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Some people wouldn’t touch an increased mileage used car in a hundred years whereas others see the truth that a car has driven across the earth a few times a great basis for buying a bargain. A quick consider the odometer is the best way to know precisely how many miles your motor has covered in its previous life, just before parting with any cash you must also look out for several other signs.

May be the odometer showing a genuine reading? Some unscrupulous car dealers and private people will visit great lengths to try and unwind a number of miles from your odometer making it appear that the car has driven fewer miles than it actually has. Who knows how far it could have driven in real terms if the vehicle shows a comparatively high number of miles after it has been tampered with? It is more challenging to pull this type of trick because the advent of digital odometers yet it is still possible to do so.

One great way to ascertain whether the reading is genuine is to check on the vehicle history. If the motor you are considering buying comes with service history that can be a genuine bonus.

Offers the engine got a few more miles left inside it? Any potential engine problems can soon be identified with a compression test. In the event you don’t learn how to do this yourself it is certainly worth calling upon the services of an expert service mechanic or a friend who is actually a petrol head. It’s quite a simple procedure which involves replacing a spark plug with a compression gauge, cranking up the motor and reading the numbers recorded around the gauge. Low compression could be a sign of a leaking gasket, perhaps a damaged exhaust valve or just the engine is in need of major surgery before it can be supposed to ever run sweetly again.

The amount of rust spots can you find on the bodywork? Rust is often quite easy to identify if it is left to its own devices but some people are guilty of trying to disguise the fact that the bodywork is suffering. If the car you are looking at offers the original paint job you may be able to find small bubbled areas where the rust is beginning to grow. If the car has a few patches that happen to be a slightly different shade they have almost certainly tried to hide signs of rust. On the other hand you can’t expect an auto which has high mileage to be bright and shiny like it was the first day it drove from the car lot, not unless the previous owner admits that it has been re-sprayed.

Turning your awareness of the inside? Take into consideration this for the second, for every mile that the car drives someone will need to have been placed in the driving seat using their foot on the gas. If the odometer has become tampered with to show fewer miles the inside could help to offer the game away, this tear and wear will be a good indicator about the mileage of the car, and.

When a car has high mileage but has become regularly serviced and well-maintained it doesn’t necessarily mean that this will let you down. Modern cars can be expected to last for 250,000 miles or more with no problems at all.

Of course if you head down to Fontana Nissan you won’t need to worry about any of those ideas at all. Look at their motors at http://www.downtownnissan.com and you’ll see what I mean.

With a blistering 1: 55.43 (Buttonwillow CW13) under its belt, most would expect Rob Walker’s S2000 to be brimming with the latest in power-producing hardware, perhaps taxing the local dyno as force-fed air is crammed into Honda’s F22C powerplant. Not to be the daydream crusher, but this AP2 couldn’t possibly stray any further from that fantasy. Besides it lack a turbo or supercharger kit, it puts down a very conservative 204 whp on Evasive Motorsports’ Mustang Dyno. Furthermore, the car passes California’s stringent smog testing obstacle course with flying colors, contains every plastic interior panel installed from the factory (including a speakers and deck), and is driven quite comfortably to and from the track. So, what’s his secret? The simple truth is, there is no secret. It required plenty of hours behind the wheel, countless hours of research and development, and traditional-fashioned error and trial.

As a child, Walker’s family moved to Japan for a six-year stint; a slice of your energy that included heavy contact with tuners and also the automotive lifestyle in the land of the rising sun. He adds, My first exposure to real track driving was when my Japanese friend showed me a video of Kurosawa Motoharu (aka Gan-san) driving a 930 turbo from the rain. The recording was not regarding the all-out speed but focused instead on controlling weight transfer throughout the tires from theUnited states soil, he purchased an S2000 and wasted no time at all in getting involved in grassroots time trial events around California. The hobby quickly morphed into obsession with Walker attending a minumum of one track day per month, sometimes more. He began a site, Maxrev.net (see sidebar), which was used to log and review any modifications done to the automobile in order to evaluate their effectiveness on track performance. The purpose ended up being to show some great benefits of each part as considered in regards to the overall balance from the car. I attempted various track-oriented parts in that time and I learned so much from it. The continual research and hands-on testing paid off when Walker became the first S2000 owner/driver to break the coveted 2: 00 mark at Buttonwillow’s CW13 on R-compounds. This time using mere street tires, though not long after that, in 2008, he repeated the performance.

