Phase One

What's up guys? I'm back on it but unfortunately only a quick update this time round. (A couple of my screenies went missing for some reason, this the only one that survived.)



Ever since the last outing at Kanagawa, it has been pretty much just a restoration of the car bit by bit. The biggest job done to the car was rerouting the whole oil line to an oil catch can and swapped to braided brake lines just to ensure that most of the car still survives after a good thrashing. After that, it was pretty much just a matter of making the car a just little bit more pretty. Bit by bit, I straighten up the panels, aligned the headlights and tucking wiring harnesses behind the dashboard.

Rather annoyingly, both front fenders, rear bumper and exhaust were just gone to shiite. Annoying because I have to spend quite a hefty sum for the front fenders alone as it is a rare pair from an ex Top Secret demo car that found floating on the interwebz and it would be mental of me to not buy them straight away. Feeling a little less lazy, I hopped about several wreckers in search of a rear bumper. I managed to stumble upon a standard rear bumper on top of a set of r05rr rims and I just thought to myself whether I should get the whole lot or just the bumper. Remembering that the car was on loaned SSRs from Go Fazt Garage, getting the rims as well would be a lot more sensible. So brought the whole lot to the office of the wreckers and I was charged at an eye watering amount because qoute "it was from a mint half cut from Japan." As the parts arrived at the shop, it was a pretty swift job swapping the parts off the car. And we come to the exhaust. Not very fond of burning a deeper hole into my pocket, I got a steel rod that was lying at the back of the shop, cut it in half, welded some hangars and onto the exhaust. With all the things done to the car, the S15 now looks at least half decent albeit with mismatch panels. And with the shotgun exhaust, it sealed the title of 'all noise and no go.'

As you know, this is my big All Event Ready Project S15 in which I intend to compete in various forms of motorsports with this one car. Now the first event I aim to tackle is grassroots drifting. That's the obvious choice as it is pretty much open to anyone. I've just submitted an application to the drift competition in Valo but unfortunately, I cannot compete until I find a replacement rear glass as mine are missing. Trouble is, I can't seem to find a decent one anywhere. If anyone has a spare, I'm only able to cut a tight deal as I don't really have much to spend on the S15 until I get some funds through competition.

Household Rivalry

Every now and then after knock off hour for me, I would sometimes bump into my beloved girlfriend at the intersection heading towards the motorway, just outside Industrial. Some would say it is inevitable as I work in the Industrial area while she works further in the Business district and both our commute go through the motorway. However, if you remember, she drives my old Mitsubishi Ralliart Colt a.k.a. The Turd while I on the other hand daily a converted Subaru WRX. No surprises on what happens everytime we enter the motorway. With a relentless 2 gear pull in the WRX, she just becomes a speck in the rear view mirror and from time to time we would reach home, with me smirking with a lighted cigarette and her huffing, puffing and giving me the finger occasionally signalling that there will not be any happy ending for the night. However, all the smugness on my part are about to turn premature.

Recently, The Turd has been rather inefficient as it shows clear indication that it was all tired due to high mileage. The girlfriend been telling me that the revs just take forever and changing gears were beginning to be a nuisance as the gear lever resists her movement. She then suggested to trade in The Turd for another car. Trouble was, daily driving a subie and building a project S15 isn't what you call cheap but I can't give this excuse as she would probably flip a table and ramble on priorities over the S15. Besides, she has yet to learn the bill that the S15 landed.

Rather cunningly, I replied to her that The Turd was of her asset when I passed it over to her and she could do whatever she wants to it. I remembered that at the corner of my eye, I saw her face sparkled as the statement came out of my mouth.

"You mean I can trade it in on my own?!" she asks gleefully. I nodded with a hint of confusion. She skipped off into the garage and sat about there until I retired to bed.

It was a saturday afternoon and I was just going about the house doing chores as the girlfriend goes out for groceries as we do every saturday. Today was different though. The girlfriend came bolting through the front door, screaming my name and telling me that she has a surprise for me. And there it sat on the driveway.



A 1997 RX-7. This wasn't a surprise. It's just plain horror this. I asked my girlfriend what is going on and as I fearfully predicted, she now owns an FD.



The whole car looks remarkably clean all around apart from paint chips on the front bumper. A quick look around shows that it was sitting on RX-8 R3 rims wrapped in Michelin PS3s, series 8 RX-7 Spirit R brakes and RE Amemiya exhaust.



The same goes for the interior. No wires or vacuum lines with aftermarket gauges strung about and the seats seems to be reupholstered. It was almost hard to fathom that she managed to bag a nearly perfect FD.



A quick look under the bonnet diminishes my doubt of her purchase. This car was well taken care off. I was in such shock that I believe that I did come a bit strong on my girl asking about the price and lecturing the woes of owning a rotary.

"You know I have savings right? Besides, I think Rexy is rather pretty." Not even a day in and the FD has already got a name. She then goes on to explain that she has been paid well and the Turd did cover a hefty sum of the FD.

"From now on, I'm the one who's gonna leave you behind when we are on our way back from work. Who knows, I might just reach home a lot earlier than you do in the future." Yes, it is cheeky. However, it's hard to ignore that she already has plans for her newly acquired car. Even as it is, I doubt the WRX could match with the FD.