Fuck yes. Track for the day ya'll.
Since southern California is a hopelessly car-dependent place, I figured I'd do my duty by buying two of them. We started with just the Audi, hoping that Audra could rely on public transportation to get to downtown Irvine where she works. WRONG. Public transportation is a gigantic joke in Orange County. No transfers, stupidly long interval times, and completely retarded dropoff locations. We carpooled for a while, but our schedules at work are so different, we finally decided it was time to pick up a second vehicle.
I thought about a Motorcycle or Maxi scooter, but people in this area drive blind spot laden gigantic guzzling SUVs, and they also drive like flipping bloody moronic idiots, and I knew I'd be pulp within short order. I gave Audra the tough as nails, heavily protected All-Wheel-Drive Audi Tank, and I really wanted to pick up a light, topless, balanced RWD roadster. I knew it had to be the Miata. I didnt like the look of the first generation, or the newest generation, so I knew it had to be a NB.
After researching all of the options, I decided I either wanted a 03 Shinsen edition, 03 special edition, or 1999 Anniversary Edition. The Anniversary edition didn't have the aggressive, butchy bodykit options that I felt the roadster needed, so I kept my eyes peeled for the 03 special models. After a visit to Tustin Mazda, they located one for me in Huntington Beach Mazda. I promptly setup a time the next day for a test drive, but when I made it to our appointment, the dealer hadn't gone and gotten the car from the other dealer, and said he'd leave in a little bit to get it.
Leaving in the middle of the day to drive from Tustin to Huntington beach? Uh, douche, did you want to make a sale, or not? Annoyed, we just told him to screw himself and left.
A couple weeks later, I was looking at the Huntington Beach Mazda site and saw an 03 LS in British Racing Green that had a very, very attractive price. I contacted the dealers there and we started talking, but I kept eyeing the 03 Special edition they had on their lot. After a friend of mine that kinda...collects miatas and s2000s took a hard look at the LS, he told me to pass, because the previous owner looked like he had really just totally fucked up the suspension setup. I told the dealer I'd pass on the LS, but I really wanted the 03 Special. I went out and test drove it, and fell in love.
The lady that owned it before me only put 26000 miles on it in the 5 years she owned it. Not only that, but she kept EVERY single scrap of service history on it, and she also left the box of special edition swag that came along with it unopened. I snapped that shit up ASAP with a new-car warranty for a damn good price.
It's the ultimate japanese british roadster. Slow, balanced, and incredibly nimble. I'm planning on picking up some black/silver Sportmax 002 16 inch wheels, Stance Coilovers (not going to lower it TOOO much, but i'm noticing some annoying bodyroll when I take it to the canyons), A roll bar (you never know when it may go FLIPPING INTO THE AIR and LAND UPSIDEDOWN), and I'm going to replace the stereo system. The Bose setup sounds great, but the multi disc player isnt Mp3 compatible, and I fucking hate CDs.
Anyways, I fucking love this thing. I've been taking it out to the canyons, and out on the coast every weekend. Decent gas mileage too. (better than the Audi)
Thanks Audra for helping me get it! I love you!
Here's some picturreees!
Two New Editions to the family!
yep. Life pretty much rules!
happy new years chaps. things are going well here. Dude is married now, working at Blizzard, and living in an apartment 2x the size of the one in SF, and 30x as dope.
yep. things are going mighty good for the dude.
check ya' later.
Hey everyone, I thought I would post here to say that today is my last day at DF, and that I have accepted a position at Blizzard Entertainment.
We'll be moving the middle of this month, and we have an apartment lined up in North Irvine. We are having a moving crazy sale. My gigantor TV, Computer Desk, Pro-style excersize bike, Pista Concept, and Honda Motorcycle are available at a crazy discount. I'm Crazy!
I'll update more later. Woo!
My 360 is now doing this, which means Microsoft will fix it for free.
After an hour on hold with xbox customer support, I was told that I had to pay them 100 dollars to repair my xbox. When they initially repaired my machine, they said the warranty extended another year from the repair date. Now they're telling me it was only 90 days.
Same crashes, same problems from the first time.
Fuck you. BBB time again.
my xbox 360 is broken again. Hats off to Microsoft. Seriously. You guys make the best product. It's literally sat in the same spot, clear of anything obstructing it's precious ventilation, barely used since I got it back last year, and now it can't make it through 5 minutes of a live arcade, or 360 title without freezing up completely.
Send me my fucking coffin. Once it's back in my posession, its going to be up for sale. Screw your crappy refurbish-then-return processes, screw your blaming the user, and screw you guys for serious.
as of today, I think there are about 5 other people with broken boxes at work. that means just about every 360 owner at my company has had to return their systems since they bought them. Vocal Minority my ass.
Oh, and Microsoft, spending a billion extending the warranties on all 360s? Good move. Better Move? Design then correctly in the first place.
AAARRRGH. Between Nintendo's gameless Wii, Sony's overpriced, gameless PS3, and Microsoft's game-filled broken shit-machine, it is a sad day for console consumers.