Having found positive results in his own development and research with his S2000, Walker received some news that would basically put him back to square one. I realized my close friend was selling his S2000. I always experienced a soft position for white colored Honda cars, so I jumped on it. It was actually also a good opportunity to start fresh on a lower mileage car together with the knowledge which i gained from building my first S2000. With two roadsters now in his garage, Walker began transferring carefully selected parts from the donor car for the newly acquired chassis. Along with a new car came a new challenge and objective: build a street-driven S2000 with full interior that could match or beat the lap times being posted by track-dedicated cars. His selection of guidelines offered little in the form of compromise.

Spotted outside of the SEMA 2013 convention hall at the HKS booth was this 2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition. This is not even close to a stock platform though. It will reach 60mph into two.3 seconds and complete the quarter in 10.2 seconds as a result of 1,042hp.

Sponsored by HKS, this daily driver features the Jotech Motorsports Stage 6S kit, which retails for about $95,000 according to chosen parts. This car uses the HKS GT1000 turbo running 38 psi – a much more aggressive Alpha 12 twin turbo kit is also available.

Turn around time for this package is around monthly and a half. The Stage 6S kit includes a fully-built Jotech 4.1L engine (4.3L stroker avail. for $8K more), Sheptrans Stage 4 transmission, GReddy intercooler and full titanium exhaust, 3 custom air intakes, 1400hp-ready fuel system, ID 2,000 injectors, HKS boost controller, Cobb AccessPort V3 as well as a Jotech tune.

The 20-inch HRE wheels complete what is one killer Godzilla package. Now to figure out how to come up with the cash for this turnkey package.

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There is more to saving the environment than merely recycling your newspaper. There are many great things out there that may really make your footprint smaller so that you can be rest assured that you are carrying out all you can to impact the planet earth in a meaningful way. Here are a couple of great ideas for you.

1. Make Old Things New Again

Buying some pieces of furniture used can really make any difference when it comes to the surroundings since you are buying pieces which may have just ended up in the landfill. You can be creative with what you buy by changing the hardware and colors. That is the positive aspect of buying second-hand. By searching on blogs and Pinterest across the web, you will get great ideas for how to remake old furniture to make it chic.

2. A Power Car

Few things can present you are serious about saving the surroundings like owning an electric car does. With all the Nissan Leaf from Nissan Riverside, you may get a reasonably priced electric car that gets an almost unbelievable 126 MPG. The Leaf is a great way to lower your carbon emissions every day. Find out more about the Nissan Leaf by going to http://metronissanredlands.com.

3. A Composter

A composter can be a great way to keep the amount of garbage you are sending to the landfill down if you possess the outdoor space for doing it. With a composter, you can keep organic material, including vegetable peels and coffee grounds, from the trash. Instead, you can put organic material in the composter and, with very little effort on your part, have material to produce rich organic material for growing your vegetables once planting season comes. When you have a vegetable garden, compost will work like fertilizer, without all the chemicals.

It will require a lot of balls to irreversibly modify a vehicle. In any aspect of the aftermarket game, the repercussions can be detrimental. Intakes and exhausts might still be replaced back with OEM parts, plus your wheels and ride height can be put straight back to stock with simple hand tools when it’s time to part ways (unless for reasons unknown you’ve been using a wrench to pull your fenders). But I’m referring to the real deal major changes, the big boy moves-like entirely dissecting a $35,000 luxury sports car and replacing its soul and heart with a long lost family member’s organs. Yet having a dream under consideration, that’s precisely what madman Tim Jordan chose to do as he dropped the infamous RB26 power plant and AWD transmission into his Infiniti G35 coupe.

