Monday, June 30, 2003

I think that I have seventeen-year-old-itis. As in I like cars.
As you may know, I have a car, a 1990 honda civic hatchback. Well, I have always thought of it as a pretty crappy car, but now I am putting more time and money in to it, it is becoming my dream car. (Well, technically I share it with my sister, but I want to change that). A while ago, James and I took apart the engine more so than I ever had before on any car. I had never really seen the inside of any engine, so it was a bit interesting. Well, since it is such a simple car, I have been thinking about doing something to it to "work on" it. Today was that day. After school, I went out and got some new spark plugs and a new distributor cap. These, apparently, are the things needed for a standard tune up, so I went ahead and taught myself how to install them (it's not that hard, really) and just got back from taking the car on a 'test drive' with the new components. Well, the car... purrs. That is the best I can put it. It is so cool to be able to make the car better, run better. I am still shaking from attempting to find the car's new top speed. All I can say is that I know it is above what is was this morning. If you know what it used to be, don't tell my parents :)
Anyway, the next step for me is to get an amplifier and some new speakers. By the end of the summer, I plan on having my car just the way I want it. Okay, now take another deep breath, David.