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    A Notebook

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       Family is the most unforgettable, soul-stirring. Feelings of parents and children, brothers and sisters love. Husband and wife love touched the ... ... With this family, bread is sweet, fragrant, exposed places the wind is warm meal, and good; no more of this family, feasting, nectar rain is astringent, sour, silk clothing Xiupi, high-rise buildings is cold, broken.

      Flowers and garden needs watering, planting, in order to evergreen, flowers; warm affection only moist, stretching to constant, daily, never dried up. This is a family need to watch, only a hold of this situation, there your heart will not come in winter.

      Gross old man 75th birthday that day, he called the four sons called back. Ate a birthday dinner, hair old man from the house out of a thick pile of money to hold, put, said: "You think of it, all these years I do hard ground steak, surprisingly she saved 16 million dollars. Old people do not need this money, and these days has pondered the money given to you ... you tell me, how to divide this money? "

      Four sons, the old man's hair did not dream I was not save so much money, all of a sudden all the glowing terms. Restrain the boss happy heart strength, deliberately pretending to look very calm, said: "Dad, we have four days of the poor are rich, say, our family, even though in the provincial capital, all aspects of overhead, high school children immediately graduated college and was a wealthy child, you see, is not in accordance with the actual circumstances of each sub-money? "

      Second child, said: "each have a through and refused to clean up is unknown, I think, or equally, fair and reasonable, nothing to say." Ranks the fourth, said: "Yes, I think, or a forty thousand, just neat!" four sons, only the youngest has been nothing, old man asked him what Mao thought, youngest, said: "Dad, you are older, have money, we usually get back with little, if out of the Han things, not many around how money into? I think this money is not good points. "

      Boss coughed, said: "It stands to reason we should not take this money, but now each has a difficulty is not? Youngest you say it, too old to even the objects are not all day, Maili Qi a coolie than Everyone is busy, have some money Ye Hao marry a daughter into a home ah! "

      Second child and ranks the fourth kept saying is that hair old man said: "This year my body bone getting worse, while now if you do not understand the hours, the day a wash, the money might make your brother hurt the gas. The how to divide, I would have thought of a way --- "Then he took out a piece of paper from his arms, the four brothers passed the note again, saw that says ---

      Boss: 8430 yuan; second child: 13,640 yuan; youngest: 95,800 yuan; fourth eldest: 42,130 yuan.

      Boss look, anxious white face, I do not know really move the feelings or getting better, at the time could not help but shed tears, choking back tears, he said: "Dad, are you flesh and blood, no one knows my house is now the most need money, why do you give me at least? you do not eccentric? "second child is also not convinced, said:" Dad, poor kid our house and I followed your brother to eat the most bitter, how we have divided the least ah? father you always confused ah? "

      At this time, Mao started shaking the old man took out a notebook to and from his arms, tears, said: "Dad old, I did not confused, since eight years ago after the death of your Mother, you know all these years is how my day off? I hope you go home every day, can you back and forth a few times at home all these years? a diary This is my book, you see it. "Mao said the old man to open diary, four brothers in front of a pages turned over, he turn to this page February 10, pointing to the boss, said: "Last year this day is 7:00 pm, you had a phone call, said two things, a share of 30 seconds."

      Mao said the old man has turned a few pages, pointing to her second child, said: "June 14, the day the phone is calling you, say three sentences, with 47 seconds." Gross old man went on to say: "fourth of September 25 with a wife back, as I wash the clothes and bedding."

      Only the youngest in the 15th of each month has a record of this day, sometimes back to a chicken, sometimes sweeping the yard, but almost every record has a word: fight. Youngest old man to see the original hair a lot older or a bachelor, advised him to marry a country girl Well, he did not listen. He do not have a stable job, limited income, but also for the gross old man often buy this buy that, and he married money, so every time they come back they always come back to this father and son bicker.

      Gross old man said: "This year a diary, I have jotted down 8. Each of you home or call back time, I built up the bottom in to you, clearly now the 16 million dollars, according to the time it takes you home prorated, so the fairest! "

      Watching these sad diaries to his father, four brothers who could not say a word, the room still terrible. Long, the third only spoke up: "Dad, I do not good, because the mix of old did not feel in their own personal kind, every home did not come back with a good mood, always tiresome to you, and, I'm back was also too little! This way to your very good, very reasonable, but I do not forget to see the former, or from the start to now, the future this method with your children on the sub heritage, who do not come back to accompany you, you are on a child not to give him, okay? "

      The other three brothers flushed together to say "good."

