First off, I'll explain the name. On a forum that I'm very active on, they gave me that nickname. I'm a big Apple user and you never see me without my iPhone. So, they gave me iRoush.
My name is Mike. I am 20 (21 in September!). I was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida. I have been around motors and building shit since I was a little kid. My dad had home made 3-wheelers and always had a project truck/car to work on. On top of that, he was a contractor. So, I was always helping dad with something.
We moved to a SMALL ASS TOWN called Williston, South Carolina when I was 5. Lived there for about 3.5 years where I learned to drive tractors and shit. We had about 55 acres around my house then another 100+ acres across town that we used for a hayfield to feed the 50+ cows we had... I hated it there. So, moving on...
Back to good ole south Florida. Moved right back to our old neighborhood. It was ok there, but I'm glad we got out. A lot of trailer trash. My parents weren't getting along and split. But it's cool, I got to see my dad when he wasn't drunk...
I then moved to Sunrise, Florida. Talk about living in the ghetto. This place was horrible. Kids everywhere pretending to be gang affiliated. But, I'm not about that. So I kept to myself a lot. This is when I started seeing that I really liked cars and I was always taking things apart and putting them back together. Sometimes, the things even worked right... lol. I remember seeing a really cool New Edge across the street from my house and I LOVED this thing. I was obsessed with this Mustang. I even found a Hot Wheel that looked just like it and got it! lol, yea that bad.
Then, we moved again. This time to Deerfield Beach, Florida. I love this place. Made some great friends there. Finished up my middle school life there. This is when my dad died from cirrhosis of the liver. He was a bad alcoholic. But, I've accepted it now so don't feel bad... Not too much more to talk about in DFB, still too young to own a car. lol...
Then comes in Lake Wales. Damn, a hole in the wall. lol. I can't lie, it is nice there. But I prefer the city life. I spent my whole high school life in LW.
I now live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I work M-F 9-9. And, I like it. Only been here a few months, not too much to talk about yet... :) But I do come out to the meet you guys have on Wednesdays. I had some fun out there.
I have a girlfriend who actually just got herself a 2011 v6 Mustang. What a nice car that is!
Here are a few pics of me and the lady.
On to the rides...
My first truck was a 1993 Chevy 1500. I loved it because it was mine. It was a great truck. But I owned all of 7 months before I got a major upgrade...
Here is the upgrade. a 2008 F-350 King Ranch. This was an AMAZING truck and I plan to get another one day. This thing had 650 ft-lbs of torque and 350HP. I would race all kinds of people and shit, and whoop 'em! Imagine if I chipped it. I took this thing everywhere! Mudding, trips to where ever, I didn't care. I put almost 30,000 miles on it in 8 months. But, fuel started getting bad in price and I couldn't do it. $5+ a gallon was killing me. So, I had to get rid of it.
But, it had about 40lbs of boost!!!
That's when this Roush came about. It was sitting on the lot, looking sexy and I knew I wanted a mustang. But, at the time, I was searching for a Black GT Vert. They had NONE! But, I kept eying that blue Roush on the lot. So, they worked me a deal and I drove off that day. Here's the car soon after I bought it.
My first car show with a good friend of mine!
This was when me and a bunch of guys from Mustang Forums got together.
And this is something like what I look like today...
Subject: Hey there! 
December 16th 2010, 5:42 pm
Nice stang, hope to see you around and welcome back to S.Fla.