We percieve a lot of different types of cars, you might already know. From stanced out showstoppers and innovative Frankensteins to clean up classics and VIP bangers. Personally, I’m the sort of guy that likes to see those “all-in” modifications, the creative “outside the box” transformations-I couldn’t applaud Mr. Jordan anymore on the focus on detail placed on the grueling process. See, where most people would have been completely content with just completing a swap with this magnitude (and getting it actually run), Tim lay out on a major goal to make sure the engine was completely leveled out rather than sitting crooked or tilted for some reason as many RB swaps have a tendency toThe True Infiniti Skyline

As a way to test fit the bulky Skyline motor and prepare for the swapping process, initiating the method, the entire front end was removed. With merely a small hose bracket blocking the his, Tim and fit friends quickly removed the pointless weld and began drawing up custom engine mounts that were eventually fabricated and popped into place. In doing so, the foreign heart managed to fit the donor’s body like a glove-and without using any hammers or rubber mallets to force anything into place. To finally level out the motor, the oil pan was slightly transformed and shortened making a much wider and shallower section allowing the block to sit flat as originally proposed. Once all components were secured in place, a Precision GT4067R turbo was slapped in place in conjunction with some more custom fabricated pieces, allowing the beast to reach a full 632whp.

With success inside the heart, it was time to proceed to the footwork. Though the RWD RB25 tranny is the usual option for projects of these sorts, Tim have been forever inspired by the strength and durability of the AWD RB26 platform and knew it would be the best choice for the build. The AWD goal was quickly checked off the list and the G’d up Skyline was easily blasting through gears in the interstate without hesitation, by creating a custom rear tranny mount and three-bend shifter to hold the stock stick location.The Actual Infiniti Skyline

The secondary building point for the project dips just a little deeper compared to technical realm. For years, Tim has been involved in the automotive industry and has seen it slip out and in of varied fads (as many of us have). To stray away from the current trends, the concept was to make a car having an actual purpose, focusing on the power of his childhood days rather than a money pit that just “looks nice.” In doing so, with much attention focused on the engine and transmission, your body was kept subtle and functional having a sleek GReddy kit all-around. A classic list of TE37s was put in place for that extra bit of tenuous flare. Again, even though primary goal of the build was to strive for functionality and power, Tim felt the auto wouldn’t are already complete with out a few interior mods. Upgrading the aesthetics, some Buddy Club seats along with a NRG wheel temporarily brings the project to a close.

Through and through, Tim has poured more then a few ounces of blood, sweat and tears into this project. But could you anticipate anything less? Literally, we’re talking about heart surgery here-and on a platform that has seldom been brought and dissected returning to existence. Though he’ll be the first to admit the build is still running through a few ECU and injector component issues, it can be by no doubt out contributing to ripping from the Houston city streets, and may only carry on and progress, as Sir Jordan vows the project will never be finished.

Josh Jett’s wife knew all about his girlfriend. The forum chatting, the late-night texting, the time they went to the drag strip together–she was fine with all of it. And their relationship, which had nothing at all with regards to surreptitiously sexting one another at all hours and everything to do with collaborating on each other’s RSX build-ups, was the kind of stuff car-guy bonds are made from, that’s mostly because Josh’s girlfriend wasn’t a girl at all. None of this stopped Josh’s wife from pronouncing her fellow and husband RSX chat forum member Zack Keller girlfriend and boyfriend though, even though they were only a couple of friends which shared a fervor to the final iteration of what was once the Acura Integra.

