Hey folks....Got the idea from one of the other area forums. Thought it sounded like a good idea to see who we all are. So....on that note.....

IWANTMYRX8 : Robert

AGE : 24

LIVING SITUATION : Happily Single but playing the field

LOCATION : Austin, Texas

JOB : Government Slave (911 Dispatcher)

HOBBIES : Golf, Swimming, Scuba Diving, and of course Driving, Driving, Driving

ASPIRATIONS : Become wealthy and retire at 25...lol...----Realistically though, buy a house on 'bout 5 acres by the time I'm 30.



-Robert

OK, I'll play.


XK4: Dave

AGE: 54

LIVING SITUATION: Married for last 34 years.

LOCATION: Bedford, Texas

JOB: Self-Employed Consultant

HOBBIES: Scuba Diving, Photography, Driving & Working on Cars

ASPIRATIONS: Make it to the bell. (Two more years unless the market tanks!)

PETS: Two dogs (Bo and Tai) at Tibbie.net (http://www.tibbie.net)

Dave

SPDSpappy : Dave

AGE : 26

LIVING SITUATION : Happily Married - no kids

LOCATION : Schertz (San Antonio), Texas

JOB : Software Engineer

HOBBIES : Golf, Scuba Diving (sounds familiar, we should plan a dive! I just got back from Maui not too long ago... AWESOME!!!), Nitro Powered RC Cars, Mountain Biking, Racquetball (I'm still new...), and of course Driving.

Pets: 2 mini. schnauzer's, 3 species of cichlid's (fish)

ECCLES: Jon

AGE: 45

LIVING SITUATION: Married for 4.5 years

LOCATION: Austin, Texas. Before that: Melbourne, Australia (25 years). And before that: Bath, England.

JOB: Lotus Notes / Windows / Network Administrator. (Current contract ends on 9/30; looking for next engagement.)

HOBBIES: Scuba Diving (definitely a theme here; dived Cozumel for the first time in May), Driving (touring and racing)

ASPIRATIONS: Live comfortably for the next 5-10, then retire back to Australia and open a Bed & Breakfast on the Great Barrier Reef.

PETS: Two dogs - one border collie mix and one corgi mix.

DrKilljoy: Keith

AGE : 29

LIVING SITUATION : Divorced, Living with G/F (soon to be wife)

LOCATION : Houston, Texas

JOB : Getronics / Wage Slave / IT Specialist Level II

HOBBIES : Audio Engineering, Toys, RX-7/8(s), Getting into "adventures"

ASPIRATIONS : Well, I could say win the lottery and move to the blessed hill country but that would be too easy. -- Pay off my debts, buy a couple of cars, develop some "thing" or method that I can license out for a nice little sum to live off of for the rest of my life.

PETS: Jasper (Choc Lab) Obi (Black Lab) Boomer (Chow/Lab mix) Tessie (cat) Magick (cat) Snickers (cat) Ferrish (cat) 5 various fish

RX22: Gary

AGE: 39

LIVING SITUATION: Happily Married for 8 yrs; 3 sons (2 are twins)

LOCATION: San Antonio

JOB: New Home Sales; Trading Stocks

HOBBIES: Running, Sports Cars, F1 Racing, Hangin' out w/ the family.

ASPIRATIONS: To watch my kids grow up and to live on a mountain in Colorado and trade stocks all day, just me and my computers.

PETS: None yet, but I'm getting some pressure.

Budaman:Mike

AGE: 52

LIVING SITUATION: Divorced, living with Ex

LOCATION: Buda (Austin)

JOB: Inventory Mgr. Mazda South

HOBBIES: Scuba, Golf, Astonomy, Kayaking

ASPIRATIONS: Get my '65 TBIRD back together, make enough money to move to Hawaii in the next few years, have my son graduate from Cal Poly, get another motorcycle(don't have to get RX8 because I get mine free).

PETS: 2 mini Schnauzers

RX8 Seller : Richard

AGE: 35

LIVING SITUATION: Married, no kids yet

LOCATION: Houston

JOB: Mazda Sales (Floor Manager)

HOBBIES: Golf, Travel (when there is time), Computers

ASPIRATIONS: Make enough to retire early

PETS: 2 cats

AfroCreame : Blake

AGE : 28

LIVING SITUATION : Married 2 Years

LOCATION : Gonzales, Texas

JOB : Antiques/Furniture Dealer

HOBBIES : Swimming, Wakeboard, Jetskin', enjoying my home theater

ASPIRATIONS : Have more money, retire early, buy 1000 acres and build a dream home. No cookie cutter, 6 ft from my neighbors house stuff here. Amass a car collection bigger than Leno's. Enjoy life...

