can you believe it's been 10 years already?

Jeremy · 01-20-2010, 08:40 AM

I just got my 10th domain renewal notice for GrandAmGT.com! Hard to believe this site has been around in one form or another for 10 years. I still remember back to the old AOL days, even the bravenet forum we had going for a bit.

What amazes me the most is the activity/questions/new members we still get every day for a car that hasn't rolled off the assembly line for about 5 years now. That shows you that people are still passionate about their cars and still have in interest in the community we've built here.

I know of at least 1 marriage (and soon to be baby) that GAGT.com was apart of making (the marriage..not the baby). I've met some truly amazing people in the years, I've built some great friendships, had plenty of good times, a few bad times, but all of it has been a great trip.

In the past 10 years, I've had the following life experiences:
- 1 got married to an amazing woman
- had 2 beautiful children
- built a house
- been at the same job for 10 years
- lost some people that were very special in my life
- more than I can probably remember.

Anyone else here have some thoughts/memories/experiences/weddings/kids/etc. happen while being a part of the community?

notsoaveragej0e · 01-20-2010, 09:10 AM

I joined on the suggestion of a friend (NDPrunner22) that was on here during my senior year of high school, I think. I applied, go into, and graduated from college, and started a "real" job from that point onward. Crazy stuff...

Edit: hm, guess it was the last semester of my JUNIOR year that i joined-- just looked at my join date

DrFabulous · 01-20-2010, 09:18 AM

I joined shortly after buying my first GA... back in senior year of HS

Been on this site, on and off, for a while. I've honestly met some cool people from here.

westerndragon · 01-20-2010, 09:28 AM

grats on all the good man i joined this forum after spending time at that other less nice ga forum and ive never looked back this place is so much fun and so informative i will be here long after my ga becomes a cube of scrap thanks for building such an awesome place

Ajaxus · 01-20-2010, 10:00 AM

Oh the list..

Well, by the join date I was finishing up my first semester in my first college..been to 3 total by now, scraped only one degree out of the whole mess,

Gotten 2 tattoos in that time, traveled the world, experienced unemployment, worked multiple jobs..blah blah blah

Became a Mason and really improved my life, that's the biggy for me, and probably the only reason I'm not flaming GTLUVA anymore for her monetary/car decisions..because I'm actually trying to be somewhat of a decent person,

Oh, and I made thousands and thousands of useless posts, I've learned how to piss Bob off all over again, I've contributed maybe <1% of my posts to good useful info on here (car detailing)..and I've gotten a few members banned after MASSIVE flamewars..and yet, I'm still here.

I've also probably racked up more warning points and bans than any members present or past..and they keep letting me come back, for some strange reason,

PhantomLover007 · 01-20-2010, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy

I just got my 10th domain renewal notice for GrandAmGT.com! Hard to believe this site has been around in one form or another for 10 years. I still remember back to the old AOL days, even the bravenet forum we had going for a bit.

What amazes me the most is the activity/questions/new members we still get every day for a car that hasn't rolled off the assembly line for about 5 years now. That shows you that people are still passionate about their cars and still have in interest in the community we've built here.

I know of at least 1 marriage (and soon to be baby) that GAGT.com was apart of making (the marriage..not the baby). I've met some truly amazing people in the years, I've built some great friendships, had plenty of good times, a few bad times, but all of it has been a great trip.

In the past 10 years, I've had the following life experiences:
- 1 got married to an amazing woman
- had 2 beautiful children
- built a house
- been at the same job for 10 years
- lost some people that were very special in my life
- more than I can probably remember.

Anyone else here have some thoughts/memories/experiences/weddings/kids/etc. happen while being a part of the community?

Sik and Terese was a ruse...

Actively joined the site (I Googled Grand Am forums..

) a year after buying the GA, which I bought a couple of weeks before going on my 1st deployment to Iraq in '05. W/in the 1st week of posting, I got my 1st warning pts for PWing a F/S thread...

. I've seen alot of bad a$$ GA's and got alot of help and advice on fixing up the GA. I've PW'd more than I can remember, met alot of cool folks (most of them named Matt..

), a few a$$hats, some that are questionable concerning their manhood or gheyness, one really ghey Asian guy and one that knows everything about oil and poutine, and unfortunately...some straight dumba$$es...

. Flirted w/ alot of the women on here and now I'm a "stalker" because of it..

and learned about wet laptops

It's stilla great site, I still love to PW and ya'll are great folks

Jeremy · 01-20-2010, 10:15 AM

not Sik an Terese...Amber & Tony. I remember at the first GAP that the hotel wouldn't let Amber check in cuz she was under 18 or something like that.

PhantomLover007 · 01-20-2010, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy

not Sik an Terese...Amber & Tony. I remember at the first GAP that the hotel wouldn't let Amber check in cuz she was under 18 or something like that.

I know Jer. I was focking w/ ya...

lone_wolf025 · 01-20-2010, 12:00 PM

I joined soon after I got my GA and I've been lurking ever since. Met a number of good people as well as some rather interesting characters. Learned a lot and forgot even more. Good times through all of it though. Looking forward to the future.

