RXhusker

Went to the Husker Recruiting Banquet last night -- what a blast!

Coach Blake (our recruiting guru) got the biggest response. One of his quotes was worth repeating ...

Talking about the recruiting effort of the entire staff...

"What they call Hell, we call Home. We goin' to turn this ***** around ... I will promise you that."

Needless to say that got him a second standing ovation from all 1400 people and sent chills up a lot of spines.

I got to sit next to Coach Wagner (offensive line coach) -- very impressive and personable guy. His recruiting territory was the west coast -- so he brought in Lucky, Jackson, Picou, Picou, etc. -- great job!

intakedrotary

I'll gladly come down toward spring, we'll have to get a larger meet for a time when RXHusker can show up! It's not that long of trip for me, so let me know toward spring what works, and i should have my car complete. March i will not have my car, but other than that, i'm good to go! have fun in arizona RXHUSKER, i'll be down there march 19-26 visiting grandparents in Tuscon.

RXhusker

You will be wishing you had your 8 down there!! I rented a 350Z 2 years ago when I went to Tuscon and it was fun -- great roads outside of town through the desert -- they king of dip up and down and turn like a roller coster -- very fun at 90+ MPH :D

I will be back down again to my home in Scottsdale March 13-20. I always wish my 8 resided there in the Winter. The rental cars just don't live up -- even the 350Z (handles like pig -- or a Mustang -- as difference).

intakedrotary

where do you go to rent a 350Z or mustang?! Being i'm just going down there with my girlfriend and myself, we don't need anything family size, YET*lol*.

RXhusker

National Car Rental in Phoniex rents 350Z's - Porsches - Vetts but you have to call them they don't list them on the web, every place rents Mustangs, Dollar rents Crossfires. I always fly to PHX not sure if you are flying to Tuscon.

intakedrotary

Kain, the sonic on L street where we met last time works for me, i'll be in town by 12 at the latest! Who's all going to be there?!

Kain

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intakedrotary

I was at that sonic, and we left from there to the car show?! do you remember what i'm talking about? It's right on L Street and S 42nd St.! ring a bell??? we were talking about others showing up and just left and busted onto the highway and went to the car show.

Any other ideas and i got gps so i'll type it into that if the sonic doesn't work for anyone!

Kain

no I remember that sonic I was just questioning if anyone else is interested>?

intakedrotary

I'll be there at 12 p.m for anyone who is interested, i need to call dan with a blue rx8 cause he wanted the ground wires, and kain hopefully more than us show up, but whatever is good by me!

intakedrotary

Sorry I couldn't make it down! Let's reschedule it, we had freezing rain here and walked out to my mailbox and slid out to it actually, LOL.!!! Snow doesn't bug me but freezing rain does!! sorry for not showing!

staticlag

Yeah, I was kinda wondering when you would call...

@ 1230 I ended up ordering lunch in , Good thing I didnt wait any longer.

Hopefully next reschedule it will be warm enough to enjoy the sunroof.

Kain

well sonic was pretty good- no 8's there though. perhaps another time>? other than tomorrow the next couple of weeks are supposedly looking pretty mild and dry according to Jim (fake) Flowers

intakedrotary

My car will be gone in march at Archer Racing for all the goodies and all my undercover stuff, hehe. Shooting for 300 whp. I could still meet up with you guys, i'll have a Denali to drive! What works for u guys?!

Kain

300 at the wheels>?

staticlag

How about this Sunday?

intakedrotary

Yes, 300 WHP. I have other tricks up my sleeve as well, so we'll see what happens when i get it back at the end of march. This sunday is short notice, but i'll be in minnesota. I'll give you guys some dates that work for me after i get off work tomorrow!

staticlag

What carwash do you guys take your 8's to when you are too lazy to handwash it?

I tried Dolphins on about 144th and Center yesterday.

I talked to the manager, and they recycle 1/3 of their water and he doesnt know what soap his own carwash is using!!!

This was after I put it through.

Now the finish is rough.

<sigh> Time to Dawn claybar and zaino again....

And the kids there were nuts, everything inside was clean and they still tried cleaning it. They dripped window cleaner on the insides of all my dash.

Is there any high quality wash place in town thats not going to cost me $50 bucks just to have the outside done?

RXhusker

Visual Perfection - 144th & Dodge in the garage of the Linden Place Bldg. (ask for Mark) -- $25 hand wash and interior clean. They take good care of my baby :D This is a full-service detail shop and they know how to do it right (they detail the new cars for the Porsche dealer, ***** T.'s many cars, etc.)

p.s. -- They also have a shop at Pacific Place and they will also put on your clear bra for $250.

staticlag

Lol, yeah...

This was the first time I had ever non-handwashed it since I bought it in July. I had taken it out in the rain and it got some road grease/salt on it and I was too busy that week to handwash. So I thought I would give "Dolphins" a try.

They are pretty expensive in my opinion, its 15.99 for interior vacuum and "touchless" wash only. But when I saw those greasy teenagers rubbing my 8 with their rags that have cleaned god knows how many cars I just wanted to smack myself in the face. Then they go up to a $25 wash with all their various snake oil "polysealants." I saw an M3 go in before me, and some mercedes, so I thought those people knew what they were talking about.... apparently not.

The only other carwash I goto(for my other car) is more of a semi-auto wash in Millard by my house. It's like 6 dollars for standard wash/sealant stuff.

Semi-auto meaning that there are people there that wipe your car a bit, but no interior vacuuming or stuff like that.

I really just wanted them to spray down the exterior, I didn't even know they were going to wipe the windows and vacuum. Oh well, lesson learned.

I got my bodywork done at Schrier Ford after my accident, and they included their premium detailing in the deal. It was like a $150 detail job(according to them). Not a speck of dirt or dust anywhere, the carpets, and seats were shampooed, the insides were flawless, the steering wheel and dash were conditioned, tires dressed, the works.

The outside looked great too, not a single drop of water anywhere. and it looks like they gave it a handwax.

But, upon closer inspection 2-3 days later in bright sunlight, swirl marks! I know it wasn't me, because I always wipe my door panels up and down like zaino recommends, and I didn't have swirl marks before this. They were very very minor, and I didn't really expect them to spend 2+hrs trying to get all that salt off of it , so I give them a B for effort.

So after that I was feeling "sadistic" enough to try a carwash.

144th and Dodge, is that over by that bank? I think I'll give that a try. The shop says I need to wait 30 days for my paint to dry fully before I wax it, so I guess its a crap shoot until I can get out there and do it myself.

intakedrotary

Saturday, April 9th work for everyone?!!!! 12p.m, Sonic!?!!? Let me know, i'll have a turbo'd 8 with nitrous by then!!!!

MichRX7

If you guys are thinking about coming out to the Rotary Revolution with those sweet 8's, send me an email or pm with your first/last name and I'll create a space for the NE Rotary Club so you may receive the discounted price.

staticlag

Anyone thinking of going?

I know I'm gonna try.

intakedrotary

April 16th? Saturday?! meet up for anyone? they need an extra week to build the internals.

RXFORFUN

wow, time flys when your having fun. It has been a while and you all have been very busy. RXHusker, how is the turbo woking, I am very jealous to say the least.
Spring is just around the corner, which means summer tires will be on and ready for some fun driving. Hope everybody has surrvived the winter okay.
oops, back to work.