Q Osborne


It’s been almost two years since the Badlands Motorsports Project lands were re-zoned from “agricultural” to “direct control”, but other than minor updates from their website, we haven’t heard very much from them. That has led to all sorts of rumours from people “in the know” or people “familiar” with how developments like this go. I’ve had the opportunity to […]

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… and moving things to the hard drive. My shop is full of all sorts of home-brew contraptions: some of which were never useful, some of which fulfilled their purpose and now sit tucked in a corner waiting for future opportunity. Amongst that pile was an old splitter from my WRX. Although the car is now gone, I had saved […]

Cleaning Out The Garage…



I’m occasionally rolling around in this thing these days. When our family hauler GD Impreza bit the dust, it was something I stumbled upon for a good price, and despite understanding that it wasn’t quite the practical family vehicle that our Impreza had been, I assumed I could convince my wife to like the Lexus name, and the low number […]

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We love Toyota. So much so that I named my youngest daughter after Toyota’s long running compact sports car, the Celica. Now Toyota has reciprocated, naming their most production ready concept from the Tokyo Motor show after my eldest daughter. We are honoured. And you thought I was just bullshitting when I told you that I my wife’s family was […]

Hinata Concept



It’s pretty quiet in here, but car life is busy. I recently discovered Instagram, and have enjoyed it as a an easy place to share images from my activities, with minimal dialogue, and none of the political bullshit that rules the rest of social media. Follow me HERE.

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Philosophically, ZN6 nearly requires four throttles IMO. Three years in though, and I don’t think that anyone has actually done it right. By my reckoning, Toyota’s D4-S system is mission impossible for all the major standalone systems. And since ITB’s typically run off a MAP sensor and all the commonly available individual throttle bodies are cable operated, then relying solely […]

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