Another Friday is upon us and we are rapidly approaching June. My daughters have 8 more days of school before they are on summer break, which is difficult to believe – but I am excited for them and look forward to amazing weather and trips up North to the lake soon.

I haven’t done much related to cars this week aside from cleaning out my garage and moving some parts to basement storage in preparation of the arrival of my new car. And speaking of the new car…

180SX Shipping Update

I got a bit of surprising news earlier this week when Richard reached out and told me that a new ship had been assigned to pick my car up from Panama and transport it to Galveston. As a result, the new ETA is this coming Monday, May 20th instead of June 1st. While this was awesome news, it did throw a wrench in my plans to retrieve the car a bit. I’ve been scrambling ever since trying to get everything set up and in place to get the car home in a timely manner.

As of right now, the plan is for Jimmy to pick up the car from port for me when it clears customs and store it until I can get down to Texas to retrieve it. I will be heading to the lake house for Memorial Day weekend to help my wife’s family get the house open for the season, so I can’t make it down to get it until the end of the month anyway.

My good friend Liam is going to fly down to Houston with me at the end of the month. The plan is to do some quick maintenance on the car, spend some time hanging out with our friends down in Texas, and then cruise the car up to Michigan that weekend. I’m a little worried about the car making the trek home safely, but it should be a great adventure regardless. With a little luck, the 180SX will be home and parked in my driveway by early June!

I am so excited to make this trip and really looking forward to seeing friends I have not seen in a while. Huge thanks to Liam and Jimmy for all of their help and keeping me sane through this wild process. It appears the end may be in sight- stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by – have an excellent weekend.

Damon