I've gotten there. I've always dreaded this moment, but I've just let it wash over me. I've completely lost motivation and have no time to even drive this car anymore. I think I put ~900 miles on it this "season" and most of that was going to a handful of cars and coffee events (I kinda live in the sticks, so everything's a drive).
After reality set in, I sold off my NIW manifolds and cleared out some parts; sold a decent amount of stuff in general. I have a do88 intercooler on order and I still have BNE's QSRCs sitting with fresh ball joints and tie rod ends in a box waiting to go on. Oh yeah and the M90's collecting dust. The car's due for a wash and fresh coat of polish/wax and then I'll throw the cover on it and hope I muster up some motivation closer to spring.
I wish I was one of those people that just knocks projects down over the winter, but now I mostly work on not getting fat and I'll be coaching my oldest daughter's basketball team this year. My 17mo is still a ton of work and is now in his "Dennis the Menace" stage and has somehow climbed up on a table or tried to eat a bouncy ball every time you turn around. My middle 5yo might be the sweetest instigator you've ever met. That's probably the role most middle children take up...
Oh and for whatever reason I went full-on weirdo and bought a 2004 Honda Helix with 3400 miles. Everytime I add a kid to the mix, I have this incredible urge to buy a motorcycle... So dumb, right? With my 2nd I bought a 2000 Triumph TT600 sportbike, but I didn't want anything that serious this time around. I kept looking for progressively cheaper, slower and more reliable motorcycles and heard that the "so 80's it hurts" Helix is basically 95% of the motorcycle that anyone needs.
It's dead reliable, does a confirmed 74mph, has a trunk (lolwut) that fits a pizza and a couple 6 packs, actually handles decent and has what I'd describe as "peppy" git-up-and-go around town... oh and it's like riding around on a freakin' barcalounger it's so dang comfortable. If you can get over riding something so strange and yellow, it's actually pretty awesome. I got a decent deal, so I'm confident I'll at the very least get my money back on it. I probably will conclude that I don't have time to ride this either, but we'll see.
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