To me it's the idea of sharing the knowledge, pain and pleasure of ownership is what the forum is about.
I choose to fix rather than yank. I choose not to put the playing card on the spokes like I did when I was 10 but revel in reading the accounts of those that do. My car is somewhere between a NCRS garage queen and a full on NASCAR race ready bling mobile complete with stick ons that look like headlights.
Secondaries (fixed by me)
ZF6 (rebuilt by me)
FX3 (fixed by me)
Clutch plate, stock (installed by me)
Slave Clutch cyl (new installed by me)
Alternator (fixed by me)
AC (converted to 134 by me)
Coils (replace by me)
Brakes (rebuilt by me)
Breather bezel (opened up by me)
Breather accordion (reinforced by me)
Head lights (fixed by me)
Door bell circuit (fixed by me)
Tire Sensors (fixed by me)
After market alarm and remote door opener (added by me)
Front bushings (replaced by me)
Seat lumbar (fixed by me)
Air bag sensors (fixed by me)
Radiator Screen (added by me)
DIC cover w/LT5 emblem (added by me)
Antenna (rebuilt by me)
Rubber plenum gaskets (created and installed by me)
Door sills (added by me)
Bose Amps (repaired by me)
CD player (repaired by me)
Custom Floor mats (created by me)
Wheels Polished to shine (by me)
TB (replaced by me)
Grounding bolts above tranny (removed and cleaned by me)
Fuel pumps (replaced by me)
Fuel sender (repaired by me)
Secondary vacuum pump (repaired by me)
After market fog lamps (added by me)
Shot shifter mod made to stock shifter (by me)
Ash tray clean (not thrown away by me)
back up switch (repaired by me)
Clutch switch (repaired by me)
Fuel pump hot wire switch to enable FP2 (added by me)
Fuel pump switch added to the test lead (by me)
DRM chip (bought by me
Corsa Exhaust (same thing as putting a playing card on my spokes.....added by me)
Next project is to replace the under hood lights with LED lights.
They'll be brighter and use 1/50th the power.
LONG LIVE THE ZR-1 and those that keep her going!