Well guys, I just took a job in Houston and will be starting my drive there from northern Michigan tomorrow (Friday) morning. It's about 1400 miles. I am excited about moving to an area that actually has car clubs of any type and being in the neighborhood of a couple of other enthusiasts (Matt and Mike). I will snap a few pics along the way and post them whenever I get a chance. I should be pretty busy, tho, because I start work on Monday.

Yay, no garaging the Maxima this winter! I will also have the money to finish my list of mods - sway bars and rear disc conversion. Anyway, wish me luck on what has been described to me as a long, boring drive...

 

hey good luck dude! nice meeting you at maxus this year. 09 is gonna likely be in DC unless an army of people want to move it elsewhere but hey you're driving 1400 miles to your home.. what's 1400 to DC, right? but yea 3GM represent! (3rd Gen Mafia haha)

 

gl dude.
I see you have already changed your location!
safe travels and godspeed.

 

awwww sheit, there's goes the community!

Where in Houston you moving? this town is only 100 miles wide.

Enjoy the weather on the way down.. it's supposed to get into the mid 80s here today, but is much cooler the rest of the drive north.

Least you won't have to be driving through 100 deg heat in a uhaul with no AC and the heater stuck on high!! (yeah, that was my move to houston.. ugh!)

 

Good luck with your new job mang!

 

Thanks, everyone! This will probably be my last post 'till I get there, I'm about to load up the computer! I will let you know how the drive goes!

 

have a safe drive! remember.... if you happen to change lanes to the left to pass a slower-moving car only to realize the car you passed was imaginary, then it's time for a nap! unless you have a relief driver like I did haha.

 

I hope to see you here! drive safely!

 

I'm going to texas sometime for job training too

 

Doesn't moving to texas mean you have to drive a suburban?

 

nooo.... moving to texas means one-ton, 4x4 dually pickup.

 

I grew up recalling that suburbans were called a texas cadillac.

 

just like bull nuts are "mountain oysters". I don't see too many cattle or oysters in the mountains.....


suburbans were the thing 20 years ago. now it's 4 door 4x4 diesels and excursions/expeditions/navigators/escalades. suburbans are sooooo cliche'.

 

Yeah ...welcome to TEXAS... Houston is huge and diverse, You'll enjoy it... I've been riding my bicycle to work since the weather's been so much cooler...if you need to find anything PM me I'm in Houston as well...

 

Well, I made it! I took some pics along the way and I will post them when I have a minute. SUPER busy this week, so will do whenever I have a chance...1500 miles in two days...

 

welcome dude!

 

Glad you made it safely..

If you're not busy this weekend (HA!) come out to MSR-Houston for 24 Hours of Lemons. I'll be racing in a old E30 BMW 325 beater...

 

pics or it didn't happen...

but haha Maxitech you did my stunt... TWICE, 2 days in a row. I drove 850 miles nonstop to and from Chicago this year but at least i had 3 days to chill in between! enjoy your michigan summer as your houston winter haha

 

Here's some pics after the other guys painted(?) the car....

http://picasaweb.google.com/chungyin...86033235108594

I just stepped onto this team yesterday, so I had no say in the car.

 

LMAO!!! GDM hahaha. Un-pimp ze AUto. Matt what hahve you gotten yourself into? Introduce yourself as Maxitech to everyone you meet..... that way you can preserve your own rep! Just say "yeah, i'm new in town, but man i love me some racin'!!!1"

 

must-have link for new residents:

http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

 

Hope you waved to us org'ers when you cruised through Dallas.

 

Mike, called you the other day, hit me up! I am definitely going to Lemons, you should meet me there...

Matt, you got my number and there ain't much info on Lemons out there. Call me up when you get a sec.

LOL at the Bimmer! Ha!

 

Lol, I was probably sleeping

Yeah I'll come out to Lemons.

 

I haven't been to Houston, but my best friend went to college at U of H. He told me NEVER go to the 5th Ward. He lived there for a while and he said he heard more gunfire than at some shooting ranges.

He was on the track team, though, so he could outrun most of the criminals that weren't packing.

 

^^^ I went up there to look at a parts car once, didnt seem that bad, but yes a poor area. Other then that its not really in the way of anything, so you never end up going there unless it is your destination.

 

There's certain areas of town I simply don't go to. When we moved down here, we found a couple rental houses in our budget in Missouri city. took us 3 houses into the neighborhood to figure out we didn't belong. People literally stopped and stared at the two white folks looking lost in their 'hood!

Ironically, we were in the wife's Altima at the time. I wound up selling it 2 years ago to a .orger that lives in MO city a couple blocks from where we'd looked at a house and got scurred and left.

Lemons...
www.24hoursoflemons.com

The race is at MSR-Houston this weekend. It'll be going basically friday through sunday.
directions to the track are to take 288 south out of town almost to Angleton. Take the SECOND C-R 46 turn and go left (east). It's at a big blinky yellow light intersection- can't miss it. Ive you get to Angleton, you've gone too far.

 

Got the Z "finished" last night.

 

nice 3rd brake light.

 

Z31 leftovers, baby!

 

wheelgap? what wheelgap? I dunno what you're talkin bout........

 

I dont think the suspension is loaded, just look at the tires. Its probably on stands or something... Matt?

 

who knows... they always say the 3g max doesn't have enough suspension travel.... well with wheelgap like that on his z he can get all the travel he wants!

 

actually we're running tires 3" shorter than factory for extra torque to the ground.

took it out for a test drive yesteryday and it spins the tires in all forward gears. yeah we got enough torque.

 

I think you mean extra force

 

technicalities excluded, you get the point.

 

so you're gonna have a helmet cam, 3/4 cam, and a foot cam for us, right?

 

Gots a 3fity in there?

 

Who's racin' the Z?

 

with nawz