Wow, update.
Ah Mazda, you shall echo with
kargyraa no more. It was taking too much money and time to maintain a long-distance (<- 148,000 mi ha!) relationship with you and besides, I found someone else, someone who would complement my rockstar lifestyle. I'm glad we parted on friendly terms as you were sold to the highestonly bidder. Net loss: $1000 - $950 = $50
Excluding the money I put into repairing you... not so bad I think. Also got your goddamn horn-pad replaced. Thank you internet for part number searches and not having to pay the dealer for a 150% more expensive horn assembly. I know it's sudden, but the Integra is so much nicer, no vibration before 80, and she screams like a soft, seductive banshee at 120. With all the counselling
online I've been spending a lot of time with her, caressing wiring and getting to know what makes her tick. She's changed too, shedding that irritating automatic antenna for a nice S2000 stubby, and replacing her torn crappy stock speakers with a couple of 3-way Pioneers. Audiophile I'm not, but damn those sound so much better. We have big plans, once the Auxiliary Input Converter comes in I'm going to try making a console-inset RCA/power outlet. It's going to be such a bondo-ing experience.
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Vitamin B12 can make your pee bright fluorescent, yellow.
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Speaking of rockstar lifestyles, now that the pool is clean I'm one step closer to being found facedown in it one morning, clutching "Ol' Bess", my trusty Guitar Hero controller. I can only hope that the controversy surrounding my clichéd demise includes drunken midget abductions and drug-fueled alien orgies.