When it rains it pours

Wow, 2 blog posts from me within a week of each other - the devil may be breaking out his winter coat ;)

As I mentioned in my last post - I have 6 vehicles... One would think that would be enough chances to have working, legal transportation, right?

Well, the cop car's transmission decided to go belly up over the weekend - it slips in 3rd gear and won't go into overdrive or reverse (the reverse problem makes for interesting parking!). Repairing the transmission would cost more than I paid for the car 4 years ago, so it may be time to let her go - car #1 down.

The miata developed a bad coolant leak - it sprays out from somewhere behind the engine at high RPM - there's one gasket I am going to try to replace and hope that's the problem, otherwise its the headgasket, which is a major job, and I may just swap the engine if that's the problem - car #2 down.

The jag has a check engine light calling out the o2 sensor, which is a pricey part, and my debug says it may not even be the problem, so I've been trying to read up and figure that one out... in the mean time, I'm not comfortable driving it around with the CEL on and the inspection has also expired - car #3 down.

The vette sprang a coolant leak from the thermostat housing this weekend and it also doesn't have a horn or blinkers, so its not inspected yet either - car #4 down.

The stang doesn't have a working parking break so its not inspected either, so technically shouldn't drive it either...and the battery needs charging - car #5 down.

The Harley works fine, but I need to get it re-inspected to make it legal, so technically vehicle #6 is down as well!

What does all this tell me? ... I need another car to increase my odds of having one that works ;)

Just under a year

So I'm sneaking this post in just under the year mark, thanks to a little prodding from Taylor. So what's happened to me in a year - lets hit the highlights in case ya'll missed anything:

I started (and am still!) dating a wonderful girl, Dot, who's back in New Orleans finishing up grad school for the time being.

As I mentioned in my last post, which was actually done from London, I traveled Europe with Chad and Mel - London, Paris, Munich, and Rome - good times - still can't believe its been a year we were there!

Vegas trip with some of the guys from work - crazy times - cracked a rib attempting to snow ski - the rest stays in Vegas...

Couple of Wedding shout outs - congrats Jeff & Becky and Greg & Maureen.

I've been auto-crossing my little red nugget once or twice a month, fairly successfully I might add - they kicked me out of the novice class from both the Austin and San Antonio clubs because I came in 1st place, so now I'm racing with the big boys and still holding my own - I've got a few videos out there on my YouTube account if your curious.

Other automotive news - I bought a '99 Jaguar XJ8 a few months back. So for those who can't keep track - that's 6 vehicles - '68 Mustang, '72 Corvette, '90 Miata, '94 Crown Vic Cop car, '98 Harley Sportster, '99 Jaguar XJ8 - and one driver :) I really need to get a picture with all of them together for ridiculousness' sake.

And most recently, Dot and I went on a cruise to Cozumel and Progreso - Awesome time - I highly recommend cruises to those who haven't been on one! Pics out on my Imagestation account for the time being (fyi, Imagestation is shutting down in a few months, so I'll probably move all my pics to Shutterfly).

One last thing - I now own a Wii. Highlight of ownership so far was watching my mother and grandmother play Doubles Tennis together on the Wii Sports game - amazing the cross generational appeal this system has - Nintendo really has hit a home run...

That's all for now - lets see if I post again before next September!