Why didn’t anyone tell me…

Things I wish people would document, plus some original fiction. Weird, huh?

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Entries Tagged as 'Car'

Car Control

July 14th, 2011 · No Comments

Last weekend my wife and I went to Candlestick Park at San Francisco and took a Car Control Clinic with the local BMW club chapter. Let me just get this out: IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! I highly suggest it. There are three activities that each take two hours. Braking and steering while braking where [...]

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My First I-Cant-Go Car Problem

July 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Grr. Car has to sit 4 days waiting for a part. Is it time to part with Old Stiggy?

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Tags: Car · House and Home

The Mazda Office Chair

June 27th, 2011 · No Comments

We’ve mentioned in the past that we’re preparing for the 24 Hours of Lemons, a much less pretentious racing series than that thing in France with the shining carbon fibers and titanium bolts and so on. Ours is more duct tape and welded steel. But one of the side effects is that you come across [...]

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Race Day Weekend

June 13th, 2011 · No Comments

Transcribed from an email to my family, but suitable here as well: Saturday, as I’m sure you all know, is/was the 24 Hours of LeMans (the real one, in LeMans, France), which is still running and will end in about 5 more hours. Audi has lost two cars to spectacularly devastating crashes, with both drivers [...]

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Tags: Car · Entertainment

Need for Speed – medical condition or justified insanity?

September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

I was just walking back from the break room at work and overheard someone abusing the adage “need for speed”. This got me thinking about my reaction to this. I want to go back to the track, although I’ve only been once. I feel the proverbial ‘need for speed.’ Bloody hell, that means I’m insane. [...]

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