tomkat
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I have a Mazda that was my first mini. I drove it for awhile when I was 16 and I got it back after someone else had it for awhile and totaled it. I got it running and driving again and all it really needs now is body work, paint, a tune up, and a few other little things. I have another truck that's my project; I'm just fixing this one, getting it "nice" and selling it so I'm not doing too many mods.
Anyway, I just got a new windshield for $200 last week. Today I went out to do some body work on the truck, got bored, and decided to weld the fenders to the wiper cowl and the side pillars. I got a tarp and folded it over 4x thick and put it on the windshield. I welded the fenders in and took the tarp off and the windshield was RUINED. The weld splatter went straight through the tarp. I know I shoulda known better but that was my first time welding next to glass. So anyway, I got pissed that I ruined my new windshield, had a tantrum, kicked something, and lost my big toenail.
Now tell me, what was dumber? Burning the glass or having a fit and breaking my toenail off?
Lately I have been tempted to just take the truck to a shop and have them fix everything instead of doing it myself... and taking my truck to a shop for anything other than a new windshield install is pretty much against my religion. The buyer wants the truck, and I want to get rid of it, but every time I look at it, I see another dent that I didn't notice before that needs to be filled, or I find some little thing that isn't PERFECT and I just want to throw this truck off a fucking cliff now.
Have any of you gotten to this point? It doesn't help that a good friend of mine passed away and I just went to his funeral yesterday and spent the rest of the day at his house... anyway, it's like I don't ever want to work on that truck again!