Josh and Zack met online and soon realized that they lived in close proximity to one another, nearby the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. For Josh, his ’03 RSX Type-S was his first attempt at modifying a car in the ground up. He’ll tell you about the ’00 Civic EX he’d once owned, but he’ll also let you know that the changes he’d made to it pale to what he’d do in order to the RSX. Zack, the more mechanically experienced of the two, is partially to blame. Zack was much more knowledgeable when it came totransmissions and motors, and how things work, Josh says. I’m sure I used to be quite annoying with all of my questions, but he was always helpful.led to the 741 whp that Josh would later make and the 11-second pass he’d post his first time out. It’s correct that Josh’s new friend was the more experienced of the two, but his RSX would turn out to be the real teacher. My RSX is the first car that we really put some time into modifying and understanding everything [about] which i could, he says. I like to do things myself and tried to with this particular car up to I could. Josh’ll be the first one to remind you that his RSX is the thing that he calls built, not bought. It soon became an instruction manual for him, leading to his better understanding how difficult making power naturally aspirated was, how temporarily satisfying a supercharger could be, and just how worthwhile a totally rebuilt and turbocharged K-series is. In just a short time, Josh had subjected his K20 to nearly every form of aspiration, each of which concluded using a predilection to get more power, which is exactly what generated his settling on an engine program in relation to a Precision PT6766 turbocharger.

Take a peek at Josh’s setup and little will surprise you–unless a cluster of top-notch engine pieces and high-end suspension components are unfamiliar to you. Ductile, iron cylinders, Wiseco pistons, and Manley connecting rods make sure that the 28 psi that passes through the Golden Eagle intake manifold and into the lightly modified cylinder head stays put and doesn’t plan its own exit strategy by means of a hole in the block. A team of fuel pumps along with 2,000cc/min. fuel injectors tuned with the help of a Hondata K-Pro do their part in generating the nearly quadrupled power figure but it’s the drivetrain that impresses and, in addition to the exhaust that’s routed through the hood, toes the line between what Josh says is actually a weekend car and what exactly is really only a track car occasionally fired up on the street. A five-speed RSX gearbox augmented with PPG straight-cut gears–their whine of which, according to Josh, is the thing his wife can do without. Despite what the state of Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles says, Josh’s RSX is a race car by any description. Either of his sons will tell you as much, the older that pines for the opportunity to be straddled inside the passenger-side carbon-fiber bucket, as well as the younger of which, although not of sufficient age to ride in it, knows to refer to it as Daddy’s race car.

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A smattering of mods you aren’t likely to find on any race car have also found themselves onto Josh’s RSX, like the shaved engine bay and body work that he did himself, both processes that gave him the opportunity to learn new skills, like paint and welding preparation. Interior enhancements have been made, just like a dyed-black headliner and carbon-fiber-vinyl trim pieces strategically placed across the center and dash console. It’s all very much the right contrast towards the exposed, billet-aluminum K-Tuned shifter box, CNC staging brake, and barrage of digital AEM meters.

Josh’s RSX has since been is and completed admittedly done. All that he says remains is to enjoy beating the hell from it, a job that’s been bittersweet ever since August 14, 2012, when Zack passed away following a fatal car accident. Still, beat it up he has. Within the once watchful guidance of his friend and longtime drag racer, who Josh says the build’s been dedicated to, Josh familiarized himself withlaunching and staging, and shifting. I wasn’t nervous; I was excited, he says of that first pass. Zack grew up around drag racing, so I wanted him there to give me pointers. I short-bogged and shifted at the beginning of that first pass. The time was quite embarrassing. Following a little bit of seat time as well as just before posting his quickest pass Josh looked to Zack and asked him how he thought he was doing. Excellent, Zack said. Now quit driving the vehicle like a pussy. You built it for any reason.

It seems like you can find a million things to take into consideration once you decide to look for a brand new car: safety ratings, overall value, testimonials, expert opinions, past experience, your desires and demands, special needs of your family, and more. The list just goes on and on. But there are many undeniable information about Fiat to contemplate when you start seeking your new vehicle.

