I made it to Clemson without too much trouble. They took their time carefully checking all of my computer and camera equipment at the airport, but after that they let me through without a fuss. The computer fit fine in the overhead bin, and the box I sent as luggage arrived without damage. That went surprisingly well.

Scotty picked me up in his gold automatic '82 MK2 Supra L-Type, which is good, because my stuff probably wouldn't have fit in the Civic. I had forgotten how much I like MK2 Supras. His gold '82 is a very pretty car, despite a few spots of rust here and there, and mechanically it's in great shape — it only has 82k miles, which is damn impressive for a 24-year-old car.

He told me the Civic still wasn't running, but he was pretty sure it was the distributor cap that was bad. Since a distributor cap only costs about $13 and takes five minutes to change, I suggested we stop by an Autozone on the way home and pick one up. From there we drove to his place in Anderson, where the Civic is, and tried installing the cap. No luck; the car still won't start.

Originally, Scotty had said that if the Civic wasn't running by the time I got here, he'd lend me this Supra to drive until he could get the Civic fixed. Now he decided that, since he could tell how much I liked the MK2, he wanted to just give me the car outright, as thanks for letting him drive the Civic for two years. I told him that any favor I had done him by giving him a cheap, reliable car to drive was more than outweighed by his keeping the car for me so I didn't have to sell it. But if he does want me to have the car, then I'll give him some money for it once I sell the Evo. I had been intending to find a MK2 in nice shape anyway, so this works out well.

Since I have no use for two cars in New Orleans, I'm gonna ask Scotty to continue holding onto the Civic. I think that will work well for both of us — he continues having a fuel-efficient car to drive (once he gets it fixed, of course) and I get to "keep it in the family" without having to store and insure it myself.

Scotty has all the parts needed to convert the MK2 to a 5-speed, convert the body mouldings to the more aggressive-looking P-Type, and turbocharge it. I figure those things will come later.