Its time to outline… The Plan.
So, its going to be difficult to sell this Benz. So why the fuck don’t I live with it and make it awesome?
Its got potential ja?
Number one thing on my mind: In the immediate future, I’ve got to buy some snow tyres for the coming season of company Chris Kringles (fuck that noise), skiing, being fucking cold, and snow. I’m not talking about your average Canadian Tire bullshit either. I’m going to track down some Swedish snow rallying tyres because frankly, the Swedes know snow. They eat it, they sleep in it, and they fuck it. Maybe.
Second, over the winter I have two things to save up for (Fuck Christmas unless there are good deals to be had on boxing day). I’m going to buy/build whatever a fixed-gear bike in my garage. I can’t afford motorcycle insurance, but I want to have some fun and do stupid shit that might break me. That is the solution for the time being. The other thing is to pimp out mein auto with a Yakima bike rack so I can drag it down to do tricks downtown. Sure, I could RIDE the bike downtown, but I’m not that fit or crazy.
Third, STANCE. For those of you who know me you will understand I am totally obsessed with gangsta fitment. I want to go for a year-round compromise as I do DD this car through the year. How gangsta can I go in the summer vs. snowplough in the winter. What I’m looking for are a set of BBS RS in 17x9 that I can rebuild over the winter months to fit to the car. Gold face (white face?), polished lip, and polished bolts are the loose outline. Not unlike these… (these are 16x8.5s)
Setting up the right stance will require some suspension work (which I need done sometime soon anyway) so I’ll have to figure out what shock/spring combo/pads to roll with. See, the thing with this Mercedes suspension is that each spring is supported by heavy duty rubber pads. They’re of different grades and stiffness so you can theoretically have a stiff, short spring but really thick soft pads to soften up the bumps and still cut out roll/dive. So we’ll see how things go this school year but what this means is no PS3, no crazy spending on the camera, no crazy impromptu trips, and no crazy crazy ballin’ outta control club nights this year. It’ll be sooo worth it.
