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John V · 03-29-2019, 01:39 PM

Tomorrow morning I head down to Virginia Beach so Peter and I can tune the RX-8. I'm unreasonably anxious and nervous about this trip. New engine management for Peter - he's never tuned a Haltech car before. So much stuff new on the car and engineered by me, so I'm worried something will break or cause us to not be able to get the car to work correctly, making it a wasted trip.

I am trying to channel my inner Clyde and say I've done what I can to prepare for the trip, whatever happens will happen and we'll move on to the next step. Car breaks, I bring it back home, fix it, and make another trip in a week or whatever. Car doesn't run right, we spend all day debugging stuff, don't make much progress, wasted day, ugh, but we move on.

I have no real reason to post this other than I'm super neurotic about stuff that is unfamiliar, and I know I won't sleep at all tonight, so towing down at 5AM is going to be pretty fun.

Okay, I feel better. Plus, Marisa is coming with me, and if nothing else we will stop at Pelon's for fish tacos (worth the trip by itself) and we'll get to hang out with Peter.

03-29-2019, 01:39 PM	#212
John V No more BMWs Join Date: Apr 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8 Location: Glenwood, MD Posts: 14,753	Tomorrow morning I head down to Virginia Beach so Peter and I can tune the RX-8. I'm unreasonably anxious and nervous about this trip. New engine management for Peter - he's never tuned a Haltech car before. So much stuff new on the car and engineered by me, so I'm worried something will break or cause us to not be able to get the car to work correctly, making it a wasted trip. I am trying to channel my inner Clyde and say I've done what I can to prepare for the trip, whatever happens will happen and we'll move on to the next step. Car breaks, I bring it back home, fix it, and make another trip in a week or whatever. Car doesn't run right, we spend all day debugging stuff, don't make much progress, wasted day, ugh, but we move on. I have no real reason to post this other than I'm super neurotic about stuff that is unfamiliar, and I know I won't sleep at all tonight, so towing down at 5AM is going to be pretty fun. Okay, I feel better. Plus, Marisa is coming with me, and if nothing else we will stop at Pelon's for fish tacos (worth the trip by itself) and we'll get to hang out with Peter.