Restructure
I suppose it is inevitable when you change your living circumstances. Little things like only having a fridge that couldn't even hold a case of beer.
It can be a bit odd not having a drawer for something so simple as cutlery. So you begin looking at things from a different perspective. Is it that bloody important I have a drawer entirely dedicated to cutlery? What other options do I have? And so is what I'm dealing with every day. It really is interesting, coming across all these little things that you've never really thought about before. My situation has a lot to do with trying to compress and re-evaluate what is needed and how to possibly store all these things in such a smaller area of space.
I can see myself shopping quite some more at my local 'storage' shops looking for some actual innovative ideas that suit my situation.
On the other hand, I very much need to get what I want done to the Calais before I head north. Things like tinted windows. Some might say not so important, but it is not something I want to be without driving interstate. I am some what lucky that if I don't get it done at least it is not summer at the moment. I've been searching everywhere for some decent looking wheels as well and all I can come up with is more bloody Holden wheels. There has to be some actually nice alloys that aren't going to cost the earth and look the goods. I am also going to have to put some time into costing some re-fit on the suspension. On the highway it really is quite a cruisy car (not exactly surprising given it is a Calais) but around town it really is a bit too sloshy. So here we are looking for that perfect medium ground. Maintain that comfort factor for the long drives, but gain more 'feel' and less 'mush' for the vast majority of my daily driving. I think this is where a good set of tyres will fit in. Slighty harder springs and some new shocks will give it quite a freshen up, from there avoiding rubber band profile tyres should keep my highway ride quite reasonable.
I would go so far as to check out places like Just Commodores. But that would be about as beneficial as asking a six year old. Infact there is quite a chance that the six year old would have a far better chance of writing something that didn't look like 'How MuCh F457eR w1ll mai C0mm0D0rE do H3kT1k Sk1d5 iF 1 Ge7 a S74gE 3 Sh1F7 k17?'. I won't pretend I'm driving something capable of handling fantasticly on the circuit. Its a Commodore with more weight, but I'm sure there is room for improvement with out breaking the bank.
It can be a bit odd not having a drawer for something so simple as cutlery. So you begin looking at things from a different perspective. Is it that bloody important I have a drawer entirely dedicated to cutlery? What other options do I have? And so is what I'm dealing with every day. It really is interesting, coming across all these little things that you've never really thought about before. My situation has a lot to do with trying to compress and re-evaluate what is needed and how to possibly store all these things in such a smaller area of space.
I can see myself shopping quite some more at my local 'storage' shops looking for some actual innovative ideas that suit my situation.
On the other hand, I very much need to get what I want done to the Calais before I head north. Things like tinted windows. Some might say not so important, but it is not something I want to be without driving interstate. I am some what lucky that if I don't get it done at least it is not summer at the moment. I've been searching everywhere for some decent looking wheels as well and all I can come up with is more bloody Holden wheels. There has to be some actually nice alloys that aren't going to cost the earth and look the goods. I am also going to have to put some time into costing some re-fit on the suspension. On the highway it really is quite a cruisy car (not exactly surprising given it is a Calais) but around town it really is a bit too sloshy. So here we are looking for that perfect medium ground. Maintain that comfort factor for the long drives, but gain more 'feel' and less 'mush' for the vast majority of my daily driving. I think this is where a good set of tyres will fit in. Slighty harder springs and some new shocks will give it quite a freshen up, from there avoiding rubber band profile tyres should keep my highway ride quite reasonable.
I would go so far as to check out places like Just Commodores. But that would be about as beneficial as asking a six year old. Infact there is quite a chance that the six year old would have a far better chance of writing something that didn't look like 'How MuCh F457eR w1ll mai C0mm0D0rE do H3kT1k Sk1d5 iF 1 Ge7 a S74gE 3 Sh1F7 k17?'. I won't pretend I'm driving something capable of handling fantasticly on the circuit. Its a Commodore with more weight, but I'm sure there is room for improvement with out breaking the bank.
posted by tomic at 6:10 PM
5 Comments:
1) Build whatever storage you need yourself.
2) Looks like Mum and I will be staying at motels when we come down next. That will cause some interesting situations...
3) Think really, really hard before you put too much money into 'improving' the car. That said, there's an almost identical one in my car park with a set of nice alloys, will have a look.
the 'how do i store it?' question is interesting indeed.
since said blogger moved out i have been wondering how to rearrange the house, and in fact thinking about many of the same things.
am trying to turn the porn room into a bit of an exhibition room for my photos. someone mentioned that there's some decent uber-cheapo flatpack standalone shelving available at the reject shop, and I'll be checking that out for sure
Note to self: stay out of photo room.
speaking of cars... i've only had the GT4 for a few hours and the wastegate/blowoff valve are annoying the poo out of me already, even though they're both (a) stock, and (b) not very loud at all
i don't understand how the cap-backwards brigade can put up with their loud-as BOVs/wastegates, it's fooking stupid
good luck finding wheels for the Calais. The stock mags for the HSV (VP? VN?) SV3800 aren't too bad in my opinion - tasteful, not chrome and a bit of dish to them
The thing suspension is due for a freshen up. It is pointless throwing piles of money at it, but it is equally pointless just putting bottom end Monroe shocks in there.
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