3000GT's very own Off-Topic Thread!

i'll add myself to the porsche list when i get my td05s installed :biggrin:

did anyone else get the virus floating on the internet?

Which virus? Theres a few thousand out there, just some of them are worse then others.

not sure wich one but its deffinitely in my computer, right now i'm on my girfrinds laptop, hopefully it wil be soon that fix the computer

Yeah, so I thought I'd add my info to the OT thread.

21 years old
broke student (double major Philosophy/Psychology), bartender, sales manager in the summer/hopefully switching to car sales.
philadelphia PA...flyers will win the cup...
No viruses...
Taken down a few porsches but don't know if they were turbo.
All girls that drive 3000gts are hot...what is the connection?
...I think that's it.

no not all of them are but most of them yes

18 year old high school student
attending U. of Pitt next fall
right now work as a valet car parker/snack bar worker at a country club

come on everyone tell us about yourselves

20 yr old student (double major finance +accounting)
i work in fast food (i know, classy)
Also starting to make money out of importing cars, considering starting up a business doing it.
Waiting on my crap govt to finish screwing around with the import laws so i can get my GTO in.

37 and a huge hockey fan :biggrin:

Would any of you have sex with a midget if they were willing and payed oh say $600 an hour o_O?

I would o_O, hell Ide eat a pigs Anus for 50 grand Raw o_O While still on the pig o_O.

you will be banned soon if you keep this up. stop!

come on everyone tell us about yourselves
I'm older than you.(Well their might be a few older and I barly have yogs beat)
I spend too much time on the computer.
Too much of my time on the computer revolves aroudn these cars.
I love my 3S's

Alan

22 years old
BROKE college student in need of a summer job at the moment (anyone in NorCal with a job opening?) :)
Majoring in Mathematics with a Business Minor

I'm older than you.(Well their might be a few older and I barly have yogs beat)
I spend too much time on the computer.
Too much of my time on the computer revolves aroudn these cars.
I love my 3S's

Alan
i think that 5/6ths of you guys are older than me im only 19 so there

i might be the youngest one here,

17,
first car a vr-4, huge hockey fan, and player (about 29 points in 4 games)
work at a pizza place in northern nj, also ref youth games, idk where i will be attending college, udel looks good. hope to take my 3000 on a trip to some where in the south this summer

37 and a huge hockey fan :biggrin:


you need to come down here, then, my school is a hockey school, always having one of the best hockey teams in college, even though we are division II, we can still whip them division I schools

Whats up all?
29
med student (no job no money no mods)
the donations I do get go into fixing things that get broke

welcome to the board :)

Umm...24 years old...female...independant contractor...umm...love football & hockey, hotwings and beer, fast cars and adrenoline. Buying myself a 3000GT SL (VR4 if I am really lucky) for my 25th birthday which happens to be next month. Three kids, -two cats and one boyfriend. :lol2: Umm...I think that is it, for now at least.

Whats up guys and gals?
Anyone have any pics or ideas of aftermarket sound systems in their car (amps + subs)? I wanna get some ideas. some of the ones I've seen so far are not that clean. I'm not too familiar w/hatchbacks. thanks

I don't have a sub, but I have an amp and 12 disc changer and new head unit. The amp is mounted on the back of the rear seats, and folds down with the seats. The 12 disc changer is located in that little 'ditch' behind the rear seats as well, so to change out the cds, you just drop the seat down to gain access. All the wiring is done discretely under the carpeting. I would think a custom box would be necessary for a sub in the trunk, as the height is extremely limited. Good luck and welcome to AF.

what do you guys think i whould get first with my next check?

apexi rev/speed meter
or a mans best friend a new flat screen tv 32 inch

I'd say go for the TV :biggrin: The VR4 already kicks ass.

yeah i think thats what i'm gonna do is get the tv and suround sound. but there are other things calling my money too, a radar detector, a lightend flywheel :naughty: god that would be lovely. one thing i do need to do is get some floor mats for my car some black and gray ones. thats what the inside of my car looks like. i don't know we'll see

17, turn 18 in about 2 weeks, work at a place called Color Art. Hopefully saving up enough money to buy a 92-93 VR4 by then end of the summer. Hope 5-6k will be enough. :dunno:

Okay, so like the past week or so I've been desperately scrambling for a job and today, I received 2 job offers--one at Best Buy and the other at PetsMart. I really wanted to work at Best Buy but didn't think I got the job but kinda knew I nailed the PetsMart interview. Anyways, I accepted the offer at Best Buy and about an hour later, PetsMart called and I declined their offer and right now I'm just feeling like a total jerk. ;-/ Did I do the right thing? What would you guys have done? Hopefully I won't be in this situation in the future where I'm desperate for a job again but if I am, what do you guys think the chances are of getting a job at PetsMart again? Gosh I feel like a jerk...LOL....

well, have fun at Best Buy, it sucks. Then again i worked there as a Sales Person, it blew balls.

Yeah, I'm gonna be doing sales in the computer department. What was so bad about it? I know each store and location is different but any advice/heads up that I need to know about? Much appreciated.

i dont think it would be that bad, actually kinda cool. i had to do the same thing man, i turned down this job at saturn to get the job at lamps plus and ended up not even getting the dang job. i'll never do that again. but man just as they can pick somone over you, you have the right to pick another job over them.

Thanks bro....feelin' better already. LOL :)

I was in Computer Sales as well, you will either get lucky and get a Supervisor who doesnt care about your performance or you will get one of those "win win" guys. I had a "win win" person, forcing 350 dollar service plans on someone who can barely afford to put gas in their car is rediculous.

