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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 08:37 AM
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Been a while.... I saw a GHOST!

Wow, I haven't been here in over a year.. the forum software tells me I last visited 6/10/2005. Anyway for those who don't know me I used to be a frequent contributor here. I drove a sage mist green 97 SE. Long story short it kept having issues so I got rid of it and replaced it with a 98 Corvette. We kept the maxima for a while but then traded it in for a 04 Honda Civic.

So today, I bought some new wheels for the 'vette and drove them to my usual place to get the tires mounted. I took them around the back of the shop, and there is a holding area looks like for cars traded in without tags etc. Low and behold, I saw this sage mist green 4th gen Max sitting there. I thought to myself- could it be? I walked closer and saw some body damage I was familiar with (mostly the lower front right fender). Then I walked around to the back, and saw my big *** exhaust tip that was still attached to the OEM exhaust. Yup. That was mine alright... haha. I'm thinking what are the chances of actually seeing that headache again. Hopefully it was destined for the scrap yard

Anyway I just wanted to say whats up.
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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werd..
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 09:13 AM
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Plastic serving plates FTW. What up Eric. No more problems with the Vette I hope
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 09:27 AM
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Hey eric long time no hear, hope all is well!
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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Was the bird still in the grill?
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Ahhh you guys still remember me! Esp. the bird.. hahaha. Anyway, I went back to pick up my rims today and asked about that car. The dealer that I was at bought the Max at local auction (no surprise considering it was traded in at the Honda dealer down the street). It was sold to one of the employees there, who fell behind in payments and then the car was repossessed. So for now, I believe they are going to recondition it and sell it as a used car.
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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wow...talk about a blast from the past....only maxima to ever get a bird stuck in the grill...classic...
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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let alone light some pillows on fire doing a burnout..
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by gtr_rider
let alone light some pillows on fire doing a burnout..
I remember that
Old Jul 20, 2006 | 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by SinCityMaxPower
Was the bird still in the grill?
I remember that, happened at the track one day.
Old Jul 20, 2006 | 09:31 AM
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Its funny that you say that. I saw my old Maxima a few months back. I shoulda raced it. LoL.
Old Jul 21, 2006 | 04:51 AM
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eric its been a while. good to hear from you!
Old Jul 21, 2006 | 06:08 AM
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 06:27 AM
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Ahh who could forget the couch cushion burnout haha! I haven't done anything quite like that with the vette, guess I've grown up a little . Although I have taken it offroad using snow tires.

I should have told the dealer who now has the max that it's been drag raced, off roaded, set on fire.. muhahaha.
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 05:39 AM
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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I still remember the pillow incident, lol. How is the Vette treating you?
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:56 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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wat was the pillow incident lmao
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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Must be the weather

I've only been on here once in the past year or so myself. Maybe the hot weather bringing out the ghosts!
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 06:40 AM
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I got a bird stuck in my front bumper :attention:
Old Jul 28, 2006 | 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ericdwong
Ahh who could forget the couch cushion burnout haha! I haven't done anything quite like that with the vette, guess I've grown up a little . Although I have taken it offroad using snow tires.

I should have told the dealer who now has the max that it's been drag raced, off roaded, set on fire.. muhahaha.

lol... is there a vid for the "burn out"?? thats somethin I gotta see
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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Vettes doin good, esp for an american car haha. Its got minor things breaking down here and there, but I have yet to blow the tranny.

As for the pillow burnout, about 5 years ago I had the bright idea to burn out over some couch cushions and pillows that I pulled out of a dumpster. Made feathers fly everywhere. I didn't realize that I had a couch cushion still stuck under my car, so I drove off. All of the sudden my friends asked me why the woods were glowing. I pulled over, it turns out that the couch cushion that was stuck had caught fire on the catalytic. Goodthing I had a mini fire extinguisher handy and put it out. Ironically a cop drove by, saw this happening, questioned me and I told him I accidentally drove over some couch cushions and they might have caught fire.
Old Aug 3, 2006 | 07:17 AM
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Lmfao...

That got a good laugh out of me. The visual that provided in my head was priceless. LMFAO.



< This by the way is one of the funniest smilies I have come across.
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