Garage Moneypit
Timo's collected adventures in car- and bikedom
Category car
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
I can’t believe I’ve actually owned this car for over a year. Unfortunately it got stuck in the back of my workshop when the Subaru BRZ decided to lunch its...
I finally managed to get the Subaru BRZ out on the track for an HPDE event. It also was my first time on Summit Point’s Shenandoah circuit. Unfortunately the engine...
I'm about to take the BRZ to a trackday, but as usual this requires some additional prep work. I'm pulling the fuel pump at the last minute to add a...
Picked up the car from the bodyshop a few days ago and am very happy with the results. Apparently it only took one pull to straighten out the damage, and...
Today was DMV day. You’re supposed to make an appointment at the DMV at the moment instead of just showing up, so I had made one as soon as I...
Went to visit the car at the bodyshop yesterday after work. They reckon it’s going to be a fairly easy job and that most of the damage should just pull...
Just before I sent the car to the body shop, I had to make another minor “fix”. I’m just not cool enough to rock this kind of interior light:
I’ve written about my S2000 and the idea of using it as a track car before. I did end up using it on the track once, but I wasn’t really...
I spent a few days before Labor day weekend bouncing almost halfway across the country - well, at least to the other side of the Mississippi River - and back...
As usual I’m pulled in too many different directions to make much progress on my car projects. As a result I didn’t have much time to work on S2000 or...
Nothing much happened with the S2000 since the last post. I was chasing roof leaks on my shop and temporarily patch them. Today I finally got around checking the clutch...
Turns out that the Miata I bought back in May was a little more of a project that I wanted it to be. OK, that’s actually only partially true. The...
It’s been quite a while since my last post. We ended up moving across the US and between selling our previous house, buying another one, the move itself and all...
My experience with the Mazda dealer in Seaside was OK. We had some communications issue as everything was via phone with me being a couple of hundred miles away. On...
It’s always a little nerve wracking when you take a a new-to-you car to the track for the first time. It also really doesn’t help when the track is a...
Bunch of actual updates are coming, but I had to choose between wrenching time and some last minute fixes, or updating the thread.
Recovering the dashboard ended up being delayed, we’ll get to that shortly as I actually started doing that today.
Spent some time putting the Flyin miata suspension together today. I had ordered all new components (shocks, springs, bump stops and top mounts) so I could assemble the suspension without...
My original plan for tomorrow was to swap out the dash and the main carpet for the LE ones that I bought not too long ago. The guy I bought...
Time to deal with the next “big” interior mod before the really big interior mod. IOW, time to get rid of the fugly steering wheel.
Ended up fitting the exhaust sooner than I thought. It was straightforward - the exhaust came with all the hardware and (again, thanks to the climate), the exhaust on the...
I’m still in the “beginning to hoard parts” phase, plus I haven’t been feeling well for the last week or two, so not much progress. However I couldn’t stand wobbling...
Not much progress recently, had to spend time fixing my truck (for towing duty for the race car) and I am waiting for parts. Some of which arrived today:
The “painting by numbers” continues. One of the advantages of having had a few of these is that the basic jobs just naturally flow.
Today was the day to jack up the car, take the wheels off (boy are those ninetiestastic Momo wheels heavy), crawl underneath and see what I would find.
Unplanned purchase #1 showed up. I knew I wanted white wheels on the car for some reason, and I like TE37s, so the plan was to acquire a set of...
Went to the local AAA office last Monday to get the car registered. Even though our local DMV doesn’t have massive wait times, my wife had suggested I’d try AAA...
It’s about four years since I sold my last NA, which I swore would be the last one I would ever own. Same thing with the one before that, and...
Category miata
It’s been quite a while since my last post. We ended up moving across the US and between selling our previous house, buying another one, the move itself and all...
My experience with the Mazda dealer in Seaside was OK. We had some communications issue as everything was via phone with me being a couple of hundred miles away. On...
It’s always a little nerve wracking when you take a a new-to-you car to the track for the first time. It also really doesn’t help when the track is a...
