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vrcplou
08-20-2011, 12:08 PM
Hi, we live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and are the proud owners of a 2004 Imola Red ZHP. We got it back in '07 when our 530 was totaled in an accident. A Chevy Silverado ran a red light, passing cars that were stopped, and creamed me. Fortunately, I wasn't hurt but the impact bent the frame of the 530 and the insurance totaled it out. The good news was that they gave us more for the car than we paid a year earlier and we got to go car shopping. Found the ZHP (though we didn't know it by that name at the time) and we were really impressed with it's speed and handling. It seems the perfect marriage of performance and practicality. Anyway, here we are. We are car nuts; we have four all together. The ZHP, a 2000 BMW M Roadster, a 2002 Blazing Yellow Mica Miata and a 1996 Nissan 300ZX. I'm waiting for the day my 14-year old can take auto shop in high school and help out with maintenance! I hope to get a picture uploaded later; having technical difficulties with my photos! I really enjoy the site and learned a lot about my ZHP that I didn't know, so thanks in advance for that!
Alphatek45
08-20-2011, 12:11 PM
Welcome. In for pics! Nice collection of vehicles.
Marcus-SanDiego
08-20-2011, 12:25 PM
Welcome to the forum. Glad to see you post. We can always use another participant here.
kayger12
08-20-2011, 12:33 PM
Welcome to the Family.

Nice stable of rides.
BCS_ZHP
08-20-2011, 02:44 PM
Glad to have you here, if I can figure out how to post photos, anybody can. Show us the whole fleet.
danewilson77
08-20-2011, 02:46 PM
Welcome to the clan.

HTC Thunderbolt+TT
Go Horns!
08-20-2011, 07:39 PM
Hello to a fellow Texan.
static667
08-21-2011, 04:38 AM
Welcome to the Mafia. Great line up of cars, there.
mimalmo
08-21-2011, 07:22 AM
Welcome.
webster
08-22-2011, 11:40 AM
greetings and welcome! go cowboys!
johnrando
08-25-2011, 07:42 AM
A belated welcome. Great set of cars, looking forward to pics.
vrcplou
08-26-2011, 01:43 PM
thanks for the welcome! Sorry it took me so long to get back here. I work in education so we are back to school this week and I'm having adjustment pains, lol. I'll get on the pictures this weekend. The only picture I'm having trouble uploading is the ZHP, ironically. I think it's something I did on my computer. But I'll get new pics of it soon. It's in the shop right now. Needs window regulator for the passenger front window. Put it down last weekend to take a picture of a stupid Audi R8 and it wouldn't go back up. Also having some electrical issues, but I'm too distraught to discuss that right now, haha.
danewilson77
08-26-2011, 05:29 PM
Glad to see you back in the mix.
vrcplou
08-26-2011, 06:04 PM
I'm going to try to get in here as much as possible. I have this site to thank for really educating me about my car (shame, I know!). We knew it was special when we test drove it, but discovering exactly what all that fun stuff IS has been fantastic. Now I know why it's great. And I love that there's an entire fan site devoted to the car. Soon as I get it back from the shop (long story, look for me in the technical/mechanical thread) I'm going to order one of those super-cool ZHPMafia stickers!
danewilson77
08-26-2011, 06:07 PM
It's not special brutha.

http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showthread.php?983-Nough-Said-My-BMW-330-ZHP-Is-Not-Special-(a-video-by-Kayger12)

HTC Thunderbolt+TT
Marcus-SanDiego
08-26-2011, 06:18 PM
I'm going to try to get in here as much as possible. I have this site to thank for really educating me about my car (shame, I know!). We knew it was special when we test drove it, but discovering exactly what all that fun stuff IS has been fantastic. Now I know why it's great. And I love that there's an entire fan site devoted to the car. Soon as I get it back from the shop (long story, look for me in the technical/mechanical thread) I'm going to order one of those super-cool ZHPMafia stickers!

Glad to hear that we'll have you around here full time.