the Z in a single day on several occasions for work. And I got a nice phat mileage reimbursement check each time :tup:

kenchan 11-30-2012 09:55 AM

goodam, everyone. TGIF. :tup:

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 2039451)
Nice. :tup:

Sounds like my 240Z.


sounds good, mr.onzedge. :tup:

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Originally Posted by ZMan8 (Post 2039470)
lol pure sports car

what year porsche was it?

mr.zman- i think it he said the cayman was an 06.


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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 2039521)
I think it's called character with a soul.

Welcome back mr. ken. You missed the birth of the official granddaughter of the 370z.com. (Hint, hint for more pictures!).

hey, mr.gurney. :hello: actually mr.onzedge sent me pictures over at my other thread (forum). :icon17:

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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2039838)
Aww, mann... it ain't like that! My Ranger is a 2000 with 145K miles on it. It's in really good shape and was well maintained, but it still qualifies as a $3,000 paid-in-cash beater.

Aside from not wanting to drive my Z in PA's winter, mainly to avoid the salt and other crap on the road, being a homeowner who is really into his yard and other home improvements makes something more "utilitarian" than the Z and absolute necessity.
That said, I regularly take my Z to the airport with my luggage and I can fit my light kit and stands in the hatch when everything is arranged correctly. All those years of playing Tetris paid off for something. My beauty dish does have to ride in the passenger seat, though.
Can I live with my Z as a daily driver? Sure! But it's easier to go to Costco in the truck :tup:

:tup: mr.luna, i likes your style. while not a fancy Rover like yours, i sport a little honda :icon17:to do daily tasks. and i actually enjoy driving my Fit for those tasks. :p

i too can still motor my Z and G this season, but i dont feel like cleaning the salt off the cars so they are in hibernation.

gmorning, ms.bc! :hello: it's going to be like 60F here too over the weekend. :p but no Z action for me. there's too much salt they put down in the wooded areas i motor my Z in. :ugh2: and dont feel like getting gas again to keep it full after the drive. :icon17: hahaha. (btw, keep your tank full when not driven. saves fuel gauge sensor contacts and preserves fuel itself).

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 2039863)
Good morning brothers and sisters.

It is pouring rain outside today as I sit and contemplate my commute to my laptop sitting on the dining room table. I am hoping the weather improves before my trip to Fresno/Dinuba on Sunday. I am driving the 370 to give her some excercise and also so I can sit in my hotel room and worry about her in the parking lot. Then, it's back home very late Monday and up at 330 Tuesday to fly back to Burbank for a week of fun at a client site.

Have a great day everyone.

:rofl2: blahahaha!!

JARblue 11-30-2012 09:56 AM

Here's a super blurry pic of Athena (our miniature schnauzer) riding in style in the rear hatch on the way to my parents' for dinner last night. She lays her head on the brace and puts her paws on the plastic underneath the brace. So cute - I blame my wife for the crappy pic :icon17:

http://i50.tinypic.com/v41l52.jpg

6MT 11-30-2012 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 2040028)
Here's a super blurry pic of Athena (our miniature schnauzer) riding in style in the rear hatch on the way to my parents' for dinner last night. She lays her head on the brace and puts her paws on the plastic underneath the brace. So cute - I blame my wife for the crappy pic :icon17:

http://i50.tinypic.com/v41l52.jpg

Ooooo... no sex for you!

JARblue 11-30-2012 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 6MT (Post 2040041)
Ooooo... no sex for you!

Not tonight anyway. I'm getting kicked out of the house tonight because she is having a slumber party/pillow fight tonight with a bunch of other women. Better make sure the surveillance cameras are recording inside.

:bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

blackcherry20 11-30-2012 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 2039870)
I'd go full leather -- just never full retard. Don't believe me? Ask Sean Penn, I am Sam -- 2001. He went full retard, came back empty-handed.

:iagree: :tup: full leather....:tup:


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