Bunch of actual updates are coming, but I had to choose between wrenching time and some last minute fixes, or updating the thread.
Recovering the dashboard ended up being delayed, we’ll get to that shortly as I actually started doing that today.
Spent some time putting the Flyin miata suspension together today. I had ordered all new components (shocks, springs, bump stops and top mounts) so I could assemble the suspension without...
My original plan for tomorrow was to swap out the dash and the main carpet for the LE ones that I bought not too long ago. The guy I bought...
Time to deal with the next “big” interior mod before the really big interior mod. IOW, time to get rid of the fugly steering wheel.
Ended up fitting the exhaust sooner than I thought. It was straightforward - the exhaust came with all the hardware and (again, thanks to the climate), the exhaust on the...
I’m still in the “beginning to hoard parts” phase, plus I haven’t been feeling well for the last week or two, so not much progress. However I couldn’t stand wobbling...
Not much progress recently, had to spend time fixing my truck (for towing duty for the race car) and I am waiting for parts. Some of which arrived today:
The “painting by numbers” continues. One of the advantages of having had a few of these is that the basic jobs just naturally flow.
Today was the day to jack up the car, take the wheels off (boy are those ninetiestastic Momo wheels heavy), crawl underneath and see what I would find.
Unplanned purchase #1 showed up. I knew I wanted white wheels on the car for some reason, and I like TE37s, so the plan was to acquire a set of...
Went to the local AAA office last Monday to get the car registered. Even though our local DMV doesn’t have massive wait times, my wife had suggested I’d try AAA...
It’s about four years since I sold my last NA, which I swore would be the last one I would ever own. Same thing with the one before that, and...
Category build
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
I can’t believe I’ve actually owned this car for over a year. Unfortunately it got stuck in the back of my workshop when the Subaru BRZ decided to lunch its...
I finally managed to get the Subaru BRZ out on the track for an HPDE event. It also was my first time on Summit Point’s Shenandoah circuit. Unfortunately the engine...
I'm about to take the BRZ to a trackday, but as usual this requires some additional prep work. I'm pulling the fuel pump at the last minute to add a...
Picked up the car from the bodyshop a few days ago and am very happy with the results. Apparently it only took one pull to straighten out the damage, and...
Today was DMV day. You’re supposed to make an appointment at the DMV at the moment instead of just showing up, so I had made one as soon as I...
Went to visit the car at the bodyshop yesterday after work. They reckon it’s going to be a fairly easy job and that most of the damage should just pull...
Just before I sent the car to the body shop, I had to make another minor “fix”. I’m just not cool enough to rock this kind of interior light:
I’ve written about my S2000 and the idea of using it as a track car before. I did end up using it on the track once, but I wasn’t really...
I spent a few days before Labor day weekend bouncing almost halfway across the country - well, at least to the other side of the Mississippi River - and back...
As usual I’m pulled in too many different directions to make much progress on my car projects. As a result I didn’t have much time to work on S2000 or...
Nothing much happened with the S2000 since the last post. I was chasing roof leaks on my shop and temporarily patch them. Today I finally got around checking the clutch...
Turns out that the Miata I bought back in May was a little more of a project that I wanted it to be. OK, that’s actually only partially true. The...
It’s been quite a while since my last post. We ended up moving across the US and between selling our previous house, buying another one, the move itself and all...
My experience with the Mazda dealer in Seaside was OK. We had some communications issue as everything was via phone with me being a couple of hundred miles away. On...
It’s always a little nerve wracking when you take a a new-to-you car to the track for the first time. It also really doesn’t help when the track is a...
Bunch of actual updates are coming, but I had to choose between wrenching time and some last minute fixes, or updating the thread.
Recovering the dashboard ended up being delayed, we’ll get to that shortly as I actually started doing that today.
Spent some time putting the Flyin miata suspension together today. I had ordered all new components (shocks, springs, bump stops and top mounts) so I could assemble the suspension without...
