Nandemo. Spaced out wife just says, “whatever.”
ナンデモ
For the car guys today. We hit the Irohazaka touge today of Nikko. Touge… if you don’t know, refers to a mountain pass… a serious backroad, and in the case of Irohazaka (featured as home of Emperor on Initial D) it’s something that we as Canadians can’t even imagine. Irohazaka, by name refers to 40 corners (or was it 44?? […]
Meeting Irohazaka
We’ll be leaving Nagoya today, and heading for a small town known for it’s public baths and temples, named Nikko. Nagoya was nice… and certainly a lot more western in appearance than Kyoto and Osaka, with wide roads, real sidewalks, and even advertisements for a “New American Community” on the television. Not really what I’m looking to see in general… […]
Nagoya
Will I ever give up AE86? I had dinner with some boys last night. Real… race car boys… Elise drivers, hard tuned Honda drivers, guys who will embarrass you in an unmodified car… People I’ve known for years, but never been all that close to… just cause I’m anti-social. But… these guys… are smart enough to call me on all […]
Swagger
So I’ve made real life harder than it should be, with my somewhat extravagant car life these past ten years. Makes for some difficult decisions. And… Sunday morning, at the rally-x, after I just tagged three cones (one of which pulled a sideskirt off), ran way out of control, and posted only a marginally fast time, and didn’t have any […]
Rally-x cont… bye bye ハチロク
Gearing up for rally-x tomorrow. Installed some Sparco mudflaps, and gave the undercarriage a second coating of rubber. It's amazing how much those two things quiet the car down on an ugly road. The front mudflaps are a pretty hard tune set up though. They're only about 1cm off the ground which means they rub and scrape everywhere. I should have put them a little bit higher, but I want the most efficiency out of them. I'm not into rock chips. They stick about 1" from the body, front and back. The rear ones don't have to do so much more to protect the car though. There's basically no rear over hang. I also didn't want the rear ones low, because they can get caught in the tire and ripped off when backing up, a lot easier than the fronts can. So as you can see... the rear ones sit a lot high, which somehow helps create a raked look. [...]
Rally-x Tomorrow
Some things should be said but they won’t be. Some will say that life is brief, but others know better. Those who have lived and grown through all, can hardly call the suffering of daily life brief. Those who live such a realization, and yet manage to retain joy and stature are truly the best of men. One of FEW […]