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Hey guys/gals,
I know a lot of you don't know me. So I'm gonna use this as a reintroduction of myself to you guys.
Ten years ago, I joined this forum after I purchased my second car, a navy 2002 Ford Focus SE ATX (hence my username). I posted as if I was a mechanic and had all the answers. I pretended I could resolve my issues instantly; with little to no money and absolutely no mechanical skill at the time. Let me tell you, I went back and read all of my old posts: pure gold. Funniest hour of my life, reading how I thought I was actually going to resolve every issue I encountered. Well, to save you the effort, I'll sum it up: my car got wrecked after an unfortunate celebration, and it never got out of the junkyard. I then claimed I had a 1993 silver Mazda MX6 MTX to "do a quick engine swap" on. That never happened either, it sat in my garage for almost a year in pieces, then I flipped the body of it and a ton of parts for a 94 Probe GT MTX that I spent a ton of time and money on and then promptly lost to it sitting for too long in the parking lot of an apartment I lived at. Went a year with no car before finally stumbling into a 1992 Taurus SHO MTX that had red and green body panels on it. Six months later, I found a donor car for all of the body panels on it, but, again, I thought I was a mechanic and I wasn't. The unfortunate friend of mine who took on the burden of helping me hit a frustration point and offered me a swap of those two cars and $400 for his 1992 white Taurus SHO MTX with black leather interior. I loved that car, I really did. I owned it for the better part of a year before, unfortunately, I got clipped in front of my house. Sold that to a friend and fell bass ackwards into a silver 2006 Ford Fusion SE MTX. I have had that car since March of 2010 until now.
This brings me to why I'm back here on Focus Fanatics. In one month, I will be the proud new papa of one of the cars on my dream car wishlist: a black 2004 SVT Ford Focus ZX5. To say I'm ecstatic is the understatement of the century.
Since I've had the Fusion, since it is such a dull car, I haven't been an active member of any forum. That's why I'm here. I miss the feeling of support if anything goes wrong. The safety net of thousands of people with centuries of combined experience in the same exact vehicle.
So, I'm back for a while at least. Expect pictures and me in on any post I can be. Thanks for having me and I look forward to any future friends I make here!
I know a lot of you don't know me. So I'm gonna use this as a reintroduction of myself to you guys.
Ten years ago, I joined this forum after I purchased my second car, a navy 2002 Ford Focus SE ATX (hence my username). I posted as if I was a mechanic and had all the answers. I pretended I could resolve my issues instantly; with little to no money and absolutely no mechanical skill at the time. Let me tell you, I went back and read all of my old posts: pure gold. Funniest hour of my life, reading how I thought I was actually going to resolve every issue I encountered. Well, to save you the effort, I'll sum it up: my car got wrecked after an unfortunate celebration, and it never got out of the junkyard. I then claimed I had a 1993 silver Mazda MX6 MTX to "do a quick engine swap" on. That never happened either, it sat in my garage for almost a year in pieces, then I flipped the body of it and a ton of parts for a 94 Probe GT MTX that I spent a ton of time and money on and then promptly lost to it sitting for too long in the parking lot of an apartment I lived at. Went a year with no car before finally stumbling into a 1992 Taurus SHO MTX that had red and green body panels on it. Six months later, I found a donor car for all of the body panels on it, but, again, I thought I was a mechanic and I wasn't. The unfortunate friend of mine who took on the burden of helping me hit a frustration point and offered me a swap of those two cars and $400 for his 1992 white Taurus SHO MTX with black leather interior. I loved that car, I really did. I owned it for the better part of a year before, unfortunately, I got clipped in front of my house. Sold that to a friend and fell bass ackwards into a silver 2006 Ford Fusion SE MTX. I have had that car since March of 2010 until now.
This brings me to why I'm back here on Focus Fanatics. In one month, I will be the proud new papa of one of the cars on my dream car wishlist: a black 2004 SVT Ford Focus ZX5. To say I'm ecstatic is the understatement of the century.
Since I've had the Fusion, since it is such a dull car, I haven't been an active member of any forum. That's why I'm here. I miss the feeling of support if anything goes wrong. The safety net of thousands of people with centuries of combined experience in the same exact vehicle.
So, I'm back for a while at least. Expect pictures and me in on any post I can be. Thanks for having me and I look forward to any future friends I make here!
