The new design for the website is NEARLY finished!  It should be finished by the end of next week.

I hate to keep everyone waiting, but I promise it’ll be worth it.  In the meantime, take a look at this sweet thing!

And yes, there’s a carbon fiber car next to the crx, too.

Holy carbon fiber, Batman!

I’ve created a new category of article: the Monthly Specials. Starting in August, I’ll be spending a week of each month on a particular topic and covering a different aspect of it each day of the week (with Wednesday off for errands). The first week of each month will get special treatment. If there are any questions or suggestions about Monthly Specials, feel free to email me.

I’ve been busy with a whole slew of things this month, but my computer’s keyboard is getting pretty dusty. These are just my excuses for not updating the page this month, but I feel the need to let everyone know what’s been going on.  Many of you aren’t interested in this particular post, so feel free to just cruise on past and skip it.  Good articles are coming up soon.

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I’m just republishing news from Autoblog today, but this particular article really bothered me. Essentially, some Lithuanian guy really wanted to drive around in a concept car, so he made his own body:

You can find the full article here. Unfortunately, I disagree with everything he’s done with this except the polyurethane. Polyurethane is a great material to work with, and is phenominal for skim-coating over a car because, as urethane, it absorbs impact extremely well. If someone bumps into your car with a shopping cart, the worst case scenario is that your paint will chip. While this gives me some ideas of my own, I see no benefit to this approach, especially with a design as over-the-top as the one he chose. It could have been at least mildly aerodynamic.
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I am very happy to post that the Madness Shop Manual has now hit 10,000 pageviews (and counting!). Over the past year, a lot has happened. I know that personally, I’ve given every bit of advice I could (and later found that some of it wasn’t necessarily good advice, a big thank you to everyone who pointed those out), and received an overwhelming number of tips and tricks on doing things more easily myself. My projects have multiplied and leveled out, and I’m getting ready to finish up both of my projects soon. The actual site will be going through a few changes shortly.

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I have decided upon a new name for ProjectCRX: the Madness Shop Manual. It fits the goals and ideals for the site well, and I’ll be updating all necessary pages during the week. Keep your eyes open for updates!