wingnutthehutt

I haven't been following this whole saga, been out of town for two weeks, but I do agree with the no political discussions rule. Don't ask don't tell really brings us together as a forum becuase we all have one commonality and that's love of the Z car. If I started talking politics, religion, or anything else debatable unrelated to cars, different members would judge me based on my views. I don't know who you guys voted for, and I don't want to know, which doesn't mean I don't care. I DO want to know if you can help me paint my car, if I'm crazy for wanting to put a turbo Hayabusa engine in it, and also help other people with any knowledge that I may have. Stickies serve the same purpose as the speed limit sign on your local country road- You can disobey the law, but be prepared to pay the price.

Wow, that's turn six!

It reminds of that old joke: An old man in a bar stares at a punker sitting two stools down. The punker has a ten inch mohawk, spikes in his ears, a ring in his nose, and tattoos down his arms. The punker ignores him at first but then becomes irritated. "Hey, you gotta problem old man?" The old man swallows his beer, licks his lips and pauses. "Well." he says," when I was young I got drunk and f@cked a chicken once. I was just wondering if maybe you were my son." I think Darkwing got Duck Drunk somewhere in Detroit and ended up at a GM plant.

Sorry to take so long to get back to this, I've been to three different hotels since my last post and none of them have had internet access that worked worth a crap. Anyway, I hope you had a blast yesterday, Z-Gad and good luck to ya! Carl

Isn't it customary to store your car during the winter and drive it all summer? Is hurricane season so bad that you have to put your cars into hiding?

Z-Gad: I have to get up to Atlanta tomorrow to do safety and system checks. Can't you put off storing it for one more week? Just for me? Pretty please?

Hat? Jacket? Did you guys make these or are they available for sale? I would love just a sticker to throw on my hatch so when I meet a fellow HZ'er we know we have something to t about. ...even though I'm not Hybrid yet.

I'm down. The class is usually over by six. I have absolutely nothing else to do. It's the ultimate business trip I guess, only I've never been on one where I didn't have people to hang out with after the business part. An hour doesn't sound that bad. I really have no idea how far apart anything is down here. I'd love to meet some fellow Z freaks. Especially on foreign shores.

I'm in Florida right now on business, and you haven't seen rice til you've seen what people do down here to make their cars look cool. Today I saw a Chevy Cavalier with a high aluminum wing, body kit, stock black paint, and flames that had been cut out of aluminum and riveted onto the hood, roof, and trunk. I snagged a couple pics, but not of the hood.

Dude, imagine how much a new fender and door must cost on that car. Probably enough for three really amazing Hybridz.

Well, to be fair, I didn't know it was a Z, I thought it was a Riviera.

The California one wasn't that long ago either, I was, and am, in need of an L28 and was gonna grab one but they had stopped taking phone calls two days before I found out they were moving.

I will be in Lakeland all of next week, I'm teaching a wheelie school there on 5/4th-6th, and since I have nothing else to do and know no one, I was considering racing there. By racing I mean racing the 15' Diesel GMC truck from Penske that I'm using for transporting the bikes and myself. It's only an 1/8th mile track, but I thought it would be fun. I know I'm off my rocker, but I really have nothing else to do with my time. I would probably yank the air filter and see if I can get the catalytic converters out. Hopefully they bolt in, I haven't checked yet. Yeah, any comments, for or against, or other fun things to do in Lakeland will be considered.

Bob Glidden used to race a Pinto back in the day, you can probably find some images on google.

*sob* I'm pretty sure the same thing happened with all the stuff at Zparts.com in Richmond, CA

Am I the only one who remembers "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids"? They had a remote controlled mower in that movie and the kid still didn't want to mow the lawn. It's like trying to get a 9 year old to play frogger.

It looks like this car was done up in the late 80s. I'm not a fan of that hood. The lights are kinda... Buck Rogers.

My dad had a vega and a hard on for Grumpy Jenkins, now I know why. His vega only did 10.90s though, yet another reason why.

Maybe they should have stuck with filling the fuel tank instead...

...One you have to be in neutral, the other you have to have the clutch in.

Mycarispurty, Yeah, $400 is a pretty good deal for a solid lower end, not super, but decent, a lower fair price. There are a hundred threads about what heads to use. It sounds like you want a car that's reliable, low maintenance, and has enough scat to smoke em up and have some fun when you want it. Good for you for being realistic and not trying to overbuild. Like DavyZ said, there are several people on the boards like that. When you do decide to get some nice heads and a cam, which you will, check out the threads posted in by Grumpyvette, I've learned a lot from him.

Haha! I did that last night, there was a 50s Merc cruising next to us on Howe Ave. My girlfriend eventually gave up, kept quiet, and drove next to the car for as long as she could.

After a long day working on my motorcycle I met up with a buddy to grab some dinner when he got off work changing tires. He wanted to grab some new pants so we shot over to the mall first. The counter girl at Miller's Outpost actually handed both of us a bottle of that no water hand sanitizer. We didn't know why at first and just gave her dumb stares. Needless to say, we didn't buy any pants. I also leave cups and glasses in the garage, luckily no wife to gripe about it yet. But when I lived at home my mom used to get mad at me for stealing jars for parts washing and paint mixing. I remember she always used to yell at my dad for stealing her knives to cut random objects. It really hit the fan when she came across a butter knife that was flat at the tip- we had a shortage of Standard screwdrivers for some reason. Probably becuase we were always using them to stir coffee for him and cocoa for me. I tried sticking some wrenches in the dishwasher one time. That didn't go over so well.

They had invested $40,000 and $45,000 each respectively and didn't want to risk losing so much on what would be a close race, at least on paper. They agreed amongst themselves that they both wanted a bike to sport around town, so they both threw in and paid half the cost for an '06 GSXR 1000. That's a Suzuki for those who don't know. I don't know who won, the whole premise of the show kind of eludes me. If you're racing for pinks, why would you handicap yourself? It's gotta be heads up or no go. Who cares if you're sandbagging, that's what happens in real life. And what's the deal with staging? Why don't they use a Christmas Tree if they're so concerned about making things fair?

Definately like the all black air dam and wing. Nice work.