Let's Make a Deal...

Project R

Disclaimer: I should probably preface this post with the fact that although this blog may seem at times a little narcissistic... [and tbh, it probably is] I just figured I should just put something up here as an alibi if people wanna hate.

i <3 haters.

Pretty much every guy I knew growing up in jr. high/high school wanted to have an import car and fix it up. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with being practical, but c’mon…we’re teenagers, you’re supposed to dream! and not be realistic. Needless to say, I would dream about what car I would one day drive. I thought a civic or integra would be the most feasible.

Not just any civic though, I wanted the 2000 Si model in electric blue.

Or an Integra Type R in championship white…ahhH sooo sekushi !! !! Those were the two cars I would pine after. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about. I kinda wanted a car like in fast and the furious. And the civic was the one they used to hijack the semi during the movie (the one that went under the semi -_-) An integra was the one ja rule was driving. Nooo, Monica!!! :D

Old School…

Of course, come turning 16 and getting my permit/license, what did my parents get me for my first car? That’s right, a 93’ Honda Accord (10^th anniversary ed.)

woah woah woah!!!

before I get flamed for seemingly not being grateful, I AM very grateful to my parents for providing me with A CAR. That’s 10x more than most of the kids at my school got. And 100x more than most people.

So the 10^th anniversary accord was like the LX model with some of the features of the EX model. I think my car has MAYBE around 125hp at the crank. So 108whp. T_T

I got a comment from a girl [HS friend](recently) on me driving the accord,

“oh?! You’re STILL driving that accord!?”

like it was embarrassing or something! (kinda was…butt pleeeease. Like what I’m driving should really matterr! Note to self: I think I should keep the accord for future dates. Good way of knowing whatss upp with the date.

However, when the safety of not only myself, but my passengers is called into question, this is where the argument begins. Anytime I would floor it, my car would make plenty of noise, but didn’t go anywhere!!! This would lead to tough times on the on ramp while merging (LA/Pasadena old school on ramps were the worst...which are basically 0-60 exhibitions) as well as merging anywhere in general. (and no it’s not my driving) I would constantly have to put my car into D3 or 2 so that I would have some kind of power at the wheels when I merged. Also, I had no airbags for passenger or curtain air bags. Pretty much none of the current safety features of modern cars. Also the transmission rattles like crazy in anything but drive...even in drive too, actually lol. I also refused to put any money into this car, so my speakers eventually blew out. And while they were in their dying stages, I dubbed them the popcorn machine, because it sounded like it was popping some popcorn. Eventually the speakers blew out entirely and my sound system ceased to work. T_T [my dad replaced them just recently]

Anyways, I managed to drive this white stallion (grandma grocery getter) from its humble beginnings of 37k to 138k today. 101k put on by yours truly. I was definitely blessed with a pretty manageable car as I didn’t get into any major accidents, just a couple taps in the front (one that required a new hood)…and once in the back by some donk driving Saturn who won’t be named -_-

The storyyy…

I talked to my parents about getting a manual transmission soon after I received my accord. They said they would get me a different car when I turned 17. Sweet. So my integra and civic were still possible.

I got super excited and then my dad threw a curveball.

Wait till I graduate HS and get his STi or a brand new entry level car. Example: 2006 Civic Si (brand new)

Ohhh man, the STi aka beast! ! AMAZING! AllWheelDrive. 300whp. ::drool::

In hind sight, I probably should’ve swooped on this deal to close it out. Anyways, I said I’d wait.

And guess what happened come my time to choose again. That’s right, another deal was struck. He threw me another pitch and said I could get pretty much any car (within reason) I wanted when I graduated college. So like, BMW, Audi…etc.

I was like.

OH HOLD UP…::crosses arms in a thought provoking pose::

yeah, I’m going to wait, AGAIN!

To be honest…kinda feel like I got strung along like some kid at the ticket redemption in chuck e cheese. [not in a bad wayyy] justtt I could get a parachute guy now…[actually the parachute guys were awesome] or get the super cool plasma ball for 10,000 tickets -probably never-, but the illusion of one day getting it kept me thinking ahead. I’m a sucker for saving up for stuff sortta…but not really. Only when it comes to tickets @ video games. I had like 20k tickets at treasure island in vegas only for their arcade to close down T_T so I lost those. Sorry mom and dad, should’ve cashed those in, we just didn’t go to vegas enough. Hahahaha. Jk. :D

So I've been driving my auto accord from my beginning in HS to today. I just recently started looking at the car market (since I’m graduating) and there isn’t really anything out there that excites me. Now I do need a new car since it is that time to move on (+need more safety features, I get nervous for my passengers). So what did I do. I struck another deal. Hahaha. (who didn’t see this coming) -_- and what deal did I strike this time?

[I’ll continue this soon with p2] :P

watch thiss....hilarious!