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GaleForce 06-29-2012 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 1798590)
Man I'm behind for being gone s couple of hours. Went to Trudy's with the wife to celebrate last day on the job. Apparently we might be celebrating even more - we're at the Acura dealership letting them appraise the Honda after test driving an ILX. A 2.0L 150hp car is not quite what I was expecting but it's really a decent little car. The wife is quite pleased with it, so I am as well.

PS Gale, I asked the wife about Grandma Stranger - definitely hesitant at first but I think I could get an ok after a night out on the town if I feed her the proper beverages :icon17:

Nice! So it might be the drunken Grandma Stranger? :bowrofl: Way to think outside of the box! :tup:

shadoquad 06-29-2012 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 1798590)
Man I'm behind for being gone s couple of hours. Went to Trudy's with the wife to celebrate last day on the job. Apparently we might be celebrating even more - we're at the Acura dealership letting them appraise the Honda after test driving an ILX. A 2.0L 150hp car is not quite what I was expecting but it's really a decent little car. The wife is quite pleased with it, so I am as well.

I was curious about the ILX. I used to like the Integra and RSX. I'm just miffed that the manual transmission is only available with an option set that puts the MSRP up to 30k minimum :mad: eff you, honda.

GaleForce 06-29-2012 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1798591)
ahh! looking forward to your vid. did you try using your zoom as a mic/preamp? :)

considering the rattles i get in the audio from the headrest bars, i think that's a good location if you can get enough front view. since my audio input is from the tascam in the cupholder mount, there's no rattles in my audio, but when i plug the real sony mic with a L-adapter i hear rattles. it's not too bad but just annoying.

yah, i think the 409 should work. i dont like running TPMS and i currently dont run them in my WEDS. so yah, i dont plan on running in the new set.

I didn't try the Zoom today. I wasn't prepared with a mounting solution yet. the audio will be week :shakes head: I was more interested in testing the location for the GoPro. This was the first in cabin trial. Hopefully the cup holder mic mont thingy will show up next week. I'm jealous of the almost same day service you guys in the U.S. get with e-shopping.

Did you do anything about the TPMS light on the dash? or do you live with it?

kenchan 06-29-2012 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1798615)
I didn't try the Zoom today. I wasn't prepared with a mounting solution yet. the audio will be week :shakes head: I was more interested in testing the location for the GoPro. This was the first in cabin trial. Hopefully the cup holder mic mont thingy will show up next week. I'm jealous of the almost same day service you guys in the U.S. get with e-shopping.

Did you do anything about the TPMS light on the dash? or do you live with it?

i think you can wrap the zoom with a towel and stuff it in the cup holder until you get the mount. :tup: that's wat i did until the satechi arrived. works pretty good, just looks like crap. :ugh2:

naw, i dont care about the light. it flashes at me when i start up but it's fine. :) i suppose i could put e-tape over it or something if i do more driving at night and it's bothersome.

onzedge 06-29-2012 04:41 PM

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shadoquad 06-29-2012 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1798650)

:iagree:

kenchan 06-29-2012 04:42 PM

hahaha, mr. onzedge- nice poster. :tup:

so it stopped raining and roads are dry. :tup: so hopefully it will stay this way until i get my G back in the garage so that i can QD her instead of having to have to wash her. yes, me lazy. :p

onzedge 06-29-2012 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1798652)
hahaha, mr. onzedge- nice poster. :tup:

so it stopped raining and roads are dry. :tup: so hopefully it will stay this way until i get my G back in the garage so that i can QD her instead of having to have to wash her. yes, me lazy. :p

I found the picture on Mr. Spohn's FB Page.

GaleForce 06-29-2012 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1798650)

I did that to some young adult riding one of those wanna-be custom harley bicycles on a busy 4 lane street. I think he sharted. :roflpuke2:

GaleForce 06-29-2012 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1798631)
i think you can wrap the zoom with a towel and stuff it in the cup holder until you get the mount. :tup: that's wat i did until the satechi arrived. works pretty good, just looks like crap. :ugh2:

naw, i dont care about the light. it flashes at me when i start up but it's fine. :) i suppose i could put e-tape over it or something if i do more driving at night and it's bothersome.

