Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I had the Manta Montage out on the road today here in La Paz. The ING insurance place is nearby so I just drove there, but both times I showed up everyone was out to lunch or napping or something so I can't quite legally drive it yet… Had a nice long show-and-tell talk with some locals that pulled over and wanted to know about the car (and offered to buy it). It's amazing how much you can communicate with a little broken English, a little broken Spanish, and lots of hand gestures.

The front left tire rubs a little when cornering due to an interior panel being loose, there's a strange rattle that I've got to get to the bottom of, and a couple of the gauges don't appear to be connected. Other than that the shift linkage is pretty fucked and it's definitely not easy to change gears. That said, it's got such a great power to weight ratio that you can drop it in fifth and start from a standstill without straining the car… but if anyone coming to BMEfest is a solid mechanic, come by and help me diagnose things!

PS. Damn, does it get hot in that car with the A/C off!