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Probably the sportiest 4x4 I’ve rode was the Kawi’ 700 Prairie. The CVT tranny was nice. No jerky shifting. Felt just like riding a sled. jumped better than any others I’ve rode, but still didn’t land like a sport.

If you plan on catching mad air the sport quad will be waaay more enjoyable. You know me. I’d buy the Honda, just because I know I’d never have worry about working on it.

My patience for bullshit this week is nil. Just had to let another person go.

On my second 20 ounce red bull lol.

Woot Woot!!

I think I’m pretty decided on replacing the rear spring packs on the Xterra for my lift. Contemplated add-a-leafs and/or lift shackles but both just seem like a Band-Aid. Not to mention the factory springs have 190k on them. On the plus Alcan spring is only about an hour for me.

Which ones are you looking at?

Admit it... it’s more like a love/hate.

The messed up thing is my brother is the same way and he is the boss. Thus where the guy got the standard. The guy has been sleeping at my brothers for about two years now also. My brother has only worked half a dozen days in the last year. But at least I have boundaries set with him at this point, as to where his actions affect me very little. I would fire him too if I could. I run a tight ship, take pride in my work and have very high work ethic. Once somebody effects that I will hold them accountable. Thanks for your insight Sean. I appreciate it.

Had to fire a motherfucker today. Is a liability and has no respect for the business. Always hate the weird feeling I get from having to do that. Dude has been a friend since junior high. C’est la vie.

Does anyone even use punctuation anymore? Makes me want to stick a plastic fork in my eye.

Listed a 99 Mercury Mountaineer V8 mechanic special yesterday for my sister. They had had it on craigslist for a couple months now with no responses. I threw it on FB marketplace and I’m up to about nine or 10 inquiries with someone coming to look at it today.

Oh yeah, scored a pair of the ND20 Dayton tweeters this week also for $10.50 shipped!! Should be here today. Woot woot!

That comes after hearing my daughters Dcon again the other day. It’s in an oversized box (3.5 ft.³ for a 15”) with 20 in.³ per for a port. So smooth and natural sounding. Not to mention I am jealous as hell of the bass engine on the alpine head units.

Really contemplating building a ported box for my Icons this spring. Maybe even just a box for one. They are basically sleeping most of the time. But when I do crank the 32hz and wail on them, they quickly run out of excursion.

How ‘bout vroom vroom? Nice flying into a bigger airport as the rental car place has more variety. They tried to get me to upgrade to the Jaguar. That v dub had excellent take off from the 60 to 100 mph range.

Dude I’m over the top about the rims and tires!! Had only seen one other set of used aftermarket rims since I have actively been looking over the last 2 years, and they wanted 800 just for the rims. Plus those ones were over 200 miles away.

I’ve been trying to empty out the garage lately. Have boxes of old car parts like pulleys, brackets and yokes. So I get on eBay and see they’re selling for 30-40+ a piece. So listed them up with a ton of other shit I’m selling. Lol

Scored a couple more rotary tattoo machines this week for FREE!! Same company as my other one. These run so quiet that you can't ever hear them. A plus compared to the coils ones that are not only loud AF, but run at 60-120hz. Has made enjoying midbass so much easier, now that my ears aren't blocking out those frequencies by the end of the day. Technically payed $10 and gas, but close enough. Had delivered this chair to a guy that bought it. He was trying to sell them to me but ended up giving them to me by the time I left. Plus got rid of the chair!

Got this one finished about a month ago! Need to get better pic's though. Now on to the back of the thighs. OUCH!! lol

Finally got the Zom-Tiki finished!! I be walkin' funny this week. That top flame is about an inch from my balls.

Scored these yesterday for $850! Figured I'm going to drive the Xterra, might as well pimp it out. Now to figure out a rear lift. Front is an easy one with the Bilsteins, just move the seat on the shock body. They are a 6 on 4.5" bolt pattern. So hard as fuck to find a used set of aftermarket rims. This chic had just bought them, then blew a head gasket. Still gots the nubby's on the side walls!

Oh back to work today.

That's rough. My thoughts and prayers go out to their family. We had one here a couple days ago. Was a 25 year old woman. I drove past right after it happened.

The girls took forth place!! Is the highest they have ever placed at nationals! Proud dad right here.