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Project CRX is Dead – Long Live Project 350Z

September 11th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

(Warning:  I’ve realized that when I wrote about that Ferrari before, I felt no guilt because it was not my Ferrari.  Now, even though a 350Z is no Ferrari, I feel guilt writing about it because it is mine.  So here’s the deal:  I’m going to write about my 350Z, because this is my blog and I want to.  I’m not boasting about it.  Okay, maybe I am.  I don’t care.  If you don’t like it, don’t read it.)

I said this already, but Project CRX is dead.  Or at least very, very dormant.

I had a CRX before.  I loved it.  Nobody else loved it but me.  The faded, chipping paint with the peeling clearcoat.  The black body with the contrasting white driver’s side door.  The rust spots that marred every body panel, discriminating against none.  The threadbare, torn seats and carpet.  The 200,000+ miles.  Yes, it was a car only it’s owner could love.

One of the best things about my 350Z is that it reminds me of my old CRX.  Or rather, what my old CRX would have been like if it had good paint, no rust, matching body panels, nice interior, and 300 horsepower.  Anyway, now that I have this 350Z, my yearning for a CRX has suddenly disappeared.

Cars are like people:  You love them more when you serve them.  This is why project cars are dangerous.  But I’m a man in touch with my inner feelings, and I’m not afraid to love my car.  So I’ve been doing some work to fix a few minor things here and there.  I’ve put an amplifier and subwoofer in to fix the pathetic lack of bass.  I bought an Escort Passport 8500 x50 and installed it discretely by hiding most of the wiring behind the dash and tapping directly into the stereo wiring for power.  I downloaded PDF copies of the stereo owner’s manual and the 350Z owner’s manual because the car came with neither.  I bought a brand new remote on the Internet to arm and disarm the security system that came with it.  I found an excellent site to help me with my project quest.

But now I have a problem.  My car came with some really sweet 19″ Carré CS-2 wheels, but two of the wheels are missing center caps.  I’ve been looking around trying to figure out where I can get some, but I’m not finding any good leads.  I finally went to a Les Schwab dealer nearby who does not sell them either, but gave me a phone number of a place that carries them.  I contacted this dealer with high hopes, but they were dashed.  Carré is out of business.  He has no extra wheel caps and cannot get them.

So now it is up to you, dear readers.  Find me my two Carré wheel caps.  If you help me, I will reward you greatly by mentioning your name on my blog, which is sure to bring you fame, fortune, and an abundance of babes.

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  • http://haydentoniafraser.blogspot.com tonia

    CALL my cousin Jay Jenkins!! He owns american car care center in Bountiful, but this is his specialty. (FOR REAL… he works on D-Will’s cars and Ronny Price’s). If he doesn’t have them, he can find them.
    work phone 801 397 2702
    cell 801 726 8473

    let me know if he helps you out… I’d be interested to hear how it turns out

  • http://blog.mvryan.org/2010/09/mpg-disappointment/ Seeping Matter » MPG Disappointment

    [...] I remember growing up in the late 70s and early 80s when we were introduced to such appalling vehicles as the Hyundai Excel and the Yugo 45, all in a quest to achieve better and better fuel economy.  I remember some cars advertising average highway mpg rates in the high 40s and even the low 50s.  I distinctly remember thinking that surely, by the time I was an adult, cars would be easily getting 80 to 100 mpg and that this would be so commonplace that it wasn’t really remarkable.  Funny how things have NOT gone that way.  Take a look at that list on fueleconomy.gov again.  Notice how many of those cars considered to be among the most efficient are only getting average highway mpg in the 30s.  Why do we think this is remarkable?  My 350Z is a 300 HP sports car, not an economy car, and I drive it as such; yet even in that car I’m averaging nearly 26 mpg! [...]

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