Pets : 2 cats

Kids : One in the oven..should be here in less than 3 weeks.

LegsZoomZoom : Lesley

AGE : 45 (age is just a number)

LIVING SITUATION : Happy single slender somewhat hot female

LOCATION : Houston, Texas

JOB : Legal / big ol awl compny

HOBBIES : Working, watching football, wasting time online, mowing, playing with my puppies (get your minds out of the gutter - two yorkies and a maltese mix), and soon - driving my RX-8!!!

ASPIRATIONS : Take good care of my RX-8 so I'll still have it after I retire; meeting a guy who isn't unemployed

Originally posted by budaman
Budaman:Mike

get another motorcycle(don't have to get RX8 because I get mine free).


Grrrrr....I want a free 8...lol...
Anybody in CenTex that hasn't purchased, I recommend seeing Budaman. It's worth the drive. (No affiliation w/dealership...he just took care of me)

...and I want my VIN # Mike....lol :D

JVSpiller: Joe

AGE : 41

LIVING SITUATION : Married 17 Years

LOCATION : Humble, Texas

JOB : Rotating Machinery Engineer (Turbines, Compressors, Pumps)

HOBBIES : Golf, Snow Skiing

ASPIRATIONS : Complete 12 more years for the oil company I currently work for and then semi-retire to teach math.

Pets : 1 dog, Lexie, Pomeranian

Kids : Two boys, Brandon (13) and Kevin (11). Both used to race karts in Katy.

Marx8: Marc

AGE : 32

LIVING SITUATION : Married 8 Years

LOCATION : Pflugerville (Austin), Texas

JOB : Senior Technology Artist for major game publisher, (I make video games)

HOBBIES : R/C Planes & Cars, video games (I make them, so I do play them when I can), 3-D modeling and Animation, Snow Skiing (when I lived in California), Scuba Diving (I think Mazda needs to put ads in Dive Shops) Would also like to take up SkyDiving, but wife won't let me. :(

ASPIRATIONS : Working on starting my own game company.

Pets : 1 dog, Cloud, part Akita

Kids : Three Boys, Ages 6, 4, & 6 months.

RX8-TX: Miguel

AGE : 23

LIVING SITUATION : Married, 2.5 years

LOCATION : Richardson, TX

JOB : IT Department / Production & Planning for a telco.

HOBBIES : Progressive Music, Programming (anything), Graphic design, Improving methods (yeah...Im weird.)

ASPIRATIONS : Start my own company, work from home -Would never retire though...

Pets : 1 Diana -but shes overseas.

Kids : None -for the moment; maybe in a couple years we'll decide to.

shawrf1: Rob

AGE : 26

LIVING SITUATION : Married for 5 years, w/2y.o. daughter

LOCATION : Ft. Sam Houston, TX

JOB : 2LT in the US Army, Medical Service Corps/Freelance:Import Racer! Magazine

HOBBIES : Eating, sleeping, driving, working on the car, internet sponge, being efficient.

ASPIRATIONS : Success & happiness.

Pets : None.

1stRX8: Carlos

AGE : 29

LIVING SITUATION : Married for 4 years, w/2y.o. & 1y.odaughters

LOCATION : H-Town, TX

JOB : VP of motion picture camera rental co.

HOBBIES : Flying, Driving, Computers, gizmos, etc

ASPIRATIONS : Purchasing a fast plane next month going on vacation in it with the Family at 210 MPH

Pets : None.

RX8-TX: Ted

AGE : 27

LIVING SITUATION : Married, 6 years

LOCATION : Houston, TX

JOB : High school math teacher.

HOBBIES : Woodworking, video games, eating

Pets : 1 golden retriever

Kids : None

RX8-TX: RX-8

AGE : 59

LIVING SITUATION : Married, 22 years

LOCATION : Dallas, TX

JOB : Self Employed, We automate retail stores.

HOBBIES : Anything Auto, travelling, car clubs & activities, racing, cooking & dining out, Texas Holdem on the Internet, The Internet.

Pets : 2 Begal Tiger Kittens, Ike & Minnie.

Kids : Out of net, free at last...

takahashi j: Jon

AGE : 21

LIVING SITUATION : Single but still looking

LOCATION : Austin, TX

JOB : Poor Student

HOBBIES : Driving, Drifting (attempting to...), Cars, Electronics, Computers, Fine Dining, Cooking

ASPIRATIONS : Become a famous drifter.....or be a millionaire by 30

Kids : NONE

bluesunlion: Rachel

AGE : 28

LIVING SITUATION : Married, almost 4 years

LOCATION : McKinney, TX

JOB : Systems Analyst for a major healthcare company.

