I'm done with it. The wheel has come off the car. "I couldn't make the turn until it was much too late...."
Playing with the cages has unfortunately been my downfall. I somehow played with too many of the active elements. My low-poly got corrupted, the lug nut hole turned into some alien blister and I have no back up that I can find.
My best bet is to say this was too much too fast for me, I need to find lower level courses as I am beginner. I am keeping the files for a return. I have backup but they are during the modeling phase of this adventure. Something ate or I ate my saves, I save when I should have incremented or I incremented when I should have copied?
I am going to start small and repeat as many times as necessary to get this under by belt. It's annoying to give up like this but I shall return.
That is a great attitude and that's how it goes. We all go though having to readjust our attack plan because things are just too complicated and then repeat courses one or two times as we try to let things sink in. The important thing is to stick with it, have perseverance because it will get easier the more you do it. You have to stumble a few time before you walk straight and then you run marathons.