This is kinda a long story but bare with me. I am waiting on an approval from my bank on the loan I applied for so I can get a left over '04 Xfire. Well, I decided that I needed to drive home (Indy) from Ball State so that if I did get approved I could go pick the car up tomorrow and take my family with me. When I got home there was an ad on the kitchen table saying Dannica Patrick was going to be signing autographs at the HH Gregg down the street from my house. I think she is incredible and I really wanted to meet her. I asked my dad if he would go with me so we could determine if she was as hot in person as she is in all the pics. Let just say my dad was more than happy to ride along with me to meet the hottest thing in racing. We drove out there and when we got there we were informed that she was unable to attend. I was pretty disappointed, but I understand. As we were walking away a spokesman for pioneer asked us if we would like to try to win some prizes since we didn't get to meet her. I figured it wouldn't be a waste of time and we would atleast get a few Pioneer shirts. Both my dad and I had a single chance to win all kinds of prizes like Indy 500 race tickets and a Pioneer AVIS-N2 in-dash Navi system. I got my prize first, I wasn't a winner and all I got was a stupid T-Shirt. My dad went next and while my back was turned I heard the spokesman say "Congrats sir, you have won!" Right when I turned around the guy handed my dad the box with the AVIC-N2 in it. My jaw dropped. My dad just won a $2000 In-Dash Navi system with just about everything you could ask for. To my amazement he turned to me and goes "Here you can have it, I already have Navi and your mother wouldn't know what to do with it." Next thing I know Buddy Rice comes out of know where and shakes my hand and says "Come with me sir." Both my dad and I got autographs and pics taken with him and all the Pioneer race cars. I even got Buddy to sign the AVIC-N2's box! They also took a pic with my dad, Buddy, and Jimmy "Mad Dog" Maddis from the Bob and Tom show. I'm assuming that they are going to put that pic on their website tomorrow since it was sponsored by Q95. I am so glad I decided to come home and ask my dad to go out there with me. I am so excited to see the Navi unit in action. The only thing that could make this weekend better would be if my bank approved my loan and I could go pick up my Xfire tomorrow. I will be sure to post pics of whatever car I stick the system into, whether I get the Xfire or keep my SRT-4. I can't tell you guys how excited I am right now, I can hardly sit still!!!


On a side note, I did have the thought of putting the system on eBay. I could really use the extra cash. But after thinking about it for no more than a few minutes I figured that would be pretty disrespectful to my dad. He didn't have to give me the unit, he could have easily put it into any of his cars. I would never want to hurt his feelings or insult him by selling a gift, no matter how bad I need the extra cash.