Getting old Options

[r_towle]

Start with carpel tunnel that has turned into arthritis
Hand hurt sometimes

I forgot how honestly stupid and hard things are todo in the “engine bay”

Trying to remove and replace the injectors on a 75
Adding air injection just makes it even more challenging to get done.

I just am being reminded how stupid some things are on this car.

I simply forgot, or it’s a memory I refused to save.

I’m glancing over at the fan belt, with air pump….that should be fun.

[ClayPerrine]

I am 59. I pop and crackle when I get up in the middle of the night to go pee. It takes longer to get up off the garage floor these days, and I hate having to crawl under the dash.

I know it will only get worse as time marches on. But I will continue my adventures in 914 ownership as long as I am capable of holding a wrench.

This needs to be posted here again.


WHEN I AM AN OLD SPORTSCAR OWNER


When I am an old sports car owner...
I shall wear nomex and sunscreen,
And carry an old helmet with me.
I shall spend my social security on racing fuel and tires,
I will sit in my garage
And listen to hot engines tick as they cool.
I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night.
And race my old car through the countryside
Ignoring speed limits
If my old bones will allow.
And when people come to call, I will smile and nod
As I walk past weed filled gardens to the garage
To show them my freshly waxed fender.
I will wrench and sweat and wear grease on my face
as if it were a jewel.
I will be an embarrassment to all,
Who have not yet found the peace in being free
And the joy of a four wheel drift
in a old friend made of metal and rubber and plastic
Who will wait forever
For the kind of person I will be
When I am old.


An original idea adapted from the poem "When I am old I will wear purple".