Fiat carries a rich history in the transportation industry. You might see an array of cars at the fiat downey dealership today, but in past times Fiat engineered everything from carriages to tractors to aircraft. When you invest in a Fiat, you’re buying from the company who is familiar with a thing or two about transportation. Chances are, you’re familiar with lots of the brands Fiat has acquired, including Ferrari, Chrysler and Maserati, even though additionally, you may not know a lot about Fiats. Fiat has regularly bought quality brands with great reputations that match their own high-end craftsmanship.

In Brazil, one of many world’s most populous countries, Fiat is definitely the leading car brand and just a few years ago, in 2008, a Fiat won the European Car of year award. A Fiat first took home that distinguished prize in 1968. The long history of Fiat in addition to their commitment to excellence is undeniable. When you get a Fiat, you’re getting a car you know you can depend on for many years and a car that’s made with all the expertise of a company that’s been manufacturing fine automobiles for generations. See your local dealership webpage, http://www.ocfiat.com, to peruse selecting Fiats available in your own backyard and see if there’s one that might fit the bill for our family. Our sales people is glad to let you take one on the test drive.

One glance at Jose Guzman’s Arctic Blue Pearl Type-S, featuring its expensive JDM bits and pieces spattered over an overtly sanitary appearance, and you probably draw your own conclusion rather quickly in regards to what this car was developed for. It’s what you can’t see that makes all of the difference in the world,. That’s after all, you’ve been somewhat conditioned, albeit unknowingly, to assume that high-dollar Japanese aero garb is nothing more than yet another piece of flair in a community hell-bent on outdoing the other person in hopes of moving up that imaginary ladder maintained by street cred and likes. Funny part about a car like Jose Guzman’s RSX.What’s quickly learning to be a well-sorted track car was once a full-time street car with little more than a few bolt-ons. Originally bought in 2006 at a dealership in Orlando, FL, with just 40K on the odometer, the car was mildly modded, and was then placed into hibernation on an extended length of time. It sat in my parents’ garage for about two years because I was getting stationed overseas in Japan guzman adds. Once I arrived in Japan and got settled in, the mod bug bit me. I started buying parts and shipping them over to the U.S.–I seemed to get an addiction to Mugen DC5 parts. After completing his overseas duties, Guzman was then stationed in California the location where the build continued, and he attended a few meets and events. It wasn’t until I met Richard Payne from Garage Spec Motorsports that the build started picking up some momentum. He helped me with lots of the new mod installs and suggested ideas on the build.

Time went by, and on a whim Guzman attended a couple of track events, first being a spectator, and shortly after decided to pick up a helmet and check out a few sessions in his own car. Like so many before him, he was instantly hooked. He recalls, It had been lots of fun. That is, until I spun out at Buttonwillow in the rain and landed within the mud. The automobile was covered in mud, it was horrible, and to this very day, I am [still] finding mud in strange places!

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Another turning point came into being after a chance encounter with Justin Wesseling of Circuit Dreams by JW Racing, along with his father Jerry at Cal Speedway. In order to become more competitive, taking an immediate interest in Wesseling’s Honda Challenge Civic, the two exchanged numbers and began devising a game plan to take the RSX to the next level. In order to accumulate seed money for a K24 block to replace the car’s tired, original 2.0L, many of Guzman’s original mods were then sold. Supporting mods are fairly simple with an emphasis on usable torque, as opposed to peak horsepower. Subtle compression remains, as being the only block changes would be the micro polished and properly balanced crank, while the original K20A2 head received Portflow’s handy work, together with a set of Skunk2 valvesprings and retainers that support a collection of OEM TSX cams. A custom Circuit Dreams 3-inch intake and BPI flow stack bring air in, while a 1-off ASP header directs spent gasses to custom exhaust piping plus a J’s Racing 60R muffler. To avoid starvation on track, a K20 oil pump conversion and Circuit Hero oil pan baffle were both added to insure reliability. To many people, the combination may appear rather simple, almost to a fault, but the results certainly are not, with a dyno finale of 275 hp and 210 lbs-ft tq.

