FR-S/BRZ Old Timers Club

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by wbradley

The 90 plus votes (six of them) are obviously bullshit.

Oh well, I think they say it was just around '94 that usenet spilled over to the lesser plebians and there hasn't been truth and decency on the interwebz since.

...just an old guy rambling

We have some youngsters among us who enjoy learning from us Old Timers and hearing about how things used to be. One of the jokesters among them laid claim to the 90+ option and after that I said they could use it if they behave (see post #1) And if someone joins who really is in their 90s we'll give them special recognition for sure :happy0180:


As for the interwebz, yeah I remember it as being '93 or '94 when it went public and all of a sudden instead of the command line there was mosaic, and archie and gopher gave way to lycos and webcrawler and soon after that came alta vista. Man that seems so long ago now. Oh right, and we were all starting to fret over the looming Y2K.

[Ro_Ja]

I have many years before I join the ranks here, but I must say there are some interesting people and awesome cars that have been mentioned. Keep 'em coming guys.

[that_one_guy]

Originally Posted by NMMI89

Your grandfather was cool.

I gotta admit, a man building a garage like that, deserves a beer:happy0180:
My great grandfather had 6 bloodhounds. He named all of them Damn-it. "Come here Damn-it! Sit Damn-it!" I don't think they make men this manly anymore.

Some of these stories remind me of my highschool auto shop days. Me and a couple friends were becoming known in the small group of teen tuners for being the guys who can install anything. Mostly we just enjoyed the work (and we're teen guys, we LOVED the recognition) so we'd do most work for free. One day a guy we didn't like all that much who drove a brand new mustang with what he bragged was some special paint you can only order online and cost $1K extra, asked us to change the face plate on his gauge cluster. He dropped the car off, said he'd be back to pick it up and we went to work. We finished with the gauges, but now we have his car, without any supervision...all to ourselves. We pull some plastic panels off from under the steering wheel to reveal a bunch of wires and relays. After figuring out what went where, we spliced into the brake lights, and connected wires to the horn. He came back, saw his nice new racey gauges and took off. Only a second later when he reaches the end of the street and hits the brakes to make a turn we hear "BEEEEEEEEP!"....."BEEEEP"....."BEEEEEEP"..BEEP... BEEP, then he turns the car around comes screaming at us "WHAT THE F*** DID YOU DO!!!" Haha, good times.

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by that_one_guy

I gotta admit, a man building a garage like that, deserves a beer:happy0180:

Here's one from me as well! :happy0180:

Originally Posted by that_one_guy

My great grandfather had 6 bloodhounds. He named all of them Damn-it. "Come here Damn-it! Sit Damn-it!" I don't think they make men this manly anymore.

Yep, people get wimpy when times are easy. My grandfather was one of 13 children. He had to literally walk to school in the snow barefoot, and didn't have a coat either, for that matter. But only til grade 6 when they pulled him out to hunt and work the homestead. He was one tough he-man and I was always a little bit afraid of him. But his childhood experiences made him ultra-sensitive to the cold and he did things like use arctic-rated sleeping bags even on summer camping trips.

Originally Posted by that_one_guy

Some of these stories remind me of my highschool auto shop days. Me and a couple friends were becoming known in the small group of teen tuners for being the guys who can install anything. Mostly we just enjoyed the work (and we're teen guys, we LOVED the recognition) so we'd do most work for free. One day a guy we didn't like all that much who drove a brand new mustang with what he bragged was some special paint you can only order online and cost $1K extra, asked us to change the face plate on his gauge cluster. He dropped the car off, said he'd be back to pick it up and we went to work. We finished with the gauges, but now we have his car, without any supervision...all to ourselves. We pull some plastic panels off from under the steering wheel to reveal a bunch of wires and relays. After figuring out what went where, we spliced into the brake lights, and connected wires to the horn. He came back, saw his nice new racey gauges and took off. Only a second later when he reaches the end of the street and hits the brakes to make a turn we hear "BEEEEEEEEP!"....."BEEEEP"....."BEEEEEEP"..BEEP... BEEP, then he turns the car around comes screaming at us "WHAT THE F*** DID YOU DO!!!" Haha, good times.

