Quick story:
Some of you may know me as kc2002acr, from way back. Around 4 years ago (almost to the date!) I traded in the ACR for a stock, 2005 convertible PT GT (autostick). I must say, I loved that car, almost as much as my ACR. I made a few mistakes with my ACR though, and I regret doing so much to it! I put the Chrysler badges on it, I put RT side skirts, SRT rear exhaust tails, lowered it with 1gn RT springs (blew out my stock struts), as well as a host of other items (headlights, tails, ugh).
I did a lot of things right, too. I rebuilt the bottom end when the rings went south, and put in some stock 1gn RT pistons (bring up the compression a bit), a comp 400 cam, as well as a host of other little engine goodies (60mm tb, etc) including a complete reworking of the head.
But I grew. I have learned. I am past that stage in my life. I no longer need to mod out the exterior to feel good about the car as a whole. I drove my little sleeper PT GT here in KC for almost 4 years, and knocked quite a few ricers off their high horse in the process. Boost is nice, even if it was through a slushbox and wasn't the beastly SRT4 setup (close, just not quite it).
So, I sold the PT GT outright, only owed about 2k on it, but got 6k for it and used that money to move overseas and teach in Taiwan. Then that took a dump south. Got denied my work visa (despite being approved ahead of time in US) by the Taiwanese gov't, and have pretty much hit rock bottom. I lost my house, my car, did the whole bankruptcy thing, and all the while racked up a nice little college loans debt because I just had to teach!
But now that I am living in my parents basement, all my debt is taken care of, and my loans are consolidated (damn thing is going to be another house payment one day!) I am ready to start over. My lovely wife, 3 year old daughter, and 16 year old son (he bought himself a 85 Bronco II 4x4!) have all stood by me, supported me, and helped me through this bullshit of life, to come out smelling of roses.
So I get a new start, and to top it off, my wife is supporting me to by another Neon.
I found my diamond in the rough, and if things work out, I can have it by next week. I got a job recently (not a teaching job, but pays really well for someone who has two bachelors, certification, and 6 hours shy of two masters degrees) and start in August. Luckily, my wife and I are in a position to save TONS of money, so I am going to go ahead and finance this beast, and then pay it off ASAP.
Wish me luck all, I could be getting my dream car again, and if I do I will post pics soon (probably with a name change
), and if not, I will pass on the info to you all, just in case someone is looking for something new.Peace all, I will stop lurking, and be more active soon enough.
Cause, you know, you could for that.
