man, I am excited, hehe.....picking up a 2002 silver Lightning today at 10am. Trading in my 99 Civic Si for it, lol (don't laugh, I bought that car STRICTLY for autocross and kicked some but with it in the chicago region!) but now I am ready for some HP again. i also previously owned/built a 93 GT with all the goodies and a Vortech SC so it feels good to be coming home, hehe. Gonna be stock for a while but we will see I am 37 and my wife says I am having a mid life crisis....what does she know??

Tom

 

Hah, I'm 56 and bought my Silver 02 in Feb. Wife says I'm living a second childhood and my L is not a real truck. That last statement almost caused a divorce! But like you said, what does a wife know about trucks. BTW, congrats on getting the fastest color and welcome to the family.

 

I'll tell you what a wife knows.....
Mine knows she would rather drive my Supercrew over her Explorer because it has Flowmasters on it and sounds better.
But what she found out last Friday scares me. She has found out that if she gets in my Lightning, backs out of the driveway, and hits the throttle like she does in the Supercrew, that she deposits
two long black marks up the middle of the road....
Then she has the presence to say, " Didn't realize why you do that when we are cruising until now, sure feels good ".
I guess I am doomed......

Marc

 

Darn it! Had I known this, I wouldn't have picked up the 650lb of topsoil and mulch at the garden center this weekend! I guess we'll have to use her Infiniti sedan for this kind of work from now on...



I use mine mostly for hauling. Sometimes I haul bikes, other times I haul gardening stuff - the rest of the time I just haul a__.

 

GOOD CHOICE.BUT RED IS THE FASTEST ONE. JACK 2001 RED L. WHICH PART OF CHICAGO YOU AT.?

 

Woohoo. So, you're going to get it? That's sweet Tom!!!!!!

 

Congrats, Your gonna love it

 

have fun man!! ive had mine for two months now and i still cant get the smile off my face when i look at it!!

congrats on getting the fastest color!!

 

Lightningfun,

Welcome to the board! You're in for the time of your mid-life

Mine is silver too and just a few minutes ago I had a man in a Mercedes backup, at a stop light, and roll his window down to tell me what a good looking truck I had. He also said it sounded good! Made my day, again.

Tim

 

I'm almost 63 and I guess I've passed up mid-life.............. My silver 01 L just had an anniversary back on the 8th of May and I'm still grinnin' .

Dan

 

Thanks Guys...and yes Dave I got it, hehe! So far so good and I have to say I am impressed with the truck. Well...I will be hanging around here now so I look foprward to exchanging info. with everyone.

Tom

 

where at in chicago land do you live?

Welcome to the rest of your life by the way, HEHEHEHEHEHE

 

Congrats Tom. I'm 41 and have had the '01 for just over a year. It was my wife owning a '94 since new, that had me looking at L's back in '99.

First mod should be a radar detector. Have fun, but be careful and keep the license clean.

I have 25,000 miles and still grinning.

Oh, BTW, my wife would really like a new '03 Cobra 'vert, Jag X type R, Focus SVT, Escape or Tribute w/ blower, KR SuperCrew, PowerStroke SuperDuty........on & on. LOL I'm happy she's a motorhead, but am trying to figure out how to do all this ? LOL

 

Hahaha...you have a good kind of problem there, hehe. My wife just says the truck looks silly, lol! Women!

RTKilla.....I live in Munster, IN about 30 minutes east of you.

Tom