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      Which communication protocol is supported by my OBD-II compliant vehicle?

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        All cars and light trucks built for sale in the United States after 1996 are required to be OBD-II compliant. The European Union OBD legislation is somewhat more complicated.
         
        An OBD-II compliant vehicle can use any of the five communication protocols: J1850 PWM, J1850 VPW, ISO9141-2, ISO14230-4 (also known as Keyword Protocol 2000), and more recently, ISO15765-4/SAE J2480 (a "flavor" of CAN). US car manufacturers were not allowed to use CAN until model year 2003, but as of model year 2008 and going forward, all vehicles will use the CAN protocol.
         
        There are two types of diagnostic link connectors (DLCs) defined by SAE J1962 - Type A and Type B, shown in Figures 2 and 3, respectively. The main difference between the two connectors is in the shape of the alignment tab.
         
        Location - According to J1962, Type A DLC "shall be located in the passenger or driver's compartment in the area bounded by the driver's end of the instrument panel to 300 mm (~1 ft) beyond the vehicle centerline, attached to the instrument panel and easy to access from the driver's seat. The preferred location is between the steering column and the vehicle centerline."
          
                                                                                  

                                                                                                         Fig. 1 - J1962 Vehicle Connector, Type A
         
        Type B DLC "shall be located in the passenger or driver's compartment in the area bounded by the driver's end of the instrument panel, including the outer side, and an imagined line 750 mm (~2.5 ft) beyond the vehicle centerline. It shall be attached to the instrument panel and easy to access from the driver's seat or from the Co-drivers seat or from the outside. The vehicle connector shall be mounted to facilitate mating and unmating."
                                                                                    

                                                                                                           Fig. 2 - J1962 Vehicle Connector, Type B

        As a general rule, you can determine which protocol your vehicle is using by looking at the pinout of the DLC:

                                                                                

                                                                                                                   Fig. 3
         

        The following table explains how to determine the protocol:

        Pin 2
        Pin 6
        Pin 7
        Pin 10
        Pin 14
        Pin 15
        Standard
        must have
        -
        -
        must have
        -
        -
        J1850 PWM
        must have
        -
        -
        -
        -
        -
        J1850 VPW
        -
        -
        must have
        -
        -
        may have*
        ISO9141/14230
        -
        must have
        -
        -
        must have
        -
        ISO15765 (CAN)


        *Pin 15 (also called the "L-line") is optional in newer vehicles that use the ISO9141-2 or ISO14230-4 protocols.
         
        In addition to pins 2, 7, 10, and 15, the connector should have pins 4 (Chassis Ground), 5 (Signal Ground), and 16 (Battery Positive). This means that:

         

        PWM The connector must have pins 2, 4, 5, 10, and 16

        VPW The connector must have pins 2, 4, 5, and 16, but not 10.

        ISO The connector must have pins 4, 5, 7, and 16. Pin 15 may or may not be present.

        CAN The connector must have pins 4, 5, 6, 14, and 16

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        How do I know I need to replace brake pads?

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           How do I know I need to replace brake pads?A mechanic needs to inspect them and see how much of the pad is left. How often this needs to be done depends on the mileage since replacement, the type of driving that you do (city/highway), how you drive and possibly the weight of your vehicle.

          How do I know I need to replace brake pads?

          The good answer is that a mechanic needs to inspect them and see how much of the pad is left. How often this needs to be done depends on the mileage since replacement,
          the type of driving that you do (city/highway), how you drive and possibly the weight of your vehicle. On a big heavy SUV driven in city traffic by an aggressive driver the pads
          could wear out in less than 20,000 miles. On the other hand a compact pickup driven exclusively on the highway in a reasonable fashion could go 50,000 miles on a set of pads.
          The bad (for you) answer is you will hear the bare pad backing plates grinding on the roters. This is bad because it probably means the roters will have to be replaced as well
          as the pads, making the job much more expensive.


          Minor edit: some pads have a "wear indicator" or squeaker. This is a thin piece of sheet metal that will contact the rotor when the pads are pretty worn out. If you hear a high -pitched squeak (only when braking) or an intermittent squeak-squeak-squeak when driving at low speed, this indicator is telling you that your brakes need to be looked at. There is usually a groove in the center of the pad - if this groove is worn through (like the treads missing on tennis shoes), then replace them. Or, if they are less than 25% of original thickness, I'd recommend replacement since they are not expensive. On a passenger car, the driver's side front brake (usually the outboard pad) receives the most wear, by far.

