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Part 2 of the Fantasy Test Drive
By now, a third of the way into the Marathon Test Drive of my spankin’ new ’03 350Z, I had learned a few vital things about the car. First, it attracts attention, so there is a large hubris factor in owning a small orange sports car that nobody can identify. Secondly, on these long, 600-mile […]
Part 3 of the Fantasy Test Drive
It was five years ago, the Ides of May, when I pulled into my midnight driveway after the longest single day of travel yet. 800 miles, a record for one day behind the wheel, from Little Rock to Ocala, via Vicksburg and Chattanooga. My final mountains. The end of the Test Drive. Florida, even in […]
Gas Rant
The “low fuel” light on the gas gauge in the dash of my G Coupe began blinking, a sight as rare as chicken lips. I pulled into a nearby Kangaroo, pumped in 17 plus gallons and, chit, I just spent $71.00 to fill the tank!!!Never in my existence have I spent that much for a […]
And now a Hurricane
One of the reasons I chose to live in the little nowhere town of Ocala is its distance from the Atlantic or the Gulf. After living in coastal Ft Myers and low-lying Tampa for over 30 years without a significant storm affecting me, I decided that my string was about played out and the Law […]
SkidMarks Introduction
JHof – an introduction I just recently said a short goodbye to another forum after being a regular member there since April of ’03 when I finally got a hold of my new Z and had tons of stuff to post about. But, that website is devoted solely to 350s, and has no room for […]
Why I Stopped Caring About the Price of Gas
Since the price of a tank of Premium has gotten so absurd, I have curtailed a lot of plans for memorable Road Trips and have opted to sit at home and guzzle Beck’s beneath my Tiki, enjoying the fine Florida weather. The G Coupe, itching for a ride, gathers dust in the garage, its slumber […]
Coming Back From Nashville
I’d had enough. A couple weeks ago I was bored silly from just sitting around watching cobwebs form on my Infiniti. My computer had gotten infected and had become useless, and I was re-reading books I read in college. The only thing on TV was the markets crashing, and I was REALLY bored with that. […]
Z irony of it all
I recently traded my ’03 Z for an ’05 Infiniti G Coupe. On sunny Sundays, me and the Z would travel around on the back roads nearby, seeking adventure and enjoying the ride. It’s no different with the G.For the entire time I had my LeMans Sunset Z, there were only three or five others […]
Is The Infiniti G35 Coupe a Better Z?
I’ve had my ’05 G Coupe for about six months now. I traded an ’03 350Z for it, and I think that I have gained enough perspective into G ownership that I can have, and make, some valid comparisons with my Z. I drove the Z cross-country and up and down the Atlantic coast and […]