I regret selling my TDI so much. Great car. Comfy, reliable and frugal. If only my wife would drive a manual! Sadly we couldn't justify having 3 cars. Maybe when we move to a house with a garage I can stop DDing the Miata.
I regret selling my TDI so much. Great car. Comfy, reliable and frugal. If only my wife would drive a manual! Sadly we couldn't justify having 3 cars. Maybe when we move to a house with a garage I can stop DDing the Miata.
If you pursue anything long enough your interest will vary. This in part is probably why my friends refer to me as "A professional hobbyist". I do a bunch of stuff, just not all at the same time. Last car season, starting in January I picked some objectives, made a schedule, calendar and (!) budget and tried to stick to it.
At seasons end I'd done everything but the VIR part - the M3 spat its oil pump sprocket nut off the first Saturday session at the July VIR and the ensuing 5 weeks was shot between work and having the front suspension and pan off the M3 to do rod bearings (and motor mounts, and subframe braces, and a valve cover gasket, and a M50 manifold swap)...
Also, early in the season I bought an NA Miata on which I immediately did an extensive suspension and drivetrain rebuild. I was so buried under discretionary car and motorcycle work I took a few days off to supersize a long weekend out to 5 days and called it 'garage-a-thon 2010"
As of now - the Miata and M3 are in great shape and need nothing but fluids before next year. The Sprite is done but for minor wiring and interior re-installation. The RD400 needs wiring, carbs and brake bleeding. Of course it's all being moved into a huge house renovation project, but the upside is a garage big enough to work in....
And someone gave me a gently crashed Lotus 7 clone chassis...
So it comes and goes. While you're "off" go ride your bicycle, build a model airplane, take pictures, lay on the sofa watching Jersey Shore while eating ice cream out of the carton with your fingers - something to keep yourself happy....
AngryCorvair wrote: i thought you meant get revenge on spark, like spark had played a mean joke on you. my first suggestion would've been to slap a "Ground Me" note on it's back.
Since this was in the Off-Topic section, I thought he was talking about getting laid.
In my opinion spark often comes with money to burn. I've had an "off" time for a year and a half about. Then a little business venture of mine paid off, now I have a fair sum of cash and, well, if you look at the last update in my garage you can see that I'm spending it liberally on a car that is not worth it. Money makes my car world go round, and I have the spark when I can work on my car without the worry of bills. 
When I get burned out on a project or task, I just switch to another one for a while. If I make the most of my motivation, and get something done, no matter what it is, then I feel good about myself, and that gets me motivated for the next project, then ride the wave. A lot of it is about taking the motivation where you can ge tit and making the most of it, then riding the hi of the completed project into the next project that you are motivated to do.
electric canoes?
Per Schroeder wrote: Possibly dressing up as farm animals?
Haha I didn't think that response would come from an administrator!
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