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02-21-2013, 01:54 PM
I can't believe I've done this. It was always going to be "just another week or so," and now it's a year. So the question is: is there anything I should do before trying to start it? Maybe put a little oil in the top end and crank it over w no spark? And if the gas has turned to varnish then it will run like shit or not run at all. I'm hoping that if I can get it started, and maybe have put an additive in the tank, it will run like shit long enough to flush through the old gas through. I'm really not looking forward to cleaning out the whole system, which I will probably not do.
It's been maybe 3 years since I've been on the site, glad to see some of the regulars still popping away. I've been so conflicted about my car. It got hit in the right rear quarter ($1700 insurance check), then a bookcase fell on it in the garage ($800 insurance). So in a couple of months I got more than I ever could have sold it for, and I know that anything I put into it will never come out. My wife says i can't drive it as is (more to the point, she won't be seen in it). It needs a new center pipe in the exhaust, probably a new power steering hose, the usual oil leaks fixed, and some rust over the rear wheel wells repaired (I have new steel inserts), but that's about it. The leather interior is cherry ($450 into the driver's seat for new leather awhile ago), it has Bilsteins/1" drop Eibachs (I revalved the Bilsteins twice to get them right), new tires, v nice stock SE-i wheels), Hellas, a working original Bose system, and Infinity speakers. Paint is original, car has always been garaged. I got the last bronze-tint windshield (only in the SE-i) in North America by driving up to Montreal about 6 years ago. The Bilsteins and Eibachs are now unobtanium.
So what do I do? If it leaves, I know it's gone for good, irreplaceable. Yet, to fix it up implies a level of financial commitment and anticipated use that I don't -think- I'm ready for. So it has just sat there. But I didn't intend to fuck it up, for chrissake.
Thanks,
Hal
It's been maybe 3 years since I've been on the site, glad to see some of the regulars still popping away. I've been so conflicted about my car. It got hit in the right rear quarter ($1700 insurance check), then a bookcase fell on it in the garage ($800 insurance). So in a couple of months I got more than I ever could have sold it for, and I know that anything I put into it will never come out. My wife says i can't drive it as is (more to the point, she won't be seen in it). It needs a new center pipe in the exhaust, probably a new power steering hose, the usual oil leaks fixed, and some rust over the rear wheel wells repaired (I have new steel inserts), but that's about it. The leather interior is cherry ($450 into the driver's seat for new leather awhile ago), it has Bilsteins/1" drop Eibachs (I revalved the Bilsteins twice to get them right), new tires, v nice stock SE-i wheels), Hellas, a working original Bose system, and Infinity speakers. Paint is original, car has always been garaged. I got the last bronze-tint windshield (only in the SE-i) in North America by driving up to Montreal about 6 years ago. The Bilsteins and Eibachs are now unobtanium.
So what do I do? If it leaves, I know it's gone for good, irreplaceable. Yet, to fix it up implies a level of financial commitment and anticipated use that I don't -think- I'm ready for. So it has just sat there. But I didn't intend to fuck it up, for chrissake.
Thanks,
Hal