10-26-2006, 10:04 AM
back from the dead!
-so, I sold the Progress coilovers for a bit more than I bought them, so that was good.
-I love the car with the new goodies. Turn-in is very aggressive, but the car still feels pretty neutral. I haven't tracked it, or driven it extremely hard for that matter, (nor do I intend to) but I feel like it would be a ton of fun for more than just a DD
-coming home from a dinner last Friday, I hit a deer. It didn't sound too bad and it was pitch black so I couldn't see anything, so I drove a couple miles to get to a gas station. Driver front fender, turn signal, and headlight were destroyed. Fender was wrinkled up and bent in so much that the tire rubbed any time it hit a bump. Drove it the rest of the way home. Pulled off old parts in an hour on Saturday and determined nothing else was damaged. Picked up a used (black) fender from a local junkyard on Monday and installed that. Just waiting on some "Ebay special" lights to finish the job. Total repair looks like it will be a bit under $200, so not too bad. I'm just glad it wasn't a big deer and it wasn't a worse wreck, and that I'm okay.
-Otherwise, this car has been a perfect daily driver.
-so, I sold the Progress coilovers for a bit more than I bought them, so that was good.
-I love the car with the new goodies. Turn-in is very aggressive, but the car still feels pretty neutral. I haven't tracked it, or driven it extremely hard for that matter, (nor do I intend to) but I feel like it would be a ton of fun for more than just a DD
-coming home from a dinner last Friday, I hit a deer. It didn't sound too bad and it was pitch black so I couldn't see anything, so I drove a couple miles to get to a gas station. Driver front fender, turn signal, and headlight were destroyed. Fender was wrinkled up and bent in so much that the tire rubbed any time it hit a bump. Drove it the rest of the way home. Pulled off old parts in an hour on Saturday and determined nothing else was damaged. Picked up a used (black) fender from a local junkyard on Monday and installed that. Just waiting on some "Ebay special" lights to finish the job. Total repair looks like it will be a bit under $200, so not too bad. I'm just glad it wasn't a big deer and it wasn't a worse wreck, and that I'm okay.
-Otherwise, this car has been a perfect daily driver.