So my kid is super into cars as I am. My mom wants to give him her old 2004 Celica GTS for his birthday in a few months as kind of something for him to work on, and save up to fix up. I'm for the idea, as he doesn't have much drive despite him being a hard working kid. So far, he does work hard to make money but he wastes it on candy. He has the drive but not any goal. He loves cars and is into fixing them up. Granted, he's not old enough to drive yet, but that's the idea. Giving him a car that he can care for and fixing it up, while he has time to do work, and learn will give him something that will give him an idea of the value of money and work. He has the work ethic, he just needs the goals and value understanding.

My question is what should be the important things to work on first? I understand rust is an issue, it's sat for maybe 6 years or so and has some body rust above the rear wheels. Beyond rust, is there something that's a quick and easy upgrade? This will be something that will be presents for his birthday/Christmas for several years getting upgraded as he won't be able to drive it for a few years. He has been asking about it for a few years and will want it to be comparative to my MX-5 that's about to get supercharged. Hes such a hard working kid that loves cars enough that he might manage to make it faster than mine but I don't know enough about Toyotas to know what should be done in what order so that he's got a good ride when he's able to drive it.

Any experienced Toyota people able to help?

Welp that'll be another year or so.

It was on the counter just like that. Pretty sure I would have noticed this immediately if it was like that when I put it there last night. I live alone... I'm just really confused.

I keep seeing white crossovers and SUVs with this stupid matte black vinyl "hood stripe" looks more like a black tongue on the hood. It never continues to the roof or back. I've seen it on a few white Cherokees, a white blazer and just now, some small Toyota crossover. Is this some kind of trend or is more likely a local dealership trying to wring out more money from customers?

This summer and last I started feeling the bite of mosquitoes, like, not the itch, but the moment they "bite". Like a thin shot or a thin plant spike but more than fiberglass. Is there an evolutionary or environmental change to mosquitoes happening, or am I becoming immune to their numbing agent? What's happening?

I'd like to start an instance about "bragging". It'd be an instance to celebrate small wins. Like "I did a thing I've been dreading!" I'm almost positive I have ADHD despite that my mother never bothered to have me checked because fuck me, im just a problem right? Well I'd like to set up an instance for people to kind of celebrate doing the things that we absolutely hate doing. "I got my house refinanced and saved $40 a month!" Awesome! I bet that took a lot of effort! Good on you doing the thing!

My doctor said if I have ADHD, that it's not bad enough to do anything about. And I've heard stories of others getting the same thing. So it would be more of a positive support group for people who struggle with those types of things. Like, when I get happy about doing/finishing something mundane, people are like "uh ...cool" cause they don't get the struggle of doing something so mundane. It's so much of a struggle that others don't understand. So when you struggle with this kind of thing, saying "I cleaned the bathroom" gets a response like "that sucks" but that was a win for this person. I want a place for people to brag about knocking things off their never-ending list, to celebrate the win, even if it's nothing to others.

So my question is how do I do this? How do I make a new instance?

Edit: just to stave off the main communication issue, I meant community, not Instance. If anyone has voyager and has done it can help, that'd be great. And I appreciate all help, both previous to the edit and after. Thank you all for the much more supportive place than reddit.

Like, obviously they would die immediately. But I'm wondering, would they be ripped to subatomic shreds? Would they somehow manage to set off a small nuclear explosion? Would they just get cooked as they're propelled into the void?