Molson · 01-20-2010, 01:13 PM

My fav experiences of GAGT were the GAPS, and the police escorted convoys. "BRAKE!"

PhantomLover007 · 01-20-2010, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molson

My fav experiences of GAGT were the GAPS, and the police escorted convoys. "BRAKE!"

I have to get to one of these Molson..

Molson · 01-20-2010, 01:22 PM

you're about 6 years too late.

PhantomLover007 · 01-20-2010, 01:28 PM

Dammit....

SikMindz · 01-20-2010, 01:54 PM

I went to Atco '09 and all I got was Amber preggers and no lousy t-shirt.

I joined when I was in prime Fab-hitting-on-me age around 16 or so. Considering how small the pool of locals I actually know or have stayed in touch with, it's ironic that I am still in close contact and see members from 8-10 different states.

Haven't had the GA for a few years now but I do frequent this site more than any other forums I'm on. My only regret is not having actually met either of the Gurus although I don't think they would say the same..

Regardless, I still think I should be made a super mod- 'cause I rock like that.

What else? Oh yeah- my mom is as famous as I am on ANY GA forum apparently. Don't know how I feel about that.

02andahalfgt · 01-20-2010, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrFabulous

I've honestly met some cool people from here.

Aww, thanks buddy. Incidentally, what ever happened to Jon? (5-lo)

Congrats Jeremy.

You guys built up an amazing place to learn, chat and waste ungodly amounts of time!

onesexyga · 01-20-2010, 08:48 PM

Joined my freshman year of college, 5 1/2 years ago. Graduated with a masters and working now. Still have the Grand Am thanks largely in part to the great technical advice I've found on the site, so thanks to Jeremy and the whole grandamgt.com community.

DrFabulous · 01-20-2010, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 02andahalfgt

Aww, thanks buddy. Incidentally, what ever happened to Jon? (5-lo)

I still talk to him on facebook once in a while, sounds like he's doing pretty good.

Ajaxus · 01-20-2010, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SikMindz

What else? Oh yeah- my mom is as famous as I am on ANY GA forum apparently. Don't know how I feel about that.

I was going to bring that up, Jeremy forgot that there are numerous other babies from GAGT..that we have all fathered with your mom..amazing she's held up this long..

GA2000GTSpeed · 01-21-2010, 12:13 AM

damn near on my 2nd year as a member... learned a lot and saved even more money

. bought my cat back, brakes, and supercharger off of here. and i have always gotten a laugh outta the AAG section, started as a senior in HS now on my Sophomore year of college and joined a fraternity... oh and bought a house

Still have the GA as my first car and waiting on the nice big check from uncle sam for being a first time home owner. lets see... new suspension, new heads, intakes, and tb... its gonna be like xmas all over again. so il be here for a long time, im not giving up my GA till it burns to the ground.

kse73 · 01-21-2010, 02:39 AM

I lurked way back in 02. I didn't join until 03. Didn't meet anyone until I went to a mod day at Jeremy's place (in 03 or 04). Did lots of stuff in between then and now...and here we are! That about sums it up.

01-20-2010, 08:40 AM	#1
Jeremy Unpimped my Mazda AKA: Jeremy Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: 'Burb of Chicago Age: 47 Posts: 1,828 Vehicle: 07 Tahoe LTZ ,12 Jetta	can you believe it's been 10 years already? I just got my 10th domain renewal notice for GrandAmGT.com! Hard to believe this site has been around in one form or another for 10 years. I still remember back to the old AOL days, even the bravenet forum we had going for a bit. What amazes me the most is the activity/questions/new members we still get every day for a car that hasn't rolled off the assembly line for about 5 years now. That shows you that people are still passionate about their cars and still have in interest in the community we've built here. I know of at least 1 marriage (and soon to be baby) that GAGT.com was apart of making (the marriage..not the baby). I've met some truly amazing people in the years, I've built some great friendships, had plenty of good times, a few bad times, but all of it has been a great trip. In the past 10 years, I've had the following life experiences: - 1 got married to an amazing woman - had 2 beautiful children - built a house - been at the same job for 10 years - lost some people that were very special in my life - more than I can probably remember. Anyone else here have some thoughts/memories/experiences/weddings/kids/etc. happen while being a part of the community? __________________ Jeremy 12 VW Jetta 07 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 Over the firewall, out the antenna, into the router, shot to the modem, out the transponder, bounce into space, off the satellite, over their firewall, into the forums .... nothing but NET

01-20-2010, 09:10 AM	#2
notsoaveragej0e Causes a ruckus AKA: Joe Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Detroit, MI Age: 36 Posts: 5,011 Vehicle: Maligoat	I joined on the suggestion of a friend (NDPrunner22) that was on here during my senior year of high school, I think. I applied, go into, and graduated from college, and started a "real" job from that point onward. Crazy stuff... Edit: hm, guess it was the last semester of my JUNIOR year that i joined-- just looked at my join date __________________

01-20-2010, 09:18 AM	#3
DrFabulous FIGJAM AKA: Matt Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MN Posts: 9,675 Vehicle: Acura\|Chevy\|Porsche	I joined shortly after buying my first GA... back in senior year of HS Been on this site, on and off, for a while. I've honestly met some cool people from here. __________________ '18 Acura MDX Kid hauler '15 Chevrolet Tahoe Toy Hauler '01 Porsche Boxster Project

01-20-2010, 09:28 AM	#4
westerndragon GAGT - Member AKA: Eric Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lewiston Maine Posts: 601 Vehicle: 1999 GT1	grats on all the good man i joined this forum after spending time at that other less nice ga forum and ive never looked back this place is so much fun and so informative i will be here long after my ga becomes a cube of scrap thanks for building such an awesome place __________________ NOM NOM NOM!

