Chapter 2: Oh, So THAT'S What a Money Pit Looks Like

Chapter 2: Oh, So THAT'S What a Money Pit Looks Like

After getting the money together to pay for the car, Turtle went to the unusually blond Asian fellow and received the key.

Directly after, Turtle went to a nearby business park to begin with the training. From this day forth, Turtle was going to become the bestest drifter in the world.

That is, until something important fell off his car. Right after the very first corner, something made the most awful scraping noise Turtle had ever heard.

Oh, look at that, it's not just a piece that fell off. It took part of the FRAME with it!

Embarrassed, Turtle had to find a single piece of string to tie the rod back up. He dragged it all the way to a surplus computer parts store, where he bought a single wire for like $3.

After consulting with C4AG and a local enthusiast named Roy, Turtle found out that the piece that had been broken off was the part of the frame that held something called the PANHARD rod. Turtle thought that was a weird and slightly dirty name for a car part. Roy happened to have a Battle Version panhard rod that he sold to Turtle for the low, low price of $175.

This wasn't the only problem, however, for Turtle still needed to find someone to weld the frame back on. He found a dude in Milpitas who would do it, and after he was done, Turtle said good-bye to another $250.

By handing over the $250, he received an S shaped stock panhard rod back.

From here, Turtle had a revelation of what the hell happened to his new car. After receiving the deposit, as a last hurrah, the young Asian fellow must have ghost drifted his whip,

Right into a curb.

The pay-outs don't end here. Turtle wanted to get new tires and an alignment.

Only to find out that his front bearings were bad. He then had to get those done with the previously mentioned Roy.

All of the initial problems left Turtle's wallet a little worse for wear.

At this point, Turtle felt a little overwhelmed and in over his head. He had questioned whether this would all even be worth it. It was a car all his own, but with even worse problems that Lana ever seemed to have (aside from the engine and transmission issue in the end). Turtle didn't even want to learn how to auto-cross OR drift anymore in fear that something else might fall off or break.

But how could Turtle ever deny a face like that?

FTH