My original plan for tomorrow was to swap out the dash and the main carpet for the LE ones that I bought not too long ago. The guy I bought...
Time to deal with the next “big” interior mod before the really big interior mod. IOW, time to get rid of the fugly steering wheel.
Ended up fitting the exhaust sooner than I thought. It was straightforward - the exhaust came with all the hardware and (again, thanks to the climate), the exhaust on the...
I’m still in the “beginning to hoard parts” phase, plus I haven’t been feeling well for the last week or two, so not much progress. However I couldn’t stand wobbling...
Not much progress recently, had to spend time fixing my truck (for towing duty for the race car) and I am waiting for parts. Some of which arrived today:
The “painting by numbers” continues. One of the advantages of having had a few of these is that the basic jobs just naturally flow.
Today was the day to jack up the car, take the wheels off (boy are those ninetiestastic Momo wheels heavy), crawl underneath and see what I would find.
Unplanned purchase #1 showed up. I knew I wanted white wheels on the car for some reason, and I like TE37s, so the plan was to acquire a set of...
Went to the local AAA office last Monday to get the car registered. Even though our local DMV doesn’t have massive wait times, my wife had suggested I’d try AAA...
It’s about four years since I sold my last NA, which I swore would be the last one I would ever own. Same thing with the one before that, and...
Category mazda miata
Today was the day to jack up the car, take the wheels off (boy are those ninetiestastic Momo wheels heavy), crawl underneath and see what I would find.
Category miata na
I’m still in the “beginning to hoard parts” phase, plus I haven’t been feeling well for the last week or two, so not much progress. However I couldn’t stand wobbling...
Category s2000
As usual I’m pulled in too many different directions to make much progress on my car projects. As a result I didn’t have much time to work on S2000 or...
Nothing much happened with the S2000 since the last post. I was chasing roof leaks on my shop and temporarily patch them. Today I finally got around checking the clutch...
Turns out that the Miata I bought back in May was a little more of a project that I wanted it to be. OK, that’s actually only partially true. The...
Category honda
I finally found some time to put the CB400F back on the road. It’s been sitting since I bought it last year - obviously on a charger - so it...
I needed another project like I needed a hole in my head, but then again this very, very low mileage Honda CB400 Four showed up fairly locally, so it was...
As usual I’m pulled in too many different directions to make much progress on my car projects. As a result I didn’t have much time to work on S2000 or...
Nothing much happened with the S2000 since the last post. I was chasing roof leaks on my shop and temporarily patch them. Today I finally got around checking the clutch...
Turns out that the Miata I bought back in May was a little more of a project that I wanted it to be. OK, that’s actually only partially true. The...
Category maxton
I can’t believe I’ve actually owned this car for over a year. Unfortunately it got stuck in the back of my workshop when the Subaru BRZ decided to lunch its...
I spent a few days before Labor day weekend bouncing almost halfway across the country - well, at least to the other side of the Mississippi River - and back...
Category rollerskate
I can’t believe I’ve actually owned this car for over a year. Unfortunately it got stuck in the back of my workshop when the Subaru BRZ decided to lunch its...
I spent a few days before Labor day weekend bouncing almost halfway across the country - well, at least to the other side of the Mississippi River - and back...
Category maxton rollerskate
I can’t believe I’ve actually owned this car for over a year. Unfortunately it got stuck in the back of my workshop when the Subaru BRZ decided to lunch its...
I spent a few days before Labor day weekend bouncing almost halfway across the country - well, at least to the other side of the Mississippi River - and back...
Category restoration
I can’t believe I’ve actually owned this car for over a year. Unfortunately it got stuck in the back of my workshop when the Subaru BRZ decided to lunch its...
I spent a few days before Labor day weekend bouncing almost halfway across the country - well, at least to the other side of the Mississippi River - and back...
Category motorcycle
I finally found some time to put the CB400F back on the road. It’s been sitting since I bought it last year - obviously on a charger - so it...
