Well, folks... The GTP is out of order as of about an hour and a half ago (midnight here). I was getting frustrated with my computer, so decided to grab the laptop and go for a drive and see how my car likes the 9* weather here. I drove around just cruising, rapping the throttle a few times just to get some numbers. I drove around for a little over a half hour, then stopped to fill up at the only station in the area with 93 octane. on the way back home, I got on the interstate and floored it just for the heck of it. At the top of second it hesitated a slight bit, then shifted with a loud sound after I let off the gas. A few seconds later, I hear the car cough a little, then it starts to sputter and act up. I bump it into neutral and touched the gas to keep it from dieing. I managed to get it to the next off ramp (only a few hundred feet away at the time), then it dies completely. I rolled through the stop sign and get it straightened back up (30 MPH) and try to start it. Nothing... So I stop in the painted median between lanes. I get out and check all around the car with a flashlight. No liquids or parts hanging down from the engine bay. My next thought is the (almost new) timing chain broke. I popped the oil filler and watch as my buddy, who was riding shotgun, cranked the car. The valve are moving like normal, so I believe the chain is still in tact (It may have somehow jumped a tooth or two. I am still on a single chain.). I had full oil pressure while the car was still running, so I don't think I screwed up anything internal.
It's 9* outside and my roommate is on his way, so Kyle and I decide we're going to push the car out of the middle of the street and into a neighborhood half a block away. Luckily, one of the local Honda guys drives by and stops to help out. Well, since there were not three of us to push my 2-ton boat down the street, we decided to go ahead an push it another block up into a Basset parking lot.
By now, I'm coughing my head off and so are the other two guys. I'm not about to spend another half hour or so troubleshooting the stupid thing in this cold weather. My roommate show up, finally, in his 260Z and totes all of us back to this dude's Honda. Kyle rode with the Honda guy (Never caught his name, but he's on the local board, so I'll have to thank him via NWAI.), and I rode with Chris, my roommate, back to our house, where we thanked Mr. Honda Driver and Kyle for helping push the car and promptly went inside for the night.
So, now my GP is sitting in a parking lot, unable to run for an unknown reason, and I think I may have pneumonia (or at least a very nasty cold). Oh yea, at least I got my computer running decent again...
Cliff Notes: Uhhhh.... my car is screwed up and won't start/run and I'm sick. My computer is, however, working properly, again.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I'm out of cash for about a week, too... Anyone wanna donate to the "Fix Dan's Car" fund??
