I am a genius and should be awarded my own apartment!

So, it's about that time for me to start moving out (or at least plan to), hearing my Dad complain about garage space and chores is getting older by the minute. So I've devised a brilliant idea, perhaps my best yet. I know it may sound crazy but it just might work. How bout this? I finish up my transfer credits, get a good paying job, and FINALLY move out and live on my own while I finish up my B.A. Problem solved, well sort of, easier said than done for sure. There is one sure thing though, once I do move out, my place is going to be nothing short of awesome.

In my search for "the ultimate man sanctuary", I came across what is perhaps the sweetest apartments I've seen. "The Castle Rock" apartments in Riverside. Now keep in mind, I have no knowledge of real estate, houses, or anything having to do with being a grown up for that matter, but these apartments are exactly what I'm looking for (aesthetically at least). This place looks like a resort!

check this piece!!!!: http://www.vacancy.com/california/riverside-apartments/castlerock/photos/


I can imagine it already, coming home to a quiet house, catching up on on my to-do list (which may look like this: frequent naps: CHECK, eating an assortment of foods that are never good for your heath: CHECK, laundry: IOU, being awesome:CHECK), and finally getting the car ready for an upcoming track night....HAHAHA bet you thought I forgot! [creepy french voice] "on the contrary muahahaha"

Along with these apartments looking amazing they JUST SO HAPPEN to be down the street from Adams Race Track!

random somebody: "oh hey, where's Jesse at?"

Answer: " pssssshhh, you already know"

[ that's right! instant "regular" at the track! ]

random somebody: "why"

Answer: "because race car"

I love it already, I cannot wait, I will not wait! See you guys you guys soon! and when you come to the house warming party remember, gifts are mandatory. And for the ladies, clothing OPTIONAL!

i don't want to break stuff

i haven't posted up in forever, mostly because not much has changed (with my car at least). Just been driving it daily and getting my "grown up Jesse" mode on. All in all it seems like it's paying off. I had made a promise to myself not to "play" around in my car while I finish up 2011. However, being as though the car is set up to have fun, makes it hard. Needless to say I've been taking her sliding on a daily basis for the past month or so. Fortunately I haven't hit anything. Sadly though, I came to the realization that My car needs a little work now. Tie rods, random boots, regular wear and tear pieces are gonna need to be replaced, but it's okay because I planned to get to all that anyways.
Come 2012 my car might be seeing a couple changes along with maintenance. Welded diff and maybe some angle mods. I've also been dying to get some headers so I'll probably get on some of those too.
I still suffer from a sickness I decided to name "want to own other cars syndrome." The case is mild but sometimes it's hard to fight. Lucky for me the Miata is awesome and makes it difficult to get rid of. Like I said, I drive it daily and it's proven to be one of my favorite cars thus far. I always have a great time driving it and it RARELY gives me any problems (knock on wood). The ride is comfortable enough for me not to complain and the power band is fun and "zippy", leaves Jesse a happy man at the end of the day.

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IMG_8222, a photo by gunwoo on Flickr.

do want

wht NA

wht NA, a photo by GAMEOVR on Flickr.

cafe cowboy

Cafe cowboy from benedict campbell on Vimeo.

slow

^^ pretty much sums up how things have been going, since my last entry (who knows how long ago that was), I haven't really been up to much. Slowly trying to finish up my "semi-wire tuck"...manage to get the hot side done finally. Sadly, I blew out the MAF in doing so, after having got that replaced my miata friend Andy hooked it up with an intake cone...So now I'm in the mist of making my own intake and relocating in to the cold side. I figured not only would it be more power efficient, but open up a lot of space on the hot side (showing off my tuck a bit)....I had originally planned to ge some sliding in this summer, but it might have to wait (funds :( )....all in all I'm taking things nice and slow

speaking of slow, check this little dude out!

tuckin' rim? nah son, tuckin' wires..

started tucking wires on the cold side yesterday, everything worked out pretty good, I managed to blow only one fuse in the process..lol..I'm going to delete the Charcoal Canister too, hopefully it looks good after...I'm so exited to finally have a semi-tucked bay, I've been wanting to have it done for years!

pics for reference:

(not my car, but it's an accurate depiction of the cluttered stock bay)


(my bay as of today)

automotive tetris

summer is coming and I'm finding myself pinching every last penny to get my car ready for events. It's just my luck that my starter is going ohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifut. Luckily I managed to fins a pretty cheap one from a guy locally (...turned out to be a really nice guy, I even picked up an open diff for pretty cheap. Hopefully in about a week I can get it welded, save for a spare clutch and go out and have some fun. REALLY CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!



while cleaning up the new diff, I decided to bring Ginger along, I told her that if she wants to hang out with the boys she's gotta man up!

americas most wanted????

it ain't nothin' but a gangsta party-tupac

r-o-c-k in the USA

summer nights should be pretty sweet this year

what's your dream car?