01-20-2010, 10:15 AM	#7
Jeremy Unpimped my Mazda AKA: Jeremy Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: 'Burb of Chicago Age: 47 Posts: 1,828 Vehicle: 07 Tahoe LTZ ,12 Jetta	not Sik an Terese...Amber & Tony. I remember at the first GAP that the hotel wouldn't let Amber check in cuz she was under 18 or something like that. __________________ Jeremy 12 VW Jetta 07 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 Over the firewall, out the antenna, into the router, shot to the modem, out the transponder, bounce into space, off the satellite, over their firewall, into the forums .... nothing but NET

01-20-2010, 10:00 AM	#5
Ajaxus GAGT - Junkie AKA: AJ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Missoula, MT Age: 37 Posts: 8,405 Vehicle: '01 Subaru Outback LTD	Oh the list.. Well, by the join date I was finishing up my first semester in my first college..been to 3 total by now, scraped only one degree out of the whole mess, Gotten 2 tattoos in that time, traveled the world, experienced unemployment, worked multiple jobs..blah blah blah Became a Mason and really improved my life, that's the biggy for me, and probably the only reason I'm not flaming GTLUVA anymore for her monetary/car decisions..because I'm actually trying to be somewhat of a decent person, Oh, and I made thousands and thousands of useless posts, I've learned how to piss Bob off all over again, I've contributed maybe <1% of my posts to good useful info on here (car detailing)..and I've gotten a few members banned after MASSIVE flamewars..and yet, I'm still here. I've also probably racked up more warning points and bans than any members present or past..and they keep letting me come back, for some strange reason,

01-20-2010, 01:13 PM	#10
Molson Admininadian! AKA: Jim Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Great White Norf Age: 47 Posts: 3,695 Vehicle: Duramax, C10, MKZ	My fav experiences of GAGT were the GAPS, and the police escorted convoys. "BRAKE!" __________________ Sig

01-20-2010, 01:22 PM	#12
Molson Admininadian! AKA: Jim Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Great White Norf Age: 47 Posts: 3,695 Vehicle: Duramax, C10, MKZ	you're about 6 years too late. __________________ Sig

01-20-2010, 08:48 PM	#16
onesexyga onesexyfiero AKA: Kevin Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vermont/New Hampshire Age: 37 Posts: 1,534 Vehicle: 00 GAGT, 88 Fiero GT	Joined my freshman year of college, 5 1/2 years ago. Graduated with a masters and working now. Still have the Grand Am thanks largely in part to the great technical advice I've found on the site, so thanks to Jeremy and the whole grandamgt.com community.

01-21-2010, 12:13 AM	#19
GA2000GTSpeed GAGT - Member AKA: Josh Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Freeman Missouri Age: 33 Posts: 411 Vehicle: 00 GAGT, 79 Jag XJ6	damn near on my 2nd year as a member... learned a lot and saved even more money . bought my cat back, brakes, and supercharger off of here. and i have always gotten a laugh outta the AAG section, started as a senior in HS now on my Sophomore year of college and joined a fraternity... oh and bought a house Still have the GA as my first car and waiting on the nice big check from uncle sam for being a first time home owner. lets see... new suspension, new heads, intakes, and tb... its gonna be like xmas all over again. so il be here for a long time, im not giving up my GA till it burns to the ground. __________________ Current mods: RSM Supercharger kit, S&S Headers, Upgraded Clutches, Borla cat-back, Drilled and Slotted Camaro rotors and Calipers, MSD coil packs, EGR Block Off, 180 thermo, MSD wires, Tuned Myself with DHP, 2 12 inch Alpine type R's, Kenwood bass booster 1700 watt Amp, Red Dual flip down head unit, Tinted Tails, Custom Painted Black With Red Interior, Double pod A pillar, A/F Gauge, Vac/Boost Gauge. Future Mods: Heads, P&P Intake manifolds, 65mm TB, HP Tuners, .

01-21-2010, 02:39 AM	#20
kse73 AVL AKA: Joe Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,543 Vehicle: GTO/Audi A6	I lurked way back in 02. I didn't join until 03. Didn't meet anyone until I went to a mod day at Jeremy's place (in 03 or 04). Did lots of stuff in between then and now...and here we are! That about sums it up. __________________ Procharged and cammed 2005 GTO A4 - Full Pedders Suspension 553 rwhp 479 rwtq 2012 Audi A6 3.0T Prestige

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