Bugs Palace!

Wahoooo. Golf has FINALLY got its new suspension installed. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Paul. AKA DropFrog. Paul and I spent the better part of today pulling apart and rebuilding the suspension on my TDI today. (6-7 hours in total). Actually, Paul did most the work, I assisted and learned as much as I could. All in all things went pretty smoothly. Snags here and there which added some time but no real problems. Mainly just our short mindedness which kept us looking for tools which we had just put down. Thanks Paul, I owe you big time!

I would also like to say thanks to Matt for the use of his spring compressors. They did the trick!

Here is a quick picture of the finished product. And HERE is the gallery of installation pictures. Some didn’t turn out so well. I moved the camera too quickly and got some blur, and also some glare in other shots.

When I got home today, I was welcomed with a huge surprise. My dad (who for some reason I thought was at work today) made some major headway on the deck. Its really starting to shape up. Floor is getting really close to being done. I think he and I are spending some time tomorrow hopefully getting a whack more done. Pictures of the deck coming soon. Thanks Dad. Your the best!

Quick update. Shannon, Alex and I went to the June Jitterbug this weekend. It was fantastic again this year. Hundreds of VWs of almost every make and model. HERE are the pictures. Video will be coming soon,  its gonna take some time and effort on my part so be patient.

Got some news this week from work. One of my friends in the department, Chris, has given his resignation.  Gonna be sad to see him go. He’s going on to bigger and better things. And more importantly more money + closer to home. Good luck Chris. Try not to break anything 🙂

My head hurts. Too much thinking going on at work these days. Windows 2003 > me.  Some day I will make it and Active directory my bitch. But its gonna take time.

Had some fun today at work though. Swapped cars with Chris for a trip across Brantford. He’s got himself a hot little Jetta VR6. This is one nicely modded car. Nothing too crazy, just very tastefully done, and very quick. All I can say is I can’t wait to get my suspension on now. And man oh man do I love the sound of a VR6. I have some pictures of Chris’ Jetta and also his Mustang which will be going online this week. I will post an update on the main page once they are up.

Lastly, I want to wish a get well soon to Randy. The big lug went into get his knee fixed. My sources tell me he’s been hobbling along like a stoned elk due to the pain meds and the crutches. Not that I like seeing people in pain, I for one think drugged up boss man would be funny to watch 🙂 Stay off the leg Randy, and try and let the damned thing heal.