Why That Color?

handicapped-parking-spot-paint

When people at work ask me why I picked that color for the stripes I have been telling them because it matches the paint splatter on the lower left side of the car just behind the front wheel from when a previous owner cut through a freshly painted handicapped parking spot. I am of course kidding, we wanted some color added to the silver car and what better color than something that closely resembled the color of our first Miata, but as you can see there is a germ of truth to my off-the-cuff answer.

Everything Looks Good, Let’s Change Something

Had my semi-annual visit with the PCP today. He took a look at my numbers and said, I’d like to see that LDL come down some, stop taking the pravastatin and let’s try Crestor. It’s just gone generic.” “See you back in 3 months.”

As always I get a copy of the blood work, so I’ll know and have something to put in here. For the first time in quite a few tests I’ve got no red numbers. Every test came back within range. Admittedly the cholesterol numbers are at the very edges of the range, but geez, couldn’t we have left well enough alone?

                                                        Goal Ranges
Date Chol 80-199 HDL 40-110 LDL 30-130 Trig 30-150
09/29/16 189 40 119 150
03/31/16 170 37 95 180
10/10/12 196 36 128 160
04/10/12 193 39 121 166
10/10/11 162 43 88 155
04/04/11 155 38 96 107
12/06/10 176 41 114 105
05/18/10 151 38 91 109
12/15/08 167 41 92 171
03/21/08 164 37 104 115
12/12/07 175 38 104 165
07/17/07 185 36 117 162
03/05/07 195 39 123 167
09/19/06 167 37 103 135
04/06/06 168 37 106 126
12/08/05 182 35 120 137
07/28/05 177 30 113 169
06/17/05 164 31 85 238
05/06/05 174 27 108 194
01/10/05 176 33 110 167
09/21/04 209 24 131 271

Fourth Time’s A Charm

mats

After trying three different cheap carpet pieces cut into the shape of the Miata’s floor mats we broke down and bought the real thing from REV9 Autosport. The Zeromotive Small Pattern Checkered Floor Mats in Black/Gray I ordered about a month ago had finally arrived from Japan. The box was sitting in my desk chair at work on Monday morning. Yesterday’s image was the big piece paper on top of the mats when I opened the box. It was translated by my cubicle neighbor David by snapping a photo and running it through a translation app on his smartypants phone.

Also included in the box as a thank you gift was a pack of Hi-Chew in White Soda Flavor. The candy, like the sentiment behind it, was very Japanese. Almost makes me want to order something else from there to see what I might get next as a bonus.

The mats are the final pieces of interior modifications to be done to the CTBNL. As a matter of fact, they are almost the final modification overall. There are only two left I’d like to do, get the fog lights to operate independently of the headlights and make a small wind blocker between the seats. I did the fog light mod on the Emperor to use them as my daytime running lights. The stock wind blocker had to be removed for installation of the roll bar, a replacement needs to be concocted so we can extend downward the outside air temperature for convertible driving.

CAUTION !!

Caution

Caution!!

Please be sure to read

Please do not laid on top of the mat on top of the mat that is laid already.
Matt, please firmly seated in the hook (Velcro), and the like.

12-1/2 Years Later

interior-bits

In March of 2004 at the MMC Tech Day I brightened the otherwise vast expanse of blackness in a fellow Club member’s 2001 Miata interior with the random aluminum bits from the Emperor. Today I did it again to our “new” Miata with the help of Steve from Panic Motorsports.

When we sold the Emperor to Steve he said he’d give us a check for the sale amount, plus $50 in cash for lunch for driving it to him in Columbia. When we got there we got to chatting and forgot all about the cash. When I remembered, I sent him an email and said instead of the cash I’d take it in trade, the random aluminum look bits from a 2003. The very same ones I traded away 12-1/2 years ago. He said, “OK, next ’03 to ’05 that comes in as a donor car, you can have their stuff.”

Last week, such a car arrived. Friday on our way to Charleston we picked up the 4 air vents, the radio and shifter surrounds and the 2 interior door handles. Saturday they made their way into the CTBNL.