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          Performance Art

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            City Center Square, a man and a woman is performing, attracted many passers-by crowd. Saw a woman wearing a beautiful pink shoes, left standing without moving a step forward right foot to left foot as the center, with his right foot toe drew a circle around themselves. Next to a man is clapping and encouraging for the companion. Then, a man from the bag and took out a blue shoes, the woman's pink shoe for right foot down. Now two women are two colors of shoes, she set himself together, made a splits, they began to draw from the circle. Circle unfinished, a woman tired out a sweat, men are shot to slap swollen, the last two cried together, celebrated the success of performance. Onlookers amazed, they certainly act to guess which artists have lamented, the pioneer of the show too! At this time, the crowd squeezed into a beard, he would a woman clinging to his shoulders and left. The strange thing is, women do not cry, next to the male partner is also no response. People are more curious: the companion was taken away, why the man indifferent to it? People are talking of the profound meaning of this performance art, a doctor came: "Stop, time to take medicine! Stop ..." Men heard the doctor, and Saya Zi ran. Curious onlookers who have asked the doctor how it is, the doctor said: "It is our mental hospital a few patients, the woman that he is a compass, so the constant circular motion." Medical doctors break a rest break, asthma a few mouthfuls of coarse, they go for "compass" of the For a while, "compass" of the male partner to run back, people stopped him and asked: "beard right away that woman, and how did you react ah?" Man said: "You stupid ah? That is my take of the compass, was also run out of people." Someone asked: "Why did you just put that woman on the right foot replace shoes?" Men disdain and said: "You stupid ah? Not used compasses ah? Time with the ability to write, wear out, I just changed for written."

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            Do you have a million?

