05/03/2026
It's finally done. It took
1,350,720 minutes
22,512 hours
134 weeks
938 days
After all that time, the Prelude is ALIVE.
2 years, 6 months, and 26 days ago, I blew second gear. Cruising with my best friends on The Tail of the Dragon, trying to keep up with an FB6 SI (He walked all of us down), and my foot slipped off my clutch. This was now going to be my 3rd transmission... I didn't know how much it would affect me at the time, but this would cause me to hate myself. I have been struggling the entire time to come to terms with it. As much as I want to joke here, I was so disappointed and mad at myself I didn't know what to do. My childhood dream car, broken again, no one to blame but myself. I couldn't look at the car and not tear up, thinking about all the track events, auto crossing, cruises… And I keep making a stupid mistake and ruining it. I took a break from cars, media, everything I enjoyed and put all of my attention into Amazon and "working hard to pay myself back". In hindsight, that was a stupid punishment. I looked at myself with anger, instead of forgiveness.
Slowly but surely, I gathered all the pieces and finally put my Prelude puzzle back together. This car has taught me so many things, patience self love, and resilience to name a few. I've always said I'm my happiest when this car is running and hey, it's finally running. I'm grateful for my friends - you never gave up on me, even though I gave up on myself. And grateful to the Prelude. He NEVER gave up on me, no matter how frustrated angry or upset I was. The wasp nests and beehives will fall off, the paint fade and (backed into fender 😭😭😭) can be fixed, the now sun dried brittle plastic can be replaced.
I'm so grateful to finally have my car again. 🥹
We are SO BACK. Media, cruises, all of it - get ready 😜
