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time is one thing I don't have an abundance of, that is for sure. Full time college + part time work = busy. oh, and not that community or liberal arts college stuff, we're talking the engineering school where homework is a must to stay alive.

I groove on it, big time. when I first some some lawyer driving one in the lane next to me and my Z, my first throughts were what a piece of crap, ripoff, sellout, etc... and I hope he doesn't want to race. that resentment soon dissapated when he complemented me on mine at a light, hahah. from then on I thought they were pretty baddass looking. I checked'm out in the lot when I was at the nissan dealership asking about parts,and I like the black ones alot.

I guess I need to find out how much more my rates would go up if I claimed uninsured, and how long they would be up. If I don't try that route, I'll get no money at all, and be out $955(cost of car). If I do though...who knows maybe my rates will only go up a few hundred a year? $200 more a year times 4 years is still only $800 extra, and the loss of the car is more than that so maybe it's worth it.. I think I would propose two settlement options in court, and rather he take the 2nd one. 1.) The book value/cost of the car. 2.) He has to do the [dollar amount of the damage]/[minimum wage] worth of community service hours. So if the damage was like $2500 total for mine then that's 400 some hours of community service. does anyone know if there a reduction in insurance at all when you hit 19?

I came back from a laboratory yesterday morning(9:30) to find my car backed into my brother's saab, which was a good 10 feet below where I had parked... I thought my emergency break must have broke and the car rolled back into it, so immediately went to move it to get the tension off his. then things are knocked around on the inside, and when I try to drive up, I getting grinding noises... when I looked at the front of the car, it looked like this and the front end of a white pontiac was in/beneath it. that pretty much tipped me off as to what had plowed it into the saab and up onto the sidewalk. turns out the driver is a 27 year old Jeremy AmericanHorse, and this is his second DUI. he also hit 8 other cars before mine. also, it wasn't his car, nor was there any insurance. between school and work, I really don't have time to phuck around with this garbage now. school doesn't pay itself, nor does the rent. of course I only had liability on that car, since it cost me a whopping $955 when I bought it, and my insurance is darn near close to that a year(I'm still 18). Luckily my Z was spared as I had her parked off street because I'm working with it when the weather provides... Mr. American Horse is most likely going to be incarcerated for some time. His mommy owned the car, but she can't seem to be reached by the police. All I was told is that she lives by or on Pine Ridge Reservation around here. Of the other 8 victims, 1 had full coverage. the rest liability. Mr. American Horse racked up an estimated $25,000 worth of damage for the vehicles he hit. Wants a guy to do here? Pine Ridge is labeled the poorest place in all of America still I believe. I believe I can get my Z back running by mid next week, but it sucks that I have to abort my work on it. I'm pretty sure trying to sue for the book value of the car would still get me nothing. has anyone ever had to deal with any crap like this before?

if you're eric b, then that makes me rakim...

my tuna cans work for me, the car's made 120 and seemed like it was just getting ready to go. true there seems to be more in the engine bay area associated with those particular solex carbs, than in previous years. I don't know if all that "junk" warrants me going out and spending $700+ just on a set of carbs though..

"boat anchors" says who? can anyone actually produce any data that proves that, other than hearsay? I'd love to read it if you could.

hey, The guy I bought my Z off only drove the car a couple thousand miles over the last 12 years(after retiring). Right after I got it from him and was heading home, the water pump blew out, luckily before I even reached the interstate. Ordered the part that day from NAPA, and fixed it the next day! So then I started going through things, and replacing fuel lines here, air hoses there, the charred over air filter... The car didn't seem very responsive, and needed heavy choking(in august) he had mentioned I may want to get a carb kit for the car, he never wanted to spend the money on it. He also said don't touch the electrical system. I found there to be no fuse box lid, and 4 little containers of fuses in the glove box. The guy disconnected the rear defroster, some wires that went to the seats, the power antennae, and all the speakers. Other than that, I can't tell worth a crap what is what, because there are thick sets of wires that come in from the engine all taped up, and then only a few come out of there, the rest were cut and wrapped up. Same deal with the center console region, lots and lots of wires, but only a few actually hooked up. After some experimenting and lots of fuses I thought I had it figured out, and placed a stereo deck in. All was well, till night fall. The stereo would click on and off if the lights were on, and the lights weren't that bright to start! I removed the stereo, and then the car doesn't want to start. Jumping works, but then it dies. So got new battery cables(battery was new on my part with sufficient CCAs). All I here is a click click now, but no action. I also have two cars that I got for $50 from these Norwegian students who are going back home after semester. A 1984 Buick LeSabre(low rider style), and a 68 ford ltd. Both have crazy spray paint jobs, and were bought for mere entertainment and lawn decoration(college house). I was wondering if there would be any parts I could use off these, like lights and relays, or maybe their circuits , or who knows really, for my 260?