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Soooo landscaping is expensive AF.... I thought a $1000 budget would be plenty for what we wanted to do. A few roses/flowers, a few trees... but damn. I still have 2 pine tress to purchase and mulch, and I'm already at like $700
lol whachu talking bout Willis??? Concrete is even more expensive lmao. Pavers/bricks are like anywhere $1-$3 per piece.. and pouring concrete is even more expensive than that.
I gotta build a deck sometime, maybe next year. Im guessing that's gunna be like $8-10K :/ (at least for a nice synthetic/trex)
You've considered just letting the land reclaim itself? That's cheap. Also, you can do other things whilst that process occurs. Have a sandwich, perhaps. Or take a stroll (remember to bring your sandwich!!).
You might be in for another shock. That plastic lumber is expensive AF!
I looked into it once and then stopped looking... I'm too cheap to have nice things.
I know it's expensive, that's why I said $8-10K. I think just a pressure treated wood should be around $3K to build yourself... so around triple for plastic should be about right.
Unfortunately I have a neighbor who neglects his yard, and they have a dandelion forest. Their shitty lawn encroaches on my territory and all the seeds end up floating to my yard.. It's constant war. Im thinkin in about 2 years Ill have perfect grass. I may even start mowing it diagonally like those fancy people.
Sorry to hear man. I say if you don't wanna pay for a brand new one, just check the Black Market from time to time. I recall seeing one not too long ago... and you could save a bit of money getting it second hand.
Yeah I felt a difference with the PCD. That plus the FP are probably your best bang for your buck bolt-on "engine" mods in terms of tangible performance increase. Of course the downside with any kind of catless headers is inherent rasp, but there are solutions to this.
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What's the solution? That rasp is pretty annoying/sounds ricey.
Fun fact: That car shipped from the factory with cloudy headlights. It was a "branding" exercise by GM so that all of their cars would look the same in 3 years.
I converted the mini to single carb, the duals were giving too much hassle. It runs pretty much perfect now, but it's a little rough on the first few minutes after cold-start. I think that's normal though.
Did a full paint correction, interior is cleaned up. I got this cool "retrosound" radio which looks like a classic radio yet has modern features and an aux input. I also hid all the speakers so it looks nicer.
I also swapped the bumpers for the older(?) style without the brush bar things on the side, i think that looks way better now. We tried to paint the British flag on the roof with plastidip, but that was a total fail. After we pulled the masking it just ruined the edges. I think we'll try again with wrap.
I still need to fix a bad exhaust leak, mount the 4 front lights in front of the grille, "rally style," and a few other cosmetic things. I think i want to change the fender flares too, since the wheels stick out really far past the body. I also really wish i had the manual windows but that will be a huge pain to convert back.
S2k needs a lottt of work. I need to make a full list. It's all cosmetic stuff. I started off today by just polishing out the headlights.
lol. There is a kit for swapping a Honda motor into the mini. There are some videos on it on youtube. the amount of cutting required is scary. At that point, is it really a mini?
