Spare bronze rim ordered for the Type S. Should be delivered in a few weeks.

Summer tires were a success.

White Integra Type S with bronze rims and summer tires parked at a strip mall.

Today is the day! I’m swapping the Type S back to summer tires.

Another extremely warm weekend on the way! I am ready for it. Still too soon to swap to summer tires though, maybe. 🤔

I got the Type S registered with the state this weekend. Had to pay the hefty sales tax at the DMV (it’s a Missouri thing), but now it is officially mine. I need to get it ceramic coated soon!

My Acura Integra Type S parked in my driveway. It is a misty fall day.

I went to see Chipman pass in Lees Summit today and saw it has been destroyed. They are putting in a three lane. I am totally crushed. I would come here late at night to do runs on summer evenings. maps.app.goo.gl/qc53TWqiN…

From Type R to Type S

It was a special day today.

I went into the Acura dealer to take a look at the Integra Type S. I had been interested in it for a while now, but it was nothing more than a passing interest. However, after talking with a few of the sales reps, they gave me a deal I could not refuse. They offered me the MSRP sale price of my 2019 Civic Type R as trade in value. In other words, they offered me a trade in credit equal to what I paid for the car brand new in 2019. 🤯 I took the deal and quickly got into a gorgeous “platinum white pearl” Type S.

This is not a typical “day in the life” type of event for me (clearly), but it is something I must write about. I’ll miss my Civic Type R; that car did a lot for me. It was a purchase of passion that followed my renewed interest in the automotive field. This interest pulled me out of a sadness that had followed me for years prior. It’s hard to explain, and it sounds very silly and materialistic. It wasn’t the car itself that put me into a better place, thankfully I can take the credit for that. The Type R did, however, symbolicly represent that special moment in my life where I felt a new passion for the first time in years. It represents the bloom of my 20s, even if that bloom came quite late (27). 

My 2019 Civic Type R parked in the parking lot of a Micro Center. Behind the Type R is someone's Nissan 370z Nismo in black with all the upgraded trim. It's sunset and both cars are looking good!
A photo of my Type R with the front bumper taken off. The photo was taken in my tiny rental garage in my old apartment. I was installing an aftermarket PRL intercooler. This was my first ever adventure into modfiying a car for myself.
The last ride. A photo of my Type R at the dealership after a car wash. It has been emptied out and it is ready to be traded in.

I don’t have many new photos of my new Type S as of writing, as it was pouring rain today. Fitting for a bitter sweet day; the beginning of fall in the USA. There will be more photos to come once the weather improves, but for now here are a few from my garage.

My new Perl White Acura Integra Type S. It is fitted with all the bells and whistles, including brass colored rims and carbon fiber trim. The photo was taken in my garage with the garage door open. Water can be seen dripping from the car due to the rain.An up-close shot of the front end of the Integra Type S for better detail.

Here’s to my 30s, I suppose! I can’t wait to take this car on some new adventures.

Another one from the archives. This was the night I came home with my Civic Type R!

Me leaning up against the side of my Civic Type R at a gas station at night. Photo taken in 2019.

The FK8 is ready for a road trip to Florida! It has been a while since I’ve done a deep clean on the interior. An interior view of the FK8 from the passenger side door.