matt.c
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 posted on 17/4/08 at 06:58 PM |
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Is there something wrong with me?
Just opened the garage door to do a few bits on the indy and then just turned around again as i cant be bothered!!
Am i loosing the love?
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big_wasa
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:00 PM |
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it gets you like that.
Best not to force it, it will all go tits up 
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philw
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:00 PM |
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I have been like that for ages now no enthusiasm at all.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:01 PM |
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Pick one small task, and do that, perhaps only 15 mins - it may spur you on or at least you will have done something
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Guinness
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:02 PM |
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Blag a passenger ride in a finished car! Quick!
Whenever I got bored, confused or thoroughly wee'd off I'd get my mate Carl to take me out for a spin in his 200 bhp Caterham!
Mike
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:02 PM |
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Best thing to do in those situations is to grab a beer and leave it till another night. You never do a job as well as you could if you dont have the
motivation. We all have those days / weeks / maybe months.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:03 PM |
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Same here, but i'm only reworking some bits and bobs, think of those long twisty roads you have down there, or is it realy flat cant remember.
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:04 PM |
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then all of a sudden, in a few weeks (maybe days, or months) you'll spend a whle day out there, then the next day, then the next
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RickRick
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:04 PM |
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i just go sit in mine for a few minutes, pretend i'm driving it and all's good and i crack on again
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macspeedy
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:04 PM |
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I had that the other day, popped down the local steel stockist thought i'd make some brackets for the engine cradle, stuck in traffic on the way
there and stuck in traffic on the way back a 1 hour journey became 3 hours! needless to say i wasn't in the mood for making the brackets
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Snap-off
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:11 PM |
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I'm the same. There are so many little time consuming jobs in the build that make no visual impact that you begin to loose the will to live. It
becomes a chore rather than a pleasure.
Go and spend time with your Mrs and enjoy the quiet pregnant time, soon you will have none! 
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:14 PM |
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happens all the time to me, rent a movie and "chillax" for the evening - building a car ain't a race.
I do recommend the old pretend driving though 
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matt.c
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:14 PM |
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Fancy taking the r1 indy to the abandoned runway next thursday night?
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Danozeman
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:16 PM |
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Iv been like this for months. Partly becase i cant see my car in the garage for crap andf partly cos i cant be arsed. I keep seeing the bloke down
the road with a nice robin hood which he has been using all winter when it was dry. Its giving me inspiration but i stil cant be arsed.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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bassett
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:18 PM |
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Feeling pretty similar right now as im thinking about taking the bike loom, stipping it and then hoping it all goes back in and works. Id get my dad
to do it so i can do some mechanical but hes colour blind and everything looks brown so thats a no go 
My MNR Blog Updated Jan 2010 - Track Day Prep Begins!
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Snap-off
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Fancy taking the r1 indy to the abandoned runway next thursday night?
Sure. It should be good to go by then.
I am getting bored of pushing it back along the drive only to drive it 30 foot. (As fast as i can)
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matt.c
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Snap-off
quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Fancy taking the r1 indy to the abandoned runway next thursday night?
Sure. It should be good to go by then.
I am getting bored of pushing it back along the drive only to drive it 30 foot. (As fast as i can)
Prepare to stain your pants.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:37 PM |
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I've been like that 3 or 4 times over the build DON'T GIVE UP you will get there in the end.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Snap-off
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Prepare to stain your pants.
Lol! When I picked up the kit I had never seen one in the flesh before nevermind been in one. MK took me out in the slowest BEC they had (so they
said) and it was mental.
I'm used to driving 4x4 for the last couple of years so even normal cars are fast for me.
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:41 PM |
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Do it myself all the time, sunny weather seems to spur me on. Only do it when you want too, after all it is supposed to fun and not a chore.
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brynhamlet
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:50 PM |
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Close the garage door, forget the car. One night soon you will wake up in the middle of the night thinking about what you want to do next
I certainly did. My car was allegedly almost complete when I bought it and it still took two and a half years and two SVA test before I could drive
it.
But the first time a Porch Carrera tries and fails to out run you, you will not believe how wide you can smile.
I laughed for the next 5 miles
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madmandegge
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:01 PM |
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I bought a bloody finished one and I'm still struggling to make myself sort the trim and bits out! which to be honest has surprised me
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Alan B
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Pick one small task, and do that, perhaps only 15 mins - it may spur you on or at least you will have done something
Agree 100%.
Get out there and just make a list of tasks broken down into 5 to 15 minute jobs...probably be a long list doing it that way, then pick a couple and
do them..if there is something you can't do write on that list what's stopping you...(like waiting for parts etc)...then do stuff you can
do right now....
Sometimes I'll just go out and take a dozen photos then look them over at my desk while making my lists...
Trust me it helps a lot...the list goes down and you re-establish some momentum....
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:28 PM |
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I wonder if you can get S.A.D. from a badly lit garage???
Buy some flood lights!! that'll cheer you up
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Wadders
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:29 PM |
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Don't panic, i reckon the weather is to blame
car building is perverse sh#t in the UK.
Far more fun in summer, but thats when you really want to be out driving ?????
Al.
Originally posted by matt.c
Just opened the garage door to do a few bits on the indy and then just turned around again as i cant be bothered!!
Am i loosing the love?
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