I noticed for a while that brought this bike home, it brought a whiff of petrol with it into the garage. It wasn’t quite enough to worry me, but I...
More ownership log plus some riding footage. Had to install lowered pegs to get a better knee angle - massive comfort gain, especially with the seat on the higher setting....
As it was the first weekend without horizontal rain since I had the R1200GS registered and inspected, I took it out for a bimble around some West Virginia back roads....
While I tried for quite a while to get comfortable on my GoldWing, in the end the ergonomics didn’t work for me. In the end, I decided that I’ll fall...
I needed another project like I needed a hole in my head, but then again this very, very low mileage Honda CB400 Four showed up fairly locally, so it was...
Category honda CB400 Four
I needed another project like I needed a hole in my head, but then again this very, very low mileage Honda CB400 Four showed up fairly locally, so it was...
Category subaru
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
I finally managed to get the Subaru BRZ out on the track for an HPDE event. It also was my first time on Summit Point’s Shenandoah circuit. Unfortunately the engine...
I'm about to take the BRZ to a trackday, but as usual this requires some additional prep work. I'm pulling the fuel pump at the last minute to add a...
Picked up the car from the bodyshop a few days ago and am very happy with the results. Apparently it only took one pull to straighten out the damage, and...
Today was DMV day. You’re supposed to make an appointment at the DMV at the moment instead of just showing up, so I had made one as soon as I...
Went to visit the car at the bodyshop yesterday after work. They reckon it’s going to be a fairly easy job and that most of the damage should just pull...
Just before I sent the car to the body shop, I had to make another minor “fix”. I’m just not cool enough to rock this kind of interior light:
I’ve written about my S2000 and the idea of using it as a track car before. I did end up using it on the track once, but I wasn’t really...
Category brz
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
I finally managed to get the Subaru BRZ out on the track for an HPDE event. It also was my first time on Summit Point’s Shenandoah circuit. Unfortunately the engine...
I'm about to take the BRZ to a trackday, but as usual this requires some additional prep work. I'm pulling the fuel pump at the last minute to add a...
Picked up the car from the bodyshop a few days ago and am very happy with the results. Apparently it only took one pull to straighten out the damage, and...
Today was DMV day. You’re supposed to make an appointment at the DMV at the moment instead of just showing up, so I had made one as soon as I...
Went to visit the car at the bodyshop yesterday after work. They reckon it’s going to be a fairly easy job and that most of the damage should just pull...
Just before I sent the car to the body shop, I had to make another minor “fix”. I’m just not cool enough to rock this kind of interior light:
I’ve written about my S2000 and the idea of using it as a track car before. I did end up using it on the track once, but I wasn’t really...
Category subaru brz
I finally managed to get the Subaru BRZ out on the track for an HPDE event. It also was my first time on Summit Point’s Shenandoah circuit. Unfortunately the engine...
I'm about to take the BRZ to a trackday, but as usual this requires some additional prep work. I'm pulling the fuel pump at the last minute to add a...
Picked up the car from the bodyshop a few days ago and am very happy with the results. Apparently it only took one pull to straighten out the damage, and...
Category bmw
I noticed for a while that brought this bike home, it brought a whiff of petrol with it into the garage. It wasn’t quite enough to worry me, but I...
More ownership log plus some riding footage. Had to install lowered pegs to get a better knee angle - massive comfort gain, especially with the seat on the higher setting....
As it was the first weekend without horizontal rain since I had the R1200GS registered and inspected, I took it out for a bimble around some West Virginia back roads....
While I tried for quite a while to get comfortable on my GoldWing, in the end the ergonomics didn’t work for me. In the end, I decided that I’ll fall...
Category trip
As it was the first weekend without horizontal rain since I had the R1200GS registered and inspected, I took it out for a bimble around some West Virginia back roads....
Category lotus
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
Category elise
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
Category lotus elise
The Subaru BRZ has been in the shop quite a while and we’ve run into a few more issues with the “new used” replacement engine. As a result, I decided...
