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3:07 PM, Tuesday, September 21th, 2021:   Man. It has been a long time since a legit all-nighter. What happened Sunday into Monday... well, that's why this is a vlog:     This should have been the end of the streak. In fact I did actually call him to see if we could reschedule because I thought there was no chance I could've pulled this off. When he couldn't, I had to just do everything possible. Most of the night was spent attempting to jerry-rig something that would at least get me to the gig (not knowing there'd be a bolt supply store -Allen Bolt for future reference) that would allow me to bypass Delorean for the part. And I wouldn't have even known about THAT if not for the dude at Home Depot telling me. Amazing.   ...now onto what caused this and, well, it's pretty obvious. In fact I said it to Phil who booked me for the stunt shoot in June: I could break a control arm bolt. Technically it's the "trailing arm bolt" but although Kenny said he replaced both, I believe he just replaced one as you can clearly see where he had to blow torch the driver's side to remove the bolt back in 2017. The side that broke this time was spotless. That or Deloreans REALLY aren't designed to spin out like that stunt shoot - because the dude really only did it 4 total times and clearly that's what snapped it. He skids out to the left putting all the pressure on the rear passenger side wheel. Why wasn't it immediately noticeable however? There's a plate that holds the whole aparatus together that simply screws the arm to the frame while the bolt itself keeps it sturdy. If that bolt snaps the plate with the screws is all that's holding it together... which apparently takes about 10 gigs until it finally screws loose and thankfully it was going very slow on my way home. I swear, every ounce of bad fortune I had with Fastest Delorean seems to be balancing itself with wildly lucky moments like this.   Which of course begs the question, what's next? And when will this crazy streak end? That's 559 straight gigs without letting anyone down. I mean... whew. All because breakdowns have happened on the way home. <throws hands up>   ...and on we go.   Adam