So the wife cheated on me because Miata racecar...

"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
06/08/2014 at 11:12 • Filed to: miata, racecar, tube chassis, paint

My wife absolutely loves Harry Potter, almost obsessively. So we had a friend of hers who works at game stop buy the Lego games for us the other day. We were going to wait to play them until her friend came overon Wednesday. But my wife decided to go pick up the games late yesterday afternoon, expecting me to be home around dinner time. Well, I was at a friend's shop painting another friend's Flyin' Miata Exocet. It was only supposed to take a few hours, all the prep work was supposed to have been done before I got there. But it wasn't. There was still a couple of hours to go, it was just taking a lot longer than expected. So long story short, I didn't get home until 2am, but want able to tell my wife this beforehand because my friends shop is in a cell service dead zone. She was supposed to wait to play the game until we could start playing it together, but decided she couldn't wait any longer and started playing with her best friend instead. Also just realized racecar is a palindrome.

DISCUSSION (18)

The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 11:15

If she 'cheated' on you with Harry Potter Lego, then consider yourself lucky lol.

Greenmobile Supremo Commando, BRZ Extrordinare > The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL
06/08/2014 at 11:19

I was also expecting the worst as I scrolled. By the end, sigh of relief

Soloburrito > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 11:21

Ugh, I want to order an exocet already!

Need a house and garage where I can work on it first though. :(

XJDano > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 11:29

seems like everything automotive there is only supposed to take a couple hours, always takes double.

kevinw > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 11:32

Is that the frame for the miata in your photo? If so, holy crap. I want one now

RyanFrew > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 11:59

thought this was gonna get real at some point. Specifically, when you came home. Pretty glad it didn't get real.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > RyanFrew
06/08/2014 at 12:48

Yeah. Honestly no fear of that. Just thought it would be kind of sort of morbidly funny to joke about.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > kevinw
06/08/2014 at 12:51

Yes. But unfortunately it doesn't get miata body panels, it gets custom panels. But it uses the miata suspension, drivetrain, subframes, etc. Apparently saves 800 pounds from standard miata trim. And since this is his autox car, it will be awesome.

erikgrad > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 12:57

So, she cheated with her best friend...but did you at least get to watch O_o

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > erikgrad
06/08/2014 at 13:27

haha I wasn't even home, otherwise she would have just played the game with me.

Nothing > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/08/2014 at 14:34

How much did it save to purchase unpainted/powdercoated? Apparently worth it enough to paint it at home?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Nothing
06/08/2014 at 14:38

it cost less than $500 to paint it, including my time. And because he's going to drive it on the track and on the street, he wants to be able to touch it up quickly and easily. You can't touch up powdercoat that easily.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > XJDano
06/08/2014 at 14:40

I guess I'm lucky, it's usually the opposite for me, do everything in half the time it's supposed to take!

thejustache > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/09/2014 at 09:48

I had to look up finished Miata Exocets now... looks like the result of an Ariel Atom and a Caterham Seven doing the nasty! I bet it will be fun to drive though...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > thejustache
06/09/2014 at 09:54

I was thinking the same thing!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/09/2014 at 13:41

You wouldn't happen to be near Michigan with those kinds of rates for painting would you? lol

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/09/2014 at 19:07

haha no. West coast. I also get occasional usage of the vehicle when completed. And if it was anything other than flat black on a tube chassis it would have cost a lot more. Oh, and I hardly had to do any prep work, so that kept the price down too.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/10/2014 at 10:06

Damn....