Sixty8panther

ferrari (every time I hear his name I still think of that Pepsi ad from like 1994)

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Dude, you're close to Kitchener, ON? I have some Slovakian frineds/relatives in Kitchener, I spent summer of 1991 there, some good times for sure. First time I french kissed a girl, among other things. :AH-HA_wink:

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Even better still. I love the headlights on this Cima. Much better than the Avalon-ish ones on our Q and probably 100% interchangable.

I joked around wiht the Girlfirend about converting it to a "Nissan President" but that was justfor laughs.... a stand up hood ornament you say? Hmm.... tempting. What market is the Cima from? That $h! JDM, yo?!

Yes but I'm super picky. I'll listen to the easy-to-find mainstream stuff, like last night me, Ross & our buddy Chris were hanging around after I gave Chirs his first ride in the Q45 and I blasted the theme song from Night At The Roxbury... so very appropriate. 1997 Infiniti... that retardedly addictive song blasting form the speakers. It was the Bomb-diggaty. But when it comes ot seriously seeking out music I like Techon/new age & other simmilar music. Moby is cool but I like the old stuff even more than the new stuff. Juno Reactor is cool and Jean Michele-Jarre has some great meditation/relaxation stuff. Oxygen is a great CD form him... so very ahead of it's time for 1979. I still have to get some of those Bhudda Bar CDs, and a few more Ibizza DJs.

Also has to do wiht the government regulatoruy elimination of asbestos in brake linings. Asbestos was AWSOME for brake linings... it's the perfect material but unfortunately causes cancer... esp as brake dust that gets inhaled by mechanics.

I think the new 5-series is absolutely gorgeous, the Mini Cooper S is a car I will own someday and the Chrysler 300C I know for a fact is considered to also be a Macho-man's car. Look around at all the dudes who traded in their Mustangs, pickups and Caprices for it.

Not ony is the car very solid but it did not spend it's entire life here in N.E. The previous owner drove the car every day for several years and recently, 2003 IIRC, drove it from Idaho to here when he moved out to Mass. I used to see the car around town wiht Idaho plates and wonder what the hell the story was. One of those "if that's ever for sale cheap...." kind of things Then one day come across the Tyngsboro Bridge burninng rubber in my Datsun and I notice it's for sale on the guys front lawn. No price just a number. I call up XP and say: "I know you're into 2 doors only but here's a crazy deal for you" I negotiated the low price for him when teh owner offeredit up for $500 and said if the car did not sell it might get junked by his parents after he moves to Washington State. The next day I drove him over there and we picked it up. He basically got everything in the trunk for sticker price and got the Oldsmobile for free. There was a brand new jack/jack stands, the dog dish hubcaps, emergency roadside kit and a bunch of other stuff like cleaning products etc. in the trunk. All for $230.

