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Dec. 27th, 2008 02:46 amWent to my mom's for Christmas, gave her a bunch of surprise gifts (because Christmas Evening is still Christmas), and then came home. Not much loot-wise for myself; I've been Santa for a few years now.
Car stuff: Turns out,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aichan95 needs a whole muffler. Cheap thing I put on 3 years ago rusted itself in half. So I put the old one on (yes I kept it in the shed all this time) and cruising like that until sometime early next week when I can have a new one put on. I could do that myself again, but there's a huge difference in the weather from September and December. To hell with freezing my hands and ass and everything off, I think I can pay someone else to do that this time. A luxury I'm willing to indulge in. Anyway the zen of it is that on Integras, the exhaust is almost a consumable item. Like a timing belt but somewhat less expensive.
Test drove another RSX-S today, this one an '06. Everything came back to me, I knew exactly what to expect. This is a good thing. Things are moving forward in regards to getting another one. Money is getting socked away, numbers getting crunched and looking good. If I have to finance anything it'll be a small fraction that could be paid off in a year or less. The longer I wait, the more the gap closes. The only drawback of getting an '05 or '06 is that I'd probably have to get new repair manuals. Then again they would probably still be under warranty for awhile.
Naturally I won't be doing a trade. There's no point. I'd get next to nothing for a car that turns 14 next month and with more miles than some spacecraft, yet still runs and has been paid off since 2002.
( Cleaning progress: It always starts where I stand. )
Had a nap while iTunes was going, and woke up to the Excel Saga ending theme. Eh I think I'm done for the night.
Car stuff: Turns out,
aichan95 needs a whole muffler. Cheap thing I put on 3 years ago rusted itself in half. So I put the old one on (yes I kept it in the shed all this time) and cruising like that until sometime early next week when I can have a new one put on. I could do that myself again, but there's a huge difference in the weather from September and December. To hell with freezing my hands and ass and everything off, I think I can pay someone else to do that this time. A luxury I'm willing to indulge in. Anyway the zen of it is that on Integras, the exhaust is almost a consumable item. Like a timing belt but somewhat less expensive.Test drove another RSX-S today, this one an '06. Everything came back to me, I knew exactly what to expect. This is a good thing. Things are moving forward in regards to getting another one. Money is getting socked away, numbers getting crunched and looking good. If I have to finance anything it'll be a small fraction that could be paid off in a year or less. The longer I wait, the more the gap closes. The only drawback of getting an '05 or '06 is that I'd probably have to get new repair manuals. Then again they would probably still be under warranty for awhile.
Naturally I won't be doing a trade. There's no point. I'd get next to nothing for a car that turns 14 next month and with more miles than some spacecraft, yet still runs and has been paid off since 2002.
( Cleaning progress: It always starts where I stand. )
Had a nap while iTunes was going, and woke up to the Excel Saga ending theme. Eh I think I'm done for the night.
