Toyota


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Eighties ugliness?  Maybe… but isn’t this what every five year old wants?  Crazy angular line, pointy nose, pop-up headlights, weird vents and intakes.  Check out the green house.  This is a space ship.  If you don’t recognize it, you don’t play enough video games:  it’s the DOME ZERO. I once saw a set of ZERO wheels on yahoo auctions.  I […]

The Epitome of…


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The idea of using a truck for auto-x is not THAT crazy.  After all… pretty much anything can be made “fast” with enough modifications.  The Tacoma X-Runner pictured here however… is totally stock… and it’s actually very competitive on the national level in HS versus a field of mostly Mini Coopers. It makes me wonder if the choice to run […]

How To Make Stock and Slow Interesting



You’re a stud.  It’s true you got mushed out at the end… but vs Mr. Foust and Senior Millen?  No embarassement. I gotta say… after a long, hot Saturday, it was pretty sweet to put my feet up after dinner and watch the 2010 Toyota Celebrity Race.  I hate that all the cars are Scion’s.  Toyota needs to get it’s […]

Dear Adrien Brody


Arrived in Hamamatsu, and met Yoshiko:s immediate family, and some of her distant family. My ability to speak Japanese may have improved, but listening to full speed Japanese is still a major stress. I guess now I can understand how Yoshiko felt in Canada. Japanese keyboard is different… and I:m using some archaic form of notebook that can:t even wrap […]

Toyota Museum in Toyota City