My grandparents started a tradition many years ago where instead of giving gifts the would make a donation to the local homeless shelter on behalf of the family. My wife and I try to carry that on by doing something charitable each year on behalf of our family and friends. I do still give a gift to my young niece and nephew, but beyond that I'd just rather spend time with the people I care most about.
Sounds a bit hokey, but I'd rather have the love of my family than another ugly sweater or $10 trinket.
94' RS/GS/MS/CF Monster Turbo...coming soon.
93' GS SE, the Black Beast, the former love of my life...soon to be gutted and crushed.
94' GS, black on black, now in several small pieces...and one large crushed piece.
2007 Mazda3 GT Sport --- super fun
2004 Honda RC51 --- Lost forever to some theavin' bastard My Worklog My feedback thread Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
well so far i bought myself family guy starwars box set, ichi the killer and futurama season 5 boxset all on bluray....probably all i will end up with.
I usually go all out. It's never about the money, but getting the perfect gift and the reaction on their face cause they don't expect them. We've always had the tradition of surprising people, almost never go out and picked gifts (clothes were an exception) and money was never given asw a gift. Things have been very tight for me the last 2 Christmases, but we still make the best of it and we're keeping it small this year. I got my car, my parents completely redid the basement this fall, finishing it the week before I came home. Wouldn't of been so bad except the truck needed to get fixed because of a cascading effect from a premature failing of a part that I replaced a few months ago ended up braking the bank. No luck this year at all. Regardless, we enjoy ourselves and spend alot of time as a family. I appreciate everything my parents have done for me.
1992 Mazda Mx-3 GSR - 2.5L KLZE : Award Winning Show Car & Race Car ['02-'09] (Retired) 2004 Mazda RX-8 GT - Renesis Wankel : LS3 Coils, BHR Mid-Pipe + Falken RT-615K 245/40r18 2011 Mazda Mazda2 GS - 1.5L Manual : Yozora Edition (1 of 500) 2003 Nissan Xterra SE - 4x4 Supercharged : 2" Body Lift, 4" Suspension Lift & 33" MTR Kevlar 2001 Nissan Frontier SE - The Frontrailer : Expedition/Off-Road Trailer Project
My xmas gift to myself was ( or is ) a newer mx3. Pickin it up monday after the holidays are done tho but still. an xmas gift none the less.
current 92 gs is badly rotten.. bad enough my drivers seat has 3 bolts holding it to the floor. 4th bolt the floorboards rotted away all around so its a lil bouncy ill post pics up when i get er home good note its a 96 gs with 133k kms on it pretty darn low k in my opinion
92, Gs-Ze. KL31 motor/curve neck IM, Cai,Chipped ecu,awr mounts,clutchmasters stage 2 "R",
Se interior,Wrap around spoiler, oem full sides and MS front bumper
My MX3 is getting another fuel pump to run dual walbros, a pair of 16k rear springs for the track, a new wideband sensor, making a custom catch can/coolant overflow combo tank, VC tapped with AN fittings for PCV ventilation, a big box of spark plugs and a good wash and wax.
My civic is getting a nice set of NGK wires hopefully and also a good wash and wax.
Got my dad a new door handle for his camry, those things are just about disposable. At this point I've done 3 out of 4 handles on that car.
92 MX3 Turbo ($100 junkyard KLG4) 11.904 @ 124.3mph, 14psi, DOT approved Hoosier drags, pump gas.
NSCRA 2009 FWD Drag Radial Finalist
HIN/NOPI Supershow Class Winner - Miami 2010 - Street-Sport Compact-Mazda
Links: Pretty Pic, GoFast Pic, Timeslip, Track Video As of July 2011 the MX3 has been retired and sold.
I gotta wait till tomorrow to get mine! But I have a couple that the wife marked
To: S2000
Love: Santa
So I am looking for some good things considering she said she spent to much! ahah Hoping for my Craft Square CF mirrors!
Dude the DR is awesome! Best beaches I've seen. The service isn't as good as say Mexico, but it's a nice country.
That is an excellent Christmas present.
94' RS/GS/MS/CF Monster Turbo...coming soon.
93' GS SE, the Black Beast, the former love of my life...soon to be gutted and crushed.
94' GS, black on black, now in several small pieces...and one large crushed piece.
2007 Mazda3 GT Sport --- super fun
2004 Honda RC51 --- Lost forever to some theavin' bastard My Worklog My feedback thread Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Dewalt impact
Digital caliper
Princess Auto gift card
Two awesome books, recommended by Inodoro
work gloves
cable ties
5 lb magnet on a stick (from myself )
Werthers (ongoing joke)
alcohol paraphernalia
And other misc, non car related things.
Its nice having two families, it means I get two Christmases
Now with Moderator power!
Black '93 BP RS - wrecked, parted, scrapped.
Green GS - Sold.
Black GS - Summer DD/Race car - Fancy KLZE
Red GS - K8-ATX -> MTX-KLDE - Frakencar. Scrapped
White GS - Rusty. Parts. Scrapped
1997 BMW M3 - my summer baby
2002 BMW 325Xi - sold
2003 Forester Xti - EJ20K swapped. Feedback
Black '93 BP RS - wrecked, parted, scrapped.
Green GS - Sold.
Black GS - Summer DD/Race car - Fancy KLZE
Red GS - K8-ATX -> MTX-KLDE - Frakencar. Scrapped
White GS - Rusty. Parts. Scrapped
1997 BMW M3 - my summer baby
2002 BMW 325Xi - sold
2003 Forester Xti - EJ20K swapped. Feedback
good note its a 96 gs with 133k kms on it pretty darn low k in my opinion
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