In stark contrast to the mild engine development, suspension upgrades are anything but. Counting on a laundry list of aftermarket bushings, both polyurethane and spherical, tie-bars, lower and upper support bars, end links, roll center adjusters, and a lot more, the RSX delivers a degree of handling light years beyond what the original chassis was capable of. J’s Racing fenders provided enough clearance for 17×9 36 SSR Type C’s in advance, while the rear relies on 17×8 42 for any staggered put in place that Guzman assures us has been very beneficialpropulsion and suspension requirements and significant testing, the team felt that the RSX will benefit from some additional downforce. Guzman states, The car needed more aero, so Justin tasked Jerry with building custom risers for the Mugen wing and a custom splitter with PCI brackets for that BYS front bumper. The back bumper was trimmed significantly and a Max Racing vented hood was added to assist in cooling. The result is an aggressive look that seems to be quite effective; helping to bring home multiple top three finishes in competition.

Weekend track days are the focus, but that hasn’t stopped Guzman from driving the car on the street, even attending a number of meets here and there for fun. Admittedly, parking lot encounters involve fielding a large number of questions about the cars aero enhancements along with its aggressive demeanor. When asked about any future plans for the build, Guzman had this to express, After plenty of testing and podium finishes at a couple of HFF events and Super Lap Battle, the car has become pretty competitive, holding its own on the track against lighter Civics and Integras from older generations. My goal for the car is to consistently develop it and have fun along with it!

The state Arizona hosts a large population of Nissan 240SX’s. It is really not uncommon to come across one buzzing around on your short commute to function. Florida transplant, Dan Marino-I mean Doug Maiorino-has built one of the most unique Nissan 240’s Arizona has ever seen. This took a lot of motivation, money and time and dedication. Doug has come a long way from doing donuts behind his old high school with his classmates.

And taught him the ropes around cars before he died in 2004, doug’s father was really a gearhead as well. A few years later, when Doug was 14, The Fast as well as the Furious: Tokyo Drift came out. With all of the hype around drifting at the time, Doug wanted one thing: to drift. Even though the drift scene wasn’t very popular in Florida at that time, his mind was set on drifting. Moving to Arizona just a year later really fueled his desire for cars and drifting. The drift scene in Arizona was huge at the time compared to Florida. Doug would watch videos and play Xbox to get his drifting fix, since he did not have a car or a license yet. He would pick up magazines, like Import Tuner, to keep up of what everyone was building and to stay motivated to attainBecoming Reality

He already had a build plan under consideration, by the time Doug bought his first 240. Shortlyafter and though, he caught a VIP-style bug and sold them back for a Q45. It didn’t take long for him to appreciate it wasn’t what he wanted, so he off-loaded the Q45 and bought the 240SX that is currently gracing these pages. Doug, being 18 with his first real develop the horizon, wanted to honor his father who was always a big impact on him. Getting the voice of his father in the back of his head, he knew he couldn’t let him down. After receiving a make sure that was left to him after his father died, Doug chose to build the vehicle in his honor.

Not wanting to blend in with all the masses of overdone styling, Doug took a sleek and simple strategy to the body. Drawing inspiration from some of the guys from Risky Devil as well as the older Japanese drift cars, Doug tailored the rear end of his car with Kouki-style taillights, a Type X rear wing, and BMagic 50mm over-fenders, in the mean time tucking 18×10.5 Weds Kranze LXZ’s. Doug stuck with the stock metal fenders up front to suit the 18×9.5s instead of the typical fiberglass fenders; he didn’t want to destroy them while tucking the front tire since he drives this car daily. To keep with all the simple and sleek look, Doug fitted the vehicle with a Supermade Instant Gentleman body kit. From there the automobile was finished off with Dark Driftwood Metallic paint.

