Why?
Why? Why can't I do projects the way most other folks do. Why can't I pursue ideas that I know I can bring to fruition? Why can't I just use off-the-shelf parts on my vehicles? Why don't I get satisfaction out of the process of researching known components to come up with a solid upgrade path? Why must I make my own parts or heavily modify existing ones? Why must I do total conversions? Why must I take vehicles and completely change them around from their original design & purpose? Why can't I let a car just be a car and a truck just be a truck?
Why do I buy random & obscure parts, knowing "some day I'll find a use for this" or "some day I'll build a project around this?" Why must I buy more odd or discontinued tires & wheels, when I already have a big box full of them? Why must I buy more odd or discontinued bodies, when I already have a 3-foot-tall stack of them? Why do I go to a hobby shop to buy 2 items, and walk out with 10? Why is it so hard to place an order on Tower Hobbies for less than $100? Why does the item next to the one I'm buying always look better? Why do I end up buying both? Why must I always have spares & alternatives, for everything?
Why can I never accept that I have enough different colors of anodized hardware? Why do I have to color-match parts on my projects? Why can't I use two blue aluminum locknuts on a car when they look just fine, even though the other components are gold? Why must I spend $10 on a whole pack of gold locknuts just to replace those two blue ones? Why can't I mix a little red with my purple, or silver with my red?
Why do I have more grades & weaves of carbon fiber & graphite than NASA? Why do I have to use carbon fiber on nearly every project? Why must parts that nobody ever sees look so good? Why must vehicles that I'm never going to race be so light, or so fast? Why must vehicles that are never going to be held by anyone but myself be assembled with such close tolerances and fine attention to detail?
Why am I so OCD'd out? Why can't I leave good enough alone? Why must I do things the hard way? Why do I always have to say, "Good enough isn't?"
Why? Why? Why?
If you have any ideas about why, please let me know.
-Bamidele "The JANG" Shangobunmi