Welcome to the 2006 edition of getting to know your friends. What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you'll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to a whole bunch of people including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, if you did not know them already. 1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:40am 2. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Star Wars Eps. 3 3. What is your favorite TV show? Simpsons.... as a kid it was Knight Rider 4. What did you have for breakfast? Frosted Shredded Wheat 5. What is your middle name? none, Silvester is enough don;t you think? 6. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian 7. Your favorite Potato chip? Umm...okay, Pringles I guess but Chocolate is my snack of choice> 8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Johnny Cash, The American Man Comes around 9. What kind of car do you drive? winter/wiht Sofia my daughter: 1984 Datsun Maxima, in the Summer the "toy" is a 1968 Camaro soon to be replaced by a 1959 Buick 10. Favorite sandwich? BLT, hold the T. Seriously. 11. What characteristics do you despise? Cocky/egomaniac/yuppie/self centered 12. Favorite item of clothing? any T-shirt that is already stained in oil and gasoline... that way when it gets more dirty when I work on one of my several cars I will not get yelled at as much. 13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Slovakia, my home land... but you know what they say: you can never go home. I think I'm one of the few people in this world who TRULY understand what that means. 14. What color is your bathroom? I'm a guy... my only concern is not peeing outside the toilet. I think the bathroom is blue, creama &/or a mix of both. 15. What is your favorite brand of clothing? refer to question #12 16. Where would you want to retire? Nevada... Arizona or perhaps Canada. Nice log cabin by a lake. Nwature, clean air, free of noise and pollution... trees to every direction. But I'd still have to have like 13 classic cars sitting in a garage outside of my daily driver. 17. Where were you born? Slovakia, 1979 18. Favorite sport to watch? Watching sports sucks, playing is muhc better but if I had to watch I'd make it Hockey. Coolest game on earth! 19. Who do you least expect to send this back? Questions like this is why I normally do not participate in these silly surveys. 20. Person you expect to send it back first? see Question #19 21. What laundry detergent do you use? Apparently this survey is still convinced I'm a girl. 22. Coke or Pepsi? COKE! and YES, there is a huge difference. 23. Are you a morning person or night owl? Night Owl. 24. Do you have any pets? Three cats... Tony, Mellon & Satan.... I mean Puma. (he's the freekin Devil that cat... demonic little eyes!) 25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everyone? Well, my daughter Sofia turned two about 6 weeks ago that's about as big as "news" gets for me. Other than that I'd bore you with tales of RWD Infiniti Q45s and their fantastic proportions, V8 power & cushy suspensions that remind me of everything that American cars ocne were and are starting to be once again. Then I'd move onto 1969 Camaros, 1961 Cadillacs and 1959 Buicks.... 26. What did you want to be when you were little? what didn't I want to be I remember wanting to be a pilot in the Air Force for a long time. Always was an adrenaline junky. 27. Favorite candy bar? Mainstreem candy bars suck. German, Austrian, Belgian & Italian chocolate is where it's at. 28. What is your best childhood memory? Running around & playing catch with my mom and my black lab in the tall grass and open air of my home town in Slovakia. That same day (in my memory banks if not reality) gathering walnuts & hazlenuts off the forest floor and drinking form a tin cup at the natrual spring in the hills of my home town. Cold, clean crisp water, mountain air... what else is there to add? On the way home walking past the water dept. building up on the dirt road that had 1938 written in avant garde font. Even as a 6 year old little kid I knew that 1938 was an era just before a terbulant time for our country. 29. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? I've had a lot of them but Car sales was the most fun & rewarding "official" one. Off the books I did some landscaping for an eldrely couple who became good friends of the family. The things you can learn from someone who has lived to be almost 90 years old is the greatest kind of knowledge of all. 30. What color underwear are you wearing? *checks* navy blue boxers. That was awkward.... 31. Nicknames? When your legal name is Silvester the nickname "Sly" follows you around like a little puppy dog. I also go by my email name and "Silvik" which is the nickname for Slivester in Slovakian. 33. Eye color? hazel/green 34. Ever been to Africa? No 35. Ever been toilet papering? nope but I've done my share of exciting things 36. Love someone so much it made you cry? who hasn't? 37. Been in a car accident? Yes, a few that were my fault and several that were NOT. 38. Croutons or bacon bits? Croutons 39. Favorite day of the week? Friday.... weekend has just begun but there's not much thought yet of it winding down 40. Favorite restaurant? Olive Garden 42. Favorite ice cream? Friendly's Mint Chocolate Chip 44. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendys 45. What color is your bedroom carpet? burnt-orange. Not my choice 46. How many times did you fail your driver's test? once, but I never even got to take the test... the State trooper was an asshole and me and my dad walked out. 47. Besides this one, from whom did you get your last email? Datsun forum registration 48. What store would you choose to max out your credit card? Auto Zone... wait forget that, can I use an AMEX at a Cadillac Dealership? 2006 STS-V? YES! 2006 Escalade EXT? YES! 2006 XLR-V? YES! 2006 CTS-V? I'll take two please! 49. What do you do most often when you are bored? CheersandGears.com, check it out. 50. Bedtime? 12:00-3:00 am depending on the day/time of year 51. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire? Sigh... not giving it that much thought 52. What are you listening to right now? Marcia watching "Fear Factor" 53. What is your favorite color? yellow 54. Lake, Ocean or river? lake 56. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? chicken... DUH!?!? it evolved fomr a dinosaur! 57. How many people are you sending this email to? less that the person who wrote it that's for sure 58. Time finished? 15 min

BBL: You are one cool dude bro. Don;t know if you ever ended up selling your Jeep but in any case here's to a classic CJ jacked up 13" and a brand new Rubicon in your driveway ASAP! Now go spend a great evening wiht your girlfriend, have fun with your buddies, burn some rubber, punch out a few Ricer's lights out when the insert the word JDM into a sentance about their Civic HX/Tercel/RSX/Scion xB and most important of all go to a Toyota dealership and spray-paint "SPHINKTER" on the hood of a tan Camry LE in safety orange. That's a night to remember right there.

Ummm.... you missed the point. Esp. if I do not keep the service it becomes even more annoying. I'm paying $325 for something I'll never use and what do I get out of it? An ugly black blister on the roof. For $325 I could get a professionaly installed remote start, although I'm not a big afn of cuting into a factory wiring harness to any degree for any reason. But you get the point. Z28Luvr: Unless I can get multiple channels of 1960s/70s/80s/90s Classic Rock/Alternative & good Techno (the European stuff not the commercial garbage) I think it will go unappreciated by me. From waht I understand there's only ONE 60s station... I already have WZLX for that. Now if there was a way to order ANY song, real time, on demand I'd be saying different. Or if ther was a separate commercial channel for Beatles, Led Zep, U2, Metallica, Punk Rock, Industrial Etc. then even $20 a month would be worth it.

