Ed, I enjoyed your honest account of all that happened. I've had a few "adventures" of the type you chronicled with cars I've built and driven, and if you can't look back at them and laugh, you shouldn't even leave the house!
Now I may feel a little less intimidated about the first time I take the COE out for its maiden voyage. It'll be a few months yet, but I'm already looking forward (with some butterflies in the ol' tummy!

) to hitting the road with her...maybe even to KC one day! I'm sure I'll have a few 'secrets' to share with you, if I do!

~Bruce