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              White County, there was a world-famous city of calligraphy collector, called Zhang was a dream, is a fifty-year-old middle-aged, calligraphy collection of no less than one hundred. Zhang was dream likes and forming new friends, plus the man and generous, so guests often sold-out home, his family calligraphy seen countless people. But according to insiders, Zhang was still a dream collection of hand in fact, described his town fast treasure, if you look at, unless you get to one million marched, then watching the money to get back. After news spread, even though my heart itch we can on where to go and get one million which, so also no one dared to mention it.
              That day, Zhang was just dream away a group of friends, the doorbell rang again, open the door to look, to the television turned on the camera almost every day a new county Aihua. The original Li Aihua also a calligraphy enthusiast, obsessed with this thing was brought up, transferred here as a magistrate, I heard that Zhang was a dream name, it came to the door.
              Zhang dream was not neglect, the Li Aihua your door, greeting after they take the initiative to ask him to enjoy his collection was one hundred collections, Li Aihua see refer to "fun", sighed again and again that "walls", Zhang was only a dream Hehedexiao with, not many words. Finally, Li Aihua Zhang have dreams do not see again retain their meaning, hesitated a moment, ventured to ask: "I heard you have a fast town treasure?"
              "Well ..." Zhang was undaunted dream, haltingly, "said Lee County since we know there is a collection of my hand did not come here, then surely heard that I look at this collection of rules, right? However, Since the Lee County spoke, I ... I would either break a case? "
              Aihua Zhang was a dream of being so reluctantly, and quickly waved: "No, no, I can not broken your rules, then later say, will say it!"
              Zhang was dream seemed relieved. Li Aihua away, he shook the hand of Li Aihua, said: "Lee County, you are a county long, in fact, my collection is not difficult to see, the fast 2012, slow as three to five years, I have at home, etc. to seeing you again! "
              Aihua Zhang was listening to dream so that the reigning the hearts of surprised a moment: I have a small county wage is busted their ass to do a lifetime, not one million but also save it! What do you mean? He had a wry smile and shook his head. Door did not enjoy it a little more or less so that he is not happy, but returned to the flat, one after another of the many work so that he soon forgot to put this matter behind.
              After about six months, the county to carry out large-scale transformation of the city, the news came out, the county events large and small contractors are immediately up and running relationship through the back door, pull to give yourself projects. Lee County is the commander of this project, so every day people to wave his hands and then wave, and they all seem to activate the body overnight, the art of cells, when the door must surmise calligraphy hand, said that they will come exchange and Lee County art of calligraphy.
              Li Aihua response is simple, that is, to all those who do not resist, he only talk about calligraphy and the other, leaving the subject are invariably ask them to leave with a masterpiece. In fact, Li Aihua appreciation for the art of calligraphy is very high, these people take things to come, he will know what sites to see which pieces of worthless worthless, but his heart more clearly, if accept these things, and money is no different Therefore, the attitude of rejection is very clear.
              There is a labor contractor, known as the "King of Fat Man", has been looking for Aihua "exchange" several times, because any excuse not exchange it, so that night they found a Aihua home. King is a fat uneducated, has long been impatient with this elegant way of playing, this time simply "go fight" on the ground, is offering a big wrap on the door, said: "Lee County, this time I want to Please take a look at this! "he" Crash "about to wrap open, which are all tied neatly in piles of money.
              Li Aihua's face suddenly sink down: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested about this!"
              "Lee County, you are mistaken!" Wang fat calmly said, "I dream of you to see the town was fast collection Zhang, ah! Once you've been heard, not seen, so I want this million to lend you your money back to me after reading does not have to? "
              Ai-Hua Li Yi Zheng: borrow money to see the word, That would be a way to it! He could have put this thing down, and now the king fat mentioning, you can not help itchy again.
              King signs to look fat, and quickly build on the progress, said: "Lee County, the money left in your here, so we will settle it!" Then, on the go.
              Li Aihua nodded and said: "in mind, I have read back to you immediately the money, a point not less!"
              Wang fat one, happily away.
              Looking at Wang Fat Le Le Britain backs Britain, Aihua Zaiqiao a table which he left in a large bag of money, suddenly it does not feel right up: I went to Zhang dream home was a matter, how could he know? This will be their collusion to set their own set up? He racking our brains: how do I so muddy ah! He gasped a lump, picked up the desk phone call to the king fat, call him right back.
              Li Aihua Wang fat is thought Zhang was in a dream where the turnout, the door and asked: "ye, Lee County, you have to dream of a telephone call to a sheet? One million can not see it?"
              Aihua Wang fat so close to one million dollars up, and then introduced him to the door without any explanation: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested to see what Zhang was a dream!"
              The next day, Li Aihua got up early, went straight to ZHANG De dream home. Zhang have dreamed of a new door county early in the morning, surprised: "But, Lee County came so soon?"
              Aihua Zhang was nonsense of course, could hear the sarcasm in meaning, then said: "I come empty-handed today, but I do not see your town fast treasure, I specifically tell you in the future, I do not This thing will come. "
              Dream words Chang was surprised: "Why?"
              Li Aihua heavy tone, said: "I do not want one to break your rules, I'll never have to put enough one million; two Come on, a lot of enthusiastic people know that I have no money to see the word, changing nothing, have to borrow money to me, I want them to give up on this heart! "he finished, Li Aihua turned to go.
              "Slow!" Zhang was dream suddenly broke into laughter, the hand he pulled Aihua Come the house. Have dreams of Li Aihua Zhang said: "Actually, I have this collection the most qualified to see that you Lee County."
              "I? Why? Because I am a county?"
              Zhang was dream shaking his head.
              "That ..." Li Aihua strange, "it is because of what?"
              "Because ..." Zhang was dream muttered, "because the word is from your own site hand ah!"
              "What?" Li Aihua stared.
              Zhang was dream smiling nod, said: "When I was a countryside cadres, once passing a mountain people, to see an eight-year-old boy was sitting on the kang, calligraphy, and I asked him why not go to school, he told me Because the family was poor, father took no money, but I find it very smart, studious child, young age has a lot of words to write and have written quite well, so he took him out of money and food stamps to superimpose all He told him to let father to send him to school. Before leaving, in order to encourage the children, I said to take a word he wrote back to the city's children to see, so the child will pick up a written him that most satisfying to me, this piece of paper I have preserved up to now! "
              Zhang was dream saying, while it carefully out from the cupboard has been issued a yellow of old newspapers, Li Aihua face gently in the open show. Li Aihua heart "beating" throbbing, as he saw the sheets of old newspapers have dream to start the top, written with charcoal the words: I want to learn the skills grew up to serve the people. He stared, a child that unforgettable scene immediately flashed before my eyes. Zhang was this little boy dreams that he is ah! And more than just a year later from reading in primary school, through college, Li Aihua school has been funded by the good-hearted people. Publicity can be good people never, never show up, each to Aihua remitted tuition when the stay are "crossing the uncle," the name. Li Aihua really put no less than this situation, to participate in work parties have been looking for, want to face the well-meaning people say "thank you", this can be good people but not the audio. He can not imagine how this good-hearted people today will be this way, suddenly appeared in front of their own.
              Suddenly, over the years the recipients of charitable funding and bit by bit, like a bubbling springs flowing while the heart in two. Zhang was dream cheerfully said: "You certainly did not recognize me, when you are so small it! I know you do from the TV when we have parent-like, I'm proud of you psyche ah! But I do not know For many years, you will become a kind of person, you do not know what the future will make a kind of official, so I deliberately use the million to test you. As for this newspaper, for so many years I have been reluctant to throw out, because I particularly value the mountains, the simple truth of the child, but today I want to still allow it to 'restore it' better you say? "
              Li Aihua moved to tears rolling, tightly holding his hand and said Zhang was a dream: "benefactor which, if I really took one million today, I still see your face, how have ah!"