I always will have the same reply. Integra type-r, I don't care what year or what color, as long as it's a REAL type-r with USDM front. Some day, some how I will get it and when I do, I'll probably shed a tear.

tan tops

although I'm really happy with my black interior-black top, biege/tan ones look pretty hard when done right.

fender flares

Normally I don't like bolt on fender flares, but these are amazing! I can't say I disagree with the mini truck style wheels either.

LIFE: Inching Along

As days go on I find myself eager to see just what 2011 has in store. So far i have no complaints, things are working out pretty good. School, my car, finances, family, my amazing girlfriend, life is good. Everything is "okay" and "okay" is alright with me.

I wanna give big thanks to French at Ivyleagueeast.com for giving me a feature on his site.

LINK: Postured Meowta

click, clank, boom, crush

press play before reading!




Recently i managed to pick up a bucket seat for pretty cheap. It's a Sparco Sprint Jr., it feels amazing. Sadly, I didn't get to enjoy it for very long as my diff blew to pieces.

For a couple days I had been hearing subtle whining noises, I assumed them to be an ailed throw out bearing crying for help. Little did I know it was actually my differential that was crying. Driving around town, the noise was geting louder, and the whining was being accompanied by grinding metal sounds.Then- BOOOOMMMMMMMMM, my wheels locked, car skidded to a stop, and the diff bled to death all over the pavement. About four days later I managed to pick up a viscous unit, install it, and satisfying lay down two streaks of rubber!!!!!!!!!!!




Now that things are back on track I can focus on the important things in life.....Crushed Velvet!!!!

permanent PMS

MEEESTA SPARKOH!!!!

So I am going to be changing my timing belt soon and it soon struck me that it would be the perfect time to get creative with my valve cover..So after days of contemplating styles and colors, I decided to go with a deep red layed over a metallic base coat.As the ball started rolling, one thing lead to another and the situation soon snowballed into a glittery ruby sparkly delicious mess..

Started by sanding down a spare valve cover I got a the junk yard, started like this:



Then this (full polish woulda been nice) :



Taped it up and sprayed the glitter base coat:






Then I layed some red over it, a couple coats gave it a deeper "ruby" tone to it



and finally shot it with "glittery" clear, end result:

If Marty McFly lived in the 90's he'd have a DSM

My inner "early 2000's modified car" taste deep inside me reminded me of my secret crush on DSMs...the world needs more of these....aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnd cue the thoughts of reliability issues and crank walk.....

motha trucka!

sometimes i run into stupid ideas, or at least they seem stupid to me...like this:





^^^thanks Mazda , i love the way you mount stuff in retarded places and on top of that make nuts impossible to move by mounting them on top of a rubber cylinder.

looks expensive

A morning of nothing to do permitted me to finally do little things around the car."clean this, tighten that" kinda stuff. I decided to attack the worn and beat exhaust pipe with Eagle One "never dull" but not before i Bitch slapped it with CLR to get off surface oxidation...All in all it took me about 40 minutes and came out nice...

I think there is something wrong with me

So today was a pretty good day, busy with flaav getting random errands done. I began to think about other cars (which happens a lot)....and I sometimes get these cravings to own other cars, sometimes a feel like a whore (automotive whore of course lol)..example: today I saw an s13 vert, I was like "whoa verts are sick!!!!" in my head I started making connections.

vert-convertible-hmmmm wonder what that feels like?- wait- I own a convertible- s13- I like s13- s13's are played out- but s13 verts, not so played out-my Miata is cool- I wonder if an s13 vert guy would wanna trade?- trades aren't good-hmmmmmmm

Then I remembered I said I wouldn't get another RWD Nissan unless it was another z

z32- I loved my z- z's are sick-....you can probably guess my thinking went on and on...

this may be a serious problem