October 6

12:15 Just got the nut out of the starter. Somebody in the complex used briefly a power tool. Then a car that says Arcade SECURITY on it with an armed lady driving came and asked me for my id. She was armed and for that reason i called the Police, and now i am expecting them.

12:23 A cop came and he is talking to her, not to me, for 5 minutes now.

12:32 The cop told me i could finish the starter but if there is another noise complaint...

12:54 Now somebody else is making noises... Hitings things...

1:29 Got the two bolts that hold the starter loose, it moves around however it's not sliding off the engine, for some reason. Laying there under the car, there is so much smoke coming from a hole somewhere it makes me sick to the stomach...

2:00 Giving up. There is one more nut on a bracket that i just can't get. Not with all the smoke here. Lost my 10 mm somewhere in the control arm. Gathered my tools and came inside.

It's the pretend game i failed tonight. I know that all people here in the complex are actors. But they can turn it all real to me. So i have to calculate every move so it fits both in reality and their game.

A noise complaint of a real noise. Made by someone in the complex to the hired security firm, not the Police.

In a complex in a building that is intentionally flooded with marijuana and meth and kratom and whatever. I didn't realize we were yelling at each other outside. That was the noise and it was real. I was still yelling at the cops when they came, without realizing.

But far less loud that the cars with modified exhaust that was going around earlier, many others in the past, still within quiet hours. The guy upstairs walking for hours at night and watching soccer and yelling profanities. But for some reason he went quiet in the last month or so.

Then she came in her SUV that is identical to Police SUVs, put a light on me, and asked me for my name, while carrying a gun and dressed like a Police officer.

Sometimes i ask myself why they hire these security firms. It was my understanding so far they patrol in the complex at night. For what. At most they can call the Police if they witness any crime. Cause they don't have the authority to arrest. Then why carry guns?

BTW i just heard a dog barking real loud. Again.

2:21 I think the smoke comes from upstairs also cause there's more inside then out. I remembered the security woman who came tonight looked like an opera singer i saw last night when browsing for others.

2:30 I climbed the stairs, there is persistent smoke coming from the apartment upstairs. The car is in the spot, but there's no moves upstairs. It's happening for several days now, it gives me that bitter taste in my mouth.

3:15 Just figured, there is one more bolt holding a bracket on the other side of the starter. However, i won't go for it at this hour because it will indeed make some noise when the starter will fall on the exhaust or when i pull it from there in that very narrow space.

Keep asking myself, where they got the number for the security firm. I saw them patrolling many times around midnight. Because she said somebody called them complaining of noise. Got this sticker on the fridge, but there is no such number. Also reviewed the lease agreement, again, none.

In the last few days i said a couple of times the world is run by Dominicans and shinobi. But i believe now shinobi are on top.

3:58 Got all the bolts loose, however, the exhaust or a bracket that holds the tranny is in the way. Thank you GM (in colabortion with Isuzu). Contemplating towing.

First time when i checked, the connector between the two nuts on the red copper terminal was loose, also the terminal was rotating inside. I ordered some thin wrenches and today they came and i wanted to tigthen those, very hard to reach, spent hourrs high on smoke outside, however the whole thing came apart. But it was in one piece two days ago. (Because of the heat, being too close to the exhaust, by design. No, it's not missing the heat shield, however the exhaust touches it).

Angela didn't sleep at all, goes to work 10 hours, starting at 5, getting a ride from the only guy who passes by coming from Salem. She always says. How many days she worked like this when we lived at Sussex, Lake Oswego.

Persistent strong marijuana smell that comes in waves both inside and out.

I took the exhaust once, i know how to do it. However, it's got a lead gasket that needs to be replaced.

9:32 Some sort of Niagara flowing through the pipes awoke me and the place slowly filled with smoke.

2:40 A Progressive dispatched towing truck came came to pick my truck exactly when i was bidding on a car at Copart and when i came out i witnessed as the guy was trying to push the truck downhill with his foot on the ground, while it was shifted in 2nd (i do that when i park because of the slope). The man doesn't know manual transmissions? He looked a bit like an Asian actor though.

So far the price for this was 3100, i know, it's a GDI, plan to clean the valves and then install a catch can. It doesn't have rear seat but it's not expensive. But it's a type of sale when the seller can make offers, raise the price within 24 hours.

5:42 Copart is a weird type of auction. On some sales (which are not marked "pure sale"), seller can have an after bid "reserve" like in this case was just revealed to me as 6200, make offers (raise the price waiting for buyer's approval) or even cancel the sell without any offer, like it just happen in my case. Good thing cause i discovered they were missing parts including back seat and rest (watching hundreds of cars, didn't realize the extent of the vandalism) that are dealer only items that would have cost me up to 2000 dollars. Those were removed by the shop during "evaluation" and were lost or damaged or sold by the shop since the car was totalled anyways.

This also happened to my car. During evaluation process, they broke the rear windshield, removed a spark plug wire and when i went to pick it engine sounded weird they also did something at the suspension which scared me so i left it for 1700 dollars more. Progressive gave me a choice to keep and first reimbursed me 4000, but in the end there was no choice cause it wasn't the same car i gave them after the accident. Then i felt lucky to sell the rest of it to them for 1700 more. 200 dollars for being hit and run, they payed me 70% of the current value of the car, for the car being totaled before. Today i just rented a car from Enterprise with 40 k on it. Kia Forte. I wished it ran half as good as my ex which had almost 100k. Hesitates almost dangerously on both braking and accelerating as it did ex-mine right after i bought it from Copart in 2018, before i bled the brakes, cleaned the throttle body and intake, replaced spark plugs, injectors, etc.. To hear the engine, click the "Engine starts video" button below the image in this link.