Just wanted to throw this out there, for those of you who know my Schaumburg / Chicago days you know that I am the king in drifting (need for speed that is, don’t have the guts to take my car drifting… yet) and LOVE all types of drifting – the video below IS the best drifting video I’ve ever seen, bar none.  BAR none, there is no bar!

Why do I want to buy the same car I just had? Why wouldn’t I buy a different car, get some variety and grasp this opportunity? Well, this video may explain it.

“Of all the cars I’ve driven this year, I’m pretty sure – this one, is the best” – Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear

My favorite auto show, Top Gear, and my car was on it! I was so stoked when I saw it.

I couldn’t agree more.

Want one of these?

Sad news, but I’m glad that this can happen and I can have my sanity at the same time. I found out this morning that there is more wrong with Rachel, my eagle talon, than what I thought / was told last week. I went to Dobb’s (mech. shop) to pick up my car because they said that it was fixed and that it was ready to be picked up. The reason it wasn’t working was a mystery to them, and still was when I went to pay and pick up my keys. 2 fuses were blown, and the oil tank was completely empty!? which is ridiculous because I just got an oil change 4 weeks before this incident. I went to pick up my car with Rob to drive my new car back (a half hour from home) got in the car, and tried to start it… the same thing happened. So basically I paid for a mech shop to give my car back in the exact same condition i handed it to them? no, not on my watch.
So long story short, I am getting full refund for the repairs and work done prior to, but… now my best option is to have it toed (pay for it) to a dump and get paid ‘maybe’ for the toe charge amount. So it’s crushed my spirits a little bit, but who knows, maybe i’ll put it on craig’s list for 400 bucks and it’ll be taken out of my hands.
eeeeeek!

I bought a new car! I’ve been looking for a while now and knew that I didn’t want to go through a rerun of last winter with the car I currently had (some know her as rachel, the eagle)… it just wasn’t reliable. So with my new job I knew that I didn’t want to have any possibillity of missing work and creating a bad impression. and that is THE only reason I got a new car…………….
yeah right! I’m am pleased to unleash my New car! It is a Mazda RX-8 with the famous 212 hp rotary engine, 18 rims, and more fun to go around. It is by far going to be a journey to afford it but it is a journey worth traveling.
I have more pictures in my photo gallery (use the button on the left) in the category My Car. But for you lazy people who don’t want to click the button here’s some appetizers for yah…

She’s my new baby, has yet to earn a name yet, but that’s part of the fun
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