Damn, that's whacked. Sure hope my supervisor isn't like yours. I mean, I know we're supposed to sell and all but not to the point of forcing someone like that. Geez! I wanted to do cashier or video games/music but they stuck me computers. Don't know how that happened. :-/ I don't mind it though.....just hope my supervisor isn't like that....

Not much mark up in electronics, service plans however are almost 100% pure proffit!

Yeah, that is the problem with sales. So many people get confused and money hungry that they don't realize that the key to being a good sales person is listening to what the customer actually wants. After being in sales for three years, I can sweet talk a person into buying the most expensive thing, but then what happens...they return it first thing hte next morning, you don't make jack, and the customer is left with a sour taste in their mouth. If you actually help them come to a decision that both of you are comfortable with, then they are happy, htey refer you to their friends, and give you repeat business. It's just common sales advice.
I've always been trained that a good close is helping the customer to see how they can afford what they want, and making them feel comfortable about it.
A bad close is being focused on your percentage and pressuring the customer to make a choice they don't want to make.

A little off topic, but I hate when bad sales people ruin it for the rest of us.

:werd:

Oh yeah, Igovert500, doesn't that make you look bad too when the customer returns what you sold him/her?

The number of sale people who offer good advice seems to have dropped off the last decade or so. Either they don't know about the products they are trying to sell, or only push to 'get a sale'. It gets discouraging at time.

Best Buy has good deals for their employees, don't they pay like a little over the price that the store payed for the merchandise plus tax? i don't think you pay much for electronics at all. I'd be like a kid in a candy store with a $20 bill.

That is what I am saying. I learned the hard way. My first sale for over a grand got refunded 14 hours later. I talked them into spending 1200, but after I left, there was noone to reassure them. I was in it for the money at that point, brand new, and not experienced, and I learned the hard way. My $200+ commision for that hour dissappeared in a matter of minutes. That is when I started to learn the lesson. I knew all about the product....but I was pushing too hard for the sale...I got it...and got it returned the next day. I am not saying I am the best or most honest sales person...I do use a (few!?!) tricks, but I am simply saying that there are alot worse than me, and I at least learned not to push too hard on something someone doesn't want...just how to help a person make a decision on something they are interested in, but can't (QUITE) make up their minds on. I don't mean to present myself as 100% honest or anything, all sales people work on a commission and therefore screw you a bit, I just mean that some do a rotten job of it, where others are a little more fair about the transaction...I just don't #$&* every person that I deal with....

And now for something completely different; While I was looking in my file cabnet I came across a flyer titled 3000GT/STEALTH REGISTRY winter, 1994 volume 2 number 1 Spyder Unveiled Sense I just learned how to cut & paste I scaned the first page into my computer, but it came out terrible! I sure would like to get this to the board...any sugestions

That sounds pretty cool. How did you scan it? I suggest scanning it at the highest resolution and then shrink it down from their with paintshop or mspaint etc. If you have problems after scanning, and if you want, email them to me at [email protected]. Is my junk mail account, but I can clear up some space to accept a few files (as long as they aren't several meg each. I might be able to clean them up a bit.

i wanna see :)

Ok...if you remember i'm getting my VR-4 next year. Well...i also want to build a show car. The type of show car i want to build is a 95-98 240sx with the S15 conversion with Bomex front end and an SR20DET engine and all the other other goodies. But...i'm not maded of money. So i can do 2 different things. One: keep my 3000gt that i have now and get a 240sx and just wait to mod it up for shows till i just my VR-4 or 2: Save up for a VR-4 then after i get my VR-4 then get a 240sx?

So in other words...i could get the 240sx now and just have it sit around and not mod it and save up for londer to get my VR-4 or get a VR-4 next year then get a 240sx after i get my VR-4?

chanting~vr4, vr4, vr4

Yea..i was just thinking about what i wanted to do...and i desided. What the hell was a thinking for going to wait for a VR-4?

it seems that since i've got my car, all other cars look really plain in the inside. i think its cause i'm used to lots of gadgets and gauges and what not, so when i get in another car its like just plain.

I'd wait for the VR4. I don't mean to state the obvious, but in the 3000gt forum - you'll hear that a lot :iceslolan

HAHA...yea do you guys think that the 240sx would be cool to do like i want to?

I was also thinking if i do end up doing that i may make it in to a show/drag/daily driver type of car. I know that the drag part maybe hard to do...but it would be cool to drive it and take it to show...plus i use that some of the time and keep the VR-4 on the day where its not as nice out. Keep her in better shape plus i wont crack up the miles on the VR-4 as much.

i think its a good idea

To all who would like to read some literature http://www.3000gtspyder.com/spyder/literature.htm


John's has some scans of an article that is not on that site. Here is the first one. I'm seeing if I can't get some of it a little more readable, but in the meantime here's a shot.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/381Registry-med.jpg

nice, i wish i could read it, when ya gonna blow it up?

nice, i wish i could read it, when ya gonna blow it up?

Still trying a few things....

What up evryone! damn it's been a while since i've been here, we have an off-topc thread :lol2:good job yogs :thumbsup:well am a little late for this, but I'm 27 and build jetskis for Honda i love my vr4.

oh thats gotta be a nice job. ya like it?

You have been gone for to long! Welcome back home :sunglasse

oh thats gotta be a nice job. ya like it?
Yeah i love it,the best part is sometimes i get to test ride them or go to Japan for training on new models.. :smile:

You have been gone for to long! Welcome back home :sunglasse
What up yogs it good to be back :biggrin: .Are you still thinking about getting an nsx?I was too but i had to convince myself not too. :frown:

my buddy has a nsx, and before he had both a vr4 and a stealth. he still loves his old car, he says the only thing he like beter about the nsx is the looks. he mentioned that his vr4 felt faster and that the nsx power was only really felt at high rpms. but those cars handle like love!