Time for the kids' summer visitation with me. The ex box is claiming she doesn't have the funds to chip in for flying the kids, and paying for last minute plane fare for them to attend dad's funeral in may has depleted a whole lot of my discretionary funds.
If all else fails, she has to meet me in Effingham Illinois (halfway point) to exchange the kids. Which means it's drivin' time this weekend.
My old TDI beetle is getting up there in years and mileage. Had the oil changed, my mechanic check it out, and cleaned/semi-detailed the interior since I started vaping (and it needed it). My mechanic is replacing my blown front struts today. Shoot, it's gonna almost be like driving a new car when it's all done. It was almost worth the heat exhaustion from my big fat
cleaning the car out in the almost 100 degree sun.
My mom, wife and everyone else on the planet is suggesting that I take my Dad's (God rest his soul) Lincoln Continental, which has 80K less miles and is NICE to drive (feels like driving your favorite easy chair down the highway) and has a lot more room for everything. It also gets 1/3 the mileage of der diesel beetle, which means more fuel costs, more frequent stops, etc. My mechanic has worked on both cars, I'll seek his advice and also run the beetle down the interstate for a few miles when everything's done this afternoon.
The other decision is what to vape during the weekend. Blew another carto at uhv last night (it was a week old anyway, so no big loss) on the afs, Installed an i6 on it, and quickly replaced it with another carto after I was reminded of the iatty seepage/leakage problem. I'm also not 100% sure how well this new carto is going to behave.
One choice is the ggts/afs at 6v, with eight pairs of tenergy batteries and the car charger. Extra juice, extra drilled carto and a i6 with cart, and that should last the weekend.
Or, I could take a dependable 3.7 mod, like the reo, mkV or the CJB, with a couple of spare 18650's.
Tough choices all around for today.