z-REX

here in the lovely hudson valley of new york, everything exploded after 9/11. there was a huge boom of people looking to high-tail it out of nyc (can't say i blame them... ) the big problem is that they brought their city money up here with them- great for the local economy but not if you lived here in the first place! in the 3 years my wife and i have been together real estate has literally doubled.... if only i owned a home then! we should have bought a home right away like we wanted to. (we moved fast... gabby happened! ) as it is now, i'm joining tony d in the fine yet cramped art of trailer life, but unfortunately mine is in a mobile home community (say trailer park and i'll kick your... ) advantage being that i bought it from my mother for about twice what i paid for my 240. so now the plan is that once this is paid off (really soon 8) ) we'll start looking into land and just move the bad boy, leaving hopefully enough room to build on the site. i'd much rather just buy a home outright without this whole multi-step process but around here even 40k a year, which i thought wasn't bad for a 27-year old with no degree, doesn't really allow for much. it sucks, but at least i didn't go to years of school to be pissed off at what i make! i'm pretty much content for now with my house. it's in really good shape and for being in a community ( ) i actually have a yard. i just wish it was my OWN yard and that i had a garage for my z... oh, and i want an english mastiff and i can't have dogs here. but i'll stop bitching now!

assuming you've checked your gas gauge... j/k... make sure your fuel pump is coming on... if not put the pump to the battery first (don't go all panicky and go on a nationwide search for a pump ), it could just be a bad ground. i just rewired mine to a toggle.

cool! i probably could have done the same thing... but i was raised to believe in the power of complication...!

sounds like what i went through. mine is now wired to a toggle on the console. it works like a charm... just have to remember to shut it off, as i forgot to do the week i put it in. another battery goes to heaven but at least it didn't burn the pump out (or blow up my car, for that matter!!! )

i'm most thankful for my wife and kids, for living in a house full of love. my z too happy thanksgiving to you all! mike... give your wife a hug from all of us!

great point tony! but while this is 100% true... there's nothing like a car that can make straight-line acceleration feel like warp-drive. but our cars are so much fun on a tight backroad that overbuilding the engine can really hurt the best quality of the car.

ya did.

when you said "someone"... are you referring to david or K.I.T.T? cause we all know the poor car was miserable about being stuck with hasselhoff in the first place... anyway, that 'bird looks badass. but if it were me i'd be hoping somebody'd rear-end me really nice so i could put that beast in my z!!

YES! YES! with this one time offer YOU, yes, YOU can go from dirtbag megalomaniac to COLUMBIAN COKELORD right before your very eyes! HURRY! WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!!!

Mrs. Kerry are you trying to seduce me? thanks. i may well never get an erection again.

that's a really nice looking diff... almost mad mine's holding up well! and the note to the nigerians...ROTF!!!!

that's badass, man. those are words i will someday teach my kids!

fear not, he'll be a z jedi by the time he's 5... nah, i won't be saying bye-bye to the z. not altogether. i mean, i had a daughter before i bought it. thus, it's been thoroughly impractical the entire time i've owned it.... and i love it that way! the car's my refuge. between work and home, driving that car is like my only alone time! life is good though. he came home today, my 2-year old loves him, and it seems like he spends about 90% of his time asleep, something his sister never came close to!

pipes are looking good aux!!!! and just a thought... if you seal it off really well, i think you have room for a kegerator in there..

feel the exact same way... couldn't have said it better myself!

i want that shirt.. it'd look better on me anyway!!!

mike... good call man. i know it must have been hard... thank god for alcohol! everything happens for a reason. even though she treated me like s### for a long time, slept with "friends" of mine, etc... it was still hard to leave my ex-fiance. looking back i don't know what the hell i was thinking, but at the time for some reason i couldn't picture life without the bitch. but now, i have my wife and son and daughter and a life i never could have had with that skank. so while it might be hard and you'll second, third, fourth... guess yourself, you did the right thing. just having the will to do it is all the proof you need. it might just take a while for you to fully realize it. catch you on aim later...bob

cuba. just kidding! thanks guys!

(why can't we have more emoticons?)

well i do always have the caravan...

thanks! he has a 2-yr old sister.... and with my last name you just have to avoid the name frank anthony.... and it's braden! braden damn you!!!!!

hahaha..... sometime soon! but he isn't driving it yet no matter what his mom says...

my new son, braden robert gregory... born 10:48 this morning... 8lb, 2oz...21 in long... big dude wife and son are healthy and comfy... i'm just happy