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Tough Times… all the money is gone.  WTF.  I guess I’m waiting on a shipment of goodies from Japan to get me started again, but in the mean time, there isn’t much going on.  Masaharu told me I had to wait until after 8月6日 though before he would send my stuff… I’m hoping that means he’ll have some special swag to throw in the boxes.  It’s a long wait though…

When I bought the car in July I really hoped to get it out to at least a few auto-x… but things are somewhat conspiring against me… plus there is the retardedly high standard that I have set for that car, and there are times when I’d rather wrench than drive… even if it’s raining.  Maybe especially if it’s raining.  !!!

Not that I’m doing major wrenching.  I’ve decided that the drivetrain stuff that Paul did is sweet, and I’m going to play with it set up as such for a while.  Long term… my plans are mild as well… I even think about swapping back to an early large port TVIS motor.  They really do feel different… they probably even feel better.

And that’s basically what this car is going to be about for me: FEELING.  There was a time when I would dump everything I had into it, but that is not now.  It will be easiest for me (and my wife) to appreciate this car in a mild state of tune… basically how it is now.  So even though I’ve had interesting plans… those are gone.  Simple restoration stuff is fun, affordable, and will make me feel like I’m driving a piece of history, rather than a piece of shit, 5 or six years from now when most of you have moved on.

Not that I’m going to get crazy and hit car shows… this has to remain a driver… maybe I’ll even go door to door at some point with the vintage club guys.

I sure as hell would love to attend their vertically challenged hill climb this year… that is an event that everysingle AE86 I’ve ever really driven, has attended, and it would be awesome to make it out again in number six and 11.