So I took Buick over to WSU to have a vasectomy (now his balls are merely decorative)... but that trip really threw me off on getting fun stuff done
It took me 7 hours to do a normally 5 hour (4.5 at my speeds) drive. Eastern Washington was full of fire, so I got to take a detour behind some jerkoff in a Leaf (I kept hoping he'd run out of electricity... but no, 25 mph for 10 miles)... all to avoid one fire. The other major route was closed because they are widening the highway with dynamite. So I got to the 2 lane highway well later than planned. Came over a hill, deer in my lane - facing the other lane... figured I'd play roulette and go behind him, that was probably the wrong thing as I hit him (killed him). Side air bags went off (why, dunno), couldn't get out the driver's door and the seatbelt was locked. Destroyed the fender, hood, headlight, driver's door, and he got a kick in the passenger door before bouncing off down the highway.... I hate bambi.
Once I got to a town (I figured I might as well keep going since it ran), I stopped and apprised the damage. The colorful locals were more concerned about whether or not I knew that I could butcher the deer that I'd hit... fortunately one of them have a texas toothpick to cut the air bags out of the way.
So, rather than working on fun things, I've been putting this thing together. When we bought the car, it came pre-dented by the PO so we got the car for a pretty good deal.... so time to fix it all.
because the car was pre-dented, I'd already bought a driver's side fender to replace the slightly dented original... good thing I didn't have time to put it on before now
As you can see, Buick is no worse for wear and is quite helpful.
such a cute little guy
strangely, though, the new shop dog is Kensie - my wife's new bloodhound... she helps... ish
fixed the rear door
I've decided that if someone gives me grief about one side not being the same as the other, I'll go into a "it gets better mpg because they needed better aero on the passenger side"
effing deer
I ordered a new door skin for the driver's door. After the fiasco last time of trying to get the computer to recognize the new door when I replaced the rear, passenger door... I figured skinning would be easier.. it was... ish
you have to take these bits off the old door as they don't come with the new door - fortunately, it's easy to get the glue off with a bit of heat
and now the question - why isn't the airbag sensor touched? why did the bags go off? until I answer that question, I'm not plugging in the new stuff
so after 10 days, I finally get the hood - don't use Autowhatever - they're part of JC Whitney and terrible to deal with
and the hood was dented... at least I got a $100 discount for that bs
is making sure I'm doing a good job
and we're getting close
hopefully I can finish the bodywork tomorrow and spray it tuesday... or wednesday as I just remembered that I've still not ordered the paint.
It took me 7 hours to do a normally 5 hour (4.5 at my speeds) drive. Eastern Washington was full of fire, so I got to take a detour behind some jerkoff in a Leaf (I kept hoping he'd run out of electricity... but no, 25 mph for 10 miles)... all to avoid one fire. The other major route was closed because they are widening the highway with dynamite. So I got to the 2 lane highway well later than planned. Came over a hill, deer in my lane - facing the other lane... figured I'd play roulette and go behind him, that was probably the wrong thing as I hit him (killed him). Side air bags went off (why, dunno), couldn't get out the driver's door and the seatbelt was locked. Destroyed the fender, hood, headlight, driver's door, and he got a kick in the passenger door before bouncing off down the highway.... I hate bambi.
Once I got to a town (I figured I might as well keep going since it ran), I stopped and apprised the damage. The colorful locals were more concerned about whether or not I knew that I could butcher the deer that I'd hit... fortunately one of them have a texas toothpick to cut the air bags out of the way.
So, rather than working on fun things, I've been putting this thing together. When we bought the car, it came pre-dented by the PO so we got the car for a pretty good deal.... so time to fix it all.
because the car was pre-dented, I'd already bought a driver's side fender to replace the slightly dented original... good thing I didn't have time to put it on before now
As you can see, Buick is no worse for wear and is quite helpful.
such a cute little guy
strangely, though, the new shop dog is Kensie - my wife's new bloodhound... she helps... ish
fixed the rear door
I've decided that if someone gives me grief about one side not being the same as the other, I'll go into a "it gets better mpg because they needed better aero on the passenger side"
effing deer
I ordered a new door skin for the driver's door. After the fiasco last time of trying to get the computer to recognize the new door when I replaced the rear, passenger door... I figured skinning would be easier.. it was... ish
you have to take these bits off the old door as they don't come with the new door - fortunately, it's easy to get the glue off with a bit of heat
and now the question - why isn't the airbag sensor touched? why did the bags go off? until I answer that question, I'm not plugging in the new stuff
so after 10 days, I finally get the hood - don't use Autowhatever - they're part of JC Whitney and terrible to deal with
and the hood was dented... at least I got a $100 discount for that bs
is making sure I'm doing a good job
and we're getting close
hopefully I can finish the bodywork tomorrow and spray it tuesday... or wednesday as I just remembered that I've still not ordered the paint.
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