Build Log
This is the dated, written record behind the videos — what was inspected, what it cost, what we got wrong and what we still have not confirmed. Entries publish as the work actually happens.
Project
Current stage: Transmission swap — planned / in progress
5 entries
The confirmed cost of getting Project 001 into the driveway: a $2,900 winning bid, a $4,168 invoice, and $618 of transportation across Texas — before title, tax, diagnosis or a single repair.
The first professional quote landed hard. What was actually inspected, what was assumed, and why we did not sign off on a $7,000–$8,000 replacement right away.
Rebuild, replace or swap. Breaking down the options a family actually has to weigh when the labor bill outruns the car's value — and how the $2,900 VR30 plan came together.
Both banks reading lean is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Walking through the scan data, the intake/vacuum-leak working theory and the smoke test still to come.
Getting an unknown-condition car home is its own project. The trailer legs, the scheduling and the $618 it actually cost to move the Q50.