Not entirely true... G80 and 200lbs. of sandbags positioned in the back of the bed solves that problem.

You know it! So very well put. This is exactly the way I feel. I think it may have been a back-handed complement but I think FlyB. said it best: "Japanese Buick". Although I'm bringing the car back on monday to have the rotors cut and "service engine soon" light looked at I'm very happy with this machine. The more I drive it the more I love it. I also like the beefy RWD-styling of the Last gen. of Acura RL but the FWD and V6 power means I'll never buy one. The Q on the other hand is the opposite of everything I HATE about most Japanese cars. It does not blend in, it's RWD, it's luxuirous, roomy and rides like a cloud becasue of cushy suspension, it's V8-powered, heavy and substantial in both curb weight, driving feel & when you slam the door and on top of it all it's resale is not ridiculously inflated.

Hitler

I hate the XM. Stupid ugly anteana is a nuisance and the concept of paying for Radio is retarded to a guy who buys a $300 Datsu and drives it for 20K miles. $10 a month? Yeah, I'm all set. for $120 a year I'd rather buy somethign less useless... like spinner hubcaps, LED windhield washer squirters, fake-J.C. Whitney stick on hood scoop or even curb feelers.

Traction Lock

Dude, I would LOVE to have a small wholesale dealership. I justy do not have the $10,000 -to- $15,000 it takes to start one up. This state makes everything super expensive.

Well think about it... most of the weight of your Lumina was transfered to the rear wheels since you were up hill, so FWD actaully screwed you in this scenario. NOt to say that RWD would have guaranteed mobility. This is from just this past Decemeber. Once again I got too cocky and underestimated the ice on this severe incline. This road was technically "closed" for the winter untill a Mental-midget like myself decided to take a drive down to the "Tyngsboro Campground". Camino: May of 2004 is when I commited this crime against the F-body world. Slippery bridge that was supposed to be "temporary" but has been up for like 20 years. It happened on the shakedown cruise in the Camaro after I installed the replacement TH350. I will not blame my improper timing and throttle cable reinstalation but they played their part for sure. After this happened in the rain I decided to say the hell wiht the carshow I was driving to and instead me and my friend Kevin went to the Mill Building and he snapped that famous photo of a HUGE burnout. So at least not all was lost since I got it published in Car Craft. Most of the photos you've seen of my '68 show a replacement fender from a 1967 Camaro out of a local junkyard. ---- BTW: In the span of 2 minutes here in Mass it just went from a mild blizzard to sunny like in July. WTF is up wiht New England. 19 years of living here and it still bugs me out.

Some of you prpbably hate me now that I've bought an '84 Datsun & a '97 Infiniti and sold out, rest assured though I'm not buying a brand new Japanese car. My parents I can't speak for, never say never but it would be a SAD day since they've been buying 100% GM (both new and used) since we came to the USA in 1987. My mother couldn't give a #%@*& less... She does not complain about such things. As long as she's got a comfortable seat, does not hate the color, likes the styling and it proves economical and reliable for her she will be thrilled. And contrary to popular belief some of us are in need of 0% financing. Especially when it can make the differance between a $250 dollar payment and a $300 payment.

I'm renting this $hithole so it would be a waste of time to repaint the shutters and (not to mention) purple-eggplant patio. It's gross but it's not bad enough for me to waste my money/time/energy repainting someone elses's house. Yup, 1977 Cutlass Supreme Sedan. Here's the complete breakdown. - 1968 Camaro: my "Sixty8Panther" - 1977 Olds Cutlass Sedan (XP's beater car) - 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (XP's classic... for sale again) - 1983 Volvo 240: demolition derby car 4.1 - 1984 Datsun Maxima (daily diver) - 1988 Chevrolet Blazer "Tetanus Shot" - 1992 Chevrolet Corsica (269,000 miles) - 1997 Cadillac STS (will get traded ASAP) - 1997 Infiniti Q45 (picked it up this week)

Sky EDIT: Muhhhahahahaahahahh!!!! [/evil_laugh] I stole the first post of page 100.

The right rear bumper support is already damaged and the car has some rust issues plus it has not run since Aug. 2005. I'm all set with that POS. I'll pick up a runningin driving car for $100... that's what the Volvo cost me.

Absolutely. Just as guns do not kill people, other people do, cars do not crash themselves regardless of their drive layout.