Hmmm, foR some reason I figured you would have had some elaborate plan/fix to rid yourself of the horrible TPMS light ;)

onzedge 06-29-2012 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1798716)
I did that to some young adult riding one of those wanna-be custom harley bicycles on a busy 4 lane street. I think he sharted. :roflpuke2:

:tup:

JARblue 06-29-2012 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by christian370z (Post 1798363)
Just started my new job, trying my hand at compensation so I've been crazy busy. Been driving the Z to work, it's a great feeling to finish work knowing such an awesome car awaits for the drive home!

Congrats :tup: Today was my wife's last day at a public accounting firm. She is going into the private sector to work for a small international firm that runs a variety of companies doing things like bicycles tours in London and Paris and Segway tours in a few US cities as well as some mobile trailer vending like snow cones and frozen yogurt.

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1798371)
I hope that you are posting this from your new job, using your new job equipment and on your new job clock.

Hear me when I say that it is extremely important to get management's expectations set very early.

Anyway, congratulations.

Agreed. Fantastic advice! :tup:

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1798594)
sounds good, and GL with the apprasial and ILX if your wife decides. it's a nice car for sure. :tup:

The appraisal was crap, which I was afraid of since it was in an accident :( My wife hit a tow truck with it and managed to mess up the tow truck worse than her car (she hit it's fender/tire) and both had to be towed from the scene. I was pretty impressed, frankly.

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Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1798606)
Nice! So it might be the drunken Grandma Stranger? :bowrofl: Way to think outside of the box! :tup:

F YEA! :tup: I'm going for it dude! She knows what, but she'll never know when or where until its too late :roflpuke2: Is there another descriptor we can put on it if done in a certain location? Say, a public bathroom or parking lot or maybe while a homeless guy watches? :inoutroflpuke: :shakes head:

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Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1798614)
I was curious about the ILX. I used to like the Integra and RSX. I'm just miffed that the manual transmission is only available with an option set that puts the MSRP up to 30k minimum :mad: eff you, honda.

Yup :shakes head:

Base ILX comes with paddle shifters which my wife tried out, and she thinks she'll really like them. Its a 2.0L with 150hp and gets 28/35 mpg. The nice thing is a base Acura comes with a lot of the features you have to upgrade to in a Honda. The interior is technically cloth, but there is actually a lot of leather even on the seats and doors. Bluetooth and USB connections are standard as well. So all in all, I think we weren't necessarily in the right place to do what we did, but the dealership worked with us and got our monthly payments where we wanted them for a 3 year lease with 15K mi/yr allowance. I think she is just glad that we don't have to worry about shelling out $$$ to fix the Honda down the road.

GaleForce 06-29-2012 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 1798812)
Congrats :tup: Today was my wife's last day at a public accounting firm. She is going into the private sector to work for a small international firm that runs a variety of companies doing things like bicycles tours in London and Paris and Segway tours in a few US cities as well as some mobile trailer vending like snow cones and frozen yogurt.



Agreed. Fantastic advice! :tup:



The appraisal was crap, which I was afraid of since it was in an accident :( My wife hit a tow truck with it and managed to mess up the tow truck worse than her car (she hit it's fender/tire) and both had to be towed from the scene. I was pretty impressed, frankly.



F YEA! :tup: I'm going for it dude! She knows what, but she'll never know when or where until its too late :roflpuke2: Is there another descriptor we can put on it if done in a certain location? Say, a public bathroom or parking lot or maybe while a homeless guy watches? :inoutroflpuke: :shakes head:



Yup :shakes head:

Base ILX comes with paddle shifters which my wife tried out, and she thinks she'll really like them. Its a 2.0L with 150hp and gets 28/35 mpg. The nice thing is a base Acura comes with a lot of the features you have to upgrade to in a Honda. The interior is technically cloth, but there is actually a lot of leather even on the seats and doors. Bluetooth and USB connections are standard as well. So all in all, I think we weren't necessarily in the right place to do what we did, but the dealership worked with us and got our monthly payments where we wanted them for a 3 year lease with 15K mi/yr allowance. I think she is just glad that we don't have to worry about shelling out $$$ to fix the Honda down the road.

Lmao :bowrofl:

pokeyl 06-29-2012 10:09 PM

100 miles on my Z today

http://www.the370z.com/members/pokey...85-z-today.jpg

ZMan8 06-29-2012 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by pokeyl (Post 1798999)
100 miles on my Z today

I like that color :tup:


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