HOBBIES : Car stuff, jet-skiing, camping, gardening, hanging out w/ friends and family

Pets : 2 Greyhounds, McCoy and Allie, 1 cat, L'il Stinker, Misc fish.

Kids : I love children, they're delicious! (Maybe some day)

garyna: Gary

AGE : 42

LIVING SITUATION : Married, 17 years

LOCATION : Redmond, WA

JOB : Director of Systems Engineering

HOBBIES : Auto X'ing, Snowboarding, surfing, gadget freak, long walks w/ my wife & Boxer

PETS : 1 Female Fawn Boxer, 1 Asian Box Turtle

KIDS : 2 Boys - 16 & 13

ASPIRATIONS: Constantly strive to be a loving & supportive parent to my kids, be my wife's best friend & soulmate.

Eradicator: Daren (aka DJ Krunk)

AGE : 25

LIVING SITUATION : Single

LOCATION : Houston, TX (Clear Lake)

JOB : Aerospace Engineer doing software verification for the Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade.

HOBBIES : Music, Home Theater (movies and anime), Gaming, Astronomy (see my site (http://trance-port.com) for astrophotos and music), and learning Japanese.

PETS : I haven't managed to kill my bamboo ... yet.

ASPIRATIONS: Buy a house, get pilot's license, and spin music at a club or lounge (not necessarily in that order).

Rx7gslse: Eric

AGE : 24

LIVING SITUATION : Single, Just bought my 1st house :)

LOCATION : Ft Worth, TX (Keller area)

JOB : Mechanical Engineer - Fiber Optic Connectivity

HOBBIES : Cars (racing, fixing, reading, anything) nightlife, mountain biking, waterskiing

PETS : 2 kittens; James Bond & Dr. Claw

KIDS: nope

ASPIRATIONS: To be successful, but not as the expense of enjoyment.

"Old enough to know better, not old enough to care."

If you're talking about the song, isn't it:
"Old enough to know better, but I'm still too young to care"
?

Originally posted by rx7gslse



"Old enough to know better, not old enough to care."

Haha this is gonna be funny..lol

Rx8boi: Arnie

AGE : 15

LIVING SITUATION : Taken, still living with my mom..lol

LOCATION : North Houston, Texas

JOB : Student..still in high school

HOBBIES : Cars, computers, counter strike..yeah! going to this forum, going out..still living my young live

PETS : a big dog..yeah

KIDS: not..at the moment..

ASPIRATIONS: finish school and get my rx8 in march..procede finishing school..follow my goals in the computer industry

Originally posted by spdspappy
If you're talking about the song, isn't it:
"Old enough to know better, but I'm still too young to care"
?



there's a song? I dunno.... Just a cool quote I like to say :)

Allstate: Kyle

AGE: 24

LIVING SITUATION: Married for 2 years

LOCATION: ARLINGTON, TX

JOB: Administrator for orthopedic bracing company....was flying cargo for Airborne Express out of Wichita, KS but quit aviation to get into business.

HOBBIES: Flying, watching all Dallas sports teams, movies, & computer games....oh yeah I almost forgot....driving the 8.

PETS: 1 Cat

KIDS: Not yet

ASPIRATIONS: Got the car.... now I just have to save up for a house.



:D

Nice to meet all of you

rotarygod: Fred

AGE: 27

LIVING SITUATION: single but I have a wonderful girlfriend who I've been with for year today!

LOCATION: Houston (Spring), TX.

JOB: real estate agent. Who needs a house in Texas?

HOBBIES: anything rotary related, guitar, chapman stick, home brewing, carpentry, audio, and a host of other things...

PETS: Used to have a dog but she burps dust now.

KIDS: None that I know of.

ASPIRATIONS: naturally but working on forced induction! ;)

Originally posted by rotarygod
rotarygod: Fred
HOBBIES: anything rotary related, guitar, chapman stick

Have you heard of Liquid Tension Experiment??..I don't know if it was Tony Levin or John Myung, but one of them attacks the stick like a monster (I think its Levin)

It's a must if you like Prog rock!:cool:

It's Tony Levin. John Myung is one hell of a bass player though.

Originally posted by rotarygod
It's Tony Levin. John Myung is one hell of a bass player though.

You should try Explorers Club....