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              Your Car's Health Problems

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                Are you wondering what part of your car will be the next to go south, and what it will cost to fix it? Or are you just curious why that pesky check engine light won't go off? At PM, we're bringing our readers a new and quick way to get a vehicle health snapshot, and know in advance what maintenance could be around the corner.

                CarMD, the company that sells the inexpensive diagnostic tool by the same name, has amassed huge database of auto repair information. That info comes from two main sources: the hundreds of thousands of CarMD tools that customers have hooked up to the Internet looking for answers for why their "check engine" light is on, and from thousands of professional mechanics CarMD keeps on retainer to provide those answers.

                Now CarMD has given Popular Mechanics readers exclusive access to this database.  Input your vehicle's make, year and model info, and answer three simple questions. You don't need to own a CarMD, you don't need to be a PM subscriber and no salesman will call. When you're done, you'll get an email with a car health snapshot, including:

                *The top 5 fixes specific to your car, and their cost to repair both in labor and parts.
                *The top 5 reasons your "check engine" light would be on.
                *A list summarizing all the Technical Service Bulletins and recall notices for your car.

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                How to Build a Car

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                  The unmistakable feel of metal scraping skin forces me to look down at my right hand. I see blood welling up from the middle knuckle of my index finger. I had thought that the space beside the transmission tunnel of Local Motors' Rally Fighter (think: a street-legal version of Mad Max's desert racer) could accommodate both my hand and a seat track. But it couldn't—at least not while I was trying to wrestle the seat into position and bolt it to the floor—and now I have a slice in my flesh.

                  I turn to Mike Pisani, one of Local's R&D engineers, and explain that he must have ordered a batch of defective seats. There's no way these fit. He calmly nods toward the other three cars on the line. They all have seats. Which means that if there's a problem, it's not with the hardware but with the goon holding the wrench. Therein lies the beauty and the challenge for Local Motors and its customers: You can't just walk into a dealership and buy a Rally Fighter. You have to roll up your sleeves, grab a ratchet and help build it.

                  The process that led to my newbie car-building moment can fairly be described as unprecedented. Local Motors CEO John "Jay" Rogers Jr. hatched the idea for Local Motors while he was at Harvard Business School, where the concept won the annual Pitch for Change contest during the 2006 to 2007 academic year. Before Harvard, Rogers had served for six years as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry commander. Which means he could kill you with his bare hands, but he'd have to make a business case for it first.

                  Rogers's big idea is to harness the creativity of underemployed industrial designers, art-school students and car-design geeks—people who have notebooks full of sketches but lack the means to produce a vehicle. But instead of one designer providing a few options, an online mob goes to local-motors.com and submits 10,000 schemes for cars (actually, more than that at last count); the coolest ones rise to the top, based on voting by the LM virtual community. Winners receive $10,000 and a childhood dream come true: seeing a car they drew go into production. That's how Sangho Kim, a student at the Art ­Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., turned the wild idea of an off-road P-51 Mustang fighter plane into a rolling reality. "I was totally inspired by the P-51," says Kim, who now works as a designer for GM Korea. "I was searching for what could make a strong, bold and sexy car. The P-51 has a really cool silhouette and American DNA."

                  After Kim's design was selected, Local Motors built its first production facility near Phoenix, hewing to the company's plan to set up microfactories in whichever area suits a given car. The Rally Fighter's specialty is fast off-roading in the desert, so Phoenix fits the bill. Other designs, not yet in production, include the Green Apple, a compact electric car with a windmill generator and enough moxie to survive in the Big Apple, and the Miami Roadster, a "modern, hot" car that provides "elegance in an aggressive package," according to LM's website.

