So this was a bad car weekend....
On Friday night I came home, worked on the Z a little trying to get my AFM boot repair finished. She fired right up, idled strong and I took her around the block. She had about a quarter of a tank (from my lawn mower tank cause I ran out the weekend before trying to test drive her) so I figured while I am out, lets run and get some gas. She ran strong and I was zipping around the neighborhood en route to the local Speedway. Well at the busy intersection just before the gas station... BAM... died... ARGH.
She would not turn back over. Tried and tried... nothing... finally a guy offered to help push. He ran to park his car and right then... she started! I got her into the Speedway but man she was running super rich. I udjusted the idle and got her to stop stalling... but I figured I better try to drive it home at a less busy time... so I left her there...
On Saturday at home I was trying to finish up a project. I got some white leather seats from a Z in a junkyard and I was in the process of dying them black. I did the back side of them and they looked great. I started on the front and... BAM... paint issues... ARGH...
Once it dried the paint looked flat and like it didn't want to stick. I cleaned em well, and they looked better but still look flat (the back was all glossy). So I went and got one more can of the dye and tried again... BAM... still flat. So now not sure what I am going to do, might just use some leather conditioner and see if that will make it glossy. It looks like the paint dried and it is not flaking off... so not sure what happened.
So to round out my weekend on Sunday I had to work. I ran in we had a training sessions for some students. As I was leaving I was hurrying to get home and as I pulled out I turned too sharp out of my end spot and.... BAM... curb rash... ARGH...
Now my front rim has a big curb rash on it and will be a constant reminder to stop being in a rush (or stop working on Sundays).
Rough weekend for my rides... luckily nothing wrong with the Jetta... knock on wood...
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