Cars !!!!!!

**rocketman** · 03-22-2006

have you ever been so fustrated with a project you could just scream.man i am so tired of cars at this monent,i think i'll spend the summer playin golf.

Sponsored Links

**shmoov69** · 03-22-2006

If only I played golf! I do wash my balls quite often though!

**mpozzi** · 03-22-2006

That's the cool thing about both cars AND golf. You can put them down and pick 'em back up at any time. Seriously though, I know what you mean about car projects and if you need to step back for a bit, just do it.

Mary Pozzi

**protouring70** · 03-23-2006

Man I couldn't agree more!!! This project has killed it for me. Nothing has gone right, I spent 12,000 more on the project than I had originaly told my wife. We are both wanting to sell and buy a newer home but we can't because all of our money is tied up in the car.
Man i could go on and on....
Sorry to take over but you caught me on the bad day.

**CAMAROBOY69** · 03-23-2006

I completely feel your pain right now. I am EXTREMELY frustrated with my car. And its not even the cars fault. The whole "bad" power steering box situation really put me over the edge this week. I have also been screwed 3 times in the last week with shipping. Im still wainting for my defective video card to be returned with a new one. What a week and its only thursday..

**scogin918** · 03-23-2006

I know exactly how you feel. I just got my radiator after a long wait fom Ron Davis for my LS1 and guess what; NO STEAM VENT FITTING!!! This coupled with the fact that I now have to pull the entire motor to put on the new A/C Compressor and bracket from Vintage Air has brought me this close to putting a post in the For Sale section.

**Bob Johnson** · 03-23-2006

Originally Posted by protouring70

Man I couldn't agree more!!! This project has killed it for me. Nothing has gone right, I spent 12,000 more on the project than I had originaly told my wife. We are both wanting to sell and buy a newer home but we can't because all of our money is tied up in the car.
Man i could go on and on....
Sorry to take over but you caught me on the bad day.

I wish I'd gone just $12K over..multiply that times 40 and you'll be about what I went over..come over and we'll cry over a beer..

**rocketman** · 03-24-2006

Originally Posted by Bob Johnson

I wish I'd gone just $12K over..multiply that times 40 and you'll be about what I went over..come over and we'll cry over a beer..

i gave on budgets,adds to the fustration level.

**kennyd** · 03-23-2006

should read the can rocketman

**rocketman** · 03-23-2006

Originally Posted by kennyd

should read the can rocketman

you got me on that one,i learned a lesson,last week just when i think i know everything,i learn something less,mother nature didn't help thou with the damn tornado's and hail.

but it's been the whole redo,from start to now.any jusy had to vent a little.nice to know not every project is prefect.

**rocketman** · 03-23-2006

oh,kenny the base is on and cleared.

**RatMalibu** · 03-23-2006

I haven't touched mine in months for that reason......yanked the tranny and its sitting in the floor next to the car......one of these days I might feel up to messing with it.....maybe...until then I'll just keep paying insurance while it rest on jackstands :(

**MarkM66** · 03-23-2006

I hear you. Sometimes I wonder if I even like working on cars....

**JoshStratton** · 03-23-2006

I love working on cars, but I feel your pain. Its just like anything else. If you stare at it long enough, it all becomes complaicent. That is why it is good to have other hobbies, like Adam kind of said. He plays games. I used to play games all the time, but got bored with them cause that is all I did. I concentrated more on cars to get over it and now I have really taken a liking to landscaping. There is something about planting little trees and stuff, and watching nature take them over (birds, butterflies, deer...)
and I am not even

!

On a related note, I am seriously thinking about not doing the tail panel project from my 79 Trans Am that I have in Project Updates. The more I look at the stock body, the more I like it as is. Plus, since the car is going to be beat on, I dont know if I want to put that much custom work into something that will probably be dinged up in a hurry anyway.

**Ralph LoGrasso** · 03-23-2006

I can hardly stand cars anymore, I feel your pain. Because of a family illness, my '68 has been put on hold almost this entire year (family comes first) and my remaining camaro has been down for a month and a half with either a defective clutch or a tranny problem. It's been too damn cold out to even change the clutch and get it back on the road. First, it's warmer than it should be all winter, now it's colder than it should be once spring comes. I've come about this l..... l close to selling both cars and buying a sport bike and calling it a day (about four times actually). Faster, cheaper, warrantied.

**CAMAROBOY69** · 03-23-2006

Ralph,
I know exactly what you are talking about when it comes to cold. In the winter I never used to touch my cars. But now I have a heater in there and it made life soooo much better. Its a furnace out of a trailer and works killer!!! I would never be this far on my car without that heater. I think I bought it used for $150 last year. Paid $40 for a thermostat. Best garage investment so far and a killer price to heat a 2 1/2 stall garage within minutes!! I usually set it to 65* and work without a coat on. Its heaven!
Sorry to hear about the family illness.

**Ralph LoGrasso** · 03-23-2006

Thanks.

Yeah, garage heaters are killer. The last time I worked on the SS in November before the PT cruise, I plugged in this old portable heater in the garage and it was great for the day. My garage is too small (packed 1 car) to work in on a normal basis, so most of the big stuff has to be done in the driveway, though. It's usually either too hot (summer) or too cold (winter). There's like 1 month of happy-medium weather, haha.

**BonzoHansen** · 03-23-2006

I feel your pain. I get that feeling when I take something apart and find something worse. Like the rotted mount pad on my 77 sub frame. Ugh.

Hang in there, Ralph. Things happen. Look at the bright side, the longer you wait, the more cool parts that hit the market.

**vanzuuk1** · 03-23-2006

Ralph I am in the same boat, I cant even open my drivers door in my garage and get out unless the windows rolled down.

Dont get a sportbike, stick with the car. Your license and your body will thank you for it. You know the way cars are a love/hate thing? Bikes are even worse, one day you have such a cool ride and the next day your watching a friend get carted off in an ambulance.

**Ralph LoGrasso** · 03-24-2006

Originally Posted by vanzuuk1

Ralph I am in the same boat, I cant even open my drivers door in my garage and get out unless the windows rolled down.

Dont get a sportbike, stick with the car. Your license and your body will thank you for it. You know the way cars are a love/hate thing? Bikes are even worse, one day you have such a cool ride and the next day your watching a friend get carted off in an ambulance.

We need to get us a big garage, haha.

I hear ya on the sport bike thing, it's one of those irrational-never-going-to-happen-dreams. My best friend's, friend was just killed a few months back, actually. LI is too crowded, especially for what dumb kinds like me would be doing on a bike, but I still like to proclaim the bike as an alternative for myself, it sometimes gets me motivated to actually get to work on the car, haha.

Enter your username:
Do you want to login or register?	I want to create an account To login, enter your password:
Enter your password:
Forgot your password?	Stay logged in

Login / Register Close Panel

Thread: Cars !!!!!!

Display

Hybrid View

Cars !!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!