After 5 years and 6 days, I got rid of my Isuzu Trooper this past Friday evening. It’s had a number of problems over the past year, and it just go to the point where I was tired of throwing money at it, just to keep it running. After replacing the brakes last summer and [...]
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Interesting weekend, coming to a close … went out to dinner with a great friend on Thursday night for some yummy goodness at Squatters downtown, then a quiet day at work on Friday. Saturday was supposed to be a ski day, but unfortunately, the tiny little headache I woke up with on turned into a [...] Wow, have I been lax on posting anything original lately. As often happens, life has taken a few unexpected turns and I just haven’t really gotten around to it. For the past several months, I was dating a really incredible woman. Unfortunately, it was a long-distance relationship and the 800 miles of separation became too [...] View Ascent activity on 31-Oct-09 at 06:37AM in a larger map A ride is a ride, right? Had to take the Trooper to the shop on Saturday to get the clutch replaced … but also had to get to Wheeler Farm for UTCX #5 … so, dropped off the Trooper, then rode the fixed-gear down [...] So yesterday the Trooper was in the shop (Tunex, not the Isuzu dealership) again, although I think this is it for awhile. I had to have the high-pressure power steering hose replaced, and there was a small leak from the transfer case. The Tunex mechanic didn’t actually fix the transfer case leak, as it’s coming [...] So Kim just started a new job yesterday, working for McCann-Erickson, which is a division of the Interpublic Group. The Interpublic Group is a consortium of the world’s largest advertising agencies; Kim will be the Technical Project Manager (exactly what that entails, I haven’t a clue), working on one of the firm’s largest accounts. She [...] At the ripe middle age of 38 years, 10 months and 4 days, I have become the owner of my very first automotive vehicle. It’s a 1995 Isuzu Trooper S, 5 speed manual, 4WD with 132,000 miles. It’s in decent, but not great shape. Missing a little fender flare, cracked windshield, needs new wiper blades, [...] |
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