Sweet Gifts
 

Anybody else get any car stuff...

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I got an eee PC. Finally have a laptop that is easy to tune with instead of my dell with the broken monitor hinge flopping back and forth.

Don't have it right now... But it is on the way. From the g/f of all people. :D

Sparco Monza Black/Black with Suede
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Unfortunately I found out where my christmas present came from I was a bit sad....

I bought myself a skunk2 shift knob for christmas, haha

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so far I really like it, Its really heavy and small, I think its made of depleted uranium, mwahaha

I love my EeePC! The screen is a little small when I'm using it for an extended period, but other than that its great!

Bought myself some stuff for the computer...

32" 1080p Toshiba LCD TV.
1TB Hard Drive.
Radeon 5770 Video Card.

I got a shamwow from my parents. I think this means I have to start washing my car.

i bought myself speakers for my OTM

I bought myself a fridge full of beer, hoping some Christmas presents arrivfe from the States in the near future.

got a chipotle gift car for $75 and bought myself mspnp.

I got a picture of a set of raceland coilovers, 'cause the real ones are in the mail.

I got that from a friend of mine and his wife... Including the fridge. :D

I got a scuba diving spear and a dive light and some cash

Advanced open water trained myself, you live in the perfect place for it! I've done all my dives in the Puget sound.

I got a really nice docking station for my iPhone, although the stupid mail man is late, so it won't be here till the 29th. My GF bought me a track day and I'm buying myself an xbox 360.

turn signal intakes from-dad

stance gr+ from my self

leather shift boot from gf

my mom made me jammy pants. WITH POCKETS.

Yes, I bought a car (does that count as car stuff?). We just got pulled over about 30 minutes ago (11PM) and my dumb ass took the title and bill of sale out of the car before driving to Xmas dinner. Cop let us go for some reason. We had no proof the car was mine, no insurance, no tags, and a gun in the car. He didn't even check my license.

And a gun in the car.

I think it was only one. Not sure if my wife was carrying or not...

Got a "discover flying" lesson gift cert at a local airport. Includes about an hour of flying time. Not car related but close enough for this forum!

When a cop "talks to me" when I'm carrying, it usually ends up in me spending an hour on my knees, and not in a good way. :hustler:

Meh... That's legal in SC. I carry either my Colt .45 Officer ACP or Makarov in my glovebox all the time. Never know...

You'll love it! My GF got that for me a couple years ago it was was really fun. I find myself browsing the airplanes for sale ads though... $$

I open carry everywhere I go...

And gifts!

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Nice, I bought my brother the 4760 for Christmas along with L4D2! I need to get a 57XX model soon and run DX11.

I bought myself a new MSII daughterboard. My wife got me a LG BlueRay player, we also got a roomba.

I want that Racing Dynamics book... Any good?

Pockets in jammy pants are great...I mean, how else do you play pocket pool?


I did all the giving this year:

Philips iPod dock stereo for my wife to go with new nano I got her for anniversary two weeks ago. Hit the nail on the head with that one as it was the exact style, size and options she wanted...and I actually surprised her this year.

Power Wheels Barbie Jeep for my 2yr old daughter (almost three), and she drove the thing down to the boat ramp and back (300yrds). She's already developed pretty good throttle modulation, but needs to work on her racing line. At least she's got "left" and "right" down.

Seecamp .32 for my Mom. Perfect concealed carry for a lady, great size and weight, and much more handsome than the KelTecs. Designed and hand made by this guy in California, sold here by a guy in Pearland (rharristown) that has like 8 of them sitting in his garage. Kind of funny, but good to find a stash of a hard to find gun that is exactly what Mom has been looking for. We would have gone to the range today, but were installing her other (family) gift, a gooseneck hitch so she can move her RV to a better spot on the lake. She lives up here to take care of our daughter, so we try and take care of her.

No car stuff. I didn't want to be distracted from spoiling the shit out of my loved ones this year. It was worth it. Not even a Momo suede wheel could make me feel better, and I'm rocking a torn up stocker with no airbag in it.




We also had both families in our house this year. Her family Christmas Eve, mine Christmas morning. I cooked roast, ham, and ribs for her family, and made a HUGE breakfast for mine. I got to enjoy playing guitar and singing oldies til 2am with my father in law, and having all my siblings (and Mom) in my house.

Turned out to be a good Christmas.

A Harbor freight floor jack, Autozone jackstands (only had 2), a basketball, a bottle of cognac, an electric wine bottle opener, and a home repair book.

Oh, and I bought a house.

Hoping the Christmas money will be enough for a Megasquirt and LC1.

I bought myself all my xmas car stuff: WISECO pistons, +1mm Supertech valves, ACT clutch and FM flywheel, flush mount CF lights, and misc motor build components. So I probably paid for a few forum members' gifts.

Other than that, I got a few bluray movies, a kick ass HD media player (HornetTek : Phantom), and a camelbak-type thing.

bluepoint plasma cutter also for work though;)

She's doing better than most NASCAR drivers already... Haha

Sweet, I just got another gift from an old family friend that I haven't seen in a while. Flip Mino HD or something, this thing is sweet. It records an hour of hi-def video. I can't wait to try this out on my next fun run.

My mom hooked me up with pants, I've lost down from size 36 to 33.

