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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Nausicaa - Project Update - More Parts Ordered

Today I got closer to a milestone in the current phase of our 1993 Honda Prelude project, Nausicaa.
I ordered the vast remainder of the parts that we are planning to do at this phase. All that is really left outstanding is the dashboard instruments and coilovers to be added (though Bryan Hise at Olsen Motorsports has been taking measurements and getting CAD work done for our one off JRZ coilovers).

The parts ordered today cover a lot of ground. Again, not pictures at this point as parts were ordered and none have been delivered.

Monday, March 18, 2019

The answer is not always Miata...

One more for my series on packing Cagalli Yula (2014 Subaru BRZ).
Today we picked up a 6 ft. folding table and 4 folding chairs for an event we are hosting and packed them in our car. That was along with our bin that holds our detailing, spare oil, maintenance, and emergency items as well as a snow shovel.

Extended Test Drive 2018 Ford Fiesta ST

We made a trip down to Atlanta, GA for Holly's grandmother's birthday and got another rental car. We were originally trying to rent a manual Dodge Challenger but none were available and Holly said no to a Chevrolet Camaro (plus the Corvette was too expensive for our liking this time); we rented the second cheapest car they had at $113 for 4 days (not including taxes and fees). The cheapest car was $111 for the same time span and an automatic Toyota Yaris hatchback.
Needless to say, we were pleasantly surprised.
The manual Ford Fiesta variant we rented was a Fiesta ST, the performance version of Ford's smallest econo-hatch. Also, it was orange:
Starting with styling, I rather like the front grill on this. I also think that the headlights are too large for the car though. This is especially true on the profile show below. Also, it would have been nicer if it used HID or LED headlights instead of non-projector halogens.