I had a huge list of stuff I needed to do to the car this weekend...didn't even start the list and I had Saturday and Sunday completely free LOL. I had finals last week and it wooped my ass. Definitely needed this weekend to finally relax, or else I might have gone crazy!
The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working
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7 Hours one way, a touch over 450 miles with some of the running around in NY I did.
evan, what all you need to get done on the car?
i have a bunch of things i wanted to get done to mine this weekend too and the only one i got to is testing an idea on my sub box to hold it in place since it likes to slide around... this week will show whether my simple test/fix is a viable permanent fix or not....
wanna get the wheels either repainted orange or paint them gold soon, gotta start repainting my GV grill as well. hoping to have all these things done before Mid Oh. but im not going to get my hopes up as busy/crazy as everything else is right now
i feel ya there man, ive made the trip to LRP in Connecticut several times... its a long drive haha
was the actual meet cool?
i have a bunch of things i wanted to get done to mine this weekend too and the only one i got to is testing an idea on my sub box to hold it in place since it likes to slide around... this week will show whether my simple test/fix is a viable permanent fix or not....
wanna get the wheels either repainted orange or paint them gold soon, gotta start repainting my GV grill as well. hoping to have all these things done before Mid Oh. but im not going to get my hopes up as busy/crazy as everything else is right now
i feel ya there man, ive made the trip to LRP in Connecticut several times... its a long drive haha
was the actual meet cool?
sorry youve gotten to the point that you are fed up with the project and have gotten to the point you are selling it. the beauty of a project is that you could just let it sit for a little bit and cool off and then reassess what you want to do... no need to rush and ditch a project cause of some aggravations right now... I know we have butted heads a few times but if you change your mind i can try to make a trip out to help work on it, i still owe you a day (maybe more) wrenching on one of your cars since you helped me with my clutch and im sure there were other things as well
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The meet was pretty awesome, other than the fact it was 95% MS3's (ok, maybe not that much). I got to see a few really good friend I hadn't seen since 2009 and it was a great weekend away. I do wish my wife would have come, but I completely understand her not wanting to sit in a hot car for 7 hours while being pregnant.
Perro del Sol
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I have no motivation today as well! Had a great weekend @ OCC and made a number contacts that want to be a part of MOCO and the whole Mazda Corral experience! Of course whatever we work out our Pittsburgh and Ohio families will share in the wealth and the NEMOC family and any other groups that support us.
He mentioned it in his build thread.
princess peach
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I had a busy weekend... 3 days, 310 track miles ~ 125 laps:
booooooooooooooooooooo (I'm jealous)
A little over a month to go until the Auto Interests day... 
I learned an extraordinary amount about driving at Mid-Ohio from a couple Mid-Ohio School instructors (one of them being Tommy Bryne).
I learned an extraordinary amount about driving at Mid-Ohio from a couple Mid-Ohio School instructors (one of them being Tommy Bryne).
Ah, I will have to go look at that.
I'm sorry you have been frustrated. I feel the same way with my 6. Been down 3 years, and not even for a fun rebuild, but because of failure. And now I think I need to rebuild my starter, which makes me even less happy.
IIRC, you have a spare garage spot for the P5, why not just hold on to it, but not touch it for a long while?
Sorry, you said you didn't want to discuss it.
Yeah, what others have said. Forget about it and walk away for a while. I did that to the RX-7 for 3 months last Summer. I was bummed it had been over a year and it wasn't back on the road and progress had really slowed. Give it some time and eventually you'll read or think of something that'll make you want to go out and just play with something. Once that starts you'll make some progress, order some shiny new parts and get right back into everything.
bikingpro5
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I'm the one who removed the posts as well as locked that thread as asked. Any other issues with that you can PM me out of respect to Evan decision to NOT discuss this.
Here's my list LOL
-Change oil
-Rotate tires
-Install new brake pads
-Bleed brakes
-Install new rear sway bar endlinks
-Raise rear suspension 1/4"-1/2"
-Install new adjustable rear camber arms
-Install new rear motor mount
-Install new transmission mount
-Install new boost tubes
-Re-tighten all suspension bolts to spec
man, this is gonna be a long monday. i have gotten no work to do so far, and ive been sitting here on my computer for 3 hours just browsing and rebrowsing the forums, checking facebook and twitter, and reading car reviews on autoweek.com. there is nothing updated on any of these things and im gonna die of boredom. i wish craigslist wasnt blocked
I feel you. Phone isn't ringing here so I'm at the internet's command. On days like this, Netflix is my best friend. I've been watching Batman Beyond
