Yearly Archives: 2005


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The coupe is underway and… It’s October! And… being more experienced now, than I was three years ago, I can look at our long list of things to do, and realize that even though we have five months to get everything together, it’ll be awfully tight. Already I’m thinking about cutting down the work load by delaying a couple things […]

Turbo Works


It’s been way to long since anything has been written here. Know that I’ve tried on numerous occasions, but with so much going on, it seems hard to order my thoughts and write something that has structure, and is even somewhat readable. Ryan took the coupe up to the final CSCC auto-x last weekend. He placed 5th overall, and was […]

2005 Season End



I attending the last Solo 2 event for the Calgary Sports Car Club this past weekend. Our friend Ambrose, the Solo Director this year, was away competing at the SCCA Solo 2 Nationals in Topeka Kansas and he had asked for my help to design and setup this final course in his absence. This was the main reason I attended […]

Ryan’s thoughts on the underpowered AE86


Just back from 2005 CAC. Haven’t been soloing at all this year so it was a refreshing change. The drifting thing has been an exciting challenge and I am really enjoying the learning experience. The one thing missing from it though is the competitive aspect, something I crave. I’m sure it will come it time as the scene develops in […]

CAC 2005



Ryan and I spent the whole day yesterday doing something on our new black hatch that should have taken only an hour or two. This leaves me absolutely dumbfounded about how there are so many 86 enthusiasts. Maybe all 86’s can still be fun to drive, but some of them are so well aged now that wrenching them can be […]

Grinding


Soarer is now gone. I had an good offer over a month ago that eventually fell through. That had got me weighing the pros and cons of keeping the car and I had come to the decision that selling made the most sense at this time. I officially put the car for sale and it’s gone to another Toyota nut […]

GZ20 – Sold