Hi James,
Haven't posted for a while as my project has stalled temporarily. This is because I have to pay someone to do the work i.e. engine out for new rods, gearbox for new clutch and diff etc, stuff I would not attempt myself. Unfortunately the only mechanic I trust, his mothers sister passed away recently so he had to travel back to mainland UK to consol his mother (we live in Jersey in case you weren't aware)...all understandable but as yet I don't know when he will be back and we can progress. Small point I want to make is two fold, one; you have carried out most if not all the work on your car and turning it in to the very fine specimen that it is, serious attention to details, and two; you refer to others (peers) and their fine examples, well my friend as you have probably gathered others refer to yours in the same way - I certainly do.
On a personal note, I'm 38 have a 3yr old boy and a girl due in Jan...my LCR was a replacement for an RX8 as we needed more space for a family. The wife gave me cart blanche to go and get a family car and was seriously upset when I rolled up in the LCR (she was typically expecting a 4x4)....and she has hated it ever since, that was 3 years ago. I noted from some of your previous posts maintaining motivation and direction can be an issue as everyday life throws up its challenges that puts it all in doubt. As you can imagine I too have been through this and so have many others on here, but that is what is good about this forum (in particular), as you have highlighted already. I'm not getting any younger (old in comparison to most on here), but I now have direction (BT build with view to track) and you and the others on here keep me motivated. Please keep it up
Chris
PS. not very busy at work hence the waffle
Haven't posted for a while as my project has stalled temporarily. This is because I have to pay someone to do the work i.e. engine out for new rods, gearbox for new clutch and diff etc, stuff I would not attempt myself. Unfortunately the only mechanic I trust, his mothers sister passed away recently so he had to travel back to mainland UK to consol his mother (we live in Jersey in case you weren't aware)...all understandable but as yet I don't know when he will be back and we can progress. Small point I want to make is two fold, one; you have carried out most if not all the work on your car and turning it in to the very fine specimen that it is, serious attention to details, and two; you refer to others (peers) and their fine examples, well my friend as you have probably gathered others refer to yours in the same way - I certainly do.
On a personal note, I'm 38 have a 3yr old boy and a girl due in Jan...my LCR was a replacement for an RX8 as we needed more space for a family. The wife gave me cart blanche to go and get a family car and was seriously upset when I rolled up in the LCR (she was typically expecting a 4x4)....and she has hated it ever since, that was 3 years ago. I noted from some of your previous posts maintaining motivation and direction can be an issue as everyday life throws up its challenges that puts it all in doubt. As you can imagine I too have been through this and so have many others on here, but that is what is good about this forum (in particular), as you have highlighted already. I'm not getting any younger (old in comparison to most on here), but I now have direction (BT build with view to track) and you and the others on here keep me motivated. Please keep it up
Chris
PS. not very busy at work hence the waffle