Introduce yourself to the class?

[e_racer1999]

^haha, living with my fiance..... i might as well be married; and i would be if i could afford it...

[sblake01]

^haha, living with my fiance..... i might as well be married; and i would be if i could afford it...

What is the affordability difference between being married and living together? I don't really want to sidetrack this thread but I don't get the comment.

[Inf]

I'm not sure about california but in Texas you are considered 'common law' married or whatever after living together for 6 months.

[texasz]

I'm not sure about california but in Texas you are considered 'common law' married or whatever after living together for 6 months.

There's slightly more to it than that. You must live together and present yourselves as being married...then you are considered common law (and the 6 months is only a general guideline not a hard fast rule/law). I had to check into this once to see how screwed I may be when I kicked someone to the curb after being together 4 years 3.5 of which we lived together.

[Bambikiller240]

It is my understanding that CA doesn't recognize common-law marriage.

[e_racer1999]

i should have been more specific... i can't afford a WEDDING... not being married. there are far more financial advantages than disadvantages in being married.

anyway, we have the date set to when we can afford it: next year.

[1 tuff z]

my turn-i've always loved cars and lusted after the z at first sight. david palermo, married [happily!] 14 years, age 43, 2 kids-7 & 9, 2 mistresses in the garage. my first love-the 73 [1tuffz] which is awaiting an ls1/t56 transplant and the 83 [the kids call it the family z] zx 2+2 turbo 5spd. i'm prez of the z car club of rochester, ny and keep busy as a certified financial planner [cfp]. spent time in the army as a helo mech, uh1h medevac helo pilot then in the corps as a kc130 driver. i've been autocrossing since i bought my first z in 84 and have enjoyed numerous track days as well-at my home track of watkins glen.

side note-my personal invite to all you track enthusiasts-come on up for the 05 convention, i'm track day co-chair and i personally guarantee our track day at watkins glen is going to be a blast!

i've run through a total of 14 z cars, some drivers, some parts cars-loved them all.

i enjoy working out [want to look good in the casket], it seems now days to mostly keep up with the kids!

my wife ann is extremely tolerant of my z habit as our garage attic and what the kids named "the locked room" downstairs, house many old z parts. but as a friend mother-in-law told his wife once; "men need toys, if they don't have toys they have mistresses...you choose"! heck, instead of surfin' z stuff or in the garage [when the temperature allows-only 5 below zero currently] wrenchin' on the mistresses [see above] i could be out on the town...

[new_2_z]

My name is mat. yea i spell mathew with one t. i guess my mother was on some good stuff when she had me. im 19 and yes i know im younger than most of yall on the form but i have the same LOVE for the Z. I have always been a car person. I live in louisiana. most people down here are all in the 4X4 stuff. dont get me wrong their are car freaks down here. while most of my friends are trying to jack up their car to go over rocks im trying to get z road worthy. Im not one of those ricey new kids on the block. i love new imports but they have their ups and down. i have a 2002 eclipse (yes its stock and a fun daily driver) i was going to plan to beef up that car but the more i looked at parts the more i was limited to performance. its a good looking car and it does turn womens heads or in your case daughters.. jk jk. so during the summer i was working to save money for a project car. of course the first thing that came to mind was american muscle. i loved the sound of these cars. i came very close on good deals with some. for example 71 cuda, 74 mach1 fastback, and yes the good old 74 trans am. after getting in them and test driving them it was truly something different. the only thing that kept me from ever getting one was that the inside of these car where so huge. i felt like a little kid on a steering wheel. i guess thats why i love imports because of their smallness. i had a friend that was showing all these cars on ebay(by the way he and his dad are working on a 69 camaro) and some how we came across a datsun. i never seen a car like this. so of course i wanted to find more info on these awesome looking things. when i first saw these cars in person every curve on it was just drop dead sexy. then finally i got in the inside of these cars and i was just amazed. i felt like i was home in these cars. the dash really got my eye. Also it being just a 2 seater got my smile even bigger. so the next thing i know im searching for datsuns close by. took over a year but i finally got one. it is some work getting "o so sexy" but im having a blast with it. i have and still learning so much of these cars. i just went to the louisiana z club and these people were so nice. all the people on the forms are very helpful and accepting. so i have the impression that Z people are the nicest and one of a kind. i never knew that the z was so big when i first started. its great to see so much encourgment going on with the z.

[TomoHawk]

Welcome and congratulations on your purchase.

When I was younger, in the 70s & 80s, I liked the Z a LOT too, but they seemed to be too expensive and people who had then would never let ME drive it! So a few years ago, Istarted looking for one again, and a frien in Tampa, FL, told me there was a used Z-car dealer down the road from him! Fletcher Ave., of I-275 in Tampa. So I looked and he even had a website!

Z-Docs Website

So i looked up a good car and worked out a deal. fortunately for me, he was coming up near Cleveland, OH, so he trailered the car up and delivered. Otherwise, I was going to Tampa to drive it up myself. Good thing I didn't, because the hose on the fuel rail split a 2 minutes after I started driving home from the delivery spot. It took 2 GALLONS to drive the 2 1/2 miles back to the house- gasoline dripping the whole way up the driveway!

At first, my 280Z felt like a beast. The hood was about 300 feet long and it weighed 1200 tons. But after a while, you get used to it enough that you feel you can showboat. Just don't.

Maybe we can get Z-Docs to sponsor this place.

thx

[Trys_Hard]

I'll try to bring this back on topic.

I was a junior in HS when the first Z came out. I fell in love with them then.

But it was until I was 50 before I got my first Z. My first car was a 65 VW, followed by a 66 MGB, then a 72 340 Duster, a 65 Karmen Ghia, A 1981 Black Magic Capri, an 88 Ford Tempo, a 95 Eagle Talon, I still own my next car a 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R, which brings us up to my 1975 Pacific Blue 280Z which I picked up in late 2003 for $500.00. Now approximately $5K later its ready for paint. But its not over, two months ago I pick up almost showroom quality 81 ZX which even though it is an auto it is a blast to drive. And just this week I picked up my third Z a 1983 Grey 280ZXT 5 speed! Who ho It goes on a transport truck 2/1/05 and I should have my greedy hands on it by the 7th. I had someone check this car out for me so I haven't had a chance to drive it yet.

In Z heaven!

Art

[26th-Z]

We're exactly the same age, Art. What time were you born? A friend of mine's father bought Her Majesty - the first Z I ever saw. Back in '70, I had a '65 bug also. But I had a TR-3 I bought for $50 as a fix-up project.

Glad to meet all you guys. A 240Z is a great car for young and old alike! Enjoy the ride.

[Dlorence]

Dlorence from Umatilla OR. Working on bring a 72 240z back to life. Stock except for the sun roof someone put in. Color stock 110 red. Still in shop geting body work and paint. After this one is done will be working on a 1970 240z title a 71. Have been storeing and buying part for years but it seems there are always more you need. Hope to have car on road by July.

This is my first 240, but use to own a 1979 280zx. Hope is is as good a z as the 79 was.