Who am I?

[thewrubelator]

I am an A-10 Crew Chief, if you know what an A-10 is, then you're a badass, if you don't, well, you know... :bangin:

A-10 Thunderbolt II to be correct...ground attack aircraft that is the namesake of the P-47 Thunderbolt which was nicknamed The Jug! ;D

Gotta love an aircraft with 2 rear mounted engines and a 30mm cannon in the nose!

Well, my name is Josh W. I grew up in north-eastern Michigan, joined the Air Force in 2010, which took me away from the Great Mitten  State to this hell-hole named Vegas. I am an A-10 Crew Chief, if you know what an A-10 is, then you're a badass, if you don't, well, you know... :bangin:

I have always drove Fords. I love Waterfowl hunting, it's probably my favorite thing too do, which sucks being in the desert.  If I'm hunting or fishing, I won't be complaining. Thats about all!

Warthogs, badass. used to see those flying over all the time in cold war Germany.

Hell ya guys. Cant complain about my job...its awesome. 8)  FEAR THE HAWG!  ___|OoO|___

 

[geswek]

Hah; you'll like this Wrub.

I played it for awhile -- was going to build a home-made cockpit but decided not to since I rather spend my money on actual flying (working on instrument/multi-engine/CFI). I want to either buy or co-own a Cirrus SR22 in a year or two. I flew back to Austin once last year in a Cessna 172, that was a LONG flight at 120kts.

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[thewrubelator]

Hah; you'll like this Wrub.

I played it for awhile -- was going to build a home-made cockpit but decided not to since I rather spend my money on actual flying (working on instrument/multi-engine/CFI). I want to either buy or co-own a Cirrus SR22 in a year or two. I flew back to Austin once last year in a Cessna 172, that was a LONG flight at 120kts.

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YES!! The DCS is AWESOME! And very life-like in the start sequences, warnings, ect. I was surprised when i played it lol. My buddy has the whole set-up, the control stick and throttle quad, he gets pretty into it lol.

 

[Shifrty1]

Good morning all!

I'm Michael.  Born and raised in Denver, living in the ghetto called Colorado Springs for now.

I've been a car freak since I was a little kid.  Started drag racing at Bandimere at 16 with my 1972 Grand Prix powered by a 455 H.O.  Then built a little V8 Chevy Monza coupe.  I joined the Navy and was an electronics tech/weapons sytems tech on submarines for 10 years.  which stayed as my main trade.  After the Navy I tried road racing, and have been hooked on it since. 

I haven't raced in five years as my Beautiful Bride was diagnosed with breast cancer.  I lost her August of this year, and subsequently my job for taking too much time off the last two months of her life to be with her in the final stages of her fight.  I'll never regret that...  Ever..

I had a European Spec M3 that I had raced a few times and very much loved that car.  By far the most phenominal, well balanced precision machine I have driven yet.  But it was aging as was our other ford so I traded them both for the SHO.

Having owned 2 of the Yamaha engined SHO's I somewhat knew what to expect but Ford seems to have taken their full line up and made all of them incredible machines. 

I am anxious for spring to roll around to see what this new kid can do on a road course!

 

[SHOdded]

You picked a nice machine to whisk you away from your daily cares, Shifrty1.  So sorry for your loss.

 

[Shifrty1]

Thank you SHOdded.  I very much appreciate the kind words!

 

[DJE624]

Hey Micheal, sorry for your loss.  Glad you picked a Ford as they are doing a lot in that area.  Enjoy your SHO!

 

[Shifrty1]

thank you dje.  im lovin this new sho!

 

[EcoBrick Bob]

Thank you SHOdded.  I very much appreciate the kind words!

Horrible dilemma... Life can suck... Pray you are strong and a survivor.    Lost 2 close friends this summer.. Shakes one up... but I can only think of the spouses and their struggles. 

We all need to make sure our "affairs" are in order (business not sexual...) so if something happens quickly... our significant others don't have to deal with that issue(s) too. 

Enjoy your new toy... the RED SHO!

 

[Shifrty1]

Thank you Bob.  I got my strength from her.  She put up one helluva five year fight.  And you are right it's devistating in every way imaginable.  But in the end she beat it and is in a far better place. 

I know shes watching.  smiling and shaking her head as she always did with my toys.  lol.  she loved driving the M3.  I think the SHO meets her approval as well.

 

[QuickSilver]

I'm AJ, grew up in the OC/SoCal, I  joined the Navy in '84 and saw the world or at least a few duty stations in California. I was a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy and then trained as an Operating Room Technition, I stayed on that path in civillian life and now after the years have flown by and I had a successful marraige(for 15 years anyway...) two fantastic kids(in 6th & 7th grade now) and have been working in the Operating Room for 30 years now. I still remember at 17 being the youngest in the OR but now most of the Docs are younger than me. TIme moves on I suppose.  Now I am in sales working for Zimmer Orthopedics supporting their Internal Spinal Fixation Hardware lines.  What that meas is if there is a spinal fusion surgery going on, I'm there working with the nurses to assemble and hand up to the surgeon the right size/style/shape for the procedure he is doing. I suppose my other job is to keep him out of trouble

I've been a turbo enthusiast since my first new car, an 87 Dodge Shadow Turbo ES.  Not exactly a rocket with a 0-60 in 7.9 and a 15.20 1/4 mile time, turbo cars have come a loooong way since then. I kind of got stuck in the Mopar mode and owned just about every 80's-90's FWD turbo variant Chrysler made. I've owned about 70 cars at last count and I still have a handful of Dodge turbo cars but the 2014 Explorer Sport is my first Ford ever. It replaced my 2004 Toaureg V10 5l twin turbo diesel as my daily driver, I miss the 600+lbsft of torque and the cockpit adjustable ride hieght suspension but the ESport is winning me over in other ways, the kids keep discovering gee-whiz things the MFD will do and since I just dicovered 'Sand mode' (and loving it) I'd say I still have a bunch left to learn.

 

[DJE624]

Great story and pic AJ.  Thanks for posting.

 

[SHOdded]

Great to get to know you, AJ!  Keep those kids grinning from ear to ear

 

[Spenser281]

The name is Spenser.  I live in Rogers, Arkansas.  I'm a store manager at an O'Reilly Auto Parts.  I'm 25 years old and will have been with O'Reilly's for 8 1/2 years.  Cars have been my passion as far back as I can remember.  I first owned a 1978 Chevy Chevette.....a real cream puff.  Shortly thereafter, I saved up enough money to buy a 1968 Ford LTD 2 door with a Q code 428.  Needed WAY more work than I could do/afford at the time, so I  sold it.  The rest have all been mustangs: '88 GT, '95 GT, '03 Mach 1, and an '03 Cobra.  I've also owned an '02 Harley Davidson F150.  Needless to say, I'm a diehard Ford fanatic.  But I respect anyone's vehicle that they take pride in.

I've had my '10 SHO for about 7 months now and love it!  First step will be getting a tune for it.  This forum has opened a whole new world of information to me and for that, I am thankful.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

 

[SHOdded]

Hmm, does this mean we have an inside source for parts at O'Reilly? :biggrin:  Glad to know ya, Spenser!  Hope our Merry Band o' Bandits will keep you entertained, and feel free to throw your hat into the ring anytime!

 

[DJE624]

Howdy Spenser!  I could dig that LTD!

 

[bpd1151]

I've had my '10 SHO for about 7 months now and love it!  First step will be getting a tune for it.  This forum has opened a whole new world of information to me and for that, I am thankful.

Welcome aboard Spenser. Glad to have you here! :newbie:

You are correct, lot's of info here for you to wrap your mod thoughts around. k:

We look forward to your involvement!

"The Other" Mike :beer:

 

[BiGMaC]

Welcome To EBPF Spencer!!
Glad your here!
:hi:

I started with a Nash Rambler station wagon with push button drive and flathead 8... You'll find a lot of experience and knowledge you can use here... and we look forward to sharing in yours too.  Enjoy your SHO!

 

[Spenser281]

Hmm, does this mean we have an inside source for parts at O'Reilly? :biggrin:  Glad to know ya, Spenser!  Hope our Merry Band o' Bandits will keep you entertained, and feel free to throw your hat into the ring anytime!

Haha!!  If you don't get the service you need from an O'Reilly's,  contact me and I'll see if I can help you.

Thanks for the welcome!

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[donky4444]

My name is Don and I live in SW Michigan. I was an army brat until 2 then moved to Downriver Detroit due to divorce. Moved to Garden City, MI (Metro Detroit) for a few years and then out to Kalamazoo MI just before finishing high school in 95.

I have been a car freak since a kid and my grandpa taught me how to drive at 12, 1970's Toyota Jeep standard H. I used to sell cars and so I normally trade up every 2-3 years. Here's the list of what I have owed, it's all over the place:

1982 Mustang v6
1987 Nissan Sentra 4dr
1989 Nissan 240sx se
1994 Pontiac Grand Am GT 2dr
2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
1987 Nissan Maxima (winter beater)
1997 VW Jetta GL
2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT (first modded car with SC pulley)
2002 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi (pulley and CAI)
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
2008 Grand Prix GXP (tune, FWI, cat back)
2011 SHO (tune)

Plus countless demos while selling cars.

I do treasury management sales for PNC Bank. Married with a 1 yr old boy and 2 English Bulldogs.  I'm a huge Formula 1 fan and stick to my Italian roots as a Ferrari fan. Maybe one day I'll win big and be able to buy one. I have been on forums since my first modded car and I just love all the great info everybody shares. It's always nice to be able to chat with people driving similar cars. This is a very good forum with great members, I have been on some bad one before.

I look forward to learning more about the EB platform and maybe meeting some of you. I already met up with TSS1 when he got his remote start installed by a friend of mine.