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Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:20 am
by Chief Geek
Hello all. Paul M here.

First: I'm OK, everyone is OK, no living things lost except for a couple of house plants.

Second: My Miata engine swap has suffered a major setback. Like, really major. Rich and I will need some pretty major luck to compete at all this year, but we'll be at the hills no matter what.

Third: I'm staying with Marge & Rich (Mom & Dad) for now because I can't stay at my house. The pictures are self explanatory.

http://www.reformer.com/News/ci_2770170 ... in-Grafton

http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/paulm ... e%20damage

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:47 pm
by Super1303
Oh wow man, that sucks dude! Sorry for your loss, must be devastating to say the least, must be isn't even enough, it is..
I was excited to see a thread but I was expecting something totally different.
I'm not that excited now, bummed would be proper, but glad everyone is OK.
Not sure how I would be able to help but if there is something, let me know. Seriously.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:35 pm
by walterclark
Ouch! If there is anything I can do to help let me know.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:44 pm
by sdwarf36
Man that is terrible. We hope for the best for you to spring back from this.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:05 am
by sachilles
Oh man, sorry to see that.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:07 pm
by drummingpariah
Thats devastating Paul, but Im glad everyone is ok. Let me know if theres anything i can do at all.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:16 pm
by Ryed
Really sorry/sad to see that Paul. Glad no one got hurt. As others have said, I'm not sure what I can do to help. But if there is anything I could do, don't hesitate to ask.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:52 pm
by RacingFrog
For sure that Miata will be missed, but the good news is that we'll still see you guys at the hills!
You can always come for a fam run in the Frog Racing pesky Corvette or PrincesSTI! And now you have a chance of becoming the Daewoo hot shoe of the year, I heard the driving style is pretty close to a Miata in terms of footwork.

Good luck with the rebuild.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:08 pm
by KevinGale
Kelly says if you need help with plans when rebuilding let her know.

The burnt hard drive made me extra glad of something I just did. About a month ago I installed a WiFi hard drive in the motorhome. Kelly and I backup to that in addition to local external drives. The idea was if the house burnt down and I lost everything in the house I'd at least still have the backup in the motorhome.

Re: Setback on the Rotary Miata

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:44 pm
by drummingpariah
That just reminded me that I had handed one of my 4tb drives to you at the banquet. I'll assume it's a puddle of formerly magnetic metals.