It's come back. I've been futher researching the use of a gumstix for use with my car. I ordered a book which details control of a remote controll car from a computer. It cost around five bucks so if it uses anything other than the serial port it's not a problem. It has a few other hacks too that could be fun later on.

I've still got many dollars to spend on this project and most likely months as well but I'm gonna do it damnit.