Damn, that’s a seal. Coworkers informed me it was the rear main seal – and the Tranny needed to be dropped to get to it.

I google’d Rear main seal and found – Bar’s Leaks Main Seal Repair. Poured it into the crankcase, and put a lil extra 5w30 to replace the dripped oil, and now is the waiting game.

1 week later, there has been no new drips. I will update this month when I change the oil. As of right now, it looks like we saved 1,400 bucks! Of course, god knows what this stuff will to do the other seals, but hey thats for another day.

Manuel Beltrán, who rides for the Liquigas team of Italy and who is a former teammate of Lance Armstrong’s on the Discovery Channel team, tested positive for EPO after the first stage of the race. Beltrán was withdrawn under the terms of a contract that all of the teams signed with the Tour organizer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/sports/sportsspecial1/12wyatt.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

If your a noob to the previous doping scandals throughout the years, this is a great history.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2007/news/story?id=2947903

After 2006′s Tour de France winner Floyd Landis’ was proven by a french lab for mass amounts of testerone, put a bad vibe on the tour. However, we all thought as cycling enthusiasts that 2008 would be different. No one could be stupid enough to try taking EPO in 08, and not be caught, right? Nope. Manuel Beltran figured, hey I might as well try to get the edge and dope!

As of right now, hes been kicked out, and is under investigation from the French Police. He may screw over his entire team – Liquigas – and they may go home as well.

What happened to just blood, sweat and tears? I’m sure Lance has his head in his hands, and wishes that if he was still racing, he could bring up the enthusiasm to what it once was. I hate waking up at 5 am and hearing the pre race repeat “doping doping doping.”
You Suck Manuel Beltran. I hope your career is finished, and your reduced to selling rusty old bridgestone bikes with their original tires.

And sometimes i’m not. This morning I woke up, and had a can of Pokka coffee (I swear) and was happy until I got to work at the early time of 9:30. (Wiki of Japanese canned Coffee)

However, my new french press (I only roll Bodiums, what!) was looking for something new.

My buddy Shelly C – (A active Yelper too! ) thoughtfully bought me this from a store in Pheonix, Arizona.

Momma Vakil (my mom) saw the bag around her house, and thought (“you kids buy the dumbest things!”) and immediately freaked out about the price of 14.99. (Of course, the huge “Fuck” via branding on the package did not help either.
Two thumbs down!

Coffee made in French Press;

*caffeine – Lots of it, gave me a nice Coffee buzz

*Nice color (looked darker than the pictures)

*aroma – great aroma, however, had a slight burnt smell. Anyone else?

Overall, for a non-chain coffee, many of you know, you may get a bag of nasty tasty coffee once in a while. However, (if this is any indicator) – the coffee tasted fresh, as if it was only a month old.

Two thumbs up!

www.wakethefup.net

Can you get more nerdy than this?

After, we hit up the 1 HWY going north. Our ultimate goal was to pass Monterey, and then catch the 101, up to Palo Alto

Toffuiti @ morro bay

Stopped in Big Sur for Cheese Fries, Coffee, and the View. Thank god my car didnt need gas there!

Toffuiti hanging with a 2nd gen civic hybrid. (they are discussing how terrible this road is for their MPG’s)

And of course, the final MPG’s of the Trip. Not shabby eh?

We all saw it coming. After AE86 Corollas saw price increases of $500 to thousands of dollars, the touge/canyon racer crowd saw the potentials in Miatas aka the MX-5. A couple months later, we saw fat fendered Miatas running around California with 0 offset sportmax wheels, and a new early 90s civic was born!

But a Miata as a testament of your own rebellion against society? Really man? Come on. I heart miatas too, you can’t have more fun with 1500 bucks, RWD and a vert. But we all know how the rest of the world sees em. Remember that.