Trip Pictures

All of the trip pictures are posted here: http://cid-40aefbf4dd87530d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public

some are crap quality or blurry, but there they are!

Pictures coming soon

Need to clean up the car and post some new pictures of her at her new Home. Will also get the pictures from the camera up as well.

Home again

We are home. Safe and sound. Nite all!

You see the strangest things...

JGC count: 2

Near Abilene

Largest wind farm in the US

Dinner/Lunch

What? Are they killing the McPig in back?





Eating in Odessa then back on the road.

Home stretch

We are now officially back in Texas

Smells like Mexico

Going through Las Cruces

Just for Jim

Jim, the seller is reading this. He just called Brian and asked for more scenery pictures. Well, by request, here they are.

In New Mexico, getting close to Las Cruces

Hey!

Exploding doritoes

They popped in the Arizona mountains. Got them on the way to LA.

Doritoes at 7:30

Yum

On the road again....

Got a late-ish start today. On the road about an hour ago.

Just saw some Stott racing truck having something to do with NASCAR.

Yee Haw

Brian's slot trouble

He can't get his card on the room slot

Zits in bad places...

So we hit Arizona after getting two new rear tires near Palm Springs.

Long story (and lost previous post) AZ sucks for traffic. They change the speed limits. Lots of unmanned speed cameras. Lots of construction. Lots of cops.

We are safe at the hotel, and Beyonce is tucked in. Night to all

Arizona

Hello Arizona!!!
Hello 75 mph speed limit

Real estate

We can always buy some cheap land near the prison apparantly

Note to self

Do not pickup hitchhikers near state prisons.
As the signs state.

Tread separation

http://www.tirefailures.com/tirefailures.htm

The amazing massaging car

Looks like one of the rear wheels lost a weight. Car Feels like one of those massaging chairs.
Looking for a tire shop on the way to stop at.

Jerry rigging on the go

So. I am riding, and we didn't get a chance to hard wire in the radar detector. So. The first stop. I grab a knife. The wiring kit and a multimeter.

This is what I was able to come up with on the move. Not pretty but working like a champ.

Coincidence

So we are near LA. Because of that, I asked Brian what the most exotic car we'll probably see. I said a NSX. Har. Har.

Well. We saw *another* NSX

I like your corvette mister!

Up and atom

We are alive and well. Got on the road about an hour ago. About to hit I-5.

Gonna catch up on some posts from yesterday.




The batmobile all taped up.




Yeah.. Space is tight in the back. TWSS

Brian and Tony

We are at Katy Bloom's in Campbell. We met Brian's wife's uncle. Here they are:

We are so gay for each other

Picked up the car

We just picked up the car, and Brian and the seller are out for one last test drive. I am awaiting their return.

Looks like the seller got his new toy already:




P.S.: so my laptop died. All of the plans for using for the trip are for naught. I think it's the video chipset, so that may mean a whole new motherboard. FML

At least it should still be under warranty

Laptop

Seems to have died. Yay! So great to carry 10 lbs of worthless crap around

Unfortunately I didn't have room fo a book. Unlike Brian......

Note to self:

Tools and airport security don't mix

Detailing

Jim, the seller, sent the car to have a very good detail on Friday. He is paying for a scratch and dent removal/Clay Bar/Wax/Detail on the car. Will look even better when he gets it back around 10/30. Will post some more pictures at that time.

Figured I would upload some pictures for everyone to see, as we have not done that yet.

So, the trunk situation may be worse than we thought. The car has a (now disconnected) nitrous system. There are two nitrous bottles that come as part of the deal. So, the current thought is just to put them in the trunk. That looks something like:


For the math impared. That's roughly 3.6 cubic feet left for "luggage". o_O

Damn you rotors

So, we got some pictures of the damage on the rotors. Not terrible, but I think its fair to say that it is looking less and less inviting to go on a road trip on these...

So, these cars advertise roughly 5.5 cubic feet of space in the trunk. Thats kind of worrysome, considering that we're doing a two day road trip across nearly 1800 miles.

Tools. Food. Clothes. Some accessories. 5.5 cubic feet....

Damn!

So, Brian got the Pre-Purchase Inspection details back from the Acura dealer. The seller was really nice about it, and actually paid for it out of his pocket.

So, the results of all this, is that nothing is too bad. The only real thing of concern is the micro-fractures on the rotors. We are going back and forth as to whether this is something that we really ought to worry about.

Hopefully I can get Brian on this to start commenting on his own flippin' thoughts about this stuff. We may just change the rotors before we go. Luckily they are relatively cheap at ~$60 or so.

So here is the blog which I hope to use to document the crazy trip we have planned.

'What trip?', you, the intrepid reader may ask...

Well, Brian has been eyeballing a used NSX. The NSX is a super car built by Acura from 1991-2005. They've since stopped production, and killed any plans in the near future for any successor.

So, like I said, he's been eyeballing one for a while. He ended up finding one, and happened to be going on a business trip out to the San Francisco bay area, where the car was located. He test drove it, fell in love, and the rest is, as they say, history.

So, we are planning on picking up the car on November 13th, and driving it nearly 1800 miles in two days, to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

Holy freaking crap.