Haha harmless enough and sounds like this guy deserved to be brought down a couple of notches :P

The bolded text reveals that this couldn't have been all that long ago, which brings me to...

Originally Posted by Ro_Ja

I have many years before I join the ranks here, but I must say there are some interesting people and awesome cars that have been mentioned. Keep 'em coming guys.

If you wish, you are both welcome to "sign up" in the 90+ category, which has been taken over by the under-40 set

[alan.chalkley]

List of motorcycles and cars
1/honda cb100
2/honda cb400
3/hillman hunter
4/hillman hunter
5/gtr torana
6/gtr torana
7/brock commodore
8/ford falcon
9/suzuki swift
10/toyota camry
11/toyota corolla
12/toyota camry
13/gen7 toyota celica
14/Ordered a BRZ and waiting in the looooooooooooong queue for delivery.
I still have all of my toyotas and my family use the camrys and corolla.
The toyotas are the best cars by far.
My friends and family tell me that I am having a mid life crises at 54.
Fantastic because that means I will live to 108.
We need to find an 86yr old driving an 86.

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by alan.chalkley

My friends and family tell me that I am having a mid life crises at 54.
Fantastic because that means I will live to 108.
We need to find an 86yr old driving an 86.

You only have 32 years to go!

[einzlr]

Just wanted to remind folks that the poll for selecting our group name ends Tuesday night, so if you don't want to miss out, be sure to head on over and get your vote in

Here's the thread : http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=541106#post541106

[NMMI89]

Originally Posted by alan.chalkley

My friends and family tell me that I am having a mid life crises at 54.

Tell me about it! Bought my first sports car at 44 (FR-S). Last girl I went out with was 27. My family thinks I lost my mind. Lol. Disclaimer:still single, never been married, no kids.

[Jedi1]

I'm 42. My wife will be 38 next month. We are self professed car junkies. The bargain that the FRS represents on top of the fun factor led us to this car over a CaymanS or Lotus Exige/Elise. Yes, we were really shopping those cars. Long story short. You aren't having a mid life crisis. You made a sound fiscal decision based on ROI and Performance. I hope this clears things up a bit, lol.

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by Jedi1

I'm 42. My wife will be 38 next month. We are self professed car junkies. The bargain that the FRS represents on top of the fun factor led us to this car over a CaymanS or Lotus Exige/Elise. Yes, we were really shopping those cars. Long story short. You aren't having a mid life crisis. You made a sound fiscal decision based on ROI and Performance. I hope this clears things up a bit, lol.

That's the spirit!
And shopping the Cayman and Lotuses isn't crazy at all - great little cars, all of them, if a little on the pricey/impractical side. Whaap went through the same thought process; he had really wanted a Cayman for quite a while, then along came the twins and he has no regrets. I think his story is on page 1 of this thread

[TSY]

Originally Posted by Jedi1

I'm 42. My wife will be 38 next month. We are self professed car junkies. The bargain that the FRS represents on top of the fun factor led us to this car over a CaymanS or Lotus Exige/Elise. Yes, we were really shopping those cars. Long story short. You aren't having a mid life crisis. You made a sound fiscal decision based on ROI and Performance. I hope this clears things up a bit, lol.

I went through exactly the same thought process! Except I was going back and forth between a Cayman S vs 911 C2S. I couldn't decide because I wanted to see what the new Cayman was going to be like, and I'm not a big fan of the new 991 911.

I got a whole car for what would have been a down payment on a Porsche! What a great deal! (pat myself on the back, as you should too!)

Yes, no doubt, the Porsches are much nicer cars. And they are a lot faster. But, I don't think they are 'funner'.

[Deepseadiver]

36 years young here!

[Spartan65]

47 today

Spartan65's DROID RAZR

[UPSed]

48 but I'm really 20 again.