Yearly Archives: 2009

Somewhere along the way I picked up this Hachiroku Damashii sticker. I have a small but treasured collection. Anyways... do other people like these like I do? I thought it was pretty neat that Alexi thought this one worth posting on Nori Yaro.

Hachiroku Damashii — Somewhere along the way I picked up this Hachiroku Damashii sticker. I have a small but treasured collection. Anyways... do other people like these like I do? I thought it was pretty neat that Alexi thought this one worth posting on Nori Yaro.

AE86 LOVE ステッカ

At 3AM when Hinata-chan is balling, and I can't justify a trip to the garage, I started playing GT4 again. Driving simulator games, especially GT4, are sweet and lame at the same time. Sweet in that they've helped me think a lot about real driving when I haven't in a long time, but lame in that, the time I have spent playing seems entirely wasteful, and I'd much rather have spent the time wrenching or... turning the wheel. But my mission since I re-started playing GT4 has been to go as far as possible with an NA AE86. In the end, it hasn't been that far, but I'll say... that I've been able to go a lot further than initial impressions gave, and it's all a result of spending time tuning gear ratios for particular tracks. The difference has actually been spectacular, and it's lead me to think more seriously about real life gear ratios and what can be done about them. [...]

A Normal T50 with 4.30 Gears and 195/60 14 Rubber — At 3AM when Hinata-chan is balling, and I can't justify a trip to the garage, I started playing GT4 again. Driving simulator games, especially GT4, are sweet and lame at the same time. Sweet in that they've helped me think a lot about real driving when I haven't in a long time, but lame in that, the time I have spent playing seems entirely wasteful, and I'd much rather have spent the time wrenching or... turning the wheel. But my mission since I re-started playing GT4 has been to go as far as possible with an NA AE86. In the end, it hasn't been that far, but I'll say... that I've been able to go a lot further than initial impressions gave, and it's all a result of spending time tuning gear ratios for particular tracks. The difference has actually been spectacular, and it's lead me to think more seriously about real life gear ratios and what can be done about them. [...]

Low Power Winning – Gear Ratios

So as I said I picked up some SSR MKII’s recently on yahoo auctions. I was pretty stoked because I managed to snag a set that was not only the size I wanted, but it was also a straight set, and one of a rare color scheme. Rare but also… unappealing to those not really in the know. During the process […]

My Color

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Sucks. Teething is hell. Little Hinata has a single chomper, but more are on the way. I have no energy for car stuff really… but Andrew is trying to get the BC ready for auto-x next weekend. The turbo is on, and various items have been relocated to make room for the IC. The passenger seat bracket has been chopped […]

This Website…

I’m so sick in love with the 80’s right now. My interior is pretty decent, but it’s not perfect. I’m in restore mode though so… it’s gonna get patched up. Basically there is no reason for it NOT to be perfect. This isn’t my daily. I’m the only one who drives it, I’m going to drive it for a long […]

LisseGarage

… more like a long day begins… if you begin your day with this. I think you need to be a hardcore BC fan to get through all three parts of this, but since we are about there: Yes… 100 000km speed record! Only Subaru would go there.

A Long Day is Over