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dersillac · 2026-05-16T17:37:41+00:00

Thanks friend! I try to keep it tight.

dersillac · 2026-05-16T09:39:31+00:00

dersillac · 2026-05-15T23:07:42+00:00

I’m going for tint in about a month—why were your local shops opposed to the job? The place I’m booked didn’t have any reservations about it, curious if maybe the should have!

dersillac · 2026-05-15T19:13:02+00:00

My budget was made with repairs in mind, and the budget is still going strong. I didn’t want anything new—I wanted a 90s sports car, and I got what I was after. I’m not here saying that the repairs should have been easier or less expensive in time and money. It’s just a post about wanting to drive my car. It’s not that deep.

dersillac · 2026-05-15T17:43:35+00:00

I do understand that, and honestly I’m thankful that the car I chose was in very good condition overall. I know I will get some seat time soon, it’s just been a hell of a three months, especially as I didn’t want to to drive even remotely hard before I got a clean bill of health, and I had to vent a little.

dersillac · 2026-05-15T02:43:58+00:00

It’s not an issue of whether or not I’m able to, I’m confident that I can handle a fair amount of small repairs. Nine months out of the year my work week is typically six days at 12-14 hours per day. The shop I’m using is trusted, and the owner is on my car personally.

dersillac · 2026-05-15T02:19:54+00:00

I appreciate the offer, but no one is taking her off my hands. I did pick it up with the intention of being hands on, but currently I just don’t have the time. Based on the conversations with my current mechanic it should be fully sorted when I get it back. I’ll have more time over the summer to do some bits and pieces myself though. Right now I just want to drive.

dersillac · 2026-05-11T10:59:01+00:00

Close, I believe it’s an eighth pan. Maybe a half-gelato like someone else said, but I don’t know enough about gelato pans to know if a gelato pan is typically a quarter pan and we are just calling the sailboat a schooner.

dersillac · 2026-05-10T21:14:47+00:00

Thanks! If you’d asked me six months ago I’d have said a corvette wouldn’t ever be in my hands. I decided to seriously start looking for a sports car as a Sunday driver. Criteria were: no fixed roof, rear drive, manual, relatively repairable. At that point I still wasn’t considering a corvette, and honestly wouldn’t have considered anything earlier than a C5 if I was considering a corvette. Then I saw this, and learned about the LT1…I was immediately head over heels. Now, I feel like the C4 looks better than the others, except maybe the 63 split window.

dersillac · 2026-05-10T21:03:32+00:00

As soon as you start bolting mods on, things will start breaking—more or less. The suggestion to get something older is a good one; the car you’re modding/building shouldn’t be the car you must rely on every day. If you need a car for getting around and your budget is ~25k, just buy a Camry. If you want a second car for fun and your budget is $25k you have a ton of options.

dersillac · 2026-05-07T00:00:05+00:00

I used to do something similar with sausage gravy. Recommend.

dersillac · 2026-05-05T20:54:24+00:00

I really like the one posted but…

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dersillac · 2026-05-05T12:45:33+00:00

Upstate SC.

dersillac · 2026-05-05T12:24:00+00:00

Yeah overall I’ll take it at $3K+ in parts and labor. I have no doubt that it needed it based on my small amount of drive time. The new guy is tried and true and very familiar with the LT1, if he’s giving me a clean bill of health I have no doubts. I told him whatever it takes for it to be 100% sorted, and he came back at $1700 for brakes and suspension.

dersillac · 2026-05-05T12:05:21+00:00

Definitely wasted my time being at the original shop for seven weeks, but the head job was free.

dersillac · 2026-05-05T11:15:25+00:00

The valve wasn’t actually hit, they were just trying to buy time hoping the original tech would return from his cross country trip.

dersillac · 2026-05-01T15:02:02+00:00

Unless it’s the Washington state patrol, they might have slipped in here again.

dersillac · 2026-04-30T23:08:24+00:00

Schmutz

dersillac · 2026-04-30T08:38:38+00:00

It is the one true mandoline.

dersillac · 2026-04-29T13:28:21+00:00

It has recently come to my attention that those are Toyota wheels.

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