Lucas has a drinking problem. No matter how I drive him, or where I drive him, the fuel consumption is horrific. I needed to fix it, or I couldn’t afford to keep driving him.
Author: Kelvinator
It’s been a while since Lucas has been featured in a post here. Mainly because he has been flawless, but also partially because I haven’t driven him much.
Having run out of MIG gas, which then nuked my momentum and motivation on the bodywork repairs, I decided to change path, and do something I actually enjoy; mechanical and electrical work.
Nothing stays untouched in my fleet for long, so the Yaris got some work done the day after picking it up.
It seems my obsession with small hatchbacks continues. After a brief fling with a warbling droning Swede, I returned to what seemed to suit me most.
Well, Things have happened. I had a car, and now I don’t.
At times it feels like I’m playing Whack-A-Mole with the rust, but I am steadily knocking rust on the head and putting new steel in.
Wow, it’s almost been a year since Part 1, this project really has been on the back burner.
The time had come to take Lucas on his longest voyage in years (and the longest drive in my ownership, basically doubling the mileage I had done on the old engine), it was time to go to work.
Woah what a week it’s been! I have spent almost every night (Thursday was rest day) in the garage until well past my bedtime working on Lucas, trying to make sure I was on track.