North Houston Gathering 9/12
09-11-2007, 04:25 PM
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Well I hope to make it, as the newest member of the gang - the car has only been in my sweaty hands for 48 hours*, just long enough to get used to having the gearstick on the wrong side...
*RX-8 Grand Touring, 12k mileage, 19500USD, includes some nicks/dents (probably about 2k to fix if I so choose)
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*RX-8 Grand Touring, 12k mileage, 19500USD, includes some nicks/dents (probably about 2k to fix if I so choose)
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09-11-2007, 05:35 PM
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Congrats on the purchase! We hope to see you there.
I'm assuming that since you're still getting used to the gearstick, you're also fairly new to the US and not just the car. How long have you been in The States? and did you come from Europe or Asia?
I'm assuming that since you're still getting used to the gearstick, you're also fairly new to the US and not just the car. How long have you been in The States? and did you come from Europe or Asia?
09-11-2007, 09:19 PM
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I got some bad news... Mostly for me though... I gotta finish some 400 pages of reading before Thursday, so I'm going too have too cancel my attendance at this meet...
Hope everybody has fun though!
Hope everybody has fun though!
09-11-2007, 11:04 PM
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Yo YO YO.......dont for get the One and ONLY (1NONLY) !!!....will be riding up there with my new rims that day (cross my fingers). White water pearl. And btw i know basically all the girls up there.
09-11-2007, 11:36 PM
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Not sure who moved my new thread into this thread as an additional post, but that kind of defeats it's purpose... oh well.
As it stands now:
This may be our biggest meet yet!
...how sad is that?
As it stands now:
1. ½mv² (Nick)
2. LegendKurado (Will)
3. ahhex8 (Rob)
4. rx8dude907 (No name)
5. 1NONLY (Also No name)
6. MotorSkills (And yet another no name)
2. LegendKurado (Will)
3. ahhex8 (Rob)
4. rx8dude907 (No name)
5. 1NONLY (Also No name)
6. MotorSkills (And yet another no name)
This may be our biggest meet yet!
...how sad is that?
09-12-2007, 09:03 AM
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09-12-2007, 10:21 AM
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1. ½mv² (Nick)
2. LegendKurado (Will)
3. ahhex8 (Rob)
4. rx8dude907 (No name)
5. 1NONLY (Also No name)
6. MotorSkills (And yet another no name)
7. Geforce07 (Max and Also Lucky #7 on the list =)
2. LegendKurado (Will)
3. ahhex8 (Rob)
4. rx8dude907 (No name)
5. 1NONLY (Also No name)
6. MotorSkills (And yet another no name)
7. Geforce07 (Max and Also Lucky #7 on the list =)
09-12-2007, 01:21 PM
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09-12-2007, 01:25 PM
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Not to wonder too far off topic, but I was reading your signature rotarygod. I can't believe that Ted Koseki would say something like that. I don't know how he is now considering I have seen postings from him since I've been on the old RX-7 and Haltech newsgroups servers. Is he still tuning strictly by EGT?
Bring your girlfriend to the meet; my wife goes with me to all of them. This is even to the Houston RX Club drives. I can understand if you'll never hear the end of it if she does come along. ;-)
-Rob
Bring your girlfriend to the meet; my wife goes with me to all of them. This is even to the Houston RX Club drives. I can understand if you'll never hear the end of it if she does come along. ;-)
-Rob
My girlfriend lives in Clear Lake. She's definitely not going to drive up here only to have to leave the same evening. She works in Galveston so that just isn't an option. I'm going into town to meet up with her tonight. She's been to a couple of the regular meets before.
09-12-2007, 03:43 PM
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Well I have been visiting the US frequently for a few years, now here to stay for the foreseeable future. So far so good.
The standard of driving in Houston is fairly high, certainly comparable to UK which is very high (never quite understood why!)
I'm looking forward to the driving test, which I have to take sooner or later. It sounds pretty easy in comparison to ours. But then again you guys have drivers' education classes in school, which we don't - but really could use!
However you do seem to have a slightly higher proportion of impatient ***** over here, tailgating like idiots to save 0.0001% of their journey time...
But they can get away with it more here than in the UK because they are usually in some huge truck, rather than in some crappy Peugeot 205 deathtrap.
Roads are probably slightly higher standard here, although you guys really ought to embrace the roundabout at some point.
Your biggest advantage here?
I've seen few, if any, speed cameras so far - and definitely none of the ultra-killjoy "average speed cameras".
09-12-2007, 03:51 PM
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Well since Humberto is barreling down on our coast along with the fact that my girlfriend lives in Clear Lake, I'm not meeting up with her tonight. Her driving scares me when it's dry outside! I may stop by. Unfortunately it won't be in a rotary though.
09-12-2007, 05:49 PM
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It's gaining in size too.. check the loop: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-vis.html
They are seeing 20 mph winds in the Galveston and SouthEast Houston area.
They are seeing 20 mph winds in the Galveston and SouthEast Houston area.