i <3 my ef

88 ef hatch

So, towards the late end of last year, I bought myself my first Honda.  I’ve owned nothing but Toyotas (corollas to be exact) until this car.  I was trying to find a nice daily that gets good gas mileage, soooo my first thought was, why not get a civic?  I came across a deal for a 1988 EF hatch that I could NOT pass up.  It was sooooo clean for an 88 model.  I daily-ed it and was getting about 40mpg.  FORTY! Continue reading

dad goes for a ride

can you spot my dad?

So just a couple days ago, my dad asked me to drive him to the shop to pick up my brother’s car…  So of course, since I was driving the 86, it was only obvious that I would’ve taken my dad in that car.  I honestly don’t think he’s ridden in that car more than ONE time since I’ve owned it.  He drove it back from Houston when I first bought it and MAYBE rode in it one time after that.

Before I picked him up, I asked myself Continue reading

poop brown peanut

cheeeesin'

What you see above is my poop brown peanut after it’s first oil, spark plug, spark plug wires, and fuel filter change in like 5 years. I want to thank my girlfriend, at the time, Leah for putting up with me and supporting me on my crazy endeavors. We left Austin at midnight on the first day of Spring Break, 2010 because I was too excited to wait until 5am to leave…and drove all the way up to Oklahoma City. I drove first, then she drove, and before I knew it, we were in Oklahoma City, picking up a beautiful car. On the way back, we ran into some unforseen complications. Continue reading

a little intro

my eight six

Welp here’s my baby Oksana. Pictured above is the very first day of the car in my possession. We had just driven it back from Houston and gave her the very first wash. And to think, I didn’t know how to drive stick?? Few people know this, but when I went to check this car out, I had no idea how to drive a manual transmission car. My dad test drove it and HE was the one that drove it all the way back to Austin. Continue reading