Girlfriend refused to buy car stuff. So I bought myself a STS Turbo LOL.

i also hooked my brother up with a procharger from ebay for his Ws6. Yea he is paying me back.

The whole family thing went great this year!

I actually did a few mods to the Power Wheels today. My brother has the Miata (his Ninja is in the garage since he needed more carrying capacity for holidays), so what else am I going to do?

I did a pedal mod...which involved swapping the switch position to give more leverage on the pedal, and making a bracket for that side of the switch to "roll" on. These pedals come very stiff...and are nearly impossible for kids in the real weight range of these to depress. I thought it had some kind of "lawyer" spring in there I'd take a few coils out of...but it turned out to just be poor design using a very strong switch relay with very little mechanical advantage to switch it. I also raised the pedal off the floor an inch to make it easier to hit. It's a friggin' hair trigger now...but she could definitely tell the difference and REALLY enjoyed it today. Went much further (3 batteries), and her off/on transitions were much smoother with less head jerking.

I also made some jumpers to mount the 14 amp hour batteries in there, and cut out the plates that hold the smaller 4 Ahr one in place. Big battery fits, and last much longer.

Lots of fun with saw, soldering iron and such, and not one minute of it spent trying to make the Miata faster.


I did get my copy of Grassroots Motorsports yesterday...looks like somebody started a subscription for me. It's a good first issue too...has a Miata on the cover.

Bought myself a lc1 and rx7 550's. Clothes and gift cards from others.

Insert "you might be a redneck if" joke here! :laugh:

I'd say buying your Mom a gun for Christmas has to qualify!


Great gift though. I'm jealous.

You'll love Grassroots too.

Love Seecamps, I'd probably go with a Keltec for the weight savings since it'd be a pocket gun for me, but Seecamp is definitely a classic. .32 Silvertips aren't too shabby either, they'll ruin your day from arm's length. I bought my wife a gun for Christmas last year (old model Ruger Bearcat .22)...they are great gifts.

Does anyone subscribe to the sister mag to Grassroots? Classic Motorsports, something like that? Is it worthwhile? Love Grassroots, it and C&D are the only subscriptions I've got right now.

oh i forgot, i did get a car related gift: a windshield wonder!

i bought myself a hardtop for christmas...


....oh, it came with this black on black '99....

I get to sell the '99 when i get my '94 put back together ;)

and the lifetime warranty
and the huge user base
and the superior design
and the aftermarket vendors
and...

(yes, I like my Keltec)

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I got a new bathroom. Well actually - my wife did - I renovated the old one for her.

I got Misono Japanese chef knives and a magnetic wall rack for them

I tried to tell her there were better guns out there (with less problems and more common), but she always responded with:

"It's too ugly"
"It's too big"
"It's too heavy"
....


She wouldn't be swayed. I only got the Seecamp because she had pretty much forgotten about it (or thought we had forgotten) and nobody had spoken the word for months. She was surprised to say the least.


Most important point:

The best defense weapon is the one you carry.

(akin to: The best motorcycle gear is the gear you wear.)

You can't always convince someone leather is better than mesh...but you'd rather see them at least wear the mesh around town as opposed to a leather in the closet and a t-shirt on their back.



She ended up loving it. It shoots nicely, surprisingly little recoil from something that looks like it wants to fly out of your hand, and easy to hit your mark on silhouettes at close range, even though it has no friggin' sights. It's surely not a gun I'd take to the range to eat up a box of rounds, but it handled the PMC crap pretty well. It will certainly do it's intended job should the unfortunate day arise that it's called upon.

I'm thinking about getting the wife a Kel-Tec though.

God I hope you're kidding.

As for me, I got a $25 Pacific Sunwear gift card, $25 from my aunt, a ton of free food on X-mas day. My GF is going to take me shopping for clothese next week. I didn't really want much.

I bough myself some gifts in the weeks before X-mas- a pair of Bomex aero mirrors (dropped off for paint yesterday) and a Beatrush rear PPF/subframe brace.

...and this...

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We're finally all moved in and the last boxes of stuff are gone and now it's time to resume normality. All of my garage stuff is still packed up because I'm waiting on my 66" storage cabinet, 8-drawer (ball bearing) tool box, 8ft work bench, wall mount cabinet and 4-4' sections of GearTrack to get here so I can have my man-space in the garage. Got the garage floor epoxy coated (not that DIY garbage...this is the nice stuff), pool table moved in and am waiting on the last two pieces of furniture to be delivered (kitchen table and upstairs sofa). Once all that gets here, I'll post up some pics of the diggs.

But for cheezy internet postings, here is the garage stuff I am waiting on...

Tool box-
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Tall storage caibnet-
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Work bench-
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Powerstrip for work bench
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Wall cabinet
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nice digs :bigtu:

My mom got me a miataturbo.net shirt, because turbos and kitties are awesome:giggle:

New house and garage are awesome.

Good idea getting the garage organized from the get-go...it goes downhill fast.

your mom goes down pretty fast.

PM sent

Stop beating a dead horse.

can I subscribe by money order?

Sorry, we only accept Diner's Club.

some hankooks rs3's, car repainted fully shaved trunk, emblems and antenna hole, also got some f1 specs

*knock knock*

*door opens*

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