If you notice the car you believe style, but what is style on a car without power? The initial choice in relation to an engine swap will be the ever-popular 1JZ. Instead, being the thug that he is, Doug chose to stay in gangsta paradise and go with the SR20DET. Realizing that a stock SR20DET swap is just plain boring, Doug opted to upgrade the tiny-time turbo to your slightly bigger GT28R. This required plenty of extra cooling and fuel to hold the engine streetable. Doug added HKS injectors, a Walbro fuel pump, as well as an aluminum radiator to battle the Arizona heat wave. Doug still desired to keep the engine bay looking flossy, so he took the car to SPS Autosport to have a custom wire harness tuck done while having an aluminum coolant overflow tank, Isis intake manifold, along with a FMIC setup installed. Together with the engine setup complete, Doug took the vehicle to Evan Smith at Es Tuned, where the PowerFC was used to tune the vehicleThrough the two-year build, Doug took an interest in the low car lifestyle. He was hanging out more and more with folks from the Oof! Crew and Street Sweeper Gang. Wanting to have the car as low as possible, he installed a set of coilovers, in addition to the necessary adjustable arms, to attain his desired ride height. After tucking the wheels into bed, Doug took a very Spartan approach to the interior. He planned to hit the real key points to generate a solid street/drift car with good feedback for the driver. With this in mind, he installed a Buddy Club racing seat and Nardi 350mm deep corn steering wheel. Even with the auto pretty much established to the way he envisioned, it still wasn’t done. By putting in a complete sound system with subwoofers-something he feels every true street car should have, doug necessary to add more style points. To Doug, he had built the ultimate car, and something that might also make his dad proud. Doug managed to separate himself in the pack of standard 240 project builds and still stay on track with his goals and dreams that he or she set so young in life. Even though the engine developed rod knock shortly after doing a John Force-sized burnout after the photo shoot, Doug wasted almost no time beginning the massive rebuild process. The car should be done and better than ever, by the time you read this.

It’s a painful realization since the calendar flips to August – it’s the month which hosts the halfway point of summer. You’ve already enjoyed July 4 fireworks, countless BBQ’s and weenie roasts, Saturdays on the beach. The days are starting to shorten in an ever-increasing way, and you also know it’s back to school time soon. Soon the nights may become lonely and funky and your fun will probably be at an end. So when it turns to August, it’s important to love a little before it’s too late. Here are some actions to take to take full advantage of the time you might have before the crushing depression of real life comes crashing back on top of you.

Impromptu Vacation

If you whine about the inability to afford an impromptu vacation, you might as well just jump off a cliff and end all this, because life is made for living, and what’s a few extra dollars in there. You can’t take it along with you after all. And you can’t take that personal credit card debt with you. So, who cares? Look for a saver fare on some online cheap airline place and go somewhere awesome. Go to Hawaii. Go to Puerto Rico. It doesn’t matter. Just stand up and go somewhere for a while or, ideally, a week. Actually 10 days is the perfect vacation. Of sufficient length to escape town, but additionally by the end you’ll actually be ready to come back to your lifestyle. Don’t make excuses, make fun.

Buy a New Car

You know what sucks? Your car. You would spend a lot of time inside driving occasionally and doing errands and picking up friends and crushing to Home Depot. Might as well enjoy your time inside instead of always worrying that it’s intending to break down, or, what’s that noise, or it’s never felt like this before. That sort of worry can really get yourself a guy or gal down. The auto marketplace is still is and reeling trying to emerge from its hole it dug for itself so there are great deals that can be had on cars of all kinds. By way of example, head into garden grove dodge and you may most likely have the capacity to walk away with a cool new Dodge. In fact, no one really wants a Dodge so they’ll be inclined to make a deal. Start looking at http://www.ocauto.com to see which strikes your fancy.

Swim Swim Swim having a Swing

What separates summer from winter? In the summer we like to swim. So don’t let this summer go by without getting your share of swimming it, may it be at the lake or the ocean or a crick or a creek. Submerge yourself in Mother Nature’s finest, the waters that run her lands. You’ll be thankful you did. It’s the little stuff that can really make your life worth living and the Autumn and Winter less than bad.