Pitlab77:Stan

AGE : 22

LIVING SITUATION : At Home. Single as of two weeks ago

LOCATION : Houston, Texas

JOB : Full time college student/Student worker at University of St. Thomas

HOBBIES : UST Rugby, jogging, films, to much stuff to list.

ASPIRATIONS : Living a good life (In the sense that Aristotle would call a good life)

PETS: Family dog rocket (pitbull lab mix), Two fish that are all mine.

c$v RX8: Cesar Villarreal

AGE : 22

LIVING SITUATION : Home in Houston and Atlanta(Traveling for Job). Single

LOCATION : Houston, Texas

JOB : Consultant for Technology Firm

HOBBIES : Music, Golf, Soccer, Basketball, Football, Weight Lifting, Computers, Cars, Motorcycles, Video Games, and Movies.

ASPIRATIONS : Being world renowned and living very comfortably(happy).

PETS: None


Hopefully, I'll see some of you other Houstonians on the road. Don't be a stranger...

texlaw: Mark

Age: 50

Living situation: Married 27 years

Job: Attorney

Hobbies: Boating, watching my grandkids grow

Aspirations: To be the best husband, father and grandfather

Pets: 3 cats

Lufa : K. (I enjoy some anonimity on public boards)

AGE : 30

LIVING SITUATION : Married for 8 years

LOCATION : Austin, Texas

JOB : Engineer for giant OEM to remain nameless

HOBBIES : Computer games, hackey sack, drinking good beers, live music, globe trotting, fantasy football, anything that sound fun...

Pets: My wife has 2 cats, about 1.5 years old, Viva la Cat and MCGuyver.

ASPIRATIONS : retire as quickly as humanly possible and travel a lot

bwayout : Joel

AGE : 48

LIVING SITUATION : Married for 10 years

LOCATION : Work in downtown Dallas. Live in Flower Mound

JOB : Advertising (on the creative/art side ...)

HOBBIES : Art, Comic books, searching out concept cars on the web ...

ASPIRATIONS : Get Mazda to design a true fastback-hatchback 2+2 sports car hybrid by 2005 -OR- get a bunch of us from this forum to go to the Dallas auto show (Originally from Detroit Michigan, use to go to the auto show religiously, moved to LA, did the same) My wife and daughter are not into it as I am ...

;)

KIDS: 2 kids (boy & a girl) age 2.5 & 5.5

PETS: Sadly, none now, we use to have 2 old long hair cats, Rocky and Xtra who pased away from co2 poisoning

Rotor_Rev : Mike

AGE : 28

LIVING SITUATION : Seperated (Free at last)

LOCATION : Irving (Dallas) TX

JOB : Computer Sales

HOBBIES : Pool, drinking beer, and driving my new 8

ASPIRATIONS : To buy a home in the next 2 years

KIDS: 1 (3 year old son)

PETS: None

Doug Debug: Doug

AGE: 44 (Ouch!)

LIVING SITUATION: Married for 14 years (but not all in a row)

LOCATION: Irving, TX

JOB: Systems Consultant

HOBBIES: No official hobbies but I got a Nitro RC car for my birthday!

ASPIRATIONS: Live comfortably and enjoy my life.

PETS: My Ex has my dog...and won't give it back.

Doug, what kind did you get? I have a RC10GT and a Serpent Impulse Pro.

Originally posted by spdspappy
Doug, what kind did you get? I have a RC10GT and a Serpent Impulse Pro.

Here's a pic. PM me for more details if you need 'em.

DeBug

AGE : 23

LIVING SITUATION : Live with my Fiance Rachel...7/3/04 is the day

LOCATION : Euless, TX

JOB : Student

HOBBIES : Bowl, Race, Eat Chipotle

ASPIRATIONS : Finish school, Happy Marriage, Get a dog, Sleep

KIDS: None and dont plan 2

PETS: Bowser will be his name(see aspiration)

swoozie : Hildie

AGE : 46

LIVING SITUATION : living with soulmate x 14 years

LOCATION : San Rafael, CA

JOB : RN, Clinical Research Coordinator

HOBBIES : Photography, kayaking, driving, traveling, retail therapy (but after the RX8 is there something to top it?)

ASPIRATIONS : retire healthy, wealthy and wise.

AGE: Old enough that my insurance won't go up when I get my RX-8*

Living Situation: Living in Sin, 7 years :)

Location: Rural Central Texas (Austin area)

Job: Physicist

Hobbies: Horses, driving fast, braking hard

Aspirations: To live in a modern, humanist world without organized religion

* What I want: Blue 6MT 1SP for my 100+ mile round-trip commute