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[smg1404]

Gee ,,, I just do not see the reason for the angst.... You must have been a kid once, maybe been a little too arogant... Maybe made a mistake or two,,, or three.... Heck I even owned a 63 corvair once.... slowest thing on the raod back then... I raced it for all it was worth.... Must have got it to 60 once or twice..... These young guys will grow up and most of the ones that don't go to jail will be driving old taurus station wagons full of new kids in a few years .... Don't rain on their parade... Truth be known most of them really admire your Z.... Pay attention when you drive by. The stares are not them laughing at you.... every car enthusiast appreciates a classic....

Chilll let them grow for a while..... someday they will be us,,, and we will be old codgers...

I need another drink now.... BY

[Phred]

CoastGaurdZ,

I was having a lousy day till I read this thread. What a hoot.

I have been in the race business for many years, and even though I might be put off by the type of people you describe, ya gotta deal with them like their really humanoid. After all, a few of them are going to turn out to be good ol' hot rodders just like us. So hang in there.

Also, thanks to you and your brother Coast Gaurd guys out here on the West coast. They saved my skinny back side one day about two miles off Depoe Bay, central Oregon coast.

Phred

[GunnerRob]

Halz,

What are Whitegoods?

Rob

[halz]

whitegoods: washing machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, microwave ovens, clothes driers etc.

In other words, mass produced utility goods with a fixed life expectancy that we all have just to add a little convenience to our lives. So you can see: Daewoo, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Daihatsu...etc... producers of 4-wheeled whitegoods that clutter the roads!

[Alfadog]

I feel young and out of place here when you guys say things like what smg said!!!

btw when I was looking to buy a Z I also looked at Preludes. *hides*

[GunnerRob]

Thanks for the clarification halz.

I find that most people I know, in general, drive whitegoods. Or what I refer to as appliances. I especially doubt they have ever experienced a high g-force hairpin curve or a four wheel slide!

Like the guy a few years back that asked me "when are you going to sell that Z and but something newer". I told him "when they stop selling parts". He drives whitegoods.

By the way, socal means Southern California. It generally refers to the area of the state that extends from the Mexican border to the south up to the Santa Barbara area.

Rob

[CoastGuardZ]

So this is pretty cool!

Never expected this to get the attention it did! Especially from all over the globe.

To clarify a few things...I don't hate these idiots, they just bother the wizz outta me. The way I look at it, my part time job is to help Joe Blow get the family truckster running so the kids make it to Soccer practice and he can get to work.

The truth of the matter is most of these clowns don't like old Z's. I've talked to them plenty of times and often you get "when my VTEC kicks in I'll smoke your old Carbuerated piece of $#!t." Of course If you took a Z put a huge tailpipe or two on it, Some glue of Ground effects, neon kit and type R (ugh!) badges you just might be cool enough.

On the white goods comment, thats about the funniest thing I've heard in a while! But watch out my wifes car is a 95 Acura Integra...Which with her at the helm smoked down an 01 Civic with 17" rims and fart Cannon out the back. The guy commenced to saying she was running nitrous, But couldn't fathom 1.8 with 150hp and less weght could beat his "awesome" 1.6 126hp shopping cart.

Age: I just recently turned 23. For the most part I am the same age as these clowns. They make me look bad, and they could use a haircut. When I was 16 I built an '84 Monte Carlo SS with a 300hp 350, TH350 tranny, and a 3.73 posi. I knew more about carbs and cams then than the fellas know about anything.

So any way, that's my piece. Not looking to offend anyone just needed to vent that evening...But the post is becoming quite interesting!

Nate

[CoastGuardZ]

Hey HALZ is that an old Norton in your picture on the left?

Nate

[2ManyZs]

I guess when it comes down to it we shouldn't laugh at them too much. When I was their age all the rage was having a 65-70 Chevelle or early Camaro with big fat tires on the back, little skinny tires on the front, and of course air shocks.:cross-eye

Only good in a very straight line....and usually it was a matter of stopping when the car got around to it....

We all go through the same stage in life, just the objects of our attention change.

What I really would like to know is where the hell these kids now get all the thousands of dollars to throw away on all of this stuff. I worked my butt off for $2.25 an hour when I was that age, and could hardly afford to put gas in my 73 Cuda 340 so I could cruise for chicks.........and gas then only cost 60some cents a gallon!

Did I miss something? Or am I just getting old?:mad: :sick: :disappoin

[hmsports]

2Many -- I think a major difference is that our folks gave us love and attention...

...instead of showering us with money to keep us happy.

And I guess we can look at it this way -- they are helping to keep the economy going! :classic:

[justaZcarguy]

I figure that this was fitting to the post and would crack you up as much as it did me.

**Warning** May scare young childern...

~Brian

[halz]

Nate,

Its a Moto Guzzi 1000S, a twin cylinder 1000cc, shaft-drive Italian bike. Alas I sold it late last year ...all funds raised go to the "Z for Hayden fund!" :classic: The pic was taken on the day the new owner picked it up and that's my 3 y.o daughter standing next to it. The same daughter who said "I like your bike Daddy, don't let that man take it away!!"...

Interesting fact for you: the California Highway Patrol used Moto Guzzi bikes extensively in the '70s (?) before swapping out to (you guessed it) Harley Davidson. That brief association was the origin of the numerous Moto Guzzi 'California' cruiser models.