Ups and Downs...

Okay so the brown bunny is officially gone. To a good home I believe. The owner is a VW gear head and plans to restore it.

So last week (maybe two weeks ago) I go out to my GTI and find a note on the windshield, that is never good. As I am picking up the note I glance down and the front of my car and notice the turn signal is hanging there just by it's wires. Guh...What a complete downer. These parts don't just grow on trees. The car is 23 years old. Especially the red line grill in perfect condition. I am not sure how insurance is going to handle the repairs. Let's hope they let me source the parts.

Here's a couple very sad pics.



So now for the up. I found the car I have been searching for. It's been months but the right one finally came around. It's not a VW however. It's an 03 BMW 330i. It has the performance package and only 20k miles. It's a beautiful awesome machine. Here's a couple quick shots.




While the accident was bad finding the BMW was good. You'll probably see pics and updates on both over the next few months.

Has it really been 7 months

Okay lots of changes to talk about.

The brown bunny is on it's way out. Just too much work and not enough time (see baby in picture). I went out and bought this instead.


It's an 84 GTI in pretty pristine shape. 132,000 original miles on the 1.8 liter 8v engine. The things I'll be doing to it are pretty minor overall; convert the rear brakes to disc, add a taller (faster) fifth gear to the transmission, and repaint the entire car. It looks good from 10ft but up close it's, well it's 23 year old paint.

Here's an interior shot. Check out those seats!


Now that I have new daily driver I can actually park this one and start working on it. It should keep me busy this winter. The baby is getting to the point where she can entertain herself in the pack-n-play for a couple hours so that should give me some time to do some actual work.

One more shot for good measure.