Topless in a BAD WAY!

[Topless In Texas]

Hey ya'll...
Well we, (WhiteSnake, myself and the gang) did our usual friday night at Tequilla Willey's for Mex. food and margaritas, believe me after the week I have had, it was needed!...and I picked up my Topless and just got home...this has been an extremely long and grueling week...I must admit this has been the most financially, emotionally and physically draining week I have had yet this year, for MANY reasons. Here is the low-down..

After $800 (didnt expect that much) I had Topless's rack and pinion done, allighnment, and the clutch replaced. The clutch was Fried in many areas. While he had it on the rack my mechanic noticed that I had a bunch of Cracks on my Off Road H-Pipe, and a few sizeable holes(can you say EXAUST LEAK???)

Evidently my a/c was dripping on my pipe. He re-routed the line and welded the cracks and the holes for a temporary 'patch'. He is suggesting that instead of the H-pipe that I go ahead and make the move to a Hi-Flo cat, cuz emissions are gonna get really crappy around here. Even though I have a 'friend' that inspects my car, he thinks Iwill have a problem w/ it by the time I am ready next Feb. If they are REQUIRED to sniff them, they can get in major trouble, and I myself could get a $10,000 fine if busted....so my dilemma: do I get another H-pipe for now, or go ahead and bite the bullet and move on to the Hi Flow cats..

The first thing I noticed when I started to drive her for the first time was...I killed the damn engine!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE W/ THE NEW CLUTCH!!!! I was so used to JAMMING THE HELL out of my shifter, jamming it into gear and yanking it out of gear, bad enough to make my shoulder hurt for the past 10 months, I ended up stalling Topless 5 TIMES on a 5 minute drive home from my ex's house to my house!!!!!! I have NEVER been so embarrassed!!!! Mainly getting out of first gear! I just CANT get over the difference in the way it shifts now..I'm gonna have to completely retrain my driving now! Good thing we are judging a show across town in the morning...I will get some good practice. BUT...Topless is FILTHY...I give up tonight. We are not showing just displaying, but I ALWAYS like her to look good. I'm gonna shoot for a 5a.m. wakeup to wash her and clean her up.

On another bad note...remember some of you I had talked about that STEREO problem, and how it has worked since it got cold? WELL....NOT ANY MORE. My mech. said it worked till this afternoon so now, I am AGAIN with no *******' tunes!!!!!! THIS is VERY upsetting to me!!!!! he did fix the recall on my parking brake, and will fix the recall on the hood next week. I did not think it was a big deal, the hood, but evidently,weather its been wrecked or not, it can come apart. Guess i've been lucky!

Still need to get my top put on, 2 new tires, tune up, drivers seat, and my back bumper by May..

And...another upsetting thing today...Most of ya'll know, Ive been in my house a YEAR now!! Cost me a FORTUNE out of my pocket that it SHOULD NOT HAVE!!!! . Things the inspector overlooked...(cost me $4000 I should not have had to pay for, heater, a/c, etc.) Well, I got fed up w/ the faulty Toilet in my 1/2 bath downstairs, called the plumber out today...cost me ANOTHER $400!!!!!

Well, enough of that!!! anyways...i got my baby back. Shes feeling really really different, but in a GOOD way! Ijust gotta get used to driving her the way she SHOULD be...I did NOT realize how bad it was and for how long!!!!! REALLY...it feels great...just embarassing to stall at the lights!!!
We'll let ya'll know how things go at the Dyno Day show tomorrow!!!
TNT
Heres whats left of part of my clutch...ugggh