feeling like Jim'll Fix it

A friend of mine hit me up looking for advice on buying a wheel for his 9yr old son's birthday, I gave my reccomendations and asked if he'd want some designs to build a rig.  He declined due to lack of equipment/ time and money.

So i go off on my own on craigslist hunting for a cheap but good wheel for the lad.

Then I stumble on an awesome find.  A VRC Chassis Mk1 (like mine), + monitor stand, + shifter mount. All in $200.

A steal! [img]http://images.craigslist.org/5L75Gb5K93kf3G73Hcc3pb269dddbe6c3154e.jpg[/...

Now, I could do with the monitor stand as one day I hope to expand on to hydraulics and will need my monitors to be seperate from my rig. I've also been considering getting a 2nd shifter mount so I can switch the h-gate depending on which car i'm driving. (it's pretty wierd shifting with your right hand in a right hand drive car). so I hit the dude up to see if he'll sell them indivdually. He says yes, for $100 but take the whole lot for $150 just to get shot of it.
Jackpot!

I'd be paying $150 for the stand & shifter mount brand new anyway.. so I figure.. why not?

So.. the kid thinks they can't afford a rig/wheel. Day before his birthday they're gonna bring him over to try mine out. Then next day.. he's gonna get the suprise of his life!!  Chuffed to bits that I can get what I want.. whilst helping someone else!  Only thing now is to calm the wife down about dropping more coin on my rig