                  Practically speaking, Pisani says, "there are four major impediments to building a car: tools, time, space and ability." Local Motors takes care of the tools and space. I've got plenty of time. So for my Rally Fighter build, ability is the wild card.

                  The finished product will be roadworthy, of course, but different from a conventional set of Detroit wheels. Its DIY pedigree and certain details—for instance, it has seatbelts but no airbags—dictate its registration as a custom- or homebuilt vehicle. If you're thinking kit car, you're on the money. But Rally Fighter buyers don't build the car in their garage; instead, they spend two weekends at the factory, enjoying expert help. The last time I built a car, it was made out of Legos. But with Pisani's guidance, I'm up for the task at hand. I think.

                  Pisani leads me to a rolling chassis and ticks off our to-do list: Install the aluminum honeycomb trunk walls, assemble the trunklid, and fit the body over the steel-tube frame. We'll also deal with my nemeses, the seats. I'm fascinated by the naked Rally Fighter, with its immense Fox Racing remote-reservoir shocks. While a BMW diesel powered the development car, all the vehicles here on the floor are fitted with a GM E-Rod LS3 V8 crate motor. It's not as novel as the BMW straight six, but it has the advantage of 50-state emissions compliance—and 430 hp to the BMW's 265. In its current, bodiless state, the Rally Fighter shows how it maximizes the use of off-the-shelf parts. The rear end is from Ford, as is the steering gear. The gas tank wears a BMW part number (M3 tank, 16.6 gallons; M5 pump). The front and rear bumper structures are Mercedes. For a car that will cost about $60,000, this thing has some fancy innards.

                  Our first task is to install the trunk walls. That means fitting weatherstripping to the top edges of the panels and then bonding the walls into place with angled aluminum and Plexus adhesive. If you've never used Plexus—and I haven't—the important message seems to be that you shouldn't let it touch two things that you don't want stuck together forevermore. Thankfully, I'm able to draw a tidy bead with the glue gun and get our walls clamped into place without inadvertently gluing my head to the rear suspension. This car-building stuff is easy.

                  At least that's what I think until I'm tasked with installing the seats. Each one is mounted on a rail, and the mounting holes play peekaboo depending on the seat's position on the rail. That precipitates a chicken-and-egg conundrum, since you can't easily slide the seat on the rails until it's mounted, but it's hard to mount the seat without moving it along the rail. As I struggle to get the seat into position, I notice there's a lot of swearing going on around here. And it's all coming from me.

                  With that frustrating task behind me and my knuckle bandaged, I move on to the rewarding part: dropping on the body. The upper shell—roof, rocker panels and front fenders—is fiberglass; the lower parts that are subject to abuse, such as the bumpers and rear fenders, are carbon fiber. The shell weighs just 150 pounds, so Pisani and I easily lift it into place. Next, we tackle the trunklid. Housing the taillights, a latch, hinges, license-plate lights and the center brake light, the humble trunklid has a lot going on. And that's before you install it.

                  Pisani and I attempt to bolt on the hinge brackets, but the holes aren't lining up with the chassis. The trunk's weatherstripping is slightly thicker than originally planned, so the brackets are slightly off. Pisani removes a bracket and drills out the mounting holes. Now it fits. "After we finish, we'll take the measurements and change the CAD data so that the next ones will bolt right on," he says. "We could just keep adjusting each one, but that's the hack way to do things."

                  We move on to the trunk wiring, which requires a couple of spots of solder. I confess that I've never soldered anything, and Pisani gives me a quick tutorial. This, too, is part of the process: If there's a technique or tool that's unfamiliar, the Local Motors crew teaches you how to do it. And it turns out that soldering is great fun. You're using fire and liquid metal, which is elementally satisfying.

                  Come to think of it, the whole procedure is satisfying. You're handling tools and bonding metal, watching a car take shape. But the really difficult tasks are handled by the pros. You get the validation of seeing your work translated into a tangible (and, in this case, fierce-looking) machine, without the fear that you'll get 20 hours into the assembly and then realize that you installed the first component backward. As my workday winds down, the Rally Fighter is a little more complete than it was when we started. It's gone from a naked chassis to something that looks like a car rather than a dune buggy. But it's not yet ready to hit the trails. For that, we'll be using Rogers's own Rally Fighter, one of the first V8 cars to roll out of the factory. That car is finished. Almost.

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