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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Car'
Car Control
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments
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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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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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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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