We're Back, And Twice As Annoying

Sadly, this was the last view I had...Now I know how the
driver in the other lane often felt.

Hello all,

Sorry for the delay but I was sans laptop for a good long time there, and while I could get my business done online via other computers, doing the whole thing was a bit much so I had to back-burner it.

Things have changed quite a bit. I'm no longer rocking the Roadmaster, having sold it for a small profit and moved onto an even bigger project, another Mercedes 240D manual trans. I'll do a wrap-up on the B-body soon and even see if I can dredge up the new owner's email for some updates.

I'm in an interesting space, waiting for the California Voluntary Advanced Vehicle Retirement program to get back to me. The 240D is quite beat - I tried to 'rescue' it from it's former life as an LA desert Mexican high-schooler's lowrider project, and kind of succeeded. I might be jinxing myself but I just think I picked a bad one this time and, considering that the state will give me 1500 bucks to junk it, I'd be better off getting something else with the proceeds rather than sink more of my limited funds into it.

I'm wading through Used Car Buying Circa 2012, seeing what's changed and what hasn't. I'm still 'urban camping' in my vehicle at the moment, so I can't go too gonzo on my next ride looking for G force induced thrills. But there are some pretty decent choices available in LA for 1500 bones and it's been interesting going through the elimination process to see what I'll end up with. Looking to see what I can get for the money, I've been investigating everything from cop cars (GM and Ford), small wagons, trucks, diesels, F-bodies and Supercharged Buicks.

So the Roadie all-rounder wasn't to be, and now I have a rat rodded 240D as my mobile palace/whip. More to come on that, the State of the Used Car Address, a wrap up on Grandpa's Revenge/Project Pig-Sticker and an introduction to Project Dead Meat, aka the doomed 240D. Stay tuned.