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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 07:20 AM
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I have a business building near me that is all glass. a nice reflective greenish tint to it that I just cant help looking to the side to watch as I drive by it. I never really realized this until I was riding with my brother and we had to drive by it about three different times as we were running errands. He said I looked over every time. My reply was can ya blame me. I mean yeah I get to drive the car but I am underprivelaged cause I never get to see it driving down the road like anyone else. The glass in the building lets me see what everyone else sees, and i know for a fact that the car turns their head, so why wouldnt it turn mine? anyone else with me here?? Or what are some of the other geeky/weird things do you do with your car, just to get a look at her riding down the road?
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 07:26 AM
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I just got my Z. My guilty pleasure is looking at the reflection of the Z in the vehicle in front of me, i love it.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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i just like standing in front of and looking at it. I love the eyes on the Z.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:00 AM
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I do that all the time. I intentionally drive through strip malls with glass store fronts and look aty my reflection. I generally dont do it when there is someone else in the car though..
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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Honestly everyone else i've shown my car to is in love with it. I think if i went by a building with mirrors and looked, they'd be looking too
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:08 AM
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That's not geeky. Waving and giving thumbs up to yourself in the reflection is geeky.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:23 AM
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Today was a RARE morning where I took the Honda and the wife
the Z (it's supposed to rain where I work and I didn't want my shiny clean car getting dirty)- anyway, we both left at the same time. She was behind me, and I was gazing in the rear view the whole time, and when she turned off, I slowed down so I could see it drive off- yeah, I'm a geek, but it looked so cool in motion!!
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:24 AM
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I drive by a glass office building everyday, and yes, I look at the reflection.
I don`t wave or thumbsup myself, but I wink, and say "you Devil" out loud :-)
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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I'm guilty of that too. When I was younger there was one building in the whole city where it was about 5-6 feet off the street that had huge mirrored windows, and each time any of my friends or I did a mod we would have to cruise over there to see how the car looked rolling down the street. It was about a 1/2 hour away in the on Rush street downtown.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:57 AM
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Originally posted by dchengmd
That's not geeky. Waving and giving thumbs up to yourself in the reflection is geeky.
Damn! I always give myself the thumbs up in the reflection, followed by a wave, honk, then I actually stop the car and look at my reflection reflecting on how cool my thumb looks in my Z
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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I'm a geek too.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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Originally posted by dchengmd
That's not geeky. Waving and giving thumbs up to yourself in the reflection is geeky.
this is no place for name calling

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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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Guilty as charged
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:37 AM
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I always wonder if the people next to me at a red light realize I'm not looking at them...i'm looking at my reflection
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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1) Driving by office buildings w/ tinted windows to watch myself drive by in my Z = CHECK

2) Spacing out at a traffic light while behind a car just because i'm looking at the reflection of my Z = CHECK

3) Standing in front of it mooning over the look of the front end = CHECK


Lets see what else....oh i sometimes will go an exit or two further on the highway just to keep pace with another Z, because i'm thinking, "wow, thats what i look like driving down the road"
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 10:20 AM
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I'm pretty sure those big mirrored fuel rigs on the highways hate me -- but theres nothing like following a huge oval mirror on the way to work.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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Damn, that's a great idea! I need to find a shiny building...
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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Originally posted by toddius
Damn, that's a great idea! I need to find a shiny building...
glad to see that i am not the only one doing this. i would like to say my last car was pretty nice, a jet black supercharged grand prix, but there were enough of them on the road for me to appreciate what it looked like. here in dayton, oh there arent too many of z's on the road yet, so the only way i see one regularly is to look at my reflection. and i can say one thing, its pretty damn sweet!!!!!
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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If any of you guys rear end me I'm using this thread as